Future Echoes story
Red Dwarf has been steadily accelerating for three million years and when it breaches light speed the new crew begin to experience visions from their own futures. Lister is shocked that his future self appears to have blown up while making a repair to the ship. However, it was not him he saw, it was his son Bexley as revealed by a future echo Lister aged 171. The future Lister tells present Lister to run to the medibay to take a picture of Jim and Bexley as babies. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing death | major | Lister was upset about his preordained demise. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf onboard computer Holly. |
| virtual person | major | The hologram simulation of the dead crewman Rimmer. |
| what if I caught a glimpse of the future | major | The Red Dwarf crew members began to experience visions from their own futures after the ship breached light speed. |
| faster than light travel | minor | The Red Dwarf vessel broke the speed of light barrier. |
| hologram | minor | The hologram simulation of the dead crewman Rimmer. |
| ironic twist of fate | minor | Lister inadvertently knocked out the tooth he was desperately attempting to prevent Cat from losing. |
| one cannot cheat fate | minor | Rimmer was adamant that Lister was powerless to prevent his own death as Rimmer had foreseen it. |
| practical joking | minor | The Red Dwarf computer got the better of Rimmer by giving him a silly haircut. |