Complete Guide
Pete - Part 1
Series VIII, Episode 6
Recorded: 12.10.1998, Shepperton Studios
First Broadcast: 25.03.1999 (BBC 2)
VHS Release: 24.01.2000 (BBCV 6843)
DVD Release: 27.03.2006 (BBCDVD 1693)
Blu-ray Release: 14.01.2019 (BBCBD 0441)
Written by Doug Naylor
Directed by Ed Bye
Synopsis
When Rimmer and Lister are forced to take on the guards in a basketball game they sabotage the opposition's half-time juice with 'Boing' - the virility enhancement drug.
Cast
Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), Chloe Annett (Kochanski), Norman Lovett (Holly), Mac McDonald (Captain), Graham McTavish (Ackerman), Andrew Alston (Mex), Holly Earl (Young Kochanski), Perri Michael (Young Cat), Ricky Grover (Baxter), Ian Masters (Birdman), Shend (Warden Knot), Graham McTavish (Ackerman), Andrew Alston (Mex), Holly Earl (Young Kochanski), Perri Michael (Young Cat), Ricky Grover (Baxter), Ian Masters (Birdman), Shend (Warden Knot)
Did You Know?
The Pete story was originally a single episode titled Captain's Office, which was expanded when budgetary concerns meant the original finale had to be dropped.
The presence of a T-Rex in the script came about from Doug Naylor wondering how expensive a CGI dinosaur would be. When the answer came back as "Quite cheap", it was full steam ahead - although the animation was also supplemented with animatronics, Jurassic Park style.
The flashback scene of the Dwarfers being admitted to the prison by Ackerman was intended to open Cassandra - hence the appearance of The Shend as Warden Knot - but shunted here when that episode overran.
