Backwards story
With Kryten now a regular member of the crew, Rimmer takes him on a flying lesson in the transport vehicle Starbug. They find themselves whisked away through a time hole, arriving back on Earth, 1993. However, on this world, time runs backwards. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
18 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| reversed time | choice | The crew found themselves on a version of 1993 Earth where everything and everyone was running backwards in time, save for themselves. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| communicating with someone who speaks a different language | minor | Cat and Lister struggled to communicate with people they thought were Bulgarian, but who were in fact reverse Brits. |
| gender bending | minor | Holly had quietly underwent a transformation to take on the guise of his alternate universe counterpart, Hilly. |
| invisible spaceship | minor | Lister activated the Starbug 2 invisibility cloak before landing on 1993 backwards time running Earth. |
| reverse aging effect | minor | The Rimmer hologram described how the reverse time Earthlings came to life after their funerals and then grew younger and younger until they became newborns and beyond. |
| selfishness | minor | Cat proudly admitted that he didn't care about anyone but himself. |
| sentient computer | minor | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |