". . . to rumble?" Lister sang along to one of his own Smeg And The Head bootlegs and then threw his headphones off in amazement as the planetoid they were heading towards became more familiar.
"Kryters, is that what I think it is?"
"If you're referring to Earth, I believe so, sir." Kryten replied. Holly nodded his digitalised balding head in agreement.
"Yep, that's what it is. Earth," he confirmed.
"But when, what dimension and what's so wacky about this one?" Lister mused to himself, remembering Backwards World.
"Why is it we're always bound for Earth?" remarked Rimmer. "I'm from Io. I've been to Earth once on a school field trip. Kryten was manufactured from some factory on Mimas and the Cat is a true citizen of the colony Red Dwarf. It's only you, Lister who actually comes from Earth and that was well over three million years ago!"
"It's me home, man!" Lister replied. "Your ancestors came from there. Cat's ancestors came from there. Kryten's manufacturers came from there. It's the home of humankind, man!"
"Hold on, buds! We're going to . . .!" Cat's belated warning was cut short, as Starbug landed heavily on some primitive landscape, " . . . land!" he finished brightly as Lister, Kryten and Rimmer picked themselves up from the cockpit floor.
Stepping out of the airlock, the first thing they heard was a babble of frantic gibberish and the sounds of clanging metal.
"Sounds like somebody's enjoying a rumble!" Lister observed.
"Oh! I forgot my . . ." Rimmer quickly dashed back inside to the safety of Starbug's cockpit.
"Testicles?" Lister called back after him and shook his head, wondering yet again how someone virtually indestructible could be such a smegging coward.