Legion (Red Dwarf)
| "Legion" | |
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| Red Dwarf episode | |
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| Episode no. |
Series 6 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Andy de Emmony |
| Written by | Rob Grant & Doug Naylor |
| Original air date | 14 October 1993 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Nigel Williams as Legion |
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Nigel Williams as Legion
"Legion" is the second episode of science fiction sit-com Red Dwarf Series VI and the 32nd in the series run. It was first broadcast on British television on 14 October 1993, was written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and was directed by Andy de Emmony.
Starbug is now twenty-four hours behind Red Dwarf and is losing ground on the larger ship. The piloting of Starbug is now a long-term menial task which is carried out using shift changes. Food and water supplies are running low, so much so that water is recycled and Lister is served space weevil for dinner.
They are distracted when a tractor beam locks onto them and pulls them into an apparently deserted space station. They decide to explore the station for supplies when they meet a being called Legion. He proves his good faith (and incredible technology) by converting Rimmer from a "soft light" to a "hard light" hologram (thus making him able to touch and feel), and by performing an instantaneous emergency appendectomy on Lister. The crew invites him to join them, but Legion insists that they stay with him. They are shown their ideal bedrooms with the entire room stocked with their own unique personal tastes and requirements.
Kryten states that despite the pleasantness and charm of their host, they are still prisoners, and continue to lose ground on Red Dwarf. Following Lister's advice, they attempt to escape using a method from the film "Revenge of the Surfboarding Killer Bikini Vampire Girls". When they confront Legion and the plan fails dramatically, they discover that he is a gestalt entity—a combination of all active minds present on the station, melded together to form one. The space station used to be occupied by a group of scientists who created Legion, but all have perished from old age. Without conscious minds, Legion is a mindless, formless entity. Kryten discovers a solution by knocking out the rest of the Red Dwarf crew, reducing Legion to purely Kryten's persona. Legion claims a stalemate, but Kryten reminds him that he now shares the mechanoid's overriding servitude to the needs of his companions, with nothing else to dilute it. As he is thereby compelled to help the crew safely leave the station, Legion admits relief that he will no longer be sharing their assorted neuroses. Kryten then asks if Legion ever developed anything that could help with the pursuit of Red Dwarf.
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