Me, I choose to believe that Lister had two appendices to begin with, as a result of being an incestuous freak of nature.
I could go with that.
Holy sh*t!! Red Dwarf is back!!!!
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I could go with that.
IIRC the explantion in one of the novels was that he was freakily born with 2 appendix
It was recently discovered what appendixes do. Of course I think I saw this on Boston legal or some other drama when they were talking about the changing face of truth... it regulates bacteria in the body.
Considering Lister is his own father, his DNA would be more than forewarned about what to prepare for when it's starting again from first principles ad finitum ad nausium.
Considering Lister is his own father, his DNA would be more than forewarned about what to prepare for when it's starting again from first principles ad finitum ad nausium.
Alas, no, as the duplicate appendix removals happened in Season 2 and Season 6, so before the nanobots had a go at rebuilding Lister's body. A valiant attempt, though.
Me, I choose to believe that Lister had two appendices to begin with, as a result of being an incestuous freak of nature.
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Or, like the continually changing number of people in Red Dwarf's crew (yes, I know the convicts eventually explained that...), and the question of which century Lister came from, Grant/Naylor put (some of) the slips in deliberately as a joke, knowing that SF fans paid attention to things like that?
I love the inconsistencies in Red Dwarf. There's so many of them that they've become part of the show's charm. 
Ed Bye (the longest serving director) made me laugh on the Season 7 documentary when he recalled being harrangued by an irate fan at a convention on the subject of the Time-Drive inconsistencies....
Ed Bye (the longest serving director) made me laugh on the Season 7 documentary when he recalled being harrangued by an irate fan at a convention on the subject of the Time-Drive inconsistencies....
it was simple: the Red Dwarf folk told the BBC execs that they liked their show and didn't want to give it up.
The BBC execs wouldn't budge
so the Red Dwarf folk told them that there was no Calculator Heaven, at which point, the BBC execs brains fried, because they could not handle the stress of there being no Calculator Heaven
The Red Dwarf folk, however, did not have their brains fry for a simple reason: they knew something the BBC execs didn't. When they said "there is no Calculator Heaven", the Red Dwarf folk knew that they were lying!
The BBC execs wouldn't budge
so the Red Dwarf folk told them that there was no Calculator Heaven, at which point, the BBC execs brains fried, because they could not handle the stress of there being no Calculator Heaven
The Red Dwarf folk, however, did not have their brains fry for a simple reason: they knew something the BBC execs didn't. When they said "there is no Calculator Heaven", the Red Dwarf folk knew that they were lying!
I think the number of crew members on Red Dwarf only changed once. In Series I, it was given as 169. In Series IV, it was changed to 1,169. I don't think the convicts count in that at all, since Rimmer & Lister didn't know about them.
I love the inconsistencies in Red Dwarf. There's so many of them that they've become part of the show's charm.
Ed Bye (the longest serving director) made me laugh on the Season 7 documentary when he recalled being harrangued by an irate fan at a convention on the subject of the Time-Drive inconsistencies....
True. Although the time drive changes were incredibly blatant. It's one thing to tweak minor points of the backstory. It's another to use a piece of tech in one episode in a way that blatantly contradicts a major plot point of the way you used it in the previous episode. (Although, with a little tweaking, they could have said that Kryten was able to fuse the time drive together with either the Matter Paddle from "Meltdown" or the teleporter from "Rimmerworld." Too bad they didn't just do that from the get go.)
I thought you were gonna say 'and as such, we crave disappointment'... for some reason.
I guess it depends on the definition doesn't it... There's still comedies about that seem mega cheap, like Lab Rats and Mighty Boosh.
Yeah Boosh is, but first I heard of Lab Rats was BBC 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/labrats/ It had it's moments
Well...the RD USA pilot gives a 5400something figure...*ducks and runs away*
^And an entirely sensible number considering the ship's size. (Taking the elevator from one end of the ship to the other took about 4 hours in "Stasis Leak.")
However, we shall not count the hideous American abomination from which the only element really worth salvaging was Terry Farrell as a female version of Cat.
(Although, I'd also say Jane Leeves was a decent Holly; not as good as Norman Lovett but better than Hattie Hayridge.)
However, we shall not count the hideous American abomination from which the only element really worth salvaging was Terry Farrell as a female version of Cat.
(Although, I'd also say Jane Leeves was a decent Holly; not as good as Norman Lovett but better than Hattie Hayridge.)
Ah, only the most high profile BBC stuff seems to catch my eye these days, partly due to the fact that the TV reception where I live is appalling and only works at all 2/3 of the time, so I tend to DL everything I watch, even BBC shows.
Anyway, i'm just watching Red Dwarf 7 for the first time since i threw all my VHS out about 6 years ago. This is much much funnier than I recall it being...
Here's what you do when you want to try out a new show which is likely pure crap.
Buy two dozen beer.
After the first 6, cue up the episode.
If it's any good, then stop drinking.
If it's terrible, then you won't remember a thing.
The future is saved.
Buy two dozen beer.
After the first 6, cue up the episode.
If it's any good, then stop drinking.
If it's terrible, then you won't remember a thing.
The future is saved.