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	"'''Demons & Angels'''" is the fifth episode of [[science fiction]] [[~~sit-com~~]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series V<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5">{{cite web \| url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series5.shtml \| title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5 \| publisher =sitcom.co.uk \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> and the twenty ninth in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Demons and Angels summary">{{cite web \| url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/demons-and-angels/episode/10973/summary.html \| title =TV.com – Demons and Angels summary \| publisher =tv.com \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two\|BBC2]] on 19 March 1992.<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS">{{cite web \| url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE197T \| title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS \| publisher =BBC \|access-date =12 December 2007}}</ref> Written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]],<ref name="Demons and Angels cast and crew">{{cite web \| url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756588/fullcredits \| title =Demons and Angels cast and crew \| publisher =IMDb \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> the episode was the first to be filmed with new director [[Juliet May]].<ref name="Series V Preview">Series V Preview, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 1, March 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref> The episode has the regular ''Red Dwarf'' crew meeting angelic and demonic versions of themselves.		"'''Demons & Angels'''" is the fifth episode of [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series V<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5">{{cite web \| url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series5.shtml \| title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5 \| publisher =sitcom.co.uk \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> and the twenty ninth in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Demons and Angels summary">{{cite web \| url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/demons-and-angels/episode/10973/summary.html \| title =TV.com – Demons and Angels summary \| publisher =tv.com \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two\|BBC2]] on 19 March 1992.<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS">{{cite web \| url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE197T \| title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS \| publisher =BBC \|access-date =12 December 2007}}</ref> Written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]],<ref name="Demons and Angels cast and crew">{{cite web \| url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756588/fullcredits \| title =Demons and Angels cast and crew \| publisher =IMDb \|access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> the episode was the first to be filmed with new director [[Juliet May]].<ref name="Series V Preview">Series V Preview, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 1, March 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref> The episode has the regular ''Red Dwarf'' crew meeting angelic and demonic versions of themselves.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
| image = Demons and Angels (Red Dwarf).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = The "Low" versions of the ''Red Dwarf'' crew
| series_no = 5
| episode = 5
| director = [[Juliet May]] & [[Grant Naylor]]
| writer = [[Rob Grant]] & [[Doug Naylor]]
| airdate = {{Start date|1992|03|19|df=yes}}
| guests =
| prev = [[Quarantine (Red Dwarf)|Quarantine]]
| next = [[Back to Reality (Red Dwarf)|Back to Reality]]
| episode_list = List of Red Dwarf episodes
}}

"'''Demons & Angels'''" is the fifth episode of [[science fiction]] [[sit-com]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series V<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5">{{cite web | url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series5.shtml | title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 5 | publisher =sitcom.co.uk |access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> and the twenty ninth in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Demons and Angels summary">{{cite web | url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/demons-and-angels/episode/10973/summary.html | title =TV.com – Demons and Angels summary | publisher =tv.com |access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 19 March 1992.<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS">{{cite web | url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE197T | title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS | publisher =BBC |access-date =12 December 2007}}</ref> Written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]],<ref name="Demons and Angels cast and crew">{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756588/fullcredits | title =Demons and Angels cast and crew | publisher =IMDb |access-date =29 January 2008}}</ref> the episode was the first to be filmed with new director [[Juliet May]].<ref name="Series V Preview">Series V Preview, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 1, March 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref> The episode has the regular ''Red Dwarf'' crew meeting angelic and demonic versions of themselves.

==Plot==
[[Kryten]] creates a device derived from the Matter Paddle called the Triplicator, hoping it will solve any future supply problems that might arise on ''Red Dwarf''. Testing it on a strawberry, [[Dave Lister]] opts to test the two copies it makes, finding that one is divinely succulent while the other is filled with [[maggot]]s. Kryten deduces that the device creates copies that appear identical but are different – one retains the best elements while the other retains the worst. When Lister opts to test the device in reversal mode, he inadvertently destroys the ship's science lab, damages [[Holly (Red Dwarf)|Holly]]'s voice unit and sets the ship's engine core into meltdown. As a result, he, Kryten, [[Arnold Rimmer]] and [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|the Cat]] are forced to escape in a ''Starbug'' moments before ''Red Dwarf'' explodes. When they discover they are low on essential supplies including oxygen for Lister and Cat and battery power for Rimmer, the group's attempt to scan for more leads them to discovering that there are two identical copies of ''Red Dwarf''. Kryten realises that the triplicator created them when put into reverse, destroying the original in the process.

