Trivia / Red Dwarf Season VI "Legion"

• Creator's Favorite Episode: Rob Grant has described this episode as one of his favourites, and has said that "I think that's the funniest start to a show we've ever done, it's got some great set pieces in it, the chopsticks scene...".
• Deleted Scene:
  • A couple of jokes trimmed for time. These include Rimmer recounting a story of when Lister used the Deep Space Probe to de-wax his ears.
  • As the heat-seeking missile tracks Starbug, Cat says that they are "deader than seersucker"; the line was trimmed as the studio audience didn't know what seersucker was.
  • A short, extended scene as the Starbuggers enter the Legion Station, with Legion forming and then silently watching them from above.
  • Additional dialogue as Legion turns Rimmer from a "soft-light" into a "hard-light" hologram. Rimmer says that "where he comes from, sticking your hand inside someone and pulling out their works constitutes a major chinning offense".
  • Extended dialogue of the Starbuggers discussing getting Legion to join them, of Lister and Cat displaying their disdain for "24th-century Mimosian" cuisine, and Rimmer attempting to appear cultured to Legion.
  • When Legion shows Lister to his "cell", Lister is impressed by the sneakers in the ice box and puts them on his feet saying that they are chilled to perfection. As Legion leaves the "cell", Lister tries some dried chillis that Legion has put out, and much to his delight they are the hottest thing he has ever tasted. The scene was cut as Craig Charles ate a real one and struggled with it at the end of the take.
  • At breakfast, Cat hypothesises that Legion is a "human zoo-type weird person collector". Rimmer concurs, saying that they may soon be led out of there and forced to mate with a variety of strange-coloured voluptuous alien women. Cat is excited at the prospect.
  • An extension to the scene where Lister tries to knock out Legion from behind with one of Legion's statues, recreating the scene from Revenge of the Surfboarding Killer Bikini Vampire Girls. As Lister explains the plan, Legion stands behind the door listening. He enters to see Lister holding up the statue, and Lister says that he is trying to get a better look at the statue by holding it up to the light.
  • The scene of Kryten trying to knock Rimmer out was later re-shot, replacing the obviously lightweight sculpture with a more convincing metal bar. Originally, Kryten was hitting Rimmer with a giant, rock-like piece, although it did not appear heavy.
  • A completely different take on the Star Drive smashing through the hull of Starbug; in this case, the exterior model shot of it actually happening is seen, although luckily it is revealed that Starbug is still in the hangar of Legion's station when it happens. However, the take was re-shot as the crew hanging on with the escaping air nearly blowing them out was not considered successful.
• Edited for Syndication: In a 2012 repeat, Rimmer and Kryten discussing Space Corps Directive 34124, ("No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity"), was cut.
• What Could Have Been: Stephen Fry was the first choice for Legion, but he was unavailable.
• Working Title: "Call Me Legion".

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