On yet another day aboard the vast emptiness of the red Mining Ship named Red Dwarf, second technician Dave Lister was wandering the corridors looking for something to pass the time. He had already watched "Attack of the Surfboarding Killer Bikini Vampire Girls III" for the eighth-hundredth time and had nearly worn out the film, so he ordered the Skutters to make backups of it. While they were doing this, he was looking for something to do. Or someone to annoy.
"Where the smeg is Rimmer?" he thought to himself. Shortly after this, a jolt shook him and lightbulbs doubled in brightness. Some lightbulbs even burst. "Holly, what was that?" he asked to the Ships computer.
The floating head of a balding man faded onto a nearby screen. "What? Oh, that. Yeah, I just remembered that I had huge amounts of backup energy stored. It was right under my nose too. You know when you leave your glasses on your head and you wonder where they are?" Lister nods in answer.
Holly continued. "Yeah, kind of like that. All this extra power could do heaps, like boost the range of navigational sensors, or open a wormhole, or even cook a chicken ten times faster. Oh hang on, now I feel like eating chicken. I'm gonna do that now." said Holly as his head faded from the screen.
Dave replicated the hunger. "Damn, now I feel like chicken too." he said as he headed for the nearest food dispenser.
About half an hour later, Lister finds Rimmer and Cat arguing about hair. "Look me-laddo. Hair is meant to be short, such as A solid Crew-cut. One that wins wars. Have I told you about that theory, Cat?" asks Rimmer.
"Yeah Bud, I've heard it a Million times. Find something new to talk about, like Fish!" responds Cat.
Lister intervenes."Hey guys, did you hear about the energy boost thing?" "Yes, I did. It shorted out my Life. Thankfully, there was a spare Light Bee. There's many Light Bees actually. Hundreds. What is this, a Light Bee sale? Who would we sell it to? Algae? I doubt they'd have any use for that." responds Rimmer, still angered at his Temporary Death.
At this point, Holly fades on screen. "Hey, there's an Idea. Resurrect some of the dead crew." he says. "KRISTINE!" shouts Lister as he got the greatest idea since he used Rimmer's bunk as a Curry container bin. "I could bring Kristine back! I could bring Peterson back too, and Selby and Chen! I could bring 'em all back!" he shouted.
"You better bring Captain Hollister back too. Space Corp Directive 87." states Rimmer. "Space Corp Directive 87?" asked Kryten as he walked into the room. "All First Officers must eat a bowl of Curried Steak twice a year?" he continues. "Sir, I don't think that has anything to do with Bringing the Captain back! I mean, he's a Captain, not a First Officer!"
"Calm down, Krytie." says Rimmer. " I meant that when the opportunity arises, the Captain shall be brought back as a Hologram if he or she is Deceased."
Holly fades back in. "Awight Dudes, sounds like a plan. I've got some personality discs here. Might as well try some then, I've got nothing else to do this Decade." he says. "Hey, sounds great!" shouts Cat.