So, Ace Rimmer.

[kronette.livejournal.com]

Do you believe that there was only one originating Ace that broke the dimension barrier, or could several have done it?

Do you believe that there's only one of them at a time, or are there multiple Aces flying around the dimensions, saving people hunting things. The family business?

What would happen if an Ace met another Ace? Interdimensional rift like the one that brought Kochanski to our Red Dwarf? An implosion like a dying star that creates a black hole? Is that where a time dilation field comes from, when one Ace meets another? Or is it just another day in meeting yourself?

What we didn't get to see in Dimension Jump was Ace touching Rimmer, because our Rimmer was a hologram. And because of split screen limitations, we didn't get to see them touch (I don't think) in Stoke Me a Clipper.

And on a purely peeved note, why would Ace have holographic clothes? Did he have to explain to all his lovers that he was a hologram? He went through the trouble of hiding the "H"; why not real clothes?

Comments

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

I've just realised there's another reason why "DJ" Ace is human in my head canon - he is in Rob Grant's novel "Backwards" which uses some dialogue from that ep. Of course he has to be or the climax of the book would have much less dramatic tension. ;)

[kronette.livejournal.com]

I think DJ Ace IS human, as we saw him at his first jump. At least that's what I always assumed. Poor Ace's first encounter with another set of duplicates and he meets our Starbug crew. The "Spanners!" he shouts is happy and clearly meant he hadn't seen another Dave Lister before. It's also implied as we saw Ace take off from Mimas, that it was the first trip. I don't think it would have occurred to GNP that Ace had been jumping for centuries/years/whatever, they saw it strictly as Ace meeting Rimmer for the first time and being disgusted by him.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Excellent points about Spanners etc. It seems pretty clear that Doug decided to re-imagine the character as a way of writing Chris out without killing Rimmer off. It's obvious from what Doug says in the doc that he always hoped to lure Chris back for the film if nothing else.

As it turned out, Chris just needed a nice long rest, but the show's mythology was enriched no end. ;)