Volume 2 - Hasslein Books

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“When it comes to weirdy, paradoxy space stuff, I've bought the t-shirt.”
—Lister, “Cassandra”
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
Foreword by Jonathan Capps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
Introduction by Paul C. Giachetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
Abbreviation Key: A Guide to the Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
The Encyclopedia
0-9 and A-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
“That’s why I had my appendix out… twice.”
—Rimmer, “Thanks for the Memory”
Appendix I: The Red Dwarf Episode Guide . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
Appendix II: The Universes of Red Dwarf . . . . . . . . . See Volume 1
Appendix III: Other Red Dwarf-related Books . . . . . . See Volume 1
Appendix IV: Categorical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
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CODES:
RL: REAL LIFE
Information tagged with this code comes from real-world
sources.
T: TELEVISION EPISODES
SER: Televised
IDW: “Identity Within” (untelevised)
USA1: Unaired U.S. pilot
USA2: Unaired U.S. demo reel
R: REMASTERED (The Bodysnatcher Collection)
SER: Remastered episodes
BOD: “Bodysnatcher” storyboards
DAD: “Dad” storyboards
FTH: “Lister’s Father” storyboards
INF: “Infinity Patrol” storyboards
END: “The End” (original assembly)
N: NOVELS
INF: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
BTL: Better Than Life
LST: Last Human
BCK: Backwards
OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus
M: MAGAZINES
SMG: Smegazine
B: BOOKS
PRG: Red Dwarf Programme Guide
SUR: Red Dwarf Space Corps Survival Manual
PRM: Primordial Soup
SOS: Son of Soup
SCE: Scenes from the Dwarf
LOG: Red Dwarf Log No. 1996
EVR: The Log: A Dwarfer’s Guide to Everything
RD8: Red Dwarf VIII
G: ROLEPLAYING GAME
RPG: Core Rulebook
BIT: A.I. Screen (including Extra Bits booklet)
SOR: Series Sourcebook
OTH: Other RPG material (including online PDFs)
W: WEBSITES
OFF: Official website (www.reddwarf.co.uk)
NAN: Prelude to Nanarchy (www.reddwarf.co.uk/
gallery/index.cfm?page=prelude-to-nanarchy)
AND: Androids (www.androids.tv)
DIV: Diva-Droid (www.divadroid.info)
DIB: Duane Dibbley (www.duanedibbley.co.uk)
CRP: Crapola (www.crapola.biz)
GEN: Geneticon (www.geneticon.info)
LSR: Leisure World International
(www.leisureworldint.com)
JMC: Jupiter Mining Corporation
(www.jupiterminingcorporation.com)
AIT: A.I. Today (www.aitoday.co.uk)
HOL: HoloPoint (www.holopoint.biz)
X: MISC.
PRO: Promotional materials, videos, etc.
(specified in notes)
PST: Posters displayed at Dimension Jump XVII (2013)
CAL: Red Dwarf 2008 Calendar
RNG: Cell Phone Ringtones
MOB: Mobisode (“Red Christmas”, Parts 1 and 2)
CIN: Red Dwarf Children in Need Sketch
GEK: Geek Week introductions by Kryten
TNG: “Tongue-Tied” video
XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch script
XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch video
OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances (specified in notes)
SUFFIXES:
DVDs
(d) – Deleted scene
(o) – Outtake
(b) – Bonus DVD material (other)
(e) – Extended version
SMEGAZINES / FAN CLUB MAGAZINES
(c) – Comic
(a) – Article
OTHER
(s) – Early or unused script draft
(s1) – Alternate version of script
v
M
MECHANOID “TARANSHULA”
REMOTE DRONE
PREFIX
RL: Real life
T-: Television Episodes
SER: Television series
IDW: “Identity Within”
USA2: Unaired U.S. demo
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R-: The Bodysnatcher Collection
BOD: “Bodysnatcher”
DAD: “Dad”
FTH: “Lister’s Father”
INF: “Infinity Patrol”
N-: Novels
LST: Last Human
BCK: Backwards
M-: Magazines
SMG: Smegazine
W-: Websites
OFF: Official website
NAN: Prelude to Nanarchy
AND: Androids
DIV: Diva-Droid
DIB: Duane Dibbley
CRP: Crapola
GEN: Geneticon
LSR: Leisure World Intl.
