Continuity mistake: When Lister is doing the jigsaw and Rimmer starts singing in bed, the pint mug on the table has nothing in it. Later on, when Lister returns after giving Rimmer his memory, an inch of whisky has suddenly appeared in the bottom of the mug. (00:10:20 - 00:19:35)
Continuity mistake: In 'Thanks For The Memory', both Lister and The Cat injure their left feet when they drop the gravestone; but The Cat is seen to be wearing a plaster cast on his RIGHT foot. (00:12:10 - 00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: When Lister and the Cat are on the moon, their casts keep appearing then disappearing. (00:15:15)
Revealing mistake: During filming of the this episode, Craig Charles was called away for the birth of his son, Jack, so production manager Mike Agnew stepped in. Although Lister is wearing a space suit at the time you can still tell which part is Mike thanks to a continuity error - Mike forgot to put on Lister's plaster cast. (00:15:15)
Revealing mistake: When Lister uploads his memories, the wide shot shows various videos of Rimmer in the background, but in the close up it shows a plain white screen. (00:17:55)
Continuity mistake: Just before Lister says 'I'm going to give him Lisa Yates' he is looking forwards. When the camera angle changes he is looking at the Cat. (00:18:15)
Continuity mistake: When Lister and the Cat first see Lisa Yates on the screen, their shoulders are together. In the next shot there is a wide gap between them. (00:18:30)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer is talking about Lisa Yates to Lister, his tie is undone. When it cuts to the black box camera, his tie is correctly tied. (00:22:10)
Revealing mistake: The square bluescreen outline can be seen in the wide shot of the obervation dome scene. (00:24:50)
Revealing mistake: When Rimmer and Lister are in the observation dome, background stars can be seen on Lister's locks and on the top of his forehead. (00:25:40)
Revealing mistake: When Lister and the Cat drop the gravestone and break their feet, you can see that it does not land anywhere near Lister's left foot. (00:26:55)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer is about to tell Lister how many times he made love, Lister tells him that he'll "wake up in the morning with a hangover." But Rimmer and Lister already have fallen asleep and woken up, and they have the hangovers right now.
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: In the opening, Holly gives an additional message saying "On our journey, we have encountered many strange and bizarre things. Only last month, we can across a moon which was shaped exactly like Felicity Kendal's bottom. We flew around that one a couple of times." Before Holly says "We flew around that one a couple of times", he can be seen about to say the line, but visibly hesitates, presumably waiting for his cue. (00:01:35)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: The second time we see the hologramatic Rimmer pass Rimmer and Lister in the corridor, two other people have appeared walking past. (00:04:00 - 00:18:25)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: The second time we see the scene with Rimmer's head popping through the table, the line 'There, that wasn't too bad, was it?' is missed out. (00:04:40 - 00:19:20)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: In the lift, when the woman in the video is explaining how the lift works, she mentions "a bag will drop containing sedatives and cyanide capsules", pointing upwards. The shot cuts to Lister, and the woman in the video can be seen to the left of shot, with her arms at her side. (00:08:35)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister walks through the Stasis Leak for the first time, his hands are up by his face and his locks are in front of his shoulders. In the next shot from the mirror, his arms are lowered and his locks are only over his right shoulder. (00:09:30)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister first walks through the Stasis Leak, his locks are over his left shoulder, then in the bathroom they are over both shoulders. (00:09:30)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When the crew go through the Stasis Leak for the first time, the Cat walks through, then Rimmer waits before jumping through. When they appear on the other side, they fade in together. (00:09:45)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Lister, the Cat and Rimmer are stood in the shower and the Cat keeps saying 'What is it?' he turns to Rimmer and brushes against his tie throughout the scene. (00:10:05)
Chosen answer: In-universe, after leaving Red Dwarf after his first appearance, Kryten managed to crash Lister's space-bike into an asteroid. Lister found his remains and decided to rebuild him, however, due to the high level of damage and Lister's questionable repair skills, he was unable to recreate Kryten exactly, leading to changes in appearance, personality and accent. In reality, the original actor wasn't available, coupled with presumably practical concerns about one-off makeup as opposed to makeup for a regular cast member, so some visual changes were made.
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