Back in the Red: Part III story
Lister, Kochanski, Cat and Kryten flee The Red Dwarf in a Blue Midget and try to find the nanobots to prove that their version events is true. Rimmer intervenes to try and save his own neck and messes things up for all of them. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Doug Naylor.
20 total · 5 major · 15 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| human vs. captivity | major | The main storyline follows Lister and friends as they attempt to escape from being imprisoned on Red Dwarf. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten is a main character. |
| military related work | major | The crew were embedded in a military hierarchy and behaved accordingly. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | Lister and friends spent the better part of the story inside an elaborate simulated reality simulation of the real Red Dwarf. |
| blackmail | minor | Captain Hollister admitted to having blackmailed his way to the captancy of Red Dwarf. Rimmer used the confidential information in his possession to blackmail an on duty officer into leaving his post. |
| coping with having a lousy dead-end job | minor | Rimmer lamented that he was stuck doing remedial work on the Red Dwarf will little hope of ever rising to the rank of officer. |
| dancing | minor | Cat performed an elaborate dance routine with a view to impressing a female ground controller. |
| leaving one's old life behind | minor | Rimmer briefly deliberated over whether he should stay on the Red Dwarf or take a chance at turning a new page in life by escaping with Lister and friends. |
| mind reading technology | minor | There was talk of administering truth telling inducing psychotropic drugs to Lister and his friends. |