Unexplored Areas Of Red Dwarf (The Ship)

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

The vastness of the "gigantic red trash can" is a gift to ficcers.  The show may be restricted by budget, but we're not.  Right now the part of the ship I'd really like to see is the botanical gardens.  Mentioned in both the first and last episode, they'd be a nice area for the crew to relax in.  I wonder if Kryten retained his longing to plant a garden after his rebuilding by Lister?

Someone on TOS mentioned the Eden Project in Cornwall as a fantasy location for these gardens.  Sadly I doubt the producers would be able to afford that, but they'd be great.

Other areas which sound interesting are the penthouse suite on A Deck (mentioned in "Camille") and the mall (mentioned in "IWCD").  I have a personal head canon that the "BTE" bunkroom was chosen by Rimmer as it was First Officer quarters whereas the much grungier X bunkroom was Lister's choice.

So what areas would others like to see explored, either in fic or on the show?

Comments

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yes, that topic's rather stolen my thunder. :) It's more relevant to this comm's raison d'etre, but Kahvi came up with it today and I posted this last night.

Otherwise I might well have gone with that instead. I might still, unless anyone else beats me to it. ;)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Although, in answer to the one question over there on this topic, I know Metalkatt has been thinking about the seeds and cuttings for plants for a few years. I think the concept is sort of wide fanon, like Rimmer's clothes and fluids dissolving upon leaving his projection.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Fanon is increasingly hard to distinguish from canon for me. I genuinely can't remember if there's ever been a line in the show indicating that Rimmer's clothes etc would do that or not. ;)