The crew go through a portal into a universe where space and time is contracting.
This is a fairly enjoyable episode with a clever premise and some funny sight gags, but the concept of everything happening in reverse isn't really enough to generate strong humour consistently throughout the episode.
Series 3 introduced a new dynamic with the departure of Norman Lovett and the introduction of Robert Llewellyn and Hattie Hayridge who star as Kryten and the female face of the ship's computer Holly respectively. I think they make a seamless transition and work well to bring more variety to the show. In addition the visuals feel more colourful and vibrant due to the costuming and location changes.
The sci-fi concept is pretty good. Doug Naylor and Rob Grant had obviously read A Brief History Of Time around about the time this was written and picked out something from Hawking's theories of the universe they thought would make a cool episode. Yes, it is a good concept for the show, but for me the comedy associated with it is pretty hit and miss over the course of thirty minutes.
My favourite part is the cleverly filmed and edited barroom brawl sequence that we see happen in reverse and one very funny part near the very end involving the Cat.
All performances are as strong as ever and this is a decent start to the third series.
This is a fairly enjoyable episode with a clever premise and some funny sight gags, but the concept of everything happening in reverse isn't really enough to generate strong humour consistently throughout the episode.
Series 3 introduced a new dynamic with the departure of Norman Lovett and the introduction of Robert Llewellyn and Hattie Hayridge who star as Kryten and the female face of the ship's computer Holly respectively. I think they make a seamless transition and work well to bring more variety to the show. In addition the visuals feel more colourful and vibrant due to the costuming and location changes.
The sci-fi concept is pretty good. Doug Naylor and Rob Grant had obviously read A Brief History Of Time around about the time this was written and picked out something from Hawking's theories of the universe they thought would make a cool episode. Yes, it is a good concept for the show, but for me the comedy associated with it is pretty hit and miss over the course of thirty minutes.
My favourite part is the cleverly filmed and edited barroom brawl sequence that we see happen in reverse and one very funny part near the very end involving the Cat.
All performances are as strong as ever and this is a decent start to the third series.