Red Dwarf Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
				Part 4 of 7
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The questions:

  15. What's in canister 1121?
  16. Who played Baby Lister in "Ouroboros"?
  17. What are the Space Corps Directives?
  18. Are there aliens in Red Dwarf?
  19. What are the lyrics of the theme song?
  20. What are the lyrics of "Tongue Tied"?
  21. What are the lyrics of "The Rimmer Song"?
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  15. What's in canister 1121?

  According to the Red Dwarf Quiz Book, it's the remains of Kristine
  Kochanski. When Lister comes back to life on the backwards Earth, he
  discovers that he's married to an elderly version of Kochanski.
  Presumably, treating the canister with gamma and X rays was part of
  Holly's plan for restoring her to life along with Lister. (If none of
  this makes any sense to you, you haven't read the ending of the novel
  Better Than Life.)

  The original script for "The End" included a scene (cut from the
  final version) in which Lister placed the powdered remains of each
  crewmember in a separate canister and ejected them all into space
  (and this is done with George McIntyre's remains in the aired
  version). It's reasonable to conclude that Lister did this, although
  nothing is said about it in either the episode or the novel. The
  number of canisters floating in space ("something in the region of
  ten thousand") is consistent with the size of the crew given in
  Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers ("eleven thousand, one hundred and
  sixty-nine").
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  16. Who played Baby Lister in "Ouroboros"?

  Alexander John-Jules, Danny's nephew. When asked about this, Danny
  said: "When we saw the baby who was supposed to be playing Lister, we
  all realised that he was too dark to be a believable Lister, so I
  said 'My nephew looks a lot like Lister,' and that's how he got the
  job."
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  17. What are the Space Corps Directives?

  Charles Daniels has collected all of the SCDs, Rimmer Directives, and
  All Nations Agreements into a comprehensive list:
  http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6122/directiv.htm
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  18. Are there aliens in Red Dwarf?

  No. One of the premises of the show is that life never evolved
  anywhere in the universe except on Earth. All of the creatures
  encountered by Red Dwarf's crew -- GELFs, simulants, space weevils,
  polymorphs, you name it -- are descended from life forms that
  originated on Earth. For an in-depth discussion of this issue, refer
  to Annette Mcintosh's No Aliens FAQ at:
  http://www.csn.ul.ie/~colm/red/noaliens.html.
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  19. What are the lyrics of the theme song?

  The theme song was composed by Howard Goodall and sung by Jenna
  Russell. The words are:

    It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere
    I'm all alone, more or less
    Let me fly far away from here
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

    I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
    Drinking fresh mango juice
    Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

  There has been much debate over the "goldfish" line -- it isn't sung
  very clearly, and some fans think they hear "Goldfish are nibbling."
  But Kryten recites the lyrics in the "Smeg Ups" video, and they are
  as listed above. (A "shoal" is a school of fish.)

  An "extended mix" version of the song has been released on several
  soundtrack compilation CDs: * Between the Lines, a collection of BBC
  themes * The Cult Files, a collection of science fiction themes *
  Stellar Themes, which has been given away as a subscription premium
  for the magazine Sci-Fi Universe

  The extended version includes two extra verses written by
  percussionist Ian Hu (who apparently is not connected with Red
  Dwarf). The additional verses are as follows:

    I'll pack my bags and head into hyperspace
    Velocity at time-warp speed
    Spend my days in ultraviolet rays
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun

    We're locked on course straight through the universe
    You and me, and the galaxy
    Reached this stage, the hyperdrive's engaged
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
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  20. What are the lyrics of "Tongue Tied"?

  "Parallel Universe" begins with a musical number that turns out to be
  a dream experienced by the Cat. The studio audience's laughter makes
  the lyrics a little hard to understand, but here's what they appear
  to be:

The Cat:                                       Lister and Rimmer:

When I saw you for the first time             (first time)
My knees began to quiver                      (quiver)
And I got a funny feeling                     (feeling)
In my kidneys and my liver                    (digestive system baby)

My hands they started shakin'                 (shakin')
My heart began a-thumpin'                     (boom boom boom)
My breakfast left my body                     (huey huey huey)
It all really tells me something

Girl you make me tongue tied                  (tongue tied)
Tongue tied, whenever you are near me         (near me)
Tied tongue                                   (tied tongue)
Tied tongue                                   (tied tongue)
Whenever you're in town

I saw you 'cross the dance floor              (dancin')
I thought of birds and bees                   (reproductive system baby)
And when I tried to speak to ya               (talk talk)
My tongue unraveled to my knees               (flippety-flippety-flop)

I tried to say I love you                     (love you)
But it came out kind of wrong, girl           (wrong girl)
It sounded like "Nunubididoo"                 (tongue tied)
Nuh mur nuh murh ni nong nurl

'Cause you make me tongue tied                (tongue tied)
Tongue tied, whenever you are near me         (near me)
Be-dobby-durgle                               (dobby-durgle)
Tongue tied                                   (tongue tied)
Whenever you're around

Oh I'm beggin' on my knees
Sweet, sweet darling, listen please
Understand me when I say
Bedurble-diggle-doggle-dooby-doggle-durgle-day

I'm trying to say nungy-nangy                 (nangy-nungy)
Ningy-nongy, why can't I tell you clearly     (clearly)
Be-dobby-durgle                               (dobby-durgle)
Durgle-dobby                                  (durgle-dobby)
Whenever you're around                        (around)
Whenever you're around                        (around)

  In the fall of 1993, "Tongue Tied" was released as a single in
  England and rose to #17 on the CIN Official UK Singles Chart. The
  artist was listed simply as "The Cat." A music video of "Tongue Tied"
  was reportedly shown on the Top of the Pops show in England and on
  MTV in the States. Copies of the video (and a half-hour program on
  the making of the video) are available from John McElroy. An
  alternative version of the video can be found on the "Smeg Outs"
  videotape.
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  21. What are the lyrics of "The Rimmer Song"?

  The song from The Rimmer Experience at the end of "Blue" has the
  following words:

    If you're in trouble, he will save the day
    He's brave and he's fearless, come what may
    Without him, the mission would go astray
    He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
    Without him, life would be much grimmer
    He's handsome, trim, and no one's slimmer
    He will never need a Zimmer
    He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
    More reliable than a garden Strimmer
    He's never been mistaken for Yul Brynner
    He's not bald and his head doesn't glimmer

    Master of the wit and the repartee
    His command of space directives is uncanny
    How come he's such a genius? Don't ask me
    Ask Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
    He's also a fantastic swimmer
    And if you play your cards right, then he just might come round for
    dinner

  "Zimmer" is short for Zimmerframe, a walking frame for elderly or
  disabled people. It's mentioned in "Emohawk: Polymorph II" when
  Lister emphasises the slowness of Starbug by saying "Kryten, the
  Eastbourne Zimmerframe relay team could easily outrun us."

  "Strimmer" is U.K. slang for a weed trimmer that uses a spinning
  length of monofilament line. (In the U.S., it would be called a "weed
  eater" or "weed whacker".)

  Yul Brynner was the actor best known for playing King Mongkut of Siam
  in The King and I, a role for which he shaved his head.
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