Red Dwarf

Duct Soup - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: When Kochanski is banging on the pipes at the start of the episode, she is using her right hand. There is then a close up shot of the pipe and you can see she is using her left hand. (00:01:50)

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Nanarchy - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: At the start of the scene where Kochanski tells Kryten to let Lister be independent, Kryten's hands are below his circular stomach screen. In the next shot his hand is touching his chest plate. (00:06:35)

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Ouroboros - S7-E3

Continuity mistake: When Lister looks at the photo of the gelf, the shots from behind show one of his locks over his right shoulder. However, the view from in front of Lister shows the lock is gone. (00:14:40)

Dwarf

Beyond a Joke - S7-E6

Continuity mistake: After the Cat says about mooning out of the windows when Starbug gets hit, Kochanski falls back on her chair with her arms outstretched. In the next shot she is holding onto the monitor again. (00:25:00)

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Duct Soup - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: When the Cat and Lister run away from the water, the Cat has a backpack strap over his right shoulder. as he hits the floor. In the next shot both straps are over his shoulders. (00:22:50)

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Stoke Me A Clipper - S7-E2

Continuity mistake: When the Nazi commander throws the crocodile at Ace, the yellow curtain is behind ace as he falls. In the next shot, the yellow curtain is in front of him. It is clear he did not fall through the curtain as it does not move as he hits the floor. (00:01:00)

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Blue - S7-E5

Continuity mistake: When the Cat picks up the golf clubs, he pulls them towards him, then in the next shot he pulls them towards him again. (00:10:40)

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Epideme - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: When Kochanski shows Kryten she didn't really cut her own arm off, Kryten holds his arms out in shock. In the next shot, his left arm is by his side again. (00:27:05)

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Ouroboros - S7-E3

Continuity mistake: In the Aigburth Arms, when Frank hands the box with baby Lister to the barmaid, the barmaid takes the box placing her hand on top of the box, but in the next shot, her hand is suddenly on the side of the box.

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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.

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White Hole - S4-E4

Rimmer: The thing about Captain Oates... The thing you have to remember about Captain Oates... Captain Oates... Captain Oates was a prat.

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Answer: Presumably he does, but it's never been used in any material related to the show. He is the only Cat left (as shown in Series 1), so even if he had once had a name, nobody would know it.

Moose

Answer: In the book, the Cat finds the concept of a name confusing, as he's convinced he's the center of the universe and the idea that someone wouldn't know who he was is baffling.

Brian Katcher

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