Out of Time (Red Dwarf)
episode of Red Dwarf
"Out of Time" is the sixth episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series VI and the 36th in the programme's run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 11 November 1993 and was written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and directed by Andy de Emmony.
It was the first Red Dwarf series finale to end on a cliffhanger (discounting Lister's pregnancy in the Series II finale, "Parallel Universe"). It is the final episode with contributions from Rob Grant.
Plot
Things are grim aboard Starbug, as the crew have now lost all trace of Red Dwarf. Rimmer (Chris Barrie) decides to conduct a "morale meeting" and appoints himself "morale officer". However the morale meeting turns out to be nothing more than an excuse for Rimmer to vent his feelings about how much he hates everyone. The rest of the crew discuss the bleak lives they are now leading, but the conversation is stopped when Starbug flies into a region of space populated by unreality pockets, a security measure around a top-secret Space Corps test ship. During one of these, Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) becomes convinced that Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is a 3000 series android (an unsuccessful model, due to its hyper-realistic appearance), after which he is forced to obey orders from Kryten, a 4000 series. After embarrassingly learning the truth, the crew are eager to find what has been protected so elaborately, flying further in as more of these unreality pockets occur, causing more very strong hallucinations.
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