ext_18051 ([identity profile] beetle-breath.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] reddwarfslash2006-10-04 11:23 pm
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Just a quick question, regarding names.

In Dimension Jump, the AU version of Lister, is his name really 'Spanners'? Or is that a witty nickname, given the fact that he's an engineer?

What is his name, then?


Thanks!

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[identity profile] cheezdanish.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I vote witty nickname. Because Ace is the sort of guy who can get away with that sort of shit and not get punched in the nose for it.

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm thinking it was a nickname as well.

[identity profile] roadstergal.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't said explicitly in the TV show that it was a nickname, but a) Ace tosses 'our' Lister 'Skipper' as a nickname, and b) Lister refers to Spanners as 'another Lister.' That's why I assumed 'Spanners' was a nicknamed David Lister in the TV show.

It's explicit in the book Backwards - Spanners is just what Ace calls Lister. When he's not calling him 'old love.'
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