Red Dwarf/Trivia

General

• Everything living thing in the Red Dwarf universe is either from Earth or genetically engineered from life on Earth. There are no aliens.
• The currency in effect when Red Dwarf left Earth was the "dollarpound" which was subdivided into 100 "pennycents".
• Books written by the cat civilization use smells instead of letters or words. Some of them do have pictures though.
• The crew was killed by a radiation leak around January 6th, according to Lister's snooping of Rimmer's diary in the episode Me².
• The number of people aboard Red Dwarf when the radiation leak occurred was 1167 according to the fourth season episode Justice.
• The hologram simulation suite is on floor 592.
• Bay 47 is the quarantine area of Red Dwarf.
• Cat's dream sequence (Tongue Tied) from Parallel Universe was made into a single and reached number 17 on the UK Top 40 in October 1993.
• Theme Song Lyrics
• The Space Corps Anthem has 23 verses.
• Bob the Scutter has a wife: Madge.

Character Trivia

• Dave Lister
• Arnold J. Rimmer
• The Cat
• Kryten
• Holly

Space Corps Directives

• ??? - It is our primary, overriding duty to contact other lifeforms, exchange information, and whenever possible, bring them home.
• 195 - In an emergency power situation a hologramatic crewmember must lay down his life in order that the living crewmembers might survive.
• 312 - Outlines the obligation to provide minimum leisure facilities to those who are confined: games, literature, hobby activities, and motion pictures
• 497 - When a crewmember has run out of credit, food and drink may not be supplied until the balance has been restored.
• 595 - (deals with quarantine procedures)
• 597 - States "... one berth per registered crewmember" (presumably in quarantine).
• 699 - Allows those in quarantine to demand a re-screening after five days.
• 1742 - No member of the Corps should ever report for duty in a ginger toupee.
• 1743 - No registered vessel should attempt to transverse an asteroid field without deflectors.
• 34124 - No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity.
• 68250 - ( deals with sacrificing chicken(s) and requires a Rabi to be present)
• 196156 - Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.