"Holy Benjamin Button!" said Leonard.

"For now, yes, we are stuck." said the doctor.

"So we're stuck this way? Do I have to tell you how serious this is?"

"Well, it's already been reversed, hasn't it? Now I'm trying to reverse the reversal process that I inadvertently triggered."

"And you haven't been able to fix it yet? Could it be irreversible?"

"I am the repairman, Leonard. I know more about the inner workings of this device than any silly technician with an associate's degree from 'Generic Community College!' Besides…no one else would understand the modifications I've made to this thing."

"Can't we call a repairman? No, wait…it's all backwards, so we'll have to call a repairman yesterday!"

"I'm fixing it now! Why do you think I've disassembled it?"

"Yes, that's nice, but ego aside…what are we going to do to fix this?"

"I told you already, don't call me Dr. Noble. I'm changing my name to Nobel as soon as they award me that particular Prize for my research work."

"That was quite a smooth move, Dr. Noble. What do we do now?"

"Precisely."

"So now we're all going backwards? Time itself is moving backwards?"

"I rewound the whole of recorded time! All that was and all that is!"

"So you…what?"

"Don't take that snide tone with me. My plan worked! I tapped into the space-time continuum and got it all on disc! The problems started when I put the disc into the player and hit rewind by mistake."

"I hope it was a rewriteable DVD."

"I wouldn't expect you to understand the intricacies of it. Essentially, I rewired the DVD player to bring its components in line with my theories about quantum physics. My goal was to hack into the fabric of reality so I could download and record all the secrets of the universe onto this blank DVD! I'll be rich when this is over, I tell you! And mankind's modern progress will take an exponential leap forward."

"And what would that be, Doctor?"

"I'll thank you to watch your tongue, Leonard. I'm working on my latest project."

"This looks more like the work of poo-flinging monkeys to me!"

"I'm fixing it. Isn't disassembly the proper way to fix things? It's good enough for grease monkeys and mechanics!"

"Well, for one, you've got the contents of the DVD player strewn around you in little pieces!"

"And why do you say that, Leonard?"

"Oh, dear. This looks like the beginning of something bad."