The Last Day story
Lister receives a pre-recorded message from Jim Reaper (as in "the Grim Reaper"), head of Diva-Droid international, the company that created Kryten. Kryten is ordered to be dismantled within 24 hours and is to be replaced by Hudzen-10 (Gordon Kennedy), a super-strong android, who has been tracking Kryten for thousands of years and is now on an intercept course with Red Dwarf. The crew decide to throw Kryten a leaving party, and give him one last night to remember. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
22 total · 1 choice · 8 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| humanoid robot | choice | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| facing death | major | Kryten took comfort in his belief that he would go to Silicon Heaven when he died after being given 24 hours to live. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| friendship | major | The crew ultimately put their lives on the line to save Kryten from being dismantled. This Kryten explicitly interpreted as an act of friendship. |
| master and servant | major | Kryten spent a fair amount of what were supposed to be his last 24 hours serving as butler to the other crew members. |
| organized religion | major | Kryten's sham robot religion was explored. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. Lister's mind was transfered into the Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I had only one day to live | major | Kryten took what were supposed to be his last 24 hours in stride because he was convinced that Silicon Heaven awaited him. |
| Adam and Eve creation myth | minor | The Rimmer hologram explained how his parents had taken a slightly garbled form of this Bible story literally. |