Red Dwarf Series One

Waiting for God

First broadcast: 7th Mar, 1988

The crew recover a pod floating in deep space. Rimmer believes it is an alien spacecraft, but Lister discovers it is one of Red Dwarf's garbage pods. He decides not to tell Rimmer.

Meanwhile, Holly has translated The Cat's holy book. The book tells of the cats' god, Cloister, being frozen in time. Lister sees the connection with his own situation and tries to convince The Cat that he is Cloister.

"This is my shiny thing and if you try and take it off me I may have to eat you." - The Cat