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Series V

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[edit] Summary

The adventure continues as Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, the Cat and Kryten encounter different versions of themselves and the most evil creature in the universe, a penguin known only as Mr. Flibble.

[edit] Episodes

Picture Title Original Airdate Episode #
Holoship February 20, 1992 25
The crew encounters a legendary holoship, a spaceship made entirely of light and crewed by highly trained, and extremely arrogant, holograms.
The Inquisitor February 27, 1992 26
The crew faces off against the Inquisitor, a self-repairing simulant who survived to the end of time and has made it his mission to visit every soul through time, judging each one on whether they have lead a worthwhile life, deleting the ones who didn't and replacing them those who never had a chance to exist.
Terrorform March 5, 1992 27
Arnold Rimmer is lost on a psi-moon a terraforming moon that reshapes itself to mimic a persons psyche. With Rimmer's own psyche controlling the moon, the Dave Lister, Kryten and the Cat have to wade through the most gruesome horror and battle an entity know as the Unspeakable One in order to rescue Rimmer and escape.
Quarantine March 12, 1992 28
Rimmer is driven insane by a holovirus and tortures Lister, Kryten and the Cat with his new telekinetic powers and with the help of his fearsome henchman, Mr. Flibble.
Demons & Angels March 19, 1992 29
A triplicator, a device that makes three copies of anything, triplicates the Red Dwarf and its crew into three different versions: the normal crew, a saintly version of the crew and a cross-dressing, naughty, evil version of the crew.
Back To RealityMarch 26, 1992 30
Just as the crew is about to die a most horrible death, the screen flashes "Game Over" and Lister, Kryten, the Cat and Rimmer find that their adventures aboard Red Dwarf were but a computer game...or were they?

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[edit] Background Information

  • During the course of Series V, the crew encounters four different versions of themselves: the alternate Lister and Kryten from The Inquisitor, the good and evil version of themselves from Angels and Demons and the "real" versions from Back to Reality.
  • Back to Reality was aired as the season's closer in order to keep fans guessing whether the game explanation was real or not. (Series V DVD commentary)



Red Dwarf: Episode List
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