The Inquisitor story
The Inquisitor is a time-traveling android who acts as judge, jury and executioner to those who have led worthless lives, and thus erases them from history. The Red Dwarf crew are next to appear before this judge to justify their existence. It does not look good for our crew of slobs, failures and misfits. Directed by: Juliet May & Grant Naylor. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten. |
| loser character | major | The premise of the story was that the Red Dwarf protagonists were space bums who had lead entirely worthless lives and would be judged for it. |
| supreme judge being | major | Each crew-member was made to justify their existence before the Inquisitor: a time traveling android who acted as judge, jury and executioner to those who'd led worthless lives. |
| time travel | major | An android, known as the Inquisitor, was traveling around erasing those who'd led worthless lives from history. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram. |
| Ancient Greek mythology | minor | Agamemnon's pursuit of Helen of Troy of the Iliad was mentioned and, outrageously, attributed to the Virgil's Aeneid. |
| being ashamed of who you are | minor | While interrogated by the Inquisitor they crew members, save for Cat, expressed shame over the worthless lives they'd lived. |
| is there a purpose to life | minor | The purpose of existence, according to the self-appointed judge of all people, was to to lead a worthwhile life. |
| sacrifice for a friend | minor | Kryten went back in time to sacrifice himself somehow. |