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Justice (Red Dwarf episode)
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
| "Justice" | |
| Episode № | 3 |
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| Airdate | February 28, 1991 |
| Writer(s) | Rob Grant & Doug Naylor |
| Director | Ed Bye |
| Guest star(s) | Nicholas Ball James Smillie |
| Series IV February 14 – March 21, 1991 |
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"Justice" is the third episode of Red Dwarf IV and the twenty first episode in the series run. It premiered on 28 February 1991 in the 9:00pm BBC2 time slot,[1] although it was planned to be broadcast as the second episode, it was moved back in the schedule by the BBC.[2] Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the episode features the crew's visit to a high-tech prison.
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While Lister is down with a bout of space mumps, Red Dwarf picks up an escape pod from a prison ship that was transporting dangerous criminals to their final trial, sentence and incarceration on Justice World. The crew head to Justice World themselves in Starbug, hoping to discover whether the pod contains a guard named Barbara Bellini or a homicidal maniac. The Justice Computer puts a spanner in the works when it scans the crews' minds for signs of guilt and convicts Rimmer on 1,167 counts of second-degree murder, a consequence of his faulty drive-plate repair that killed the crew of the JMC vessel Red Dwarf.
Kryten proves to the Judge that Rimmer's immense guilt stems from his own inflated sense of importance; a man as incompetent and insignificant as Rimmer, he argues, would never be given tasks that might put the whole crew in danger. Although Rimmer, deeply offended, tries to object to his own defense attorney, he is found not guilty. However, a psychopathic droid emerges from the pod that initiated their trip to Justice World, and tries to hunt them down. He is defeated after a unique trait to Justice World is exploited, namely that anyone who tries to perpetrate a crime on someone else has the effect put on them (i.e., attempting to hurt another person results in you feeling the pain instead).
The episode was originally planned to be broadcast as second in the series run.[1]. It was moved in the schedule because the Gulf War hostilities meant that "Dimension Jump" and "Meltdown" were postponed.[2]
The Justice World scenes were filmed in the Sunbury Pumphouse, a disused water pumping plant near the Shepperton studios, which was been used for further episodes.[2]
Nicholas Ball played the Simulant and James Smilie voiced the Justice Computer.
Florence Nightingale is referenced by Lister when he comments that Kryten has been like Florence Nightingdroid looking after him while he had space mumps. Lister thinks that he could disguise himself with a turban and say he's from India, where as the Cat states that he looks more like the Taj Mahal and later references the Elephant Man. In defending Rimmer's innocence Kryten references Napoleon and Long John Silver.
- Justice at the Internet Movie Database
- Red Dwarf: Justice - TV.com
- Episode Guide - Series 4 at RedDwarf.co.uk
- ^ a b BBC - BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF IV - JUSTICE. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ a b c Red Dwarf Programme Guide. Section 1: The History: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-682-1.