Backwards
- Episode aired Nov 14, 1989
- TV-14
- 28m
As Rimmer is taking Kryten for a driving lesson in Starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on Earth, where time is running backwards.As Rimmer is taking Kryten for a driving lesson in Starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on Earth, where time is running backwards.As Rimmer is taking Kryten for a driving lesson in Starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on Earth, where time is running backwards.
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- Pub Extra
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- Pub Patron
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- Pub Patron
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- Pub Patron
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- Van Driver
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- Truck Driver
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- Pub Patron
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- Cigarette-Smoking Man
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- TriviaWhen the pub manager gives Kryten and Rimmer a telling off in backwards speak, what he is really saying is "You are a stupid, square-headed bald git, aren't you, eh?" I'm pointing at you, I'm pointing at you, but I'm not actually addressing you, I'm addressing the one prat in the entire country who's bothered to get hold of this recording, turn it round and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor, sad life he's got!"
- GoofsWhen Rimmer and Kryten are sitting at a table in the cafe the waitress pushes the plate across the table with her fingertips, without grasping it. This movement would be impossible as backwards it would appear like the plate was stuck to her fingers.
- Quotes
Lister: You ever see "The Flintstones"?
The Cat: Sure.
Lister: Do you think Wilma's sexy?
The Cat: Wilma Flintstone?
Lister: Maybe we've been alone in deep space too long but every time I see that show, her body drives me crazy. Is it me?
The Cat: I think, in all probability, Wilma Flintstone is the most desirable woman who ever lived.
Lister: That's good, I thought I was going strange.
The Cat: She's incredible.
Lister: What do you think of Betty?
The Cat: Betty Rubble? Well, I would go with Betty... but I'd be thinking of Wilma.
Lister: This is crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone?
The Cat: You're right. We're nuts. This is an insane conversation.
Lister: She'll never leave Fred and we know it.
- Crazy creditsIn keeping with the theme of the episode, the text of the credits is presented back-to-front (as a mirror image). Remastered version only.
- ConnectionsEdited from Wildlife on One: Run Rabbit Run (1983)
It's basically just one gigantic continuity error. Nothing, but nothing, hangs together - just like Philip K Dick's book Counter-Clock World, which I'd read some years earlier (or did I un-read it some years later?). I've always been a huge fan of his, too, but the book drove me mad for all the same reasons this episode does.
A major plus is that Kryten makes his first regular appearance, played by the excellent and ever-likeable Robert Llewellyn. Interesting to be reminded that the character just reappeared one whole series later with no explanation whatsoever - I like that! Saves bothering with a back story when it's a thorougly silly and quite surreal show in the first place, even allowing for its basic premise.
But you still need to be able to suspend disbeilef for silly and surreal! This one is just silly for all the wrong reasons.
- seymour_sp
- Jul 4, 2021
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- Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, UK(lake that Starbug crashes into)
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- Runtime28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1