Stoke Me a Clipper
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
| "Stoke Me a Clipper" | |
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| Episode № | 2 |
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| Airdate | January 24, 1997 |
| Writer(s) | Paul Alexander and Doug Naylor |
| Director | Ed Bye |
| Guest star(s) | Ken Morley as Captain Voorhese |
| Series VII January 17 – March 7, 1997 |
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Stoke Me a Clipper was the second episode to air in the seventh series of Red Dwarf.
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[edit] Synopsis
Ace Rimmer arrives from another dimension badly injured and reveals to Arnold Rimmer his secret — the fact that alternate versions of Rimmer from countless dimensions have all taken the reins to be everybody's favourite hero. Now Ace must train Rimmer to succeed him and keep the legend going. The episode title comes from Rimmer's end-of-episode attempt to 'be' Ace Rimmer as he tries to copy the catchphrase "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast." but does it all wrong and ends up with "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas." shortly before ejecting himself from the space craft instead of taking off.
[edit] Guest actors
This episode featured a large number of famous guest actors. Some of these included:
- Scottish-born Hollywood movie veteran Brian Cox played the Medieval English King.
- Prolific British comedy actress Sarah Alexander portrayed the French Queen.
- Veteran English soap actor Ken Morley portrayed the German commander Captain Voorhese. Morley is best known for previously playing the character of Reg Holdsworth on the British soap opera Coronation Street. He had also previously played a Wehrmacht general in 'Allo 'Allo.
- British television actress Alison Senior portratyed Princess Bonjella.
- A German television comedy duo, Kai Maurer and Stephan Grothgar, portrayed the Wehrmacht soldiers who get hit on the head by the crocodile.
[edit] Quote
These are two variations of the "Ace Rimmer saying"
- Ace Rimmer: Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast
- Rimmer: Stoke me a clipper, i'll be back for Christmas
[edit] Trivia
- The working title for this episode was Natural Born Rimmers.
- A special effects crewman/set maker recalls on the series VII DVD special features that this episode was fun to make, but at the same time the most difficult episode of all to produce.
- Ace Rimmer fights off Nazis and jumps out a World War 2 Heinkel on the back of a crocodile. The same crewman recalls that in the original script for this episode, Ace Rimmer was fighting off Rogue Simulants and jumped out out a flying saucer on the back of an alien.
