This Is an SOS Distress Call from the Mining Ship Red Dwarf…”
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contents “When it comes to weirdy, paradoxy space stuff, I’ve bought the t-shirt.” —Lister, “Cassandra” Acknowledgments v Foreword by Jonathan Capps vii Introduction by Paul C Giachetti ix Abbreviation Key: A Guide to the Guide xiv The Encyclopedia 0-9 2 A 22 B 52 C 91 D 132 E 162 F 180 G 199 H 223 I 257 J 267 K 282 L to Z See Volume 2 “That’s why I had my appendix out… twice.” —Rimmer, “Thanks for the Memory” Appendix I: The Red Dwarf Episode Guide 301 Appendix II: The Universes of Red Dwarf 321 Appendix III: Other Red Dwarf-related Books 325 Appendix IV: Categorical Index See Volume 2 About the Author 327 ii iii CODES: W: WEBSITES OFF: Official website (www reddwarf co uk) RL: REAL LIFE NAN: Prelude to Nanarchy (www reddwarf co uk/ Information tagged with this code comes from real-world gallery/index cfm?page=prelude-to-nanarchy) sources AND: Androids (www androids tv) DIV: Diva-Droid (www divadroid info) T: TELEVISION EPISODES DIB: Duane Dibbley (www duanedibbley co uk) SER: Televised CRP: Crapola (www crapola biz) IDW: “Identity Within” (untelevised) GEN: Geneticon (www geneticon info) USA1: Unaired U S pilot LSR: Leisure World International USA2: Unaired U S demo reel (www leisureworldint com) JMC: Jupiter Mining Corporation R: REMASTERED (The Bodysnatcher Collection) (www jupiterminingcorporation com) SER: Remastered episodes AIT: A.I. Today (www aitoday co uk) BOD: “Bodysnatcher” storyboards HOL: HoloPoint (www holopoint biz) DAD: “Dad” storyboards FTH: “Lister’s Father” storyboards X: MISC. INF: “Infinity Patrol” storyboards PRO: Promotional materials, videos, etc END: “The End” (original assembly) (specified in notes) PST: Posters displayed at Dimension Jump XVII (2013) N: NOVELS CAL: Red Dwarf 2008 Calendar INF: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers RNG: Cell Phone Ringtones BTL: Better Than Life MOB: Mobisode (“Red Christmas”, Parts 1 and 2) LST: Last Human CIN: Red Dwarf Children in Need Sketch BCK: Backwards GEK: Geek Week introductions by Kryten OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus TNG: “Tongue-Tied” video XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch script M: MAGAZINES XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch video SMG: Smegazine OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances (specified in notes) B: BOOKS PRG: Red Dwarf Programme Guide SUFFIXES: SUR: Red Dwarf Space Corps Survival Manual PRM: Primordial Soup DVDs SOS: Son of Soup (d) – Deleted scene SCE: Scenes from the Dwarf (o) – Outtake LOG: Red Dwarf Log No. 1996 (b) – Bonus DVD material (other) EVR: The Log: A Dwarfer’s Guide to Everything (e) – Extended version RD8: Red Dwarf VIII SMEGAZINES / FAN CLUB MAGAZINES G: ROLEPLAYING GAME (c) – Comic RPG: Core Rulebook (a) – Article BIT: A.I. Screen (including Extra Bits booklet) SOR: Series Sourcebook OTHER OTH: Other RPG material (including online PDFs) (s) – Early or unused script draft (s1) – Alternate version of script xiv xv A ANNIHILATOR • android sheep: Mechanical representations of Ovis aries, Baywatch Nights, an American science fiction police available at a brothel on Mimas to customers who enjoyed drama that spun off from David Hasselhoff’s Baywatch bestiality [N-INF] series, with the premise of a policeman quitting his job to open a detective agency. The phrase “Robots Never • Androids Nights: A spinoff of the television soap opera Sleep” presumably derived from “We Never Sleep,” the Androids, the tagline of which was “Robots Never Sleep ” The well-known slogan of the Pinkerton National Detective short-lived series revolved around protagonist Capston’s plan Agency. to start a detective agency, with the android navigating a trail of murder, mystery and adultery that led to a confrontation with • Androids Shower Radio: A product sold by Crapola Inc , a character called Jaysee The series’ DVD featured eighteen sporting the logo of the television soap opera Androids When minutes of bonus materials, including making-of specials, hit with water, the radio played the Androids theme song outtakes and deleted scenes, and retailed for $£18 99 [W-CRP] A button on the device allowed users to hear an alternate NOTE: This TV series’ title and premise were based on song, “Goto 10 If You Love Me,” which had played during the PREFIX R-: The Bodysnatcher Collection BCK: Backwards CRP: Crapola RL: Real life SER: Remastered episodes OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus GEN: Geneticon BOD: “Bodysnatcher” LSR: Leisure World Intl. T-: Television Episodes DAD: “Dad” M-: Magazines JMC: Jupiter Mining Corporation SER: Television series FTH: “Lister’s Father” SMG: Smegazine AIT: A.I. Today IDW: “Identity Within” INF: “Infinity Patrol” HOL: HoloPoint USA1: Unaired U.S. pilot END: “The End” (original assembly) W-: Websites USA2: Unaired U.S. demo OFF: Official website G-: Roleplaying