Parallel Universe
Parallel Universe
This Story: Season 2, Episode 6
Overall: Story 12, Episode 12
Airdate: 11 Oct 1988
Written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
Directed by Ed Bye
Notes
- There is a remastered version of this episode, but I will be using the original version.
- As originally aired, this episode did not have the usual titles, it just “started”. As such, there was no “Additional” for Holly, and more importantly, there was no episode titles. For several years the actual name of the episode was unknown.
- The remastered version did have the titles they created for all of Series 1-3, as well as inserting an episode title as shown above.
- Angela Bruce, who played “Deb Lister” here also went on right after this to play Brigadier Bambera in the Doctor Who story “Battlefield“.
- This is the last episode with Norman Lovett as Holly until the end of Series VII some years later.
- This is the last episode with the OG sets of the sleeping quarters (beyond a cameo in later years).
- This is the first episode with Hattie Haydridge – here called Hilly, later on takes over the role of Holly.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tongue Tied Wiki | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]#RedDwarfMarathon Ep 12 - Parallel Universe - 11 Oct 1988 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2024
Season 2 ends with a trip to a parallel universe where Rimmer, Lister, & Holly interact with female versions of themselves. Cat's other is a (male) dog, which makes for some funny bits. This is the last regular ep for pic.twitter.com/avaDyoPlr6
#RedDwarfMarathon Ep 12 - Parallel Universe - 11 Oct 1988 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2024
Norman Lovett as Holly. The series ends on a cliffhanger with Lister being knocked up by the female version of himself, paying off the "Where do we get two babies" thing from Episode 2. Cat's dance scene is a riot. pic.twitter.com/na8zybfqiD