Rimmerworld story
The crew return to the wreck of the simulants' battleship to salvage for food supplies but are confronted by a surviving simulant who threatens to kill herself and the crew. Rimmer, who has been diagnosed with a tense nervous disorder, escapes in a pod which has no steering, and is whisked away through a worm-hole and crashes on a planet. The crew follow Rimmer through the worm- hole, but due to its effects arrive at the planet 600 years after Rimmer arrived, only to find the planet is populated with thousands of Rimmer clones. Directed by: Andy de Emmony. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
21 total · 5 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| human cloning | major | The titular Rimmerworld was a planet populated by Rimmer clones. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten is a main character. |
| psychological stress | major | Rimmer was dealing with a stress related nervous disorder. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram is a main character. |
| cyborg | minor | A Rogue Simulant, which appeared to be constituted of both biological and mechanical parts, tried to kill the crew. |
| desert planet | minor | Rimmer crash-landed on such a planet. |
| human vs. captivity | minor | The crew used a handheld teleportation device to escape from the Rimmerworld dungeon. |
| human vs. desert environment | minor | Rimmer briefly found himself stranded on a deserted desert planet. He used the terraforming equipment on his ship to transform it into a more livable world. |
| incest in society | minor | Rimmer lamented that his female clone would not be able to take him as her lover on account that she would technically be his sister. |