He also speaks backwards when briefly arguing with Rimmer and Kryten, although his main scene was recorded forwards - leading to a rare example of a behind-the-scenes easter egg when the original version was included on the Smeg Outs video release.Ĭo-writer Rob Grant cameos in this episode as 'Man smoking cigarette' during Rimmer and Kryten's arrival on Earth - shot on the streets of Manchester, around the BBC Oxford Road studios. Guest star Arthur Smith is actually an accomplished backwards-talker, and taught the cast and crew the phrase 'erskib' as a genuine reversal of 'bitter'. The Star Wars-style text crawl that bridges the gap between Series II and III was conceived after an episode that would have actually dealt with Lister's post- Parallel Universe pregnancy, Dad, was scrapped in the early writing stages. With some brilliant trick photography and ingenious stunts, this now-classic episode heralds the arrival of the new-look Red Dwarf.Ĭhris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Hattie Hayridge (Holly), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), Maria Friedman (Waitress), Tony Hawks (Compere), Anna Palmer (Customer in Cafe), Arthur Smith (Pub Manager) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.The Red Dwarf crew return to Earth to find Time is running backwards. And if he doesn't get off the planet soon, he's going to have to go through puberty again. What's bad is that time isn't running in quite the right direction. Dave Lister has finally found his way back to the planet Earth. If his crewmates can't help him, Lister will carry on growing younger until he becomes a baby, then an embryo, meeting a very sticky end indeed. And if he doesn't get off the planet soon, he's going to have to go through puberty again - backwards. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1994 A Nice, Shady Place, (ss) 1963 The Blood Kiss, Scream/Press 1988 The Night of the Eye, (ss) F&SFMar 1970 The Blood Kiss, Scream/Press 1988 The Nighthawk, (ss) Shadows1, ed. Danny John-Jules) arrive on Earth, they discover time is running backward. What's bad, however, is that time isn't running in quite the right direction. The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XXII, ed.

We join them just as Dave Lister has finally found his way back to planet Earth - which is good. This is the third adventure of the unlikely space heroes of the cult TV hit Red Dwarf - Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, Holly and the Cat - as they continue their epic journey through frontal-lobe-knotting realities. Books by Rob Grant Backwards Rob Grant 9.19 Incompetence Rob Grant 6.59 - 7.59 Primordial Soup Rob Grant 4.19 Colony Rob Grant 6.49 - 7.29 Fat Rob Grant 3.99 - 9.09 The Quanderhorn Xperimentations Rob Grant 6.69 Son of Soup Rob Grant Out of Stock Red Dwarf VIII: The Official Book Rob Grant 12.49 - 13.

Backwards by Rob Grant