Theory on Kryten being Additional Zero Zero One

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I watching some series 5 last night, and during Quarantine I was reminded of something I have seen mentioned before. Why in Demons and Angels is Kryten’s log on code ‘Kryten, additional zero zero one’, surely this should have fallen to the Cat as he was around before Kryten.

Well, ignoring the fact that the Cat has been able to come and go as he pleases around the ship long before Lister came out of stasis, it’s likely that up until Quarantine they didn’t bother giving Cat or Kryten any official status in the ships computer. Let’s just say Cat and Kryten had a little understanding with Holy. It wasn’t necessary.

However, in Quarantine Rimmer only provides Cat, Kryten and Lister single birth accommodations because Lister is the only registered crew member. Finally, after 4 years, Cat and Kryten’s alien status … as far as the official crew records are concerned, have come back to bite them on the arse.

They aren’t in any registration on the ship because they didn’t need to be, and Rimmer following the letter of the rule book used that to his advantage and only provided accommodation for Lister, but stuck all three of them in the room.

(it’s a bit of a silly rule really because you would expect Quarantine to be needed for plenty of non-registered crew members, but we’ll ignore that too)

So, once they get out of Quarantine and restore Rimmer to normal, I propose they set about giving Cat and Kryten official ship recognised registration of some sort. For whatever reason, Kryten is given additional zero zero one, and presumably Cat is given additional zero zero two … it has always been his lucky number after all.

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[Ben Saunders]

I agree pretty much wholeheartedly with Dave and sort of with Debris. Series 5 was phenomenal, Series 6 had some amazing episodes but some clunkers, but series 7 was pretty clunky. The Doctor Who general on 4chan rate S8 highly I think. But even S8 has two of the worst episodes the show has ever done – Kill The FUCKING EGG and Into The Forest Of The Shite.

[International Debris]

There’s something about the production of 8 which makes it look incredibly dull and flat to me, as opposed to the vibrancy of Matt Smith’s tenure.
And yeah, those two episodes are the absolute low points of Moffat’s time on the show, and pretty close to the bottom of all 36 series.

[Manbird]

I dunno… Despite my earlier remarks, there are some great episodes and individual elements in the Moffat era (not reversing my opinion, just giving credit where credit’s due) – but most of it’s left me cold and more than a little confused by the fanfare it’s received.

I’m not one of those joyless arseholes who gets a kick out of adopting a contrary position, btw: just sceptical.

[Manbird]

Btw, not being adversarial, but:

>>”If you read The Writer’s Tale and some interviews with RTD, it’s very clear that the late McCoy/New Adventures era is what influences RTD’s era the most – but he does take it in his own direction and do his own thing with it.”<<

I know and I agree.

>>”I’m aware a lot of people don’t like him but who cares what other people think (^:”<<

Is this payback for my Trojan thread? For what it’s worth, I like the cut of your jib, Ben Saunders – even if your avatar is questionable :)

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