Queeg story
When the ship's "senile" computer, Holly, allows a meteorite to damage the ship and Rimmer's hologram to malfunction, the crew lose faith in him. Holly's back-up computer, Queeg 500 (Charles Augins), takes command of Red Dwarf. When Queeg 500 runs the ship like a military garrison, the crew have a change of heart and want Holly back. Despite their misgivings, Holly challenges Queeg to a game of chess, where the loser gets erased from the system. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
17 total · 8 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a bad boss | major | The crew were exasperated when the new no-nonsense Red Dwarf ship computer, Queeg 500, put the crew through the ringer. |
| coping with the loss of one's livelihood | major | Holly was crestfallen when the Red Dwarf back-up computer, Queeg 500, relieved him of duty, leaving Holly to serve as the ship's night watchman. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| friendship | major | Holly spoke of the friendship he shared with his collection of singing potatoes the crew in his opening monologue. Lister brought up the crew's friendship with Holly when discussing about how they ought to have stuck up for him. The Rimmer hologram quipped about friends only being friends when it suits them. |
| loyalty to a friend | major | Lister and the Rimmer hologram concluded that they ought to have stayed loyal to their friend Holly. |
| roommate and roommate | major | Lister and his bunk mate the Rimmer hologram. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| can machines have souls | minor | The Rimmer hologram and Lister discussed whether Holly had feelings that had been hurt. |
| childish bullying | minor | The Rimmer hologram reminisced about Rimmer being bullied at space camp. |