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	"'''Legion'''" is the second episode of [[science fiction]] [[~~sit-com~~]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VI<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6">{{cite web \| url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series6.shtml \| title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6 \| publisher =sitcom.co.uk \|accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> and the 32nd in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Legion summary">{{cite web \| url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/legion/episode/10976/summary.html \| title =TV.com – Legion summary \| publisher =tv.com \|accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> It was first broadcast on British television on 14 October 1993,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION">{{cite web \| url =http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE271Y \| title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION \| publisher =BBC \|accessdate =2007-12-12}}</ref> was written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] and was directed by Andy de Emmony.		"'''Legion'''" is the second episode of [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VI<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6">{{cite web \| url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series6.shtml \| title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6 \| publisher =sitcom.co.uk \|accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> and the 32nd in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Legion summary">{{cite web \| url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/legion/episode/10976/summary.html \| title =TV.com – Legion summary \| publisher =tv.com \|accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> It was first broadcast on British television on 14 October 1993,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION">{{cite web \| url =http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE271Y \| title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION \| publisher =BBC \|accessdate =2007-12-12}}</ref> was written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] and was directed by Andy de Emmony.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
| image = Red Dwarf Legion.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = The titular Legion character.
| series_no = 6
| episode = 2
| director = [[Andy De Emmony]]
| writer = [[Rob Grant]] & [[Doug Naylor]]
| airdate = {{Start date|1993|10|14|df=yes}}
| guests = *Nigel Williams as Legion
| prev = [[Psirens]]
| next = [[Gunmen of the Apocalypse]]
| episode_list = List of Red Dwarf episodes
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"'''Legion'''" is the second episode of [[science fiction]] [[sit-com]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VI<ref name="British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6">{{cite web | url =http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series6.shtml | title =British Sitcom Guide – Red Dwarf – Series 6 | publisher =sitcom.co.uk |accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> and the 32nd in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Legion summary">{{cite web | url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/legion/episode/10976/summary.html | title =TV.com – Legion summary | publisher =tv.com |accessdate =2008-02-01}}</ref> It was first broadcast on British television on 14 October 1993,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION">{{cite web | url =http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE271Y | title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF VI – LEGION | publisher =BBC |accessdate =2007-12-12}}</ref> was written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] and was directed by Andy de Emmony.

==Plot==
To maintain constant pursuit of ''Red Dwarf'', [[Dave Lister]] and [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|Cat]] handle the piloting of ''Starbug'' through shifts. However, [[Kryten]] informs [[Arnold Rimmer]] that the ship is running low on food and water. As the ship passes by a deserted [[space station]], it is pulled in by a [[tractor beam]], and the crew opt to explore the station for supplies. When aboard, Kryten notes that his scanner registers a life-form, despite not showing one earlier, which soon appears before them as a mysterious entity called Legion. After explaining that he was a creation of the greatest minds that inhabited the station, Legion offers a token of good faith by demonstrating his incredible technological intelligence. Legion gives Lister an instantaneous emergency [[appendectomy]], and modifies Rimmer's light bee, allowing him to alternate between a "soft light" and "hard light" hologram – the latter form allows him to be able to touch and feel. Impressed, the crew try to recruit him to join them on their quest to find ''Red Dwarf'', but Legion insists that they stay with him.

The following morning, the group admit that they have become Legion's prisoners, despite each enjoying accommodations tailored to their unique personal tastes and requirements. When they attempt to escape by overpowering him, they find Legion is a gestalt entity – a combination of all active minds present on the station, melded together to form one, who became a mindless, formless entity when the station's original occupants perished from old age.

Kryten notices that Legion loses a persona when one of them is unconscious, and so convinces the others to be knocked out, forcing Legion to manifest his persona only. Legion admits relief when this happens, wishing not to share their assorted neuroses, and helps Kryten to return the crew to ''Starbug'', providing them with a stardrive that the scientists had created to help them catch up to ''Red Dwarf''. However, when the crew attempt to use it, the drive shoots out of the ship, leaving them to struggle with the sudden decompression it creates.

==Production==
The working title for the episode was "Call Me Legion", and later shortened to "Legion".<ref name="News From The Dwarf">News From The Dwarf, Red Dwarf Smegazine, volume 2 issue 1, May 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603</ref> This episode introduces the hologram Hardlight – an indestructible physical form which Rimmer could form into. It was becoming tiresome for the writers that Rimmer couldn't touch anything, so it was retained for the remainder of the series.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VI Writing">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/aftermath.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VI Aftermath |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013125/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/aftermath.html |archivedate= 4 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nigel Williams played the character of Legion. The costume was so tight he had to be sewn into it, and stay in it until the shoot was finished.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VI Costumes">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/costumes.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VI Costumes |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006082910/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/costumes.html |archivedate=6 October 2006 }}</ref>

Lister's room music in this episode was "Hot and Wild Number 1" by the musician [[Chris Tsangarides]].<ref name="candc">[http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=6&sectionID=cast-and-crew Cast and Crew | Series VI | Guide | Red Dwarf], www.reddwarf.co.uk, retrieved 11 May 2013</ref>

==Cultural references==
The [[Legion (demon)|episode title]] and certain dialogue reference Mark 5:9, wherein [[Jesus]] confronts a possessed man: "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."<ref name="Series V review by Gavrielle">{{cite web | url =http://www.reviewsbygavrielle.com/dwarf3.shtml | title =Series V review by Gavrielle | publisher =reviewsbygavrielle.com |accessdate =2008-01-29}}</ref>

Audience laughter can be heard when Kryten mentions "Quayle" in a list of "the most brilliant minds of the 23rd century". In 1993 the name conjured up the image of [[Dan Quayle]], the former [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] who was popularly perceived as being incompetent.<ref>Robert E. Gilbert, (1998), ''The Mortal Presidency: Illness and Anguish in the White House'', page 290. Fordham Univ Press. {{ISBN|0823218376}}</ref> He also mentions "Davro", most likely a reference to singer and comedian [[Bobby Davro]], as well as "Holder", a reference to Slade singer Noddy Holder.

The "Ionian Nerve Grip" which Kryten pretends to use on Rimmer is patterned after the famous [[Vulcan nerve pinch]] from ''[[Star Trek]]''.

==Reception==
The episode was well received by fans, and [[Rob Grant]] has described this episode as one of his favourites, and has said that "I think that's the funniest start to a show we've ever done, [also] it's got some great set pieces in it, the chopsticks scene..."<ref name="inquisitor">{{cite web |url=http://theinquisitorsreddwarfsite.4t.com/custom3.html |title=Rob Grant Interview |work=The Inquisitors Red Dwarf Site| accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red_Dwarf#.22Legion.22|Legion}}
*{{BBC episode|p00bplf6|Legion}}
*{{IMDb episode|0684163|Legion}}
*[http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=6 Series VI episode guide at www.reddwarf.co.uk]

{{Red Dwarf episodes}}

[[Category:Red Dwarf VI episodes]]
[[Category:1993 British television episodes]]

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