on today's episode of "What The Fuck", Thanks For The Memory

[flanl3]

How the hell did they erase Lister’s and Cat’s memories in Thanks For The Memory with only access to the hologram simulation suite?

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[Dave]

Ooh, I forgot about that. Interesting.

I wonder why they didn’t bring another hologram back once Rimmer went off to become Ace Rimmer. You’d think they might do it just for a bit of extra company.

[Ben Saunders]

They’ll both have been generated from the same memory backup thing like Lister was in M-Corp, -or- they’ll share the same memories concurrently, including everything that happened right up until the present from both perspectives, going by Thanks For The Memory. Whichever makes more sense for the episode

[cwickham]

I would presume that being stuck on Starbug they don’t have access to any of the files or technology they would need to generate a different hologram.

[tombow]

I’ve always been curious about Rimmer’s first awakening – how long was he on before Lister came out of stasis, how did Holly break the news to him, how did he react.

[Ben Saunders]

“You’re dead, Arnold.”

[bloodteller]

>I would presume that being stuck on Starbug they don’t have access to any of the files or technology they would need to generate a different hologram.

It’s shown in Psirens that they do though- as Kryten is reactivating Rimmer, there’s a whole different bunch of forms on file that they could also presumably activate- including, bizarrely, a pig. That always weirded me out. I know it’s just a joke and all, but when the fuck would anyone ever need a holo-pig? Why is it even an option?

[Moonlight]

Holo-bacon.

[Ben Saunders]

Holo-pig racing, it’s less cruel

[Lily]

I’ve always presumed there’s only one light bee.

[Hamish]

> I’ve always presumed there’s only one light bee.

Lanstrom’s accounted for then but it does not explain Holoship, unless the Holocrew just gave Rimmer a newer, better one which is conceivable I suppose.

[Ben Saunders]

Holoship holograms don’t need one do they?

[Hamish]

Rimmer is in the same room as Sam Murray. So he must still have his bee at that point.

[International Debris]

Why the fuck do they not just boot up another hologram after Me²?

[Ben Saunders]

Maybe they like using the power for other things

[Hamish]

Cat’s turn on the electric blanket perhaps?

[Unrumble]

But isn’t that an enormous drain?

[Lily]

>Me²

Oh. Yeah. So much for my ‘one light bee’ theory.

Damn this show and its bloody inconsistencies. “Can only support one hologram” my arse.

[tombow]

maybe by that point everyone including Holly has decided it’s quite a nice life on the ship with no-one higher qualified than Lister and Rimmer around. Not sure how that would stop Lister trying to activate Kochanski though – maybe Holly refuses because he knows it would screw him up. Especially when she inevitably doesn’t want to love him

[Warbodog]

There’s the deleted scene from Holoship where Kryten says they’ve interviewed a lot of people and only Lister’s hologram wanted to live with them, the rest preferring non-existence.

[Dave]

Oh. Yeah. So much for my ‘one light bee’ theory.

One light bee and one hologrammatic projection cage.

[International Debris]

There’s the deleted scene from Holoship where Kryten says they’ve interviewed a lot of people and only Lister’s hologram wanted to live with them, the rest preferring non-existence.

Petersen, Selby and Chen would all be up for it, I’m sure.

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