Game N-: Novels NAN: Prelude to Nanarchy RPG: Core Rulebook INF: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers AND: Androids BIT: A.I. Screen Extra Bits booklet 36 BTL: Better Than Life DIV: Diva-Droid SOR: Series Sourcebook LST: Last Human DIB: Duane Dibbley OTH: Other RPG material A wedding of characters Simone and Derek The shower radio Red Dwarf and inquired about their experience; he explained was made in Taiwan and sold for $£9 99 [W-CRP] the goal of the game, and was amused to learn how much of it they had missed He then prepped the machine for a new • Androids Singing Mug: A product sold by Crapola Inc , group of players, directing the old crew to the recuperation sporting the logo of the television soap opera Androids When lounge [T-SER5.6] lifted, the black mug played the program’s theme song The cup was made in Taiwan and sold for $£8 99 [W-CRP] • Ange: A cutesy nickname, short for “Angel,” that Lister gave Kochanski during their brief romance [N-INF] • Androids—The Movie III: The third feature film based on the television soap opera Androids The film was one of Kryten’s • Angel Islington, The: A London district featured in that city’s favorites [M-SMG1.1(a)] version of Monopoly [RL] For his twenty-fourth birthday, NOTE: This, of course, implied there were two prior Lister and several friends embarked on a Monopoly board pub Androids movies. crawl across London; their fifth stop was The Angel Islington, where they ordered mezcals [N-INF] • Androids—The Movie IV: The fourth feature film based on the television soap opera Androids In the movie, Kelly • anger: An emotional state characterized by a strong feeling ironed while Simone was threatened with shutdown The of displeasure and animosity toward something or someone film, directed by Android 25143/B, was broadcast on Groovy [RL] After escaping a hazardous waste pod and boarding Red Channel 27 at 10:30 PM on Wednesday, the 27th of Geldof, Dwarf, a polymorph attacked the crew by changing form to 2362 [M-SMG1.7(a)] elicit and feed on their emotions It targeted Rimmer by taking the form of his mother and describing her sexual exploits with • Android Zzzzz/z: The robotic production accountant on the Lister involving Alphabetti Spaghetti, after which it drained television soap opera Androids [T-SER2.1(d)] the anger from Arnold’s mind [T-SER3.3] While being analyzed by Red Dwarf’s chief psychiatric • Andromeda Galaxy: A spiral galaxy roughly 2 5 million light- counselor, Kryten boasted that anger and rudimentary mindless years away from the Milky Way, and the nearest neighboring violence were emotions he had acquired with Lister’s help He galaxy [RL] When scientists in the twenty-second century then demonstrated this by smashing the counselor’s hand with discovered that the Sun’s lifespan had been severely reduced by his fist[T-SER8.1] attempts to control Earth’s weather, the World Council developed a plan to relocate humanity to a planet within the Andromeda • Angling Times: A weekly British publication dedicated to the Galaxy sport of fishing [RL] After Kryten entered lie mode to assure Initially inhospitable due to its lava and magma surface, Rimmer that his high-velocity garbage cannon would work, he the planet was chosen for its potential to be terraformed using quietly told Lister that Arnold had fallen for his ruse—hook, specially designed viruses and custom species of GELFs line, sinker, rod and copy of Angling Times [T-SER6.1] The first phase of the mission included launching a ship, the Mayflower, toward Andromeda to start the process of • angry chipmunk affair, the: An incident aboard Red Dwarf terraforming; it never arrived, however, having been knocked involving Lister, Chen, Selby and Petersen, with Selby off course by a GELF mutiny against the human crew [N-LST] reportedly the mastermind [G-BIT] • Andy: An individual whom the Red Dwarf crew imagined • Annett, Chloë: A British actor who portrayed Kristine meeting while trapped in a despair squid hallucination Andy, a Kochanski on the comedy television series Red Dwarf service technician for Leisure World International, greeted the [RL] While trapped in an elation squid hallucination, Lister crew after they awoke from the total-immersion video game discovered that Annett, who had portrayed Kochanski up until B-: Books X-: Misc. XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas SMEGAZINES: PRG: Red Dwarf Programme Guide PRO: Promotional materials, special pitch script (c) – Comic SUR: Red Dwarf Space Corps videos, etc. XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas (a) – Article Survival Manual PST: Posters at DJ XVII (2013) special pitch video PRM: Primordial Soup CAL: 2008 calendar OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances OTHER: SOS: Son of Soup RNG: Cell phone ringtones (s) – Early/unused script draft SCE: Scenes from the Dwarf MOB: Mobisode (“Red Christmas”) SUFFIX (s1) – Alternate version of script LOG: Red Dwarf Log