Red Dwarf: Dimension Jump [1991]

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 14 March 1991
Running Time: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC / Grant Naylor Production
Producer: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Ed Bye
Associate Producer: Candida Julian-Jones
Production Manager: Julian Scott

SCRIPT
Script: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor

DIRECTION
Director: Ed Bye

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Director: John Pomphrey
Camera Supervisor: Rocket
Vision Supervisor: Mike Spencer

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Vision Mixer: Simon Sanders
Videotape Editor: Graham Hutchings

MUSIC
Music: Howard Goodall

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Keith Mayes

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Andria Pennell
Costume Designer: Howard Burden

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Designer: Peter Wragg

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mel Bibby
Properties: Peter Blackall
Prop Buyer: Don Cave
Graphic Designer: Paul D'Auria

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Team: Celia Bargh, Malread Carfah
Production Assistant: Christine Moses
Production Accountant: Joanna Birkenshaw
Stage Manager: Kerry Waddell

CASTING
Casting: Judy Davis

CAST
Craig Charles [Dave Lister]
Chris Barrie [Arnold Rimmer]
Danny John Jules [Cat]
Robert Llewellyn [Kryten]
Hatty Hayridge [Holly]
Simon Gaffney [young Rimmer]
Kalli Greenwood [Mrs Rimmer]
Hetty Baynes [voice of cockpit computer]

Dashing test pilot Ace Rimmer is testing a new dimension-hopping craft when he appears in our universe and promptly collides with Starbug, forcing it to crash-land. The heroic Ace rescues the crew and is an instant hit with the crew - except for Arnold Rimmer who can't stand his 'perfect' doppelganger.

Just when you think the show can't get any better, along comes Dimension Jump which gives Chris Barrie a chance to rewrite Rimmer in heroic mode, a chance he takes and attacks with some relish. His Ace Rimmer is a joy to behold and the effect he has on poor Arnold Rimmer's ego is predictable but hysterical. Thankfully, we hadn't seen the last of the marvelous Ace.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: PG

1991
March
14: UK - television broadcast [on BBC2]

BOOKS

Red Dwarf Programme Guide [3rd edition]
review, synopsis

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

spaceships; cryogenics; cats; holograms; computers; alternate realities; test pilots