Holoship story
Rimmer is abducted by holograms of superior intelligence, and taken to a space vessel which is itself holographic. There Rimmer has a physical presence and twice-daily sex is a health requirement but emotional attachment is bad manners. Rimmer applies to join the crew, feeling that this is his chance of becoming an officer and getting a life. To do this he must pass an exam against a fellow hologram, which is complicated when he discovers his opponent is Nirvanah Crane (Jane Horrocks), a female hologram who's fallen for him. Directed by: Juliet May. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
18 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| romantic love | choice | The protagonists watch a film in which someone sacrificed themeself for love. Rimmer's subsequent adventure with the holograms lead up to a parallel conclusion. |
| sacrifice for a loved one | choice | The protagonists watch a film in which someone sacrificed themeself for love. Rimmer's subsequent adventure with the holograms lead up to a parallel conclusion. |
| attitude of superiority | major | The holograms made no bones about that they thought themselves superior to flesh-and-blood people, the Red Dwarf crew most pointedly, in every way. |
| beating one's self up | major | Rimmer saw himself as a hopeless, half-witted, hideous failure in life. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| the desire for professional success | major | Rimmer had an opportunity to be an officer and a somebody, a great aspiration of his. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| Christianity | minor | Rimmer thought it absurd that Jesus didn't apply his knack for magic tricks in show-business. |
| classic films | minor | The protagonists were discussing the merits and demerits of some old black and white romantic sob-story. |