Parallel Universe story
The crew test Holly's new invention, the "Holly Hop Drive", which will supposedly warp them back to Earth in seconds. Instead Red Dwarf enters an alternate parallel dimension in which the crew encounter female versions of themselves – Cat, however, encounters an opposite version of himself instead, the scruffy Dog. Lister gets drunk and sleeps with his female self. Later he finds himself pregnant with twins, as in the parallel dimension, it is the men who fall pregnant. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
23 total · 10 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| gender bending | major | We saw a universe in which women behaved as stereotypical men. |
| getting a taste of one's own medicine | major | The crew met female doubles of themselves and learned to question their own behavior. |
| male stereotype | major | The story discussed male behavior by postulating women who behaved like stereotypical men. |
| opposite world | major | The crew was transported to an alternate universe in which gender roles were reversed. |
| parallel universe | major | The crew was transported to an alternate universe in which gender roles were reversed. |
| roommate and roommate | major | Lister and his bunk mate the Rimmer hologram. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. The parallel universe Red Dwarf computer Hilly. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I met my double | major | The crew encountered their female versions of themselves in an alternate universe. |