Tikka to Ride story
The crew find themselves resurrected due to the time paradox resulting from the battle with their future selves. The time paradox also results in a greatly upgraded and much larger Starbug. However, the curry supplies have gone missing, and so Lister devises a sneaky plan which involves swapping Kryten's head, once again utilizing the time machine, and which ultimately results in the crew getting mixed up in the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, in 1963. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Doug Naylor.
19 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| time travel | choice | All the problems of the story stemmed from a time paradox as the crew were battling with future versions of themselves. Upon traveling in time to restore his curry supplies, Lister got mixed up in the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, in 1963. |
| time traveler meddling in history | choice | The crew went back in time and accidentally prevented the assassination of JFK. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| historical figure | major | The crew traveled back in time convinced John F. Kennedy to assassinate himself. [John F. Kennedy] |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten is a main character. |
| political assassination | major | The story culminated with John F. Kennedy assassinating himself in Lee Harvey Osborne. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram is a main character. |
| cannibalism | minor | Kryten served a dead person to Cat and Lister, making the latter, at least, a cannibal. |
| compassion | minor | Having removed his guilt-chip, Kryten now lacked compassion. |
| coping with a problematic person | minor | The rest of the crew were annoyed at Lister's obsession with curry and administered a well-deserved beating towards the end. |