Confidence and Paranoia story
Lister contracts a mutated pneumonia virus. The hallucinations of his fevered brain materialize in solid form, and suddenly the ship is beset by herring rain and an exploding 16th century Mayor of Warsaw. When his fever breaks, Lister wakes up to find he has created personifications of his confidence (Craig Ferguson) and paranoia (Lee Cornes). Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
15 total · 8 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with being ill and indisposed | major | Lister was feverish and bedridden with a pathogen that had mutated from pneumonia. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | A feverish Lister hallucinated personifications of his confidence and paranoid into reality. |
| self-confidence | major | The personification of Lister's confidence tried to help him to build up his self-esteem. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| the need for companionship | major | Lister was excited at the prospect of a female companion. Later he conjured a personification of confidence to be his companion. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| what if my thoughts became reality | major | A feverish Lister hallucinated the following things into reality: fish-rain, a 16th century Mayor of Warsaw, and personifications of his own confidence and paranoia. |
| boredom | minor | Holly was notably bored after he had read everything ever written. |
| preternatural rain | minor | It was raining fish as it had rained herring in 12th century Burgundy. |