Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf episode)
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
| "Parallel Universe" | |
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| Episode № | 6 |
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| Airdate | October 11, 1988 |
| Writer(s) | Rob Grant & Doug Naylor |
| Director | Ed Bye |
| Guest star(s) | Hattie Hayridge as Hilly |
| Series II September 6 – October 11, 1988 |
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Parallel Universe was the twelfth Red Dwarf episode to air, the sixth of the second series.
[edit] Synopsis
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Holly invents the Holly Hop Drive (a box with Start and Stop on it), which is theoretically capable of taking Red Dwarf back to Earth immediately. The device malfunctions, however, and Red Dwarf is catapulted into a parallel universe where society developed along matriarchal lines. Lister manages to have sexual intercourse with his parallel universe self and, due to a difference in reality laws of physics, ends up becoming pregnant with twins Jim and Bexley.
[edit] Trivia
- This was the first episode not to have opening titles and the only one not to have an on-screen name.
- Cat watches a dream on the dream recorder at the beginning of the episode, of himself singing and dancing with Lister and Rimmer as backing singers. This was released as the single Tongue Tied in October 1993, and it reached no.17 in the UK music charts.
