Red Dwarf (1988)

125 visible crew/equipment mistakes - chronological order

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Starring: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Chloë Annett, Hattie Hayridge, Norman Lovett, Robert Llewellyn

Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi

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Pete (2) - S8-E7

Visible crew/equipment: Just before Lister and Rimmer get beaten up in the captain's office, as Hollister is telling them off, a boom mic shadow can be seen moving on his right shoulder. (00:21:10)

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Only The Good... - S8-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When the vending machine says it will destroy Rimmer, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen. (00:06:05)

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Only The Good... - S8-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After Rimmer faints after getting drunk, a boom mic shadow can be seen on the bedsheets. (00:15:45)

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Only The Good... - S8-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When we first see Rimmer and Lister in the medi-bay, the camera crew can be seen in the reflection of the tv. A boom mic arm can also be seen moving. (00:16:55)

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Give and Take - S11-E3

Visible crew/equipment: When Rimmer and Kryten invites Snacky to come with them to Red Dwarf, the reflection of a crewmember is visible in Snacky's head dome. (Note this is not Rimmer's reflection since there is no H).

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Mistakes

Back To Reality - S5-E6

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.

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Suggested correction: Apparently, 3 million years in the future, it can.

What cobblers. You cannot sublimate a stable salt into a gas at room temperature now; you never have been able to, and you will not be able to three million years in the future, either.

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Quotes

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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Trivia

Meltdown - S4-E6

Trivia: "Meltdown" was originally planned to be the first episode of Series IV of Red Dwarf. However, the militaristic tone of this episode - and in particular Dave Lister's strident anti-war speech near The End of the episode - meant it fell foul of the BBC censors. The original planned transmission date (Feb 14 1991) coincided with the outbreak of "Operation Desert Storm" - the Gulf War...and the BBC felt that an "anti-war" episode of Red Dwarf would be inappropriate for a country at war with Iraq.

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Questions

Show generally

Question: Does the Cat actually have a name?

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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