Dimension Jump

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Red Dwarf episode
"Dimension Jump"
Image:Dimension Jump (Red Dwarf).jpg
Episode № 5
Airdate March 14, 1991
Writer(s) Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
Director Ed Bye
Guest star(s) Kalli Greenwood as Mrs Rimmer, Simon Gaffney as Young Rimmer and Hetty Baynes as the Cockpit Computer
Series IV
February 14March 21, 1991
  1. Camille
  2. DNA
  3. Justice
  4. White Hole
  5. Dimension Jump
  6. Meltdown
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Dimension Jump was the fifth epsiode to air in the fourth series of Red Dwarf.

[edit] Synopsis

In a parallel universe, dashing and heroic test pilot Arnold J. 'Ace' Rimmer pilots a ship equipped with the new Wildfire drive, which will exceed the speed of reality and propel him into a different dimension. He arrives in the Red Dwarf universe, where Rimmer is naturally extremely jealous of this 'better' version of himself, and Ace eventually decides to leave, but not before revealing to Lister the 'break' that he got in his life that Rimmer missed out on. The break, in fact, was that Ace was held back a year in school, while Rimmer progressed a year like everyone else. Ace Rimmer did not have any advantage and thus forced himself to buckle down and work harder to be better, where Arnold Rimmer continued to make excuses throughout his life.

[edit] Trivia

  • This episode contained the first alternative version of the end credits theme with the skutters' redention on the Hammond organ.