AIT: A.I. Today
HOL: HoloPoint
G-: Roleplaying Game
RPG: Core Rulebook
BIT: A.I. Screen Extra Bits booklet
OTH: Other RPG material
M
Years later, when Legion held the Red Dwarf crew captive
on his research station, the gestalt entity supplied them with a
bottle of Moët & Chandon, intending to make their captivity
a pleasant one [T-SER6.2].
• Mogidon Cluster: An area of space containing a pandimensional liquid beast. One such creature attacked the
Starbug 1 crew on Christmas day as they pursued the stolen
Red Dwarf [T-SER6.6].
• molecular destabilizer: A handheld device, also known as
a Molly-D, that broke down a surface’s molecular cohesion,
allowing matter to pass through it. This device enabled a user
(and other objects) to pass through walls. The rogue droid
Hogey used a Molly-D to gain entry to Red Dwarf, by attaching
his pod to the mining ship and utilizing the device to pass
through the ship’s hull.
When rogue simulants attacked Red Dwarf, the crew took
the device from Hogey and escaped aboard Blue Midget, then
hid in an asteroid field until devising an escape plan. Using
themselves as bait, the crew positioned themselves between
the pursuing Annihilators and the Simulant Death Ship, and
waited for all four ships to fire missiles. Lister then destabilized
the Blue Midget’s hull with the molecular destabilizer, causing
each missile to pass through the ship and hit its opposite vessel,
resulting in the destruction of all four enemy craft [T-SER10.6].
• molecularization: A form of transportation used on twentysecond-century Earth, in which one’s molecules were broken
apart and reassembled at the destination point. The technology
was prone to traffic delays and technical glitches, such as
sending a traveler’s legs to another country [N-LST].
• “Molecular Regeneration”: A phrase on a chart that Rimmer
created to translate markings on a mysterious pod Holly found
adrift in space, which he thought were an alien language—but
which actually spelled out “Red Dwarf Garbage Pod,” eroded
away after many years of spaceflight [T-SER1.4].
• Molecule Mind: A nickname that Lister suggested Kryten call
Rimmer instead of “Mr. Arnold.” During a later act of rebellion,
Kryten broke from his programming and called Rimmer several
names, including “Molecule Mind” [T-SER2.1].
B-: Books
SUR: Red Dwarf Space Corps
Survival Manual
SOS: Son of Soup
RD8: Red Dwarf VIII
EVR: The Log: A Dwarfer’s Guide
to Everything
X-: Misc.
PRO: Promotional materials,
videos, etc.
PST: Posters at DJ XVII (2013)
CAL: 2008 calendar
RNG: Cell phone ringtones
MOB: Mobisode (“Red Christmas”)
CIN: Children in Need sketch
GEK: Geek Week intros by Kryten
• Mole Tank: A bus-sized transport vehicle designed to burrow
underground and emerge behind enemy lines, allowing soldiers
to attack from the rear. The project was rife with design issues,
from simple navigation problems to crewmembers being boiled
alive due to inadequate shielding. Despite this, several hundred
Mole Tanks were deployed in action.
Of the five hundred units launched, four hundred and
sixty-three disappeared and were classified as “on indefinite
maneuvers;” seven were found in the Pacific Ocean; fourteen
emerged in various mineshafts throughout the world; four
were launched from a geyser in Iceland; two appeared in
Vatican Square and were converted into shrines; one blocked
the Channel Tunnel; one crashed through the floor of a rave in
Ibiza and was met with applause; two simultaneously emerged
at Venice Beach and collided with each other; four strategically
surfaced at Mount Rushmore, replacing the statues’ noses;
and two completed their mission by emerging behind enemy
lines and declaring victory over two one-legged peasants and
a catapult operator [B-EVR].
• Mollee: A robotic character on the television soap opera
Androids [N-INF]. She had a long-lost daughter named Aimi,
who had been kidnapped by vacuum cleaners [W-AND]. In
one episode, Mollee’s dead husband used the family’s wealth to
resurrect himself as a hologram [M-SMG1.8(c2)]. This news
caused Mollee’s colostomy bag to explode [M-SMG1.8(c5)].
In another episode, Mollee visited her neighbor, Kelly,
to request help in picketing Brothel-U-Like, unaware that
Kelly was the establishment’s madam [M-SMG1.11(c1)].
