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Ouroboros (Red Dwarf)
"Ouroboros" is the third episode of science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' Series VII and the 39th in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 31 January 1997. Written by Doug Naylor and directed by Ed Bye, it was the first episode not to feature Arnold Rimmer (although he does make a minor cameo in a flashback), and also the first to feature Kristine Kochanski as a regular character, having only appeared previously as a minor recurring character. Plot This episode opens with a flashback to the Aigburth Arms pub, in Liverpool, 2155, where we see a man named Frank discovering a baby in a box under the pool table. On the box is written "OUROB OROS": the barmaid deplores the fact that his unknown parents could not even decide what name to give him (or how to spell it), interpreting the writing as a misspelling of "our Rob or Ross". The barmaid declares Back in the present, on ''Starbug'', Kryten ( Robert Llewellyn) shows Lister ( Crai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Dwarf
''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave (TV channel), Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. The series follows low-ranking technician Dave Lister, who awakens after being in suspended animation for three million years to find that he is the last living human, and that he is alone on the mining spacecraft ''Red Dwarf''—save for a hologram his deceased bunkmate Arnold Rimmer and "Cat (Red Dwarf), Cat", a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant cat. As of 2020, the cast includes Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles as Lister, Danny John-Jules as Cat (Red Dwarf), Cat, Robert Llewellyn as the sanitation droid Kryten, and Norman Lovett as the ship's computer, Holly (Red Dwarf), Holly. To date, twelve series of the show have aired, (including one miniseries), in addition to a Television film, feature-length s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat (Red Dwarf)
Cat is a fictional character in the British science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf''. He is played by Danny John-Jules. He is a descendant of Dave Lister's pregnant pet house cat Frankenstein, whose descendants evolved into a humanoid form over three million years while Lister was in stasis (suspended animation). As a character he is vain and aloof, and loves to dress in extravagant clothing. He is simply referred to as "Cat" in lieu of a real name. Fictional history Television 1980s The "Cat" first appeared in ''Red Dwarf''s first episode " The End" (1988). The computer of the mining ship ''Red Dwarf'', Holly ( Norman Lovett), mentions that after a crisis where all of ''Red Dwarf''s crew had died in a radiation leak, chicken soup machine repairman Dave Lister's ( Craig Charles) pregnant cat, along with her unborn kittens, were sealed in the hold while Lister was put into stasis as punishment for keeping an unquarantined cat on board. Lister is left in stasis for three milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trials And Tribble-ations
"Trials and Tribble-ations" is the 104th episode of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', the sixth episode of the fifth season. It was written as a tribute to the original series of ''Star Trek,'' in the year of that show's 30th anniversary; sister series '' Voyager'' also produced a tribute episode, " Flashback". Set in the 24th century, ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' follows the adventures of the crew of the space station Deep Space Nine, near the planet Bajor, as the Bajorans recover from a brutal, decades-long occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians. In this episode, Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) and the crew aboard the USS ''Defiant'' are taken back in time to the events of the ''Original Series'' episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", and must work to prevent the assassination of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) of the USS ''Enterprise'' by a Klingon using a booby-trapped tribble. The idea for the episode was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction animated sitcom, sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryonics, cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Leela (Futurama), Leela and robot Bender (Futurama), Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancelation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswell That Ends Well
"Roswell That Ends Well" is the 19th episode in the third season of the American animated television series '' Futurama''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 9, 2001. The plot centers on an accidental time travel event that results in the main characters participating in the Roswell Incident in 1947. The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Rich Moore. "Roswell That Ends Well" scored a Nielsen rating of 3.1 during its original broadcast, and it received acclaim from television critics, with many hailing it as one of the best episodes of ''Futurama''. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour) in 2002. Plot As the crew watch a supernova, Fry puts a metal pan of popcorn into the ship's microwave oven. The radiation causes the pan to emit sparks, which interact with the particles thrown off by the supernova and send the ship back to 1947. Since GPS technology does not yet exist i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Folded Himself
''The Man Who Folded Himself'' is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer David Gerrold. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1974. The book explores the psychological, physical, and personal challenges that manifest when time travel is possible for a single individual at the touch of a button. Plot summary In 1975, Daniel Eakins, a young college student, is visited by his Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim offers to increase Daniel's monthly allowance for living expenses as long as Daniel promises to keep a diary. Shortly after, Uncle Jim dies, and Daniel inherits a "Time-belt" from him that allows the wearer to easily travel through time. Daniel quickly learns how to use the Time-belt and makes a few short jumps into his own future. He meets a future version of himself, who goes by "Don", who accompanies him to a race-track where the pair make a fortune betting on horse-racing. The following day, Daniel realises that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
