odd/interesting/odd about Holly

[kronette.livejournal.com]

Holly calls them "Dave" and "Arnold," doesn't he? Not "Lister" and "Rimmer," at least not Rimmer. Female Holly in Bodyswap says "All right, Dave." In the pilot, it was 'Everybody's dead, Dave." In "Future Echoes," it's all "Arnold."

So it's just the crew that called each other by their last names, or Holly's informal now that they're the only ones left alive? Just something I've wondered.

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[janamelie.livejournal.com]

In "Back In The Red", egghead original Holly calls Captain Hollister Frank, so it seems to be a pre-accident trait.

Agreed that it's probably to make him seem more human, but it's probably also for emergency situations. People are likely to respond more quickly to their first name, especially if they've become used to being addressed by their last.