During the protest, Mollee tripped and fell into an Ecstat-OMatic booth, scrambling her circuits. She then took over the
brothel, after an attempt on Kelly’s life left the former owner
hospitalized, and renamed it “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brothel”
[M-SMG2.3(c2)].
When Mollee slipped on an oil slick, she regained her
former personality and memories. She vowed to get back
at Jaysee, who had blackmailed her during her tenure as the
brothel’s madam [M-SMG2.5(c5)]. In a later storyline, Mollee
finally succeeded in shutting the brothel down, setting the
prostidroids free. This particular episode always made Kryten
cheer [N-INF].
• Molly-D: See molecular destabilizer
XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas
special pitch script
XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas
special pitch video
OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances
SUFFIX
DVD:
(o) – Outtake
SMEGAZINES:
(c) – Comic
(a) – Article
OTHER:
(s) – Early/unused script draft
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NEWTON, KAREN,
DOCTOR
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• Name That Smell: A game that Kochanski mocked Lister
and Cat for playing. She then attempted to broaden their
sophistication by bringing them into an artificial-reality
simulation of Pride and Prejudice Land [T-SER7.6].
• Nanny-Bot childcare software bundle: A software package
for the 4000 Series mechanoid, available as an option from
Diva-Droid International [G-RPG].
• nanobot: A microscopic robot made from components at or
near the scale of a nanometer (10-9 meters) [RL]. 4000 Series
mechanoids had nanobots built into their bodies as part of
their self-repair system [T-SER7.8]. Such nanobots resembled
miniscule insects, such as spiders or ticks, with mechanoid
heads [W-NAN].
Once activated, these subatomic robots broke down
raw materials at the molecular level and rebuilt their host
mechanoid’s damaged or malfunctioning components. After
Lister lost his arm to the Epideme virus, Kochanski questioned
whether Kryten’s nanobots could rebuild his arm using extra
tissue from his body. Although it would work, Kryten admitted,
his nanobots had deserted him years prior. The crew thus
returned to the ocean planet containing the Esperanto, where
Kryten had last activated his nanobots, and where Red Dwarf
had been lost.
Upon arrival, they found a small planetoid composed of parts
from the mining ship. Among the scrap was Holly, restored to
his male persona and stored in a wristwatch. Holly informed
them that the robots had remolecularized the entire vessel,
created a subatomic version for themselves, and turned the
rest into the planetoid. The crew turned Starbug’s scanners
toward its interior and found the nanobots hiding in Lister’s
laundry basket. Kryten captured the ‘bots and forced them to
rebuild Red Dwarf and fix Lister’s arm [T-SER7.8].
Holly then created a second set of nanobots and instructed
them to revive the full complement of Red Dwarf in order to
keep Lister on his toes. This plan backfired on him, however,
when the newly revived Captain Hollister sentenced the group
to two years in the brig for using the crew’s personal files for
their own gain [T-SER8.3].
sick, Kryten injected several of his nanosensors into Cat to
determine the cause, which turned out to be a biological
affliction due to a lack of sex [T-IDW].
• nanotek: A hypothetical unit of time. While helping Lister
search for uranium deposits on a moon, Holly claimed two
nanoteks equaled one glimbart [N-INF].
• nasal alert: A sensation that Cat experienced when detecting
impending danger. He announced a nasal alert prior to being
captured by Rimmer clones on Rimmerworld [T-SER6.5].
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
A civilian branch of the U.S. government responsible for
the nation’s space program and aerospace research [RL]. A
graphic showing NASA’s logo and full name adorned the wall
of Rimmer’s bunk aboard Red Dwarf [T-SER2.2].
• National Bazookoid Association: An organization dedicated
to bazookoid ownership. The builders of Justice World—
enlightened individuals who believed in the humane treatment
and rehabilitation of prisoners—were not members of the
National Bazookoid Association [G-RPG].
• National Enquirer, The: A weekly American tabloid newspaper
focused on entertainment gossip and sensationalized stories
[RL]. While researching ways to reduce Lister’s sentence
in Red Dwarf’s brig, Holly found an article on page 8 of an
issue of the Enquirer, about an operation to turn a human into
a dog. He suggested Lister undergo the procedure, called a
“roverostomy,” since dog years were seven times shorter than
human years, effectively reducing his two-year sentence to
only fourteen weeks [T-SER8.4].
