 David Kemper said that when he originally conceived "Farscape" with Rockne S. O'Bannon, they wanted it to be "Star Trek" but with a focus on the mind and emotions.Kemper wanted to leave time travel to his former colleagues Michael Piller and Brannon Braga.But director Andrew Prowse, influenced by "Memento", challenged Kemper to utilize nonlinear storytelling, leading him to write the cold open used in "Bad Timing".