time machines are really more a ‘when’ than a ‘where’...
Lister: -- and bingo! We've got ourselves a time machine!
Cat: Let's see if the sucker works!
Kryten: Sirs, choose any year.
Rimmer: Since we can't guarantee this time drive is going to
function properly, I suggest we select a neutral time period for
our first jaunt.
Lister: He's got a point. Let's go to someplace nice and safe
and dull. How about 1422?
Cat: How about 1421?
Lister: What's the difference?
Cat: No difference. I just wanted to make it look like I was
paying attention.
Rimmer: Load 1421, Kryten.
Kryten: 1421 loaded, sir. August 17th. Engaging the time drive.
Lister: Hey, we did it!
Kryten: Indeed we did. All the ship's chronometers indicate that
this is August the 16th, in the year 1421, just one day out.
Rimmer: Give us visual. Let's see what it's like out there.
Lister: Okay, punching it up.
Lister: Again? We're still where we were!
Kryten: Of course. We're still in deep space, sir, only now
we're in deep space in the 15th century. Isn't it wonderful?
Rimmer: So we're still three million years away from Earth?
Kryten: Well, yeah.