- At a research complex on an ice planet, the crew find the hologram of Dr. Lanstrom who has been infected with a holo virus that turned her mad. Back on the Red Dwarf the crew are subjected to quarantine by Rimmer who's also been infected.
- After investigating an abandoned research complex on an ice planet Lister, Cat and Kryten return to Red Dwarf only to find Rimmer has been infected with an electronic virus and he has taken over Red Dwarf. Lister, Cat and Kryten have been sentenced to Quarantine for three months.—Daniel Williamson
- The Starbug arrives on an ice planet housing a research station, initial scan tells of a survivor, Doctor Hildegard Langstrom. She's a hologram, they require Rimmer's remote projection unit to make contact, Rimmer is booked an escape pod back to Red Dwarf on par with a specific Space Corps Directive. Rimmer asks if the Space Corps Directive manual exists, he's given a hologrammatic copy for the trip back to Red Dwarf.
The others enter the station, Kryten discovers a briefcase full of loaded test tubes, Lister discovers a nest of stasis pods, one of which is triggered by a pressure plate. The doctor is inside, she is afflicted by a form of hologram virus which causes madness and psychic abilities, she attacks the crew with hex vision and they run off, back on Starbug Rimmer still hasn't left for Red Dwarf yet, he receives an emergency call from the others over the radio, they're interrupted by Langstrom who speaks with Rimmer over the radio, she destroys the radio with her vision, and Rimmer heads on the pod to Red Dwarf.
The others are still hiding from Langstrom, Kryten explains that she is in the advanced stages of a holo-virus, which grants extrasensory abilities but drains the person's life, which is why Langstrom was in stasis, she finds them and before she can eliminate them with hex vision her life runs out and she dissolves in front of them. Kryten however is sympathetic because her brilliant mind was destroyed by the virus.
Starbug heads back to Red Dwarf, Kryten is studying the contents of the briefcase, the tubes are full of positive viruses, Langstrom apparently isolated strains of positive virus and utilized them, strains of charisma, sexual magnetism and even luck. Kryten tests the luck virus on Lister, Lister is asked to remove all the aces in a pack of cards in a single go, he does so. Next he's asked to throw a dart into a bull's eye with his left hand without looking, the dart flies into Kryten's head.
Holly informs the crew that the Red Dwarf cargo bay doors are unresponsive, Rimmer has overridden them, he redirects them to Bay 47, the quarantine block as per the Space Directives manual, they are quarantined for three months because of their contact with the holo-virus. Upon arriving in quarantine Kryten has a bad feeling, they are given a single's quarters. Rimmer welcomes them to quarantine through a safety glass and it seems like a bad duration is ahead. Lister assures his shipmates that they're not gonna show any sign of unhappiness for their time in confinement.
Five days later, bad times have hit the patients, they've fought and injured each other, Lister complains that five days have passed and they are clear of any virus, Kryten realizes that they can demand a re-screening after five days, it says so in the Space Corps Directives. Rimmer greets them now under the full effect of the holo-virus, completely insane and dressed in wacky clothes. He sentences them to two hours without oxygen, the crew have to escape, they realize they have the luck virus on them and inject it in Lister, he guesses the door code correctly after tapping random buttons.
Once out Rimmer pursues them with a penguin glove puppet on his right hand called Mr Flibble. He now has extrasensory powers and shoots them with hex vision, they hole up in a storage room and seal the door, Rimmer uses telekinesis to send a fire ax into Kryten's back, Lister forces it out and Kryten malfunctions for a little while, Rimmer burns through the door with his hex vision and continues the chase. Kryten says they need three items to counteract the holo-virus which Lister literally finds on the ground due to the luck the virus, Kryten wires them together just when Rimmer appears, shutting him down and erasing the virus.
Rimmer is sent to quarantine and others are there to "entertain" him.
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