Discovering they must rebuild the triplicator to restore the original ''Red Dwarf'', the group are forced to find the components for it on both copies before they both cease to exist. While they discover one of these is an idyllic version of ''Red Dwarf'', with virtuous copies of themselves that embody the best of their personalities, the second copy is a demonic version of ''Red Dwarf'', with versions of themselves that embody the worst of their personalities. Their demonic counterparts opt to fight them in order to take control of a new ship as their own is decaying, destroying their angelic counterparts, while capturing Lister and implanting a remote control device to make him kill the others. However, Lister manages to warn the others, allowing Kryten to subdue their demonic counterparts, rebuild the triplicator, and reverse its effects on ''Red Dwarf''. However, Lister accidentally re-implants the control device he had had removed from his body. Cat uses it to punish him for putting the group through considerable danger.

==Production==
"Demons & Angels", which had the working title "High & Low",<ref name="Red Dwarf Programme Guide">{{cite book |last=Howarths |first=Chris |author2=Steve Lyons |title=Red Dwarf Programme Guide |year=1993 |publisher=Virgin Books |section=Section 1: The History |isbn=0-86369-682-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reddwarfprogramm0000howa }}</ref> was the first episode from Series V to be filmed. Following the departure of Ed Bye, who had directed all the previous four series' episodes, Juliet May was brought in as the new director.<ref name="Series V Preview"/>

Grant and Naylor commented that the script was a tricky episode to shoot. Several scenes had to be re-shot and going back to re-shoot caused no end of stress as they re-wrote and directed the episode with limited studio time. Scenes were re-written there and then and given to the cast to block out in one take.<ref name="Grant and Naylor Look Back">Grant and Naylor Look Back, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 11, January 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref>

For this series the Red Dwarf model was rebuilt from the original version which had fallen apart over the years. The ship explosion was filmed using pyrotechnics and shooting the cameras at three thousand frames a second. From a few seconds of explosions the crew got around 20 seconds' worth of film footage.<ref name="Interview: Peter Wragg">Interview: Peter Wragg, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 8, October 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref>

To achieve the High and Low versions interacting with the regular Red Dwarf crew, traditional [[Split screen (video production)|split screen]] techniques were used with a locked-off camera. Doubles were employed for other scenes. Craig Charles performed [[Chroma key|bluescreen]] scenes to roll on the floor in front of himself; the video effects crew added a holowhip.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series V Effects">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_5/effects.html |title=Red Dwarf Series V Effects |publisher=reddwarf.co.uk |access-date=7 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030185842/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_5/effects.html |archive-date=30 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At one point, [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' can be seen parked in the Red Dwarf's landing bay. The shot was originally filmed for "[[Marooned (Red Dwarf)|Marooned]]", but was cut from that episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/doctor-who/247153/doctor-who-the-brief-cameos-that-are-definitely-canon|title=Doctor Who: The Brief Cameos That Are Definitely Canon|publisher=[[Den of Geek]]|last=Farnell|first=Chris|date=22 June 2015|access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
The episode was originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 19 March 1992 in the 9:00pm evening time slot,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – DEMONS AND ANGELS"/> and received a mixed response from viewers.<ref name="Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results">Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603</ref>

Fans have pointed to a noticeable continuity error in the episode when Lister refers to events from the series 4 episode ''[[White Hole (Red Dwarf)|White Hole]]'', even though he should have no memory of them.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red_Dwarf#.22Demons and Angels.22|Demons & Angels}}
*{{BBC episode|p00bpl8l|Demons & Angels}}
*{{IMDb episode|0756588}}
*[http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=5 Series V episode guide at www.reddwarf.co.uk]

{{Red Dwarf episodes}}

[[Category:Red Dwarf V episodes]]
[[Category:1992 British television episodes]]