red dwarf – season seven

ed dwarf season seven part two small black beetles: the overkill
KRYTEN: Nanobots. They break objects down into their
component atoms and then recombine those atoms to
repair damaged circuits. Nanotechnology.
CAT: Er, just for me: could you run that by me one more
time, but this time do the big writing version, with
pictures. One word per page?
KRYTEN: Let me think of a cogent paradigm...
CAT: I'd rather have a good example..?
KRYTEN: This is a lead pencil. It's made of graphite, which is
a particular arrangement of carbon atoms. This is
diamond, it too is made of carbon atoms. Nanobots
can rearrange atoms so they could take this lead
pencil, move the atoms around a bit, and turn it into
diamond.
CAT: It's possible to make diamonds out of pencils?
KRYTEN: It's also possible to make computer chips out of
sand.
KOCHANSKI: So, what happens if we transferred some of
your nanobots into Dave? Wouldn't they be able to
build him a new arm from his excess body tissue?
KRYTEN: Unfortunately, ma'am, it's not possible. I no
longer have any nanobots, sir. They deserted me. When
and where I can't be exactly certain.
LISTER: But if we were to find these nanobots, could they
build me a new arm?
KRYTEN: Oh, but finding them would be close to
impossible, sir. It would be like looking for a needle in
a male student's flat.
KOCHANSKI: When was the last repair they made?
KRYTEN: When we were on the Esperanto, just before we
met the Despair Squid.
LISTER: That was ages ago; before we lost the Dwarf.
KRYTEN: That's why I've given up hope of ever finding
them.
LISTER: Let's set a course back to the Esperanto.
KRYTEN: But I promise you it's futile, sir… I'll start
preparing the suspended animation booths...
LISTER: Hang on a minute, we're not there... where the
smeg are we?
KOCHANSKI: The computer's brought us out of Deep Sleep
early, it must have picked up something.
LISTER: Maybe it's something to do with this planetoid
directly ahead?
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