• National Have Something That Scuttles for Dinner Day:
A hypothetical holiday. When Kryten cooked a lobster dinner
to celebrate the anniversary of his rescue from Nova 5, Lister,
not remembering the date, wondered if it was National Have
Something That Scuttles for Dinner Day [T-SER7.6].
NOTE: The DVD captions read “National Eat
Something That Scuttles Day.”
• nano-Red Dwarf: See Red Dwarf [ninth entry]
• nanosensor: A microscopic sensory point used to convey
data to the macroscopic world, used primarily in medicine
and for building nanoscale computer chips [RL]. 4000 Series
mechanoids contained nanosensors as part of their internal
analysis system. Once magnified, this type of nanosensor
resembled a mechanoid’s head, with a propeller in the rear for
propulsion. Nanosensors could be transferred to a humanoid
body to detect and analyze toxic substances. When Cat became
• Nautical-Class seeding vessel: The classification of the SSS
Esperanto, a Space Corps seeding ship discovered by the
Starbug 1 crew [G-RPG].
• Navarro, Randy, Commander: The hologrammic secondin-command of the holoship Enlightenment. He had an IQ of
194 [T-SER5.1].
NOTE: The Red Dwarf Programme Guide spelled
his name “Nivaro,” while the official website has
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occasionally spelled it “Navaro.” The spelling used
here appeared in the episode’s credits.
• navicomp: A piece of equipment located in Red Dwarf’s Drive
Room, short for “navigational computer.” While traveling at
faster-than-light speed, Rimmer witnessed a future echo of
what appeared to be Lister being killed by an overheating
navicomp, though what he actually saw was Lister’s future
son, Bexley, dying [T-SER1.2]. Starbug shuttlecrafts were
fitted with navicomps as well [T-SER3.1], which also acted
as Medical Units [T-SER6.5].
NOTE: This was sometimes referred to as a navicom,
dropping the “p.”
• Navicomp Chamber: A small section of Red Dwarf’s Drive
Room that contained the ship’s navigational computer [N-INF].
• Navi-Comp Operating System: Software installed in
navigational computers sold by Crapola Inc. [G-RPG].
• Navicomp Suite: A room allocated for Red Dwarf’s
navigational controls [N-BTL].
• navigational computer: See navicomp
• navigation officer first class: A rank to which Rimmer
imagined being promoted due to a computer error on his
Astronavigation Exam, unaware he was actually still in the
total-immersion video game Better Than Life. Due to his
inability to accept such good fortune, however—even in a
game—his mind conjured up an Outland Revenue agent, who
smashed his thumbs with a hammer [T-SER2.2].
• Neame, Doctor: A character on the television soap opera
Androids. He started as an orderly who once covered for a
physician on his lunch break [W-AND]. After Brook was
injured during a shootout with Jaysee, Brooke Junior brought
him to St. Pentium’s Hospital, where Neame examined him
[M-SMG2.8(c2)].
• nebulon missile: A powerful explosive capable of triggering
a reaction within a supergiant star, causing it to go supernova.
Commissioned by the Coca-Cola Co., Nova 5 launched a
PREFIX
RL: Real life
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DAD: “Dad”
N-: Novels
LST: Last Human
nebulon missile at a blue supergiant, completing an advertising
campaign in which 128 supernovae spelled out the words “Coke
Adds Life!,” which could be easily seen from Earth [N-INF].
• neck diodes: Components of certain androids in an alternate
universe, such as Dottie, Jake Bullet’s secretary [M-SMG1.7(a)].
• Necrobics: Hologrammatic exercises for the dead: An exercise
program designed specifically for holograms. While Rimmer
worked out to a Necrobics tape in his quarters, it began raining
herring due to Lister dreaming of that event while suffering
from mutated pneumonia [T-SER1.5].
• negadrive: A hardware and software bundle built into 4000
Series mechanoids as part of “Mamet’s Revenge.” All negative
emotions experienced by a mechanoid were stored on the
negadrive. Once the file became full, it triggered an overload
that caused the mech’s head to explode, symbolizing how
Mamet’s ex-fiancé “lost his head” when becoming angry.
When Kryten learned of his negadrive via a previously
inaccessible memory file, he quickly removed the component.
Later, during a rogue simulant attack, Kryten’s brother Able
took the device and left Starbug in an escape pod, feeding the
negadrive’s signal through the pod’s thrusters and aiming it at
the enemy ship, causing the simulant to destroy his own vessel
[T-SER7.6].
