Continuity mistake: When the cat priest dies, the hat he is wearing falls onto the bed above his head. When the shot changes the hat is gone. (00:26:35)
Out Of Time - S6-E6
Revealing mistake: When the crew go through the unreality pocket that makes Starbug disappear around them, part of the Cat's face disappears into the background. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer is talking about Lisa Yates to Lister, his tie is undone. When it cuts to the black box camera, his tie is correctly tied. (00:22:10)
White Hole - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Kryten takes the computer slug out of the machine with his left hand yet in the next shot it is in his right hand. (00:20:00)
Continuity mistake: As Ace Rimmer is leaving, the Cat priest has his arms behind his back. In the next shot they are in front of him. (00:06:10)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: At The End of the episode when the third Rimmer appears from inside the sink, the reflection of Lister on his bunk in the mirror shows he has a blanket over him. In the wide shot there is no blanket. (00:28:40)
Continuity mistake: The food dispenser in the drive room is now in the place that the door to the Captain's office was in the previous episodes. (00:16:15)
Continuity mistake: When Lister pulls Kryten through a doorway by his groinal attachment, Kryten's cigarette is in his left hand. When the shot changes, the cigarette is now in Kryten's right hand. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: At The End of the episode, when the future Lister and the babies appear, Rimmer has his arms folded. In the next shot, Rimmer's hands are on his hips. Also, Lister's locks change positions. (00:27:50)
Visible crew/equipment: When the crocodile is thrown at Ace, the crash mat is visible as he lands. The mat disappears in later shots. (00:01:00)
Timeslides - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: When we see the photo of the skiers, there are no boxes in front of the screen. When the shot changes, two boxes have appeared which Rimmer and Lister use as steps. (00:07:20)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Cat attacks the 'dog' in the hotel, between shots it changes position as he jumps on it. (00:22:20)
Suggested correction: Lister can only see M-Corp products and M-Corp employees. Cat is not an employee of JMC or M-Corp, so he disappears. Lister is the only member of the crew who is employed by M-Corp at this point.
Suggested correction: Cat was a descendant of the cat Lister brought aboard Red Dwarf. Would it be possible that the new owners might have stricter security controls, and Lister was sent to Stasis for a different reason?
Andy Benham ★
Inventing Deux ex machina explanations for a plot hole doesn't make it any less of a plot hole. M-Corp erases all of the Jupiter Mining Corporation's equipment, personnel and infrastructure from Lister's life. In no way is Cat a part of that. He has no connection at all to the Jupiter Mining Corporation, and until he meets him in Episode 1 no connection to Lister, either.
If M-Corp only erased JMC equipment from Lister's life, then Kryten, who belongs to DivaDroid and not the JMC, wouldn't have disappeared either. He disappears as he doesn't belong to M-Corp, not because he belongs to the JMC. Cat has no connection to M-Corp, as he wasn't a part of the JMC (as you pointed out), and is therefore erased for Lister.