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"Out of Time" is the sixth episode of science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' Series VI〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6 )〕 and the 36th in the programmes run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =TV.com – Out of Time summary )〕 It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 11 November 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – OUT OF TIME )〕 Written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and directed by Andy de Emmony,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Out of Time cast and crew )〕 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 Rob Grant. 〔The Making of 'Out of Time', Red Dwarf Smegazine, volume 2 issue 8, December 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603〕 ==Plot== Things are grim aboard ''Starbug'', as the crew have now lost all trace of ''Red Dwarf''. Rimmer 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're 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. Eager to find what has been protected so elaborately, the crew fly in but more of these unreality pockets occur, causing very strong hallucinations. During one of these Kryten becomes convinced that Lister 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. Everyone is about to give up when Kryten suggests the crew go into Deep Sleep. Once awoken, the crew board the derelict ship and find a device capable of time travel. The crew test the device, but as it only allows ''Starbug'' to travel through time, not space, it is of no use at the moment; however if a faster-than-light drive can be found then the time machine will allow them to travel to any time and place they desire. The crew are subsequently contacted by another ''Starbug'', populated by their future selves, who explain that their own time drive is malfunctioning and request to be allowed to copy parts from the present-day time drive. Only Kryten speaks to them to prevent the rest of the crew learning about their futures; however afterwards he gets very emotional around Lister which makes him very worried. Lister speaks to Kryten telling him he understands that he's died in the future, but Kryten tells him that a "David Lister" is aboard the future ship, which seriously confuses Lister. Kryten explains that the future crew's time drive has malfunctioned and only allows them to go forwards. In order to fix it, they need to copy components from the time drive aboard the present ''Starbug''. The future crew board, but everyone except Kryten is sealed in the hold to prevent them from meeting their future counterparts. Lister is desperate to see what's happened to him and rigs a camera to see what's going on, and each of the crew is dismayed to see what they have become. Rimmer is obese, Cat is bald, Kryten has donned a toupee and a turtleneck sweater, and Lister is merely a brain in a jar. It soon becomes clear that their future selves are snobs and have socialised with some of the most evil figures of history (including the Hitlers) (with future Rimmer stating he's ''"a hoot"'' as long as he's not talking politics) and lived in the height of luxury. Lister refuses to help the future crew after seeing what they have become, and sends them at gunpoint back to their ship without the information they need. Later, as the crew try to come to terms with the fact they're destined to lead selfish and despicable lives, the future crew launch an attack on their past selves and, unwilling to spend the rest of their existence stranded in deep space, are willing to kill the crew knowing they'll be wiping themselves out. Rimmer shows uncharacteristic bravery by urging they fight, stating ''"Better dead than smeg"'' and the rest of the crew agree. Although things start off well, the more advanced future ''Starbug'' causes massive damage killing Lister, Cat, and Kryten in explosions in the cockpit. Rimmer realises that the crew's only hope is to destroy the time drive, and grabs a bazookoid. Rimmer struggles through the bowels of the crumbling ship but manages to reach the time drive and fires upon it just as ''Starbug'' is destroyed by the future crew. TO BE CONTINUED... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Out of Time (Red Dwarf)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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