• Nega-Drive download station: An accessory for 4000
Series mechanoids, available as an option from Diva-Droid
International [G-RPG].
• negative gravity drive: A type of propulsion unit used aboard
the Mayflower, a transport ship assigned to ferry GELFs,
simulants and humans to the Andromeda Galaxy to terraform
a new home for mankind [N-LST].
• negative virus: A viral strain that affected an individual in a
detrimental manner, such as influenza. Hologrammic scientist
Hildegarde Lanstrom conceived the notion that both negative
and positive viruses existed, and was able to isolate several
strains at a viral research station. She eventually contracted
a holovirus that drove her insane and killed her, which she
passed on to Rimmer before dying [T-SER5.4].
BCK: Backwards
M-: Magazines
SMG: Smegazine
W-: Websites
AND: Androids
DIV: Diva-Droid
DIB: Duane Dibbley
CRP: Crapola
GEN: Geneticon
AIT: A.I. Today
HOL: HoloPoint
RPG: Core Rulebook
N
• Neider-Lewis, Professor: A scientist who helped to create the
virtual-reality game Better Than Life. His father had worked on
a virtual-reality system that allowed a user to access alternate
dimensions; he disappeared, however, shortly after solving the
problem of traversing dimensional barriers [M-SMG1.1(a)].
• Neighbours: An Australian television soap opera that debuted
in 1985 [RL]. Kryten cited the phrase “Neighbours is an
excellent television program” as an example of advanced lying
[M-SMG1.6(a)].
NOTE: The in-universe soap opera Androids, featured
in episode 2.1 (“Kryten”) and several Smegazine
comics, was based on this television series, as was
its theme song.
• Nelly (“Lube”): A character on the television soap opera
Androids. She was a part-time barmaid at a pub called The
Petroleum, as well as a part-time sex worker at Kelly’s android
brothel [W-AND].
NOTE: Nelly’s character profile on the Androids
website repurposed an image of Mollee from the
Smegazines’ Androids comics.
• Nelson: A name that Lister assigned to one of twelve rogue
droids he purchased from the Kinitawowi to break his
doppelgänger out of the virtual-reality prison Cyberia [N-LST].
• Nelson, Horatio, Vice-Admiral: A decorated eighteenthcentury British Naval officer who lost an arm during an
unsuccessful campaign to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Spain [RL]. While explaining to Cat his reasons for teaching
Kryten how to lie, Lister cited Nelson’s insubordination and
subsequent victory as an example of how dishonesty could be
beneficial [T-SER4.1]. Kochanski later mentioned Nelson as
an extraordinary one-armed individual, while consoling Lister
over the amputation of his arm [T-SER7.8].
• Nelson, Horatio, Vice-Admiral: A waxdroid replica of the
admiral, created for the Waxworld theme park. Left on their
own for millions of years, the waxdroids attained sentience
and became embroiled in a park-wide resource war between
Villain World and Hero World (to which Nelson belonged).
The Nelson waxdroid died during the conflict [T-SER4.6].
B-: Books
Survival Manual
SOS: Son of Soup
RD8: Red Dwarf VIII
to Everything
X-: Misc.
videos, etc.
CAL: 2008 calendar
• Nelson, Norbert: A crewmember aboard a spaceship fitted
with a DNA-modifying machine. Nelson used the contraption
to give himself an additional pair of heads, despite not fully
understanding the controls [W-OFF]. Many years later, the
Red Dwarf crew discovered the derelict ship, with the threeheaded skeleton of Nelson inside [T-SER4.2].
• NeoProzak: An anti-depressant drug developed in 2036,
and subsequently made mandatory worldwide. Dissidents
who refused to take the drug hid in caves and were generally
miserable [B-EVR].
• Neptune: The eighth planet in Earth’s solar system. It possessed
thirteen known moons, including Triton [RL]. Space-beatniks
from around the system gathered on Neptune for Pluto’s
solstice, an event that marked the moment Pluto overtook
Neptune and became the outermost planet in the solar system
[N-INF].
In the twenty-second century, the Inter-Planetary Commission
for Waste Disposal decided to designate one of the system’s nine
planets as humanity’s official dumping grounds. Representatives
from all nine worlds presented their case against being chosen,
with Neptune’s delegation focusing on the planet’s inimitable
terraforming operations and renowned architecture. Ultimately,
Earth was nominated for the task [N-BTL].
