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"Beyond a Joke" is the sixth episode of science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' Series VII and the 42nd in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 21 February 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - BEYOND A JOKE )〕 The script was written by Robert Llewellyn (who plays series regular Kryten) and Doug Naylor, and was directed by Ed Bye. ==Plot== ''Starbug'' passes an old derelict spaceship, the SS ''Centauri'', which Kryten scavenges for supplies. He finds some live lobsters in stasis and brings them aboard to cook a fine supper. This is convenient, since it is exactly five years to the day since Kryten was rescued from the wreck of the ''Nova 5'' and he was looking for a way to celebrate the anniversary. Meanwhile, Kochanski (Chloë Annett) decides to educate Lister (Craig Charles) and Cat (Danny John-Jules) on the finer points of etiquette by introducing them to a virtual reality rendition of "''Pride and Prejudice'' Land" in "Jane Austen World". Kryten's plans for a lobster supper, which he had been preparing all day, are scuppered by this. Kryten is beyond furious, and he decides to get everyone together for supper one way or the other. He enters the AR suite, his anger spiralling out of control, and knocks out some of the Bennett sisters, however when this starts to go wrong he then brings in a tank from a World War II game and destroys the gazebo the crew are having tea in. Back on ''Starbug'', a very tense dinner is underway as Kryten has clearly gone off the deep end. Everyone is afraid to say anything to him, until Lister requests brown sauce to go with the lobster. This is too much for Kryten and he goes berserk, literally blowing his top — his head explodes. Lister suggests that they board the SS ''Centauri'' again and look for some spare mechanoid heads there. However they discover a Rogue Simulant captain who has since commandeered the ''Centauri''. Meanwhile, a GELF Kinitawowi tribesman, a partner of the Simulant, ransacks ''Starbug'' and steals the remains of Kryten. When the crew goes back aboard ''Starbug'', the Simulant and the GELF then escape with Kryten aboard the ''Centauri''. Starbug cannot catch up as the ''Centauri'' is much faster, travelling at warp speed. On board the ''Centauri'', the defect which caused Kryten to blow up his head is fixed. There Kryten meets another mechanoid named Able who is a servant to the Simulant and who, it turns out, is from the same batch as Kryten (a 4000 series) and carries the same serial number. This means that Kryten and Able are, in effect, brothers. However Able is a "zoney" — he is addicted to a narcotic known as "otrazone" that is specially designed for mechanoids. Abuse of this has corrupted Able's circuit boards. Able began using the drug after the simulant revealed to him that the entire 4000 series of mechanoids was a spiteful joke by their creator, Professor Mamet. They were designed to be a parody of a fiance who jilted her, and as such were made pompous, ridiculous looking, and overbearing. Further, all their negative emotions are stored on a "nega-drive" and when it becomes full they literally blow up. After Kryten is also made aware of the secret by the simulant, he starts to spiral into a similar depression that caused Able to turn to otrazone, although Lister comforts him by claiming that he has evolved beyond his original personality. The pair of mechanoid brothers escape to ''Starbug'', but the ''Centauri'' attacks them. The crew are saved by Able, who sacrifices his life for them by attacking the Centauri with the pent-up emotions stored in Kryten's nega-drive, enticing the simulant to destroy himself and his ship in a fit of depression. At the end, the Starbug crew visits the "Curryworld" AR program; unfortunately the curry is too hot even for Lister due to a "bug in the program"... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beyond a Joke (Red Dwarf)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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