White Hole story
Holly has her intelligence briefly restored to an IQ of 12,368, but a side effect of this is that her run-time is reduced to minutes. Holly promptly switches herself off, leaving Red Dwarf with no lighting or maneuvering capability. It's back to basics for the crew and they must resort to their own resourcefulness to survive. Directed by: Ed Bye & Paul Jackson. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
16 total · 7 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| super intelligence | major | Holly became super intelligent because of an accident, but at the cost of an exponentially reduced life span. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I had only one day to live | major | Through a miscalculation that left her with a five digit IQ, Holly found herself with herself with scarcely minutes left to live. |
| white hole | major | Central to the plot was the crew saving their skins by knocking a planet into a "time spewing" white hole. It was also explain how a white hole is the opposite of a black hole in so far as a white hole spews matter out while a black hole sucks it in. |
| human aspiration | minor | The talking toaster's raison d'être was to make toast for the crew. |
| out of control technology | minor | According to Lister, the toaster was out of control. |
| sacrifice for a friend | minor | Rimmer was encouraged to follow the example of Captain Lawrence Oates and sacrifice himself for living crew members, but unhesitatingly demurred. |