• Neptune Blue: A standard color available for Diva-Droid
International’s 4000 Series mechanoid [G-RPG].
• nerdism: A medical condition afflicting certain members
of a totalitarian society in Jake Bullet’s universe. Symptoms
included thin hair, bad eyesight, goofy teeth, spots and a
tendency to wear severely outdated clothes. Doctor Donald
Dirk, of England’s Slough Brain Research Unit, studied the
condition and proved that it was curable through an expensive
operation [M-SMG1.14(c6)].
• “Nerdism—A Study”: A medical research paper published
in Jake Bullet’s universe, written by Doctor Donald Dirk of
the Slough Brain Research Unit. This study revolved around
the affliction known as nerdism, and included a diagram
of a nerd outlining certain key indicators of the disorder
[M-SMG1.14(c6)].
special pitch video
SUFFIX
DVD:
(o) – Outtake
SMEGAZINES:
(c) – Comic
(a) – Article
OTHER:
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RED DWARF
• Red Dwarf Central Line: The main tube of Red Dwarf’s
interior transit line [N-INF].
• Red Planet Power Drinks: A line of energy drinks. Its parent
company sponsored the publication A.I. Today [W-AIT].
• Red Dwarf Log No. 1996: An official log book maintained by
the Red Dwarf crew, in which their day-to-day activities were
recorded for a year [B-LOG].
NOTE: The book was essentially a real-world calendar
for the year 1996.
• Red Rocket: An adult-oriented establishment in Shag
Town, a seedy section of the Saturnian moon of Mimas
[M-SMG2.3(c4)].
NOTE: The term “red rocket” is slang for a dog’s
erection.
• Red Dwarfski: A Soviet Space Corps mining vessel in a
timeline in which the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(U.S.S.R.) bested the United States in the so-called Space
Race [G-SOR].
• refectory: A mess lounge aboard Red Dwarf. George
McIntyre’s “Welcome Back” reception was held in this room
[T-SER1.1]. Three million years later, Holly summoned Lister
to the refectory during a Class A Emergency, but when he
arrived, he discovered the “emergency” was merely Rimmer
conducting a roll call of the entire ship’s complement—despite
their all being deceased [R-BOD].
• Red Dwarf Waxwork Museum: An attraction aboard Red
Dwarf, featuring wax figures of historical individuals. Kryten
once spent six hours attempting to clean tattoos off the David
Beckham figure, thinking it was graffiti [X-GEK].
PREFIX
RL: Real life
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DAD: “Dad”
N-: Novels
LST: Last Human
BCK: Backwards
M-: Magazines
SMG: Smegazine
W-: Websites
AND: Androids
DIV: Diva-Droid
DIB: Duane Dibbley
CRP: Crapola
GEN: Geneticon
AIT: A.I. Today
HOL: HoloPoint
RPG: Core Rulebook
R
• reference library: A room aboard Red Dwarf allocated for
education and research. The library contained a language lab,
and was within the section of the vessel covered by Z-Shift.
Prior to the cadmium II disaster, Rimmer assigned Wilkinson
and Turner to the reference library to sanitize the lab’s headsets
[N-INF].
• refinery: An area of Red Dwarf allocated for processing and
refining minerals and ores mined from meteors, located at the
top of the ship [R-BOD(b)].
NOTE: This section was visible in concept art included
in The Bodysnatcher Collection’s bonus features, as
well as in production photos of the model, posted online
at The Model Unit's Facebook page.
• Reflec vest: A light, highly reflective jacket that offered
protection against lasers and other energy-based weapons.
The vest was produced by Bloodlust Arms and consisted of
polished metal fibers. Ace Rimmer often wore a Reflec vest
[G-RPG].
• refrigeration unit: A component aboard Starbug vessels used
to refrigerate food and other perishables. As the Starbug 1 crew
pursued the stolen Red Dwarf, the shuttle’s refrigeration unit
malfunctioned, forcing the crew to live off moss and fungi
extracted from passing asteroids, and to later loot a derelict
simulant cruiser for food [T-SER6.5].
NOTE: In the real world, Reggie Dixon never made
such a recording. In a deleted scene from episode 5.6
(“Back to Reality”), the DVD captions misspelled the
recording’s name as Reggie Dickson’s Tango Treats.
