Timeslides story
The developing fluid that Kryten uses to process old photographs mutates and the photographs come alive. The crew find they can go into the photograph, and Lister finds that the photographs allows them to go back in time. Using this he plans on changing history so that he does not end up marooned in deep space. Director Ed Bye's wife Ruby Wax made a Cameo appearance as the presenter of "Lifestyles of the Disgustingly Rich and Famous." Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
23 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| time travel | choice | The crew traveled back to various points in time by stepping into old photographs that had somehow come alive. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. Lister's mind was transfered into the Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I met myself from a different time | major | Lister traveled back in time and met his 18-year-old, aspiring rock star self. The Rimmer hologram traveled back in time and met his child self. |
| boredom | minor | Lister was tired of their monotonous existence and just playing stupid games all the time. |
| cannibalism | minor | Lister spoke of a man, named Charles Keenan, who had eaten his own his wife. |
| childish bullying | minor | Rimmer had known a kid they called "Thickie Holden" and was himself spitefully nicknamed "Bonehead". |
| depression | minor | Lister was down in the dumps over the prospect of having to waste away the rest of his life aboard Red Dwarf. |