Plot hole in ‘Ouroboros’

[JamesTC]

Watching ‘Ouroboros’ I was thinking of Lister being is own father, I really like the idea but it opens up a plot hole, how is the other Hologram Lister in existence since the other universe doesn’t have a baby Lister under the pool table.

The only solution I can come up with is that up until the point Kochanski discovers the Cat (which is were the dimensions changed) everything was exactly the same and in the same universe, so even Lister being his own father in one universe means in others he exists but his father is another version of himself, does that make sense?

Oh and a quick note on the Time Drive, though in ‘Out of Time’ it could only go in time the dimensions merged as Kryten says and the Time Drive from the future and the past merged to make a working Time Drive that could go all around the universe. This also explains Star Bug being the TARDIS.

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[Carlito]

He exonarets them of the original crime yet still imprisons them for their criminal actions within the AR machine doesn’t he? Which has shades of Minority Report about it…

[peas_and_corn]

It has shades of making no sense to it. Like Hollister ripping into Lister and Rimmer for losing the time wand when it was Kryten who threw it to Bob (but hey, there are a few holes in THAT plot)

[Pete Part Three]

There’s a plot?

[ChrisM]

It has shades of making no sense to it. Like Hollister ripping into Lister and Rimmer for losing the time wand when it was Kryten who threw it to Bob

To be fair I don’t think he was with them to watch the specifics. Lister and Rimmer were merely the spokesmen for their group at that point. Besides, he gave Lister and Rimmer responsibility with the Time Wand, so his argument still made sense.

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