Dimension Jump story
The crew meet a parallel dimension version of Rimmer. Arnold "Ace" Rimmer is a dashing daredevil test pilot for the space corps, and he has been assigned to test-pilot a ship that can travel through dimensions, so he can meet different versions of himself. He enters our dimension to meet our Rimmer, the weaselly cowardly version, who has gone on a fishing holiday with the rest of the crew. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
20 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| being bitter about one's life | choice | Rimmer resented that his parallel universe self had gotten all the breaks in life and had made something of himself as a result. |
| parallel universe | choice | There was a parallel universe in which Rimmer was successful and well liked. |
| coping with a problematic person | major | The crew tried to go on a fishing trip without taking their wet blanket crew-mate Rimmer, but he ended up going anyway to their annoyance. |
| coping with being an outcast | major | Rimmer had to deal with the fact that nobody liked him. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| human characters in contrast | major | Parallel Rimmer was smart, courageous, empathic and everything normal Rimmer was not. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| the Casanova stereotype | major | Parallel Rimmer was irresistible to men and women alike. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| what if I met my double | major | Rimmer met a more successful parallel version of himself. |