Gunmen of the Apocalypse story
Starbug narrowly wins a battle with "rogue simulants", but the "simulants" have infected Starbug with a computer virus and the ship is locked on a collision course with a volcanic planet. Kryten attempts to fight the virus, with the battle taking the form of an old wild west movie in his digital mind. The virus overtakes him, so Lister, Cat and Rimmer enter Kryten's wild-west dream using an artificial reality video game in attempt to help Kryten come up with an antidote. Directed by: Andy de Emmony. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
16 total · 5 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten is a main character. |
| life in the American Wild West | major | The crew fought a computer virus from inside Kryten's Wild West themed dream. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | Lister, Rimmer, and Cat entered into Kryten's Wild West themed dream my means a virtual reality system they'd recently salvaged. Lister was playing a racy film noir style virtual reality game. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram is a main character. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Kryten was a booze-hound old sheriff in his Wild West themed dream. |
| cowardice | minor | Rimmer tried to surrender to the Rogue Simulants without hesitation. He later admitted to being a coward who was always scared. |
| cyborg | minor | The Rogue Simulants were described as being bio-mechanical in nature. |
| death incarnate | minor | An outlaw on horseback introduced himself to Kryten as the personification of death from inside Kryten's dream. |
| femme fatale | minor | The virtual reality game character Loretta described herself as a serial killing femme fatale. |