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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
| image = Quarantine (Red Dwarf).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Rimmer contracts a holo-virus and, with the help of Mr Flibble, turns against the crew
| series_no = 5
| episode = 4
| director = [[Grant Naylor]]
| writer = [[Rob Grant]] & [[Doug Naylor]]
| airdate = {{Start date|1992|03|12|df=yes}}
| guests = *[[Maggie Steed]] as Dr Hildegarde Lanstrom
*[[Red Dwarf characters#Mr. Flibble|Mr. Flibble]] as Himself
| prev = [[Terrorform]]
| next = [[Demons & Angels]]
| episode_list = List of Red Dwarf episodes
}}
"'''Quarantine'''" is the fourth 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 =2008-01-29}}</ref> and the twenty eighth in the series run.<ref name="TV.com – Quarantine summary">{{cite web | url =http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/quarantine/episode/10972/summary.html | title =TV.com – Quarantine summary | publisher =tv.com |access-date =2008-01-29}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 12 March 1992.<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – QUARANTINE">{{cite web | url =http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE198N | title =BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – QUARANTINE | publisher =BBC |access-date =2007-12-12}}</ref> The episode, fifth to be filmed,<ref name="Series V Preview">Series V Preview, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 1, March 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603</ref> was the first one to be solely directed by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]].<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> The episode has [[Arnold Rimmer|Rimmer]] contracting a holo-virus and turning against the rest of the crew.

==Plot==
''Red Dwarf'' receives a distress signal from a hologram of Dr. Hildegarde Lanstrom and proceed to investigate it at the Viral Research Centre. While [[Dave Lister]], [[Kryten]] and [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|Cat]] venture into the complex, [[Arnold Rimmer]] is advised to return to ''Red Dwarf'', as they plan to rescue Lanstrom but cannot bring her aboard their ''Starbug'' because it can only generate one hologram. With the same being true of ''Red Dwarf'', this raises the prospect of a 'time share' arrangement in which Rimmer would have to relinquish some of his run time. Annoyed at Kryten seemingly citing Space Corps Directives only to him, Rimmer is given a copy of the Directives Manual to read for his trip back.

Upon finding Lanstrom, Lister, Kryten and Cat find that she contracted a holo-virus that turned her insane and gave her Psionic powers, but also learn that this has shortened her life-span. The group thus opt to give her the run-around until the virus kills her, unaware of her using a radio to contact Rimmer. When Lanstrom finally dies, the group examine her research notes, discovering that she was working on a theory that viruses can be positive as well as negative and isolated a number of positive viruses.

On the return trip, Lister tests a virus that Lanstrom isolated that boosts luck, discovering it gives him incredible luck for a brief time until his body's natural defences combat it. Upon returning to ''Red Dwarf'', the group find that Rimmer has taken full control of the ship after returning ahead of them, and redirects their ''Starbug'' to the ship's [[quarantine]] bay as part of a Space Corps Directive he had read. Using the Directives, Rimmer manages to turn quarantine into a torturous experience, granting Lister, Cat and Kryten only single's quarters (as Lister is the only registered crewmate), devising a meal plan consisting solely of sprouts, and providing them with monotonous or faulty leisure facilities. Forced to endure isolation for five days and slowly finding themselves beginning to [[cabin fever|get on each other's nerves]], the group realise that they can challenge Rimmer to re-test them. However, they soon discover that he has contracted the holo-virus, suspecting that Lanstrom managed to pass it onto him via ''Starbug''{{'}}s radio. After Rimmer decides to deny the group oxygen for two hours to punish them for insanity (with their attempts at playing along only convincing Rimmer of their insanity), Lister opts to use the luck virus to save them, not only managing to get them out of quarantine, but also allowing him to find equipment that Kryten needs to purge the virus from Rimmer. After things return to normal, Rimmer is put into quarantine to make him endure it at the enjoyment of the others.

==Production==
Due to [[Juliet May]] leaving as director, the remaining episodes were directed by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Quarantine, which was fifth to be filmed in the series,<ref name="Series V Preview"/> was the first one to be solely directed by the co-creators.<ref name="Grant and Naylor Look Back"/> Although supposed to be a [[bottle episode]] with simple 'dialogue' for the series, Grant and Naylor found it hard going.<ref name="Grant and Naylor Look Back"/> The main scene of the Cat, Lister and Kryten arguing in the quarantine bay took a grand total of 57 minutes to record, the cast either breaking up with laughter or else having trouble with dialogue that had only recently been delivered. The increasing frustration did, however, add to the effectiveness of the scene<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 =2008-01-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013121/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_5/production.html  |archive-date = 2008-01-04}}</ref>

The original idea was to have each of the crew infected with Psi-powers, but this was later changed to the positive viruses story. Time constraints, coupled with the fact that it was pitched as the cheap show, meant that the script wasn't developed as well as Grant and Naylor had hoped. It was the cheap show so that the others were affordable.<ref name="Grant and Naylor Look Back"/>

[[Maggie Steed]] agreed to wear a [[prosthetic]] face mask to appear as the dying hologramatic Dr Lanstrom.<ref name="Quarantine cast and crew">{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684174/fullcredits | title =Quarantine cast and crew | publisher =IMDb |access-date =2008-01-29}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
*Dr Hildegarde Lanstrom references [[Schopenhauer]]'s "Life without pain has no meaning" quote.

==Reception==
The episode was originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 12 March 1992 in the 9:00pm evening time slot,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF V – QUARANTINE"/> and was considered one of the better episodes from the series, just behind "[[Back to Reality (Red Dwarf)|Back to Reality]]".<ref name="Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results">Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey Results, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603</ref> Viewers particularly enjoyed Rimmer's descent into insanity, the character of Mr. Flibble becoming a fan favourite. The episode has been described as one which "epitomizes the blend of sci-fi and comedy that made the show such a hit."<ref>Dee Amy-Chinn "Red Dwarf", in David Lavery (ed.), (2010), ''The Essential Cult Tv Reader'', page 212. University Press of Kentucky</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red_Dwarf#.22Quarantine.22|Quarantine}}
*{{BBC episode|p00bpl70|Quarantine}}
*{{IMDb episode|0684174|Quarantine}}
*[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]]

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