Decades before metaverses became fashionable, the show was strapping the gang into artificial reality headsets, some of which looked more like bicycle helmets than anything like the cutting edge tech of the best VR headsets we have today.įrom the game-gone-wrong of "Better than Life" to "Gunmen of the Apocalypse"'s Western-themed assault on a computer virus, the show has frequently explored the comedic potential of transporting yourself to another world. Where "Star Trek: The Next Generation" generally used the holodeck to get away from it all, "Red Dwarf" has traditionally preferred virtual reality. Rimmer, Cat, and Lister wearing artificial reality headsets. Perhaps the most intriguing lifeform, however, was Legion, a "gestalt entity" with the ability to combine any mind in close proximity into a being with an intellect greater than the sum of its parts – who else could have created the wonder of anti-matter chopsticks? 4. The crew have also encountered several cyborg Simulants (usually notable for their passionate dislike for humans) and a giant genetically-engineered "despair squid," whose ink could induce mass hallucinations ("Back to Reality"). Many of these are genetically engineered life forms (usually referred to as "GELF"s in the show) and have ranged from standard sci-fi humanoids to monsters that feed on emotions (polymorphs) and shapeshifters (the pleasure GELF "Camille," the Psiren of "Psirens"). (Image credit: BBC)Īnother way "Red Dwarf" has deftly sidestepped its "no aliens" rule is by packing the universe with numerous types of artificial beings. Lister talking to the Psiren in the form of Pete Tranter's Sister, his childhood crush.
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