| "Backwards" | |
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 3 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Written by | Rob Grant & Doug Naylor |
| Original air date | 14 November 1989 |
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"Backwards" is the first episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series III,[1] and the thirteenth in the series run.[2] It premiered on the British television channel BBC2 on 14 November 1989.[3] Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the episode has the crew travel to an alternate Earth where time runs backwards.
The episode marks the first regular appearances of Robert Llewellyn's Kryten, Hattie Hayridge's version of Holly, the new spaceship Starbug, better production values, and a change in direction of story themes that would cement the show's cult status.[4] The story was later reformulated as a novel by the same name. The episode was re-mastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998.