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  • January 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm #11463
    Karnie
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    Is there such a thing as a dollarpound? In White Hole, Lister not only makes a reference to the dollarpound, but the Toaster’s listed retail price is $£19.99. Or is it meant to imply that in the future our currencies have merged?

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  • January 22, 2012 at 3:44 pm #114440
    Jonathan Capps
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    Yeah, it’s Red Dwarf’s fictional currency (that originated from the novels, I believe).

    January 22, 2012 at 4:25 pm #114441
    Danny Stephenson
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    i never realised how much Doug (and possibly Rob’s) influence of Blade Runner.

    not only is there the notion of the combined currency system. But also Esperanto being the secondary language to English.

    January 22, 2012 at 8:58 pm #114442
    TheLeen
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    I don’t know of any Esperanto in Blade Runner. Details?

    January 22, 2012 at 11:35 pm #114443
    Danny Stephenson
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    Well, i didnt mean that esperanto was in Blade runner, but more the idea of a society colluding from two seperate nations. Such as the american/japanese type stuff.

    January 23, 2012 at 8:02 am #114446
    ori-STUDFARM
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    Like Firefly….Who’da thunk it! Red Dwarf was influenced by Joss Whedan!!

    January 23, 2012 at 8:40 am #114447
    Jake Bullet
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    I think it was introduced so it would appeal to both British and American audiences.

    http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/dollar_pound.preview.jpg

    January 23, 2012 at 11:09 am #114463
    Danny Stephenson
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    Fucking hell, it’s Marty Feldman.

    January 28, 2012 at 12:03 am #114612
    genericnerdyusername
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    > Fucking hell, it’s Marty Feldman.

    Or, FHiMF, as reviewers frequently call it on the BBC website.

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