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

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

I like to think that Kryten has a little plot of vegetables he uses for the crew's meals. And I know this will probably never happen due to budget restrictions, but I'd love to see one of their crazy golf championships as well, whether in the gardens or elsewhere. Presumably there's a recreation area somewhere (not the one in the brig).

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

The whole 'exploring new areas of the ship' scenario was one that Doug wanted to be the plot arc for series X - sadly something we didn't get to see. Perhaps, now he's got some ideas out of his head - this might make an appearance in XI?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

And here I was thinking it was going to be other kinds of unexplored areas as evidenced by a Tumblr thread right now. :-D

[jameta4all.livejournal.com]

I was always sad that they never returned to the observation deck (that dome thing where you can look out at space). That looks terribly romantic and fluffy.

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the remains of the cat city, complete with godly statues of Lister :-)