• Reggie Wilson Memorial Trophy: A championship trophy
awarded to the winner of association football’s Hammond
Organ F.A. Cup Final, in the universe known as Alternative
6829/B. Ace Rimmer helped the Smegchester Rovers win the
Reggie Wilson Memorial Trophy in 2180, when he replaced
team captain Ray Rimmer, whose magical football boots had
become too worn out for him to play [M-SMG1.8(c4)].
• Reggie Wilson Plays the Lift Music Classics: An album
covering elevator music, performed on a Hammond organ.
Rimmer owned a CD of this recording, which he brought on
a fishing holiday with his shipmates, much to their displeasure
[T-SER4.5].
• Regional News: A television news program that aired at 5:40
PM on Groovy Channel 27. Regional News featured a team
of holograms reporting on the latest events and weather from
around Earth’s solar system [M-SMG1.7(a)].
• Regulator, The: An Alberog GELF judge who presided over
the GELFs’ Forum of Justice on Arranguu 12 [N-LST].
• “Re-Gen”: A phrase printed on a console label in Starbug 1’s
Medical Bay [T-SER7.8].
• rehydratable chicken: A food item in Red Dwarf’s food
supply, listed on a supply checklist that Lister crosschecked
with Rimmer. At the time, the ship’s stores contained 140,000
rehydratable chickens [T-SER1.3].
• Regent Street: A road in South East London, featured in
that city’s version of Monopoly [RL]. For his twenty-fourth
birthday, Lister and several friends embarked on a Monopoly
board pub crawl across London, which included visiting a
tavern on Regent Street [N-INF].
• rehydration unit: A component within a 4000 Series
mechanoid’s body, designed to keep the droid hydrated. The
Kryten model had several such units installed [T-SER4.1].
• Reggie Dixon’s Tango Treats: A perpetually looped recording
that Rimmer forced Lister, Cat and Kryten to listen to while
keeping them in mandatory quarantine [T-SER5.4]. Arnold
intended to play the recording to cheer up his shipmates
after they were contaminated by despair squid ink, but Lister
threatened to stay in the airlock if he did [T-SER5.6(d)].
B-: Books
Survival Manual
SOS: Son of Soup
RD8: Red Dwarf VIII
to Everything
X-: Misc.
videos, etc.
CAL: 2008 calendar
• Reich, the: An evil superpower that took control of War World,
an Earth in a dimension where World War II never ended. The
Reich fought against the Resistance, a small but formidable
freedom fighter force.
The Reich was led by a supercomputer called the Human
Impressions Task & Logistics Electronic Reichsführer
(HITLER), which was controlled by Adolf Hitler’s brain,
special pitch video
SUFFIX
DVD:
(o) – Outtake
SMEGAZINES:
(c) – Comic
(a) – Article
OTHER:
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about
the author
Paul C. Giachetti is the co-owner of Hasslein Books, a publishing company he
launched with long-time friend Rich Handley in 2008. A magazine layout artist by
trade, he is also Hasslein’s graphic artist and layout designer, and has designed and
produced all of the company’s publications to date, as well as its marketing and
promotional material. He lives on Long Island, New York.
Paul maintains a personal blog at paulanoma.blogspot.com, and occasionally
contributes to Hasslein’s blog, hassleinbooks.blogspot.com. A long-time fan of
British comedy, he decided the time was right to compile this two-volume set—his
debut publications for Hasslein Books—about his all-time-favorite franchise. Some
of his other favorites include Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Stargate,
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Farscape. He is also an avid photographer,
gamer and techie, and enjoys making fun of bad movies.
He can be followed at facebook.com/paulgiachetti.
about
hasslein books
Hasslein Books (hassleinbooks.com) is a New York-based independent publisher
of reference guides by geeks, for geeks. The company is named after Doctor Otto
Hasslein, a physicist and time travel expert portrayed by actor Eric Braeden in the
film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and on the Hasslein Curve named in honor
of his theories.
In addition to the Red Dwarf Encyclopedia, the company’s lineup of unauthorized
genre-based reference books includes Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive
Chronology, Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes: The Comprehensive Encyclopedia,
A Matter of Time: The Unauthorized Back to the Future Lexicon, Back in Time:
The Unauthorized Back to the Future Chronology and Lost in Time and Space: An
Unofficial Guide to the Uncharted Journeys of Doctor Who, with future volumes
slated to feature James Bond, G.I. Joe, Alien vs. Predator, Battlestar Galactica,
Ghostbusters, Universal Monsters and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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