Complete Guide
Pete - Part 2
Series VIII, Episode 7
Recorded: 23.11.1998, Shepperton Studios
First Broadcast: 01.04.1999 (BBC 2)
VHS Release: 24.01.2000 (BBCV 6843)
DVD Release: 27.03.2006 (BBCDVD 1693)
Blu-ray Release: 14.01.2019 (BBCBD 0441)
Written by Paul Alexander & Doug Naylor
Directed by Ed Bye
Synopsis
The Dwarfers discover birds are descended from dinosaurs when they de-evolve a sparrow into a T-Rex!
Cast
Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), Chloe Annett (Kochanski), Norman Lovett (Holly), Mac McDonald (Captain), Ian Masters (Birdman), Jake Wood (Kill Crazy), Ricky Grover (Baxter), Ian Masters (Birdman), Jake Wood (Kill Crazy), Ricky Grover (Baxter)
Did You Know?
A scene was cut showing a time-frozen Ackerman enjoying a romantic liaison with Miss Patricia Carling, while wearing a Batman outfit. For clearance reasons, the costume was unable to be shown.
The "Archie" material was another set of scenes excised from Cassandra and repurposed here. A final scene in which the artificial todger found a final resting place somewhere about Captain Hollister's person was filmed, but unused.
Unlike the second and third parts of Back in the Red, the recap sequence here takes place before the opening titles, echoing the style of opening used several times in Series VII.
Gary Martin, the titular voice of Series VII's Epideme, recorded the voice of a vending machine for the one-part version of this episode - but when it was expanded to two, the scene was re-shot without the machine.
