Red Dwarf: Parallel Universe [1988]

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 October 1988
Running Time: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Paul Jackson Productions
Executive Producer: Paul Jackson
Producer: Ed Bye
Production Manager: Mike Agnew
Unit Manager: Kelvin Jones

SCRIPT
Script: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor

DIRECTION
Director: Ed Bye

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Director: John Pomphrey
Camera Supervisor: Melvyn Cross
Vision Supervisor: John Battye

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Vision Mixer: Jill Dornan
Videotape Editor: Ed Wooden

MUSIC
Music: Howard Goodall

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Tony Worthington

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Bethan Jones
Costume Designer: Jacki Pinks

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Designer: Peter Wragg

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Paul Montague
Prop Buyer: Mike Fallon
Graphic Designer: Mark Allen

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Team: Helen Campbell, Kate Preston
Technical Co-Ordinator: Andrew Cowley
Assistant Floor Manager: Dona DiStefano
Production Assistant: Ann Zahl
Choreography: Charles Augins

CAST
Craig Charles [Dave Lister]
Chris Barrie [Arnold Rimmer]
Danny John Jules [Cat]
Norman Lovett [Holly]
Suzanne Bertish [Ms Rimmer]
Angela Bruce [Ms Lister]
Matthew Devitt [Dog]
Hattie Hayridge [Hilly]

Holly perfects his Holly Hop Drive, a revolutionary device that will return them to Earth in a split second. Of course it doesn't work and merely transports the Red Dwarf into a parallel universe where they meet their counterparts, two female survivors, a female computer and a dog. But a drunken night ends with Lister finally learning how he was going to have two children [see Future Echoes] and in this universe the roles are reversed in more ways than one - could Lister really be pregnant?

Season Two comes to a cracking end with this fantastic 'what if' story. Suzanne Bertish and Angela Bruce are excellent as the alternate Rimmer and Lister and the 'real' Lister's predicament neatly ties up a loose end from Season One. As if the clever writing and great performances weren't enough, it kicks off with the unforgettable Tongue Tied routine, one of Red Dwarf's finest moments.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC

1988
October
11: UK - television broadcast [on BBC2]

2001
August
4: UK - television broadcast [on UK Gold]

BOOKS

Red Dwarf Programme Guide [3rd edition] pp.85-87
review, synopsis

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

spaceships; cryogenics; cats; holograms; computers; dream recorders; alternate universes; pregnancy; dogs