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200 years after investigating the Esperato, the Red Dwarf crew awakes from suspended animation, as they set out to find Red Dwarf, which has vanished without a trace, on-board Starbug. Where they stumble upon a asteroid field containing lost spaceships. Where they find the asteroid field is inhabited by "Psirens" genetic engineered alien creatures that telepathically lure the ship's crew on the asteroids and suck out their brains. Written by
Daniel Williamson
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Trivia
For the close up shot of Psiren Lister playing the guitar, the producers tried to get
Brian May, then boyfriend of
Anita Dobson who played Captain Tau. May did not think his hands looked enough like Craig Charles' so
Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music was used instead.
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Goofs
When Kryten is rebooting Rimmer's hologrammatic form, the computer display gives Rimmer's species as 'Homo sapien'. It should be 'Homo sapiens'.
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Quotes
The Cat:
More trouble, and it's heading straight for us.
Lister:
What is it?
The Cat:
Uh, what do you call one of those giant meteorites that are all covered in flames?
Lister:
A giant flaming meteroite?
The Cat:
That's it!
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Connections
Featured in
Universe Challenge (1998)
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