Trojan

Series X, Episode 1
Recorded: 16.12.2011, Shepperton Studios
First Broadcast: 04.10.2012 (Dave)
DVD Release: 19.11.2012 (2EDVD 0718)
Blu-ray Release: 19.11.2012 (2EDBC 0187)

Written & Directed by Doug Naylor

Synopsis

Rimmer receives an SOS Distress Call from a doomed ship commanded by his all-conquering brother, Howard. But Rimmer can't bring himself to save Howard until he's on an equal footing career-wise. He has 15 hours to pass his Astro-Nav exam and become an Officer. The same exam he's already failed nine times.

Cast

Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), Mark Dexter (Howard Rimmer), Susan Earl (Sim Crawford), Lucy Newman-Williams (All Droid Jayne), Bryan Bounds (All Droid Bob), Laurence Bouvard (All Droid Voice), Rupert Degas (All Droid Voice), Bryan Bounds (All Droid Voice), Lucy Newman-Williams (All Droid Voice)

Did You Know?

Trojan was originally scripted under the working title Slow Rescue - until it was suggested that, as the series opener, suggesting "slowness" in the title wasn't the best idea!

A version of the "Xpress Lifts" muzak from all the way back in Stasis Leak is repurposed here as the hold music while Lister is on the phone. Meanwhile, the music that plays as Howard Rimmer dies is a new riff by Howard Goodall on the "Rimmer Munchkin" theme from Series VII.

Collisions with moose really have been one of the highest causes of traffic accidents in Sweden, going all the way back to the 1970s.

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