Factual error: While it is true that lithium carbonate can be used to treat depression and other psychiatric disorders, it cannot be administered in gaseous form. It is a very stable salt and only starts to form vapour at 1,310 degress Celcius. Spraying it about as a 'mood stabliser' at that temperature, as Kryten does, is going to kill everyone on the spot.
Suggested correction: A couple of explanations come to mind. After 3 million years, the lithium carbonate may have become contaminated or mutated, resulting in it becoming a less stable salt and/or a change in its chemical structure. Another explanation is that Holly just made a mistake. They have a proven track record of mistakes, saying the wrong things, and generally being stupid.
Salts don't mutate - they don't have genes. If Holly "just made a mistake" and the chemical being sprayed about by Krtyen wasn't lithium carbonate (or it was contaminated), then it would not work as a mood stabiliser. Since it does, it was lithium carbonate and the Boys From The Dwarf are going to die horribly.
All good points. Sounds like contamination is the most likely answer, then.
Timeslides - S3-E5
Factual error: The writer's understanding of the history of Nazism and its leaders is a bit shonky. Claus von Stauffenberg did not plant a bomb in Hitler's briefcase - he put it in his own briefcase which he planted in a meeting room next to Hitler (some berk moved it). This was in July 1944, while the last Nuremberg rally - which Lister visits, bringing back the briefcase - was in 1938. Stauffenberg didn't even join the anti-Hitler conspiracy until 1943. Red Dwarf is not an 'alternate history' - they correctly identify elements of the Stauffenberg plot and the Nazi regime, they just get them wrong.
Factual error: Kryten tells everyone that the matter paddle transmits matter in digital form from one place to another at the speed of light - he is very clear on this point. He then locates Waxworld, which is 200,000 light years away. Okay - so when they use the matter paddle to transmit themselves to Waxworld, why doesn't it take them 200,000 years to get there?
Suggested correction: Kryten says that the paddle sends them via subspace, so they will reach it almost instantaneously (rewatch the scene, he never says they'll travel at lightspeed).
Factual error: The justice computer states that Rimmer is guilty of 1,167 counts of 2nd degree murder, each carrying a sentence of 8 years, giving a total of 9,328 years. This is equivalent to 1,166 counts. 1,167 counts would be 9,336 years. (00:14:00)
Factual error: The polymorph goes through a metal pipe and a tap which bulges and becomes mis-shapen. The tap then changes back to its original shape, which is impossible. (00:18:00)
Suggested correction: It's impossible using today's technology, but maybe not in the future. Maybe they have metallic-like materials that flex back to a previous form after deformation.
Timeslides - S3-E5
Factual error: The newspaper detailing the bomb attack on Hitler lists the date as "Tuesday May 4 1938." May 4th, 1938 was a Wednesday. (00:09:15)
Factual error: At the very end of the episode right before the Dwarfers sees Jesus and Judas, there is a plastic cup on their table. The episode is set in 23 AD.
Factual error: When Kryten revives Lister with the defibrillator paddles, he places them on the clothing he is wearing. Defibrillator paddles need to be applied to bare skin for the electricity to get through. (00:27:35)
