Captain Defenestrator

22nd Jan 2025

Red Dwarf (1988)

Question: When Rimmer is jailed for killing everyone on Red Dwarf, why did they go down the route of getting Rimmer a retrial? Wouldn't it be faster and easier to simply turn Rimmer off and then reboot him?

Answer: They could do that after they left the planet, sure. But if they tried it while they were there, the Justice Zones would punish them for it. Best to play along until you can get away.

Answer: Purely speculation, but perhaps the Justice computer took over Rimmer's light bee and blocked a shutdown. Even if they did a hard reboot on Red Dwarf, the original Rimmer would still be trapped on Justice World.

Brian Katcher

16th Nov 2004

Red Dwarf (1988)

Back in the Red (1) - S8-E1

Question: Could someone explain the joke behind the psychiatrist's running comments about Kryten's chair?

Answer: The psychiatrist is scared of him and afraid that if the chair isn't secure, that Kryten will pick it up and beat him with it.

Captain Defenestrator

26th Jun 2009

Red Dwarf (1988)

Psirens - S6-E1

Question: What exactly were the circumstances behind Lister being put into a suspended animation at The Beginning of the episode?

Socks1000

Chosen answer: Starbug took 200 years to catch up with Red Dwarf, so Lister and Cat went into suspended animation while Kryten piloted Starbug after the ship.

Captain Defenestrator

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