Krytie TV story
Kryten has been placed in the women's wing of the Tank, due to his lack of male genitalia. After making the mistake of revealing that he showers with the female prisoners, Kryten is reprogrammed by Kill Crazy, making him a ruthless and amoral entrepreneur. Kryten soon puts on "Krytie TV", a pirate entertainment show for the prisoners, where he goes into the women's shower room and films the exposed naked bodies of the female prisoners, including Kochanski. Rimmer and Lister have been given a retrial, and Kryten endangers their only chance of freedom when he sets up Lister by getting him to mess up governor Ackerman's sleeping quarters. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Doug Naylor & Paul Alexander.
15 total · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| entrepreneurship | major | Kryten started a pirate entertainment show for the male prisoners which involved him live streaming video footage from female prisoner group showers. In the way of salesmanship, he gave the male prisoners a free preview of what was in store for them, before telling them they had to pay to watch more. |
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| human vs. captivity | major | One storyline follows Lister and Rimmer's attempt to get their prison sentences overturned, or so it seemed to Rimmer. |
| 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. |
| nonconsensual voyeurism | major | Much of the story concerned Kryten live streaming secret video footage of the female prisoners showering. Kochanski confronted Lister for having watched her in the shower. |
| what it is like in prison | major | The story presents a caricature of what it might be like to be incarcerated in a contemporary prison: the prisoners wore standard issue jumpsuits, Rimmer paid the consequences for snitching on a fellow inmate, the female prisoners took group showers, etc. |
| attack from outer space | minor | The prison movie night offering concerned an attack on Earth by giant invisible aliens. |
| extraterrestrial being | minor | The prison movie night offering concerned giant invisible aliens. |
| flying saucer | minor | The prison movie night offering showed a stereotypical 1950s era flying saucer chasing people around. |