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	\| series = [[Red Dwarf]]		\| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
	\| image = Holoship (Red Dwarf).jpg		\| image = Holoship (Red Dwarf).jpg
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	\| caption = Rimmer leaves the holoship ''Enlightenment'' after resigning his commission.		\| caption = Rimmer leaves the holoship ''Enlightenment'' after resigning his commission.
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	==Continuity goof==		==Continuity goof==

	One of the biggest issues with continuity in ''Red Dwarf'' is the fact that the ship can only sustain one hologram. When Rimmer returns to ''Red Dwarf'' to get more of the mind patch, there is a hologram in the room with the others. This could be considered a mistake in continuity; however, Rimmer's hologrammatic status could be projected by the holoship, allowing for ''Red Dwarf'' to sustain the other hologram. ''Red Dwarf'' has projected two holograms in the past, for a short period (such as "Me<sup>2</sup>", which closed season one), although both these were holograms of Rimmer.		One of the biggest issues with continuity in ''Red Dwarf'' is the fact that the ship can only sustain one hologram. When Rimmer returns to ''Red Dwarf'' to get more of the mind patch, there is a hologram in the room with the others. This could be considered a mistake in continuity; however, Rimmer's hologrammatic status could be projected by the holoship, allowing for ''Red Dwarf'' to sustain the other hologram. ''Red Dwarf'' has projected two holograms in the past, for a short period (such as "Me<sup>2</sup>", which closed season one), although both these were holograms of Rimmer.

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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* {{BBC episode\|p00bpl2p\|Holoship}}		* {{BBC episode\|p00bpl2p\|Holoship}}
	* {{IMDb episode\|0684159}}		* {{IMDb episode\|0684159}}

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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
| image = Holoship (Red Dwarf).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Rimmer leaves the holoship ''Enlightenment'' after resigning his commission.
| series_no = 5
| episode = 1
| director = Juliet May
| writer = Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
| airdate = {{Start date|1992|02|20|df=yes}}
| guests =
* [[Jane Horrocks]] as Nirvanah Crane
* [[Matthew Marsh (actor)|Matthew Marsh]] as Captain Hercule Platini<ref name="Holoship Script" >
{{cite web | url =http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~polymorp/txt/holoship.txt | title =Red Dwarf Scripts – Holoship |access-date =2014-08-17}}</ref>
* [[Don Warrington]] as Binks
* Simon Day as Randy Navarro
* Jane Montgomery as Natalina Pushkin
* [[Lucy Briers]] as Harrison
| prev = [[Meltdown (Red Dwarf)|Meltdown]]
| next = [[The Inquisitor (Red Dwarf)|The Inquisitor]]
| episode_list = List of Red Dwarf episodes
}}
"'''Holoship'''" is the first episode of Series V of the [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]''<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 =2008-01-29}}</ref> and the twenty-fifth in the series run.<ref name="TV.com — Holoship summary">{{cite web | url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/holoship/episode/10969/summary.html | title =TV.com — Holoship summary | publisher =tv.com |access-date =2008-01-25}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC2]] on 20 February 1992 in the 9:00 PM evening time slot.<ref name="BBC — Programme Catalogue — RED DWARF V — HOLOSHIP">{{cite web | url =http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE194L | title =BBC — BBC — Programme Catalogue — RED DWARF V — HOLOSHIP | publisher =BBC |access-date =2007-12-12}}</ref> It was written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], and directed by [[Juliet May]].<ref name="Holoship cast and crew">{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684159/fullcredits | title =Holoship cast and crew | publisher =IMDb |access-date =2008-01-29}}</ref>

==Plot==
While travelling aboard a ''Starbug'', [[Dave Lister]], [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|Cat]], [[Kryten]], [[Arnold Rimmer]] and [[Holly (Red Dwarf)|Holly]] finish watching a movie. While Lister is left in tears and Kryten praises the film, Rimmer shows disgust over the romantic elements of its plot, claiming no man would abandon their dreams for a woman they love, especially one they will never see again. Holly interrupts the discussion by alerting the group to the presence of another craft. The group discover the craft to be a holoship called the ''Enlightenment'' – a purely holographic vessel, not detectable on any sensors, crewed entirely by [[computer-generated holography|computer-generated holograms]] of Space Corps elite personnel. Rimmer is subsequently taken aboard and delights in finding himself able to exist in a place where he can touch, feel and taste without any form of assistance, further surprised that ''Enlightment'' upholds a regulation that crew members have sex twice a day.

