Red Dwarf (ship in a bottle)

Captain Hollister reprimands Dave Lister in his office. The ship-in-a-bottle sits on the captain's desk. ("The End")

Inside the office of Frank Hollister - the captain of the JMC mining spaceship Red Dwarf - adjacent to the Drive Room, contained a miniature model of the eponymous spaceship, inside a bottle. It was located on the captain's desk, and was one of the more prominent features of the captain's office. ("The End")

History

In a flashback to Rimmer's death during the radiation leak in "Me²", Rimmer is seen accidentally smashing the ship-in-a-bottle as he falls to the ground, and whispers "gazpacho soup" (this is an obvious reference to the opening scene of the film Citizen Kane, where the title character is dying, smashes his snow globe and whispers "rosebud").

When the original crew were resurrected by the nanobots three million years later, and Red Dwarf was reconstructed, the miniature model of Red Dwarf in the bottle could once again be seen on Captain Hollister's desk. This version, much like the new and brighter office itself, had been recreated bigger than the original. ("Pete", Series VIII)

Many years later, Arnold Rimmer used a Quantum Skipper to explore The Multiverse. Eventually, Rimmer came across a dimension where, much to his horror, his underling Dave Lister was captain of the ship. Lister's office was identical to the original one used by Captain Hollister, including the ship in a bottle. ("Skipper", Series XII)

Gallery

In a recording of the Cadmium II disaster, the blast pushes Rimmer into the Captain's Office ("Me²", Series I)

A dying Rimmer knocks the snow globe off the captain's table ("Me²", Series I)

The snow globe smashes ("Me²", Series I)

A flashback to the Captain's Office ("Stasis Leak", Series II)

The reconstructed Captain's Office in Series VIII, along with an alternative ship-in-a-bottle

The ship-in-a-bottle seen again ("Skipper", Series XII)

The set of the Captain's Office in "Skipper", Series XII

The Series XII prop

Trivia

• The Red Dwarf in-a-bottle is one of the more prominent features on the interactive menus on the Series VIII DVD.

Behind the Scenes

• The ship-in-a-bottle was recreated for the Series XII episode "Skipper", and resulted in a "bit of a fight over who would keep it", according to graphic designer Matthew Clark.

External Links

• Impossible bottle (ship-in-a-bottle) article on Wikipedia
• Snow globe article on Wikipedia
• Glass paperweight on Wikipedia