Bodyswap
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
| "Bodyswap" | |
| Episode № | 4 |
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| Airdate | December 5, 1989 |
| Writer(s) | Rob Grant & Doug Naylor |
| Director | Ed Bye |
| Guest star(s) | none |
| Series III November 14 – December 19, 1989 |
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Bodyswap was the fourth episode to air in the third series of Red Dwarf.
[edit] Synopsis
A skutter malfunctions and runs amok, resulting in the inadvertent activation of the ship's self-destruct system. As the auto-destruct can only be over-ridden by a senior officer, Kryten performs a mind-swap, and the mind of Executive Officer Carol Brown is temporarily placed into Lister's body. After the crisis is resolved, Rimmer tries to convince Lister to swap bodies with him: he will be able to enjoy the benefits of having a tangible body again for a couple of weeks, while he exercises and gets Lister back into shape. However, he is unable to resist the pleasures he has been denied for so long. After crashing Starbug into a rocky planet, Lister gets his body back. But at the end of the episode, 'Cat' comes in, as Rimmer. All he says is "I was asleep. OK?" This is the second time Cat is speechless, as in the final line of dialogie in "Backwards" (Don't ask.").
[edit] Trivia
- This episode has the only mention of the ship White Midget. White Midget became Green Midget and eventually Starbug.