Rimmer becomes attracted to one such crew member, Commander Nirvanah Crane. He falls in love with her, and decides to ask the ship's captain to join the crew. However, he learns that the crew is already full but that if he passes an intelligence contest against another crew member, he will be recruited at the expense of his opponent's existence. Concerned he will fail, Rimmer opts to cheat and has Kryten give him a mind-patching operation to increase his IQ. The patch fails during the contest, leading Rimmer to abandon it halfway through and disrupt Lister, Cat and Kryten's interviews for a new hologram to request a new one. Kryten tells him that his mind cannot readily accept a patch. However, Rimmer is delighted when his opponent suddenly withdraws, and bids farewell to his friends before transporting onto the ''Enlightment''. Upon learning that Nirvanah was his opponent and that she sacrificed herself for his happiness, Rimmer finds himself renouncing his earlier belief on romance (even to his own disbelief), resigns his new commission, and returns to ''Red Dwarf'' in order to let Nirvanah be reinstated with her crew.

==Production==
The ''Enlightenment''<nowiki/>'s model was built by Paul McGuiness. One of the cut scenes showed the holoship changing shape.<ref name="Red Dwarf Programme Guide">{{cite book |author=Chris Howarths |author2=Steve Lyons |title=Red Dwarf Programme Guide |publisher=Virgin Books |section=Section 1: The History |isbn=0-86369-682-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reddwarfprogramm0000howa }}</ref> The transparent perspex miniature was also a casualty of the editing cut.<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=2008-01-07 |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> Besides the holoship special effects, other scenes and lines were cut out or trimmed down, including many holoship crew scenes and Holly's unhelpful speech to Rimmer.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series V Production">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_5/production.html |title=Red Dwarf Series V Production |publisher=reddwarf.co.uk |access-date=2008-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013121/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_5/production.html |archive-date=4 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Guest stars included [[Jane Horrocks]] as Cdr. Nirvanah Crane, [[Matthew Marsh (actor)|Matthew Marsh]] as Capt. Hercule Platini, [[Don Warrington]] as Cdr. Binks, [[Simon Paisley Day]] as Cdr. Randy Navarro – Number Two, Jane Montgomery as Cdr. Natalina Pushkin – Number One, and [[Lucy Briers]] as Harrison.<ref name="Holoship cast and crew" /> The two (uncredited) actors heard in the film at the beginning of the episode were [[Kate Robbins]] and [[Steve Steen]].<ref name="Holoship cast and crew" />

==Cultural references==
*''[[King of Kings (1961 film)|King of Kings]]'', the story of [[Jesus]], is mentioned by Lister as a film that Rimmer stated as unrealistic.
*Kryten references [[Albert Einstein]] in trying to convince Rimmer that he is more than his job.
*Rimmer suggests that [[St. Francis of Assisi]] said "[[Never give a sucker an even break]]". Kryten states that if so it must have been strictly off the record.

==Reception==
Although "Holoship" was filmed third in the series,<ref name="Series V Preview">Series V Preview, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 1, March 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref> it was chosen to lead off the series as it was felt that it would draw in viewers the same way as "[[Camille (Red Dwarf)|Camille]]" had done during the previous series. It worked in the sense that the viewing figures increased as the series progressed.<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> However the episode was considered the worst in the series by fans, having a 0.2% rating on the Red Dwarf Smegazine poll.<ref name="Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results">Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603</ref> With its out-of-place moment of pathos at the end of the episode, Sci-Fi Dimensions described it as "less like Red Dwarf and more like a rejected Star Trek episode."<ref name="Series V review at Sci-Fi Dimensions">{{cite web | url =http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr05/reddwarf5and6.htm | title =Series V review at Sci-Fi Dimensions | publisher =scifidimensions.com | access-date =2008-01-29 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070107145017/http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr05/reddwarf5and6.htm | archive-date =7 January 2007 }}</ref>

==Continuity goof==

One of the biggest issues with continuity in ''Red Dwarf'' is the fact that the ship can only sustain one hologram. When Rimmer returns to ''Red Dwarf'' to get more of the mind patch, there is a hologram in the room with the others. This could be considered a mistake in continuity; however, Rimmer's hologrammatic status could be projected by the holoship, allowing for ''Red Dwarf'' to sustain the other hologram. ''Red Dwarf'' has projected two holograms in the past, for a short period (such as "Me<sup>2</sup>", which closed season one), although both these were holograms of Rimmer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red_Dwarf#.22Holoship.22|Holoship}}
* {{BBC episode|p00bpl2p|Holoship}}
* {{IMDb episode|0684159}}
* [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]]
[[Category:Holography in television]]

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