—All You Zombies—
"'—All You Zombies—'" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was written in one day, July 11, 1958, and first published in the March 1959 issue of ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' magazine after being rejected by ''Playboy''. The story involves a number of paradoxes caused by time travel. In 1980, it was nominated for the Balrog Award for short fiction. —All You Zombies— further develops themes explored by the author in a previous work: " By His Bootstraps", published some 18 years earlier. Some of the same elements also appear later in ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' (1985), including the Circle of Ouroboros and the Temporal Corps. The unusual title of the story, which includes both the quotation marks and dashes shown above, is a quotation from a sentence near the end of the story; the quotation is taken from the middle of the sentence, hence the dashes indicating elided text before and after the title. Plot —All You Zombie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf Episode)
"Parallel Universe" is the sixth episode of science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' series two, and the twelfth in the show's run. It premiered on the British television channel BBC2 on 11 October 1988. Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the plot involves the ''Red Dwarf'' crew travelling to a parallel universe where they meet alternative versions of themselves. This marked the final appearance of Norman Lovett as Holly, although he would return years later at the end of Series VII and then for the whole of Series VIII. The episode was remastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998. Plot Holly invents a new drive system called the "Holly Hop Drive", declaring that it can theoretically get ''Red Dwarf'' back to Earth in an instant. When Arnold Rimmer, Dave Lister and Cat decide to use the new system, it transports the ship into a parallel universe, and in proximity of a parallel version of ''Red Dwarf''. Onboard, Rimmer, Lister and Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouroboros
The ouroboros or uroboros () is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition. It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and most notably in alchemy. The term derives , from ''oura'' 'tail' plus ''-boros'' '-eating'. The ''ouroboros'' is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death, and rebirth; the snake’s skin-sloughing symbolizes the transmigration of souls. The snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some religions: the tail is a phallic symbol and the mouth is a yonic or womb-like symbol. Some snakes, such as rat snakes, have been known to consume themselves. One captive snake attempted to consume itself twice, dying in the second attempt. Another wild rat snake was found having swallowed about two-thirds of its body. Historical representations Ancient Egypt One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
''Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'' is a best-selling science fiction comedy novel by Grant Naylor, the collective name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, co-creators and writers of the ''Red Dwarf'' television series, on which the novel is based. First published in 1989, the novel presents the plotline of the TV series as a cohesive linear narrative, providing expanded backstory of the Red Dwarf world and more fully developing each of the characters, particularly Dave Lister and Arnold Rimmer. The book incorporates elements and scenes from the first and second-season episodes '' The End'', ''Future Echoes'', ''Kryten'', ''Me²'' and ''Better Than Life''. In 1990 the book was followed by a sequel, ''Better Than Life''. The book has also been released in a 1992 omnibus edition and as an unabridged audiobook, read by Chris Barrie who plays Rimmer in the television show. Plot summary The book begins in 2180. Commercialism is still rife, and most of Earth's natural resourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polymorph II
Polymorphism, polymorphic, polymorph, polymorphous, or polymorphy may refer to: Computing * Polymorphism (computer science), the ability in programming to present the same programming interface for differing underlying forms * Ad hoc polymorphism, applying polymorphic functions to arguments of different types * Parametric polymorphism, abstracts types, so that multiple can be used with a single implementation ** Bounded quantification, restricts type parameters to a range of subtypes * Subtyping, different classes related by some common superclass can be used in place of that superclass * Row polymorphism, uses structural subtyping to allow polymorphism over records * Polymorphic code, self-modifying program code designed to defeat anti-virus programs or reverse engineering Science Biology * Chromosomal polymorphism, a condition where one species contains members with varying chromosome counts or shapes * Cell polymorphism, variability in size of cells or nuclei * Gene polymorph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GELF
G.E.L.F. or GELF is an acronym for genetically engineered lifeform.Elyce Rae Helford "'OK, homeboys, let's posse!' Masculine anxiety, gender, race and class in ''Red Dwarf''" in John R. Cook, Peter Wright, (2006), ''British science fiction television: a hitchhiker's guide'', page 243. I.B.Tauris It was used in two science fiction television programs, originally appearing in the BBC's cult sitcom ''Red Dwarf'', and later on in the U.S. drama ''seaQuest DSV''. ''Red Dwarf'' The concept of GELFs is explored in several episodes of ''Red Dwarf'' including " Polymorph" (1989), " Camille" (1991), "Psirens" (1993), " Emohawk: Polymorph II" (1993), and " Krysis" (2016). The writers of the series had stated early on in production that they did not want any aliens to exist in their show's universe; but as the series continued, in order to provide a stream of characters for the main crew to interact with, their cosmos was gradually populated with deranged robots and bizarre creatures that turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
