Red Dwarf: White Hole [1991]

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 7 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]
David Ross [voice of Talkie Toaster]

Kryten develops a technique which may be able to restore Holly to her former genius. It works, but at a price - her IQ soars but her remaining lifespan is measured in seconds. Holly shuts herself down leaving the crew to deal with a nearby white hole that's spewing time back into the universe. The only thing that stands between them and disaster are Lister's pool skills - but can he really play pool with planets?

Another one of Red Dwarf's very best, the one in which Holly is briefly made smart again, Talkie Toaster makes a welcome comeback and Lister vies for the title Prince of the Planet Potters. Sheer genius in 25 minutes.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: PG

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

BOOKS

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

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

spaceships; cryogenics; cats; holograms; computers; white holes; time distortions; planetary engineering