Stasis Leak story
A time portal called a "Stasis Leak" is found on Floor 16 and it takes the crew back in time on Red Dwarf three million years earlier, to a point three weeks before the disaster which killed the rest of the crew. Rimmer tries to change the past by putting himself into suspended animation, so he does not die in the radioactive disaster. Lister has similar plans for Kochanski. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
20 total · 7 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| friendship | major | The story concerned Rimmer and Lister's hot-and-cold friendship. |
| roommate and roommate | major | Lister and his bunk mate the Rimmer hologram. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| time travel | major | Lister, the Rimmer hologram, and Cat traveled back in time to a point three weeks before the the disaster which killed the rest of the crew. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I met myself from a different time | major | Lister and the Rimmer hologram encountered their at a point three million years in the past. |
| better to have loved and lost | minor | Holly paraphrased the old adage that it is better have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. |
| choosing who dies and who lives | minor | The Rimmer hologram wanted to save Rimmer and Lister wanted to save Kochanski, but there was only one free stasis pod. |
| humanoid robot | minor | The Ganymede Holiday Inn was staffed by droids. |