contents “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

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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

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BCK: Backwards OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus 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. JMC: Jupiter Mining Corporation AIT: A.I. Today HOL: HoloPoint

G-: Roleplaying Game RPG: Core Rulebook BIT: A.I. Screen Extra Bits booklet SOR: Series Sourcebook 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 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 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 TNG: “Tongue-Tied” video

• 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: (d) – Deleted scene (o) – Outtake (b) – Bonus DVD material (other) (e) – Extended version

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N • 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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N 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

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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 OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus M-: Magazines SMG: Smegazine W-: Websites OFF: Official website NAN: Prelude to Nanarchy AND: Androids DIV: Diva-Droid DIB: Duane Dibbley



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G-: Roleplaying Game RPG: Core Rulebook BIT: A.I. Screen Extra Bits booklet SOR: Series Sourcebook OTH: Other RPG material

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 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 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 TNG: “Tongue-Tied” video

• 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)].

XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch script XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch video OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances SUFFIX DVD: (d) – Deleted scene (o) – Outtake (b) – Bonus DVD material (other) (e) – Extended version

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• 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].

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BCK: Backwards OMN: Red Dwarf Omnibus 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. JMC: Jupiter Mining Corporation AIT: A.I. Today HOL: HoloPoint

G-: Roleplaying Game RPG: Core Rulebook BIT: A.I. Screen Extra Bits booklet SOR: Series Sourcebook OTH: Other RPG material

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 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 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 TNG: “Tongue-Tied” video

• 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,

XMS: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch script XVD: Bill Pearson’s Christmas special pitch video OTH: Other Red Dwarf appearances SUFFIX DVD: (d) – Deleted scene (o) – Outtake (b) – Bonus DVD material (other) (e) – Extended version

SMEGAZINES: (c) – Comic (a) – Article OTHER: (s) – Early/unused script draft (s1) – Alternate version of script

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