Red Dwarf

Camille

Season 4, Episode 1, Aired 2/14/91

Episode Summary

Lister tries in vain to teach Kryten how to lie, insult, cheat and disobey orders. Lister gives up when Rimmer calls Kryten on a trip "moon-hopping". On the trip they receive a distress call and Kryten goes to investigate against Rimmer's orders (The planet is about to explode).
''Kryten rescues a "female" droid called Camille who he falls in love with, even though droids aren't supposed to have feelings like that. Kryten takes Camille back to Starbug, but when Rimmer sees her, she appears to him as a hologram who is quite taken with him. They bring her back to Red Dwarf and Lister sees a human female with lowbrow tastes and manners particularly well suited to him.
''Lister notices how everyone reacts to Camille and she confesses to Lister that she is a Pleasure GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form) programmed to be everyone's perfect companion. The Cat goes to see how he perceives her, with amusing results. The GELF turns into her true form at Kryten's request which is a huge green gelatinous blob.
''Despite her revolting appearance, Kryten still decides to ask her to dinner, then takes her to a movie (Casablanca). A pod arrives containing Hector (Camille's "Husband") who wants to find a cure for their condition.
''Kryten (to his own disappointment) convinces her to go.moreless

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Craig Charles

Dave Lister
Chris Barrie

Arnold Judas Rimmer
Danny John-Jules

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Trivia
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- Re: ASCII code. Kryten's ASCII spiel is "E5 A9 08 B7." While, if interpreted as ASCII, this -would- come out to be four characters, these characters would be (in order): * lower-case sigma * the upper-left corner of a single-line box * backspace * the upper-right corner of a box with one horizontal line and two vertical lines If he wanted to say the word "love", the appropriate quote would be "6C 6F 76 65." I guess the directors didn't think that sounded catchy enough. Edit
- In this episode Kryten learns to lie but doesn't he lie in the previous episode to the Hudson 10 about no silicon heaven? Response: He may not be able to lie to humans, but can lie to androids. Edit
- When expressing his love to Camille, Kryten mentions converting hex to ASCII characters. This is, of course, possible, save for the fact that he pronounced it Ay-Es-Cee-Two (believing that the final two Is formed the Roman Numeral Two). Unfortunately, ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange", not "American Standard Code for Two". Additional : The common human pronunciation is as spelt: "Askee". Tech weenies usually force even unpronounceable acronyms to a pronouncable form (but usually rig the acronyms for it). Edit
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- This Series introduces the 3rd Version of the Red dwarf theme. It is basically the same as the Second version (the one used in Series 3) but with the engine roar at the beginning removed. Edit
- Lister's attempts to teach Kryten to lie will not have been in vain, since by the the sixth series, Kryten would have a built-in lie mode. Edit
- Camille's name is a play on the word 'Chameleon', as she can change her body in a similar way to one. Edit
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- Camille: Kryten, do you believe in advanced mutual compatibility on the basis of a primary initial ident? Kryten: You mean what humans call "love at first sight?" Camille: That would be an adequate synonym, yes. Kryten: Well, up until a few moments ago, I would have said it had a probability of zero squared. Edit
- Kryten: Oh, what IS that fragrance? It smells divine! Camille: WD-40. Kryten: I knew it! That's what I use on MY neck hinges, too! Edit
- Kryten: ...Has anyone ever told you that the configuration and juxtaposition of your features is extraordinarily apposite? Camille: (Slapping him on the shoulder) You really know all the lines, don't you? Kryten: No, I really mean it! The way the light catches the angles in your head: it's enchanting! Edit
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- Lister: We all react differently, don't we? When Steve McQueen met the Blob he tried to kill it. It probably never crossed his mind to try and take it out to a restaurant! The Blob was a 1950s horror movie featuring a giant pink blob that devour innocent people. The film was the debut appearance of move legend steve Mcqueen. Edit
- Cat's comment "You two should go on 'What's My Fruit?'" is a reference to the TV panel show What's My Line?, which enjoyed successful runs in the 50s and 60s both in the states and in the UK. In both country's version of the programme, a panel of four people tried to name the unusual occupation of a contestant using 'yes' or 'no' answered questions, just as Lister is getting Kryton to name the fruit. Edit
- Film References: Casablanca Obviously, much of this episode is an homage to the classic 1942 Humphrey Bogart film Casablanca where Rick (Bogart) has to choose between holding on to the woman he loves (Ilsa, played by Ingrid Bergman) or sending her back to her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henried). Lister mentions the climax of the film in the opening scene which Kryten and Camille then act out almost word-for-word at the end. Edit