A Conversation for A To Z Of Red Dwarf
B>R
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Started conversation Sep 3, 2002
NO ALIENS?!
WHAT WERE THE GELFS, CAMILLE AND MOST IMPORTANT: THE POLYMORPH?????
[...] Started conversation Sep 3, 2002
NO ALIENS?!
WHAT WERE THE GELFS, CAMILLE AND MOST IMPORTANT: THE POLYMORPH?????
B>R
3 Of 8: Currently lurking. <?> <BORG>
Posted Oct 28, 2002
They were all man made....
3 Of 8: Currently lurking. <?> <BORG> Posted Oct 28, 2002
They were all man made....
B>R
3 Of 8: Currently lurking. <?> <BORG>
Posted Oct 28, 2002
...Well not sure about the Gelf things...
3 Of 8: Currently lurking. <?> <BORG> Posted Oct 28, 2002
...Well not sure about the Gelf things...
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Oct 29, 2002
Gelfs were man man, according to the book anyway. Didn't they have a gelf war and rebel? Something about Gelf armchairs sticks in my mind.
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Oct 29, 2002
Gelfs were man man, according to the book anyway. Didn't they have a gelf war and rebel? Something about Gelf armchairs sticks in my mind.
B>R
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Posted Oct 30, 2002
TWO FORMS OF GELF..
CAMILLE IS A PLEASURE GELF (GENETCALLY ENGINEERED LIFE-FORM) AND MAN-MADE...
BUT THE GELFS OF SERIES SIX ARE MONKEY ALIEN THINGS....
AH HA! THE DESPAIR SQUID WAS AN ALIEN... OR WAS THAT A MUTANT...?
THE EMOHAWK IS AN ALIEN...
[...] Posted Oct 30, 2002
TWO FORMS OF GELF..
CAMILLE IS A PLEASURE GELF (GENETCALLY ENGINEERED LIFE-FORM) AND MAN-MADE...
BUT THE GELFS OF SERIES SIX ARE MONKEY ALIEN THINGS....
AH HA! THE DESPAIR SQUID WAS AN ALIEN... OR WAS THAT A MUTANT...?
THE EMOHAWK IS AN ALIEN...
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Oct 30, 2002
The despair squid was introduced by man, they tried to speed up evolution on an uninhabitable planet, and ended up with the squid.
The gelfs from series six must be related to humans, or else why would they want to marry one?
The emohawk or polymorph was an emotion sucking human invention. The original Polymorph escaped from a pod marked 'genetic waste' hinting it was a lifeform genetically modified by humams.
The Quagaaaars however, "ALIEN!!" Or was it a decomposed chicken?
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Oct 30, 2002
The despair squid was introduced by man, they tried to speed up evolution on an uninhabitable planet, and ended up with the squid.
The gelfs from series six must be related to humans, or else why would they want to marry one?
The emohawk or polymorph was an emotion sucking human invention. The original Polymorph escaped from a pod marked 'genetic waste' hinting it was a lifeform genetically modified by humams.
The Quagaaaars however, "ALIEN!!" Or was it a decomposed chicken?
B>R
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Posted Oct 30, 2002
THE GELFS CAN'T BE RELATED TO HUMANS... ONLY LISTER HAS TRAVELLED 3 MILLION YEARS...
[...] Posted Oct 30, 2002
THE GELFS CAN'T BE RELATED TO HUMANS... ONLY LISTER HAS TRAVELLED 3 MILLION YEARS...
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Oct 30, 2002
Who's to say the gelfs didn't evolve from the original pleasure gelfs, or even some other organism from earth. There is no reason to assume they are alien.
Why would they desire to mate with Lister if they didn't share some genetic make up with him, it wouldn't produce offspring otherwise.
The very fact they are called Gelfs hints that they were some kind of genetially engineered life form, not identical to a pleasure gelf, but a gelf nonetheless.
By the way, do you know there is a caps lock button somewhere on your keyboard? It would make your posts alot easier to read if they were in the proper case.
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Oct 30, 2002
Who's to say the gelfs didn't evolve from the original pleasure gelfs, or even some other organism from earth. There is no reason to assume they are alien.
Why would they desire to mate with Lister if they didn't share some genetic make up with him, it wouldn't produce offspring otherwise.
The very fact they are called Gelfs hints that they were some kind of genetially engineered life form, not identical to a pleasure gelf, but a gelf nonetheless.
By the way, do you know there is a caps lock button somewhere on your keyboard? It would make your posts alot easier to read if they were in the proper case.
B>R
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Posted Nov 2, 2002
BUT LISTER'S A GERBIL....
SOME BIZARRE PEOPLE LIKE GOING WITH HORSES... THEIR GENETIC MAKE-UP AIN'T THE SAME!
THE CURRY MONSTER WAS ALIEN! JUST 'COS IT WAS MADE FROM MUTTON DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT ALIEN!
[...] Posted Nov 2, 2002
BUT LISTER'S A GERBIL....
SOME BIZARRE PEOPLE LIKE GOING WITH HORSES... THEIR GENETIC MAKE-UP AIN'T THE SAME!
THE CURRY MONSTER WAS ALIEN! JUST 'COS IT WAS MADE FROM MUTTON DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT ALIEN!
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Nov 4, 2002
How is the curry monster an alien?
It was made using that DNA replicator thing, the thing that made Kryten human and Lister small. Man made...i.e. not alien.
Caps lock button still stuck I notice 
Did the aliens break it?
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Nov 4, 2002
How is the curry monster an alien?
It was made using that DNA replicator thing, the thing that made Kryten human and Lister small. Man made...i.e. not alien.
Caps lock button still stuck I notice Did the aliens break it?
B>R
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Posted Nov 5, 2002
I'M THE GREATEST RED DWARF FAN...
ANSWER THIS THEN....
WHAT ABOUT THE PSIRENS??????!!!!!
[...] Posted Nov 5, 2002
I'M THE GREATEST RED DWARF FAN...
ANSWER THIS THEN....
WHAT ABOUT THE PSIRENS??????!!!!!
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Nov 5, 2002
What about the psirens?
To quote Lister
"This entire belt is swarming with some kind of genetically engineered
life form who can alter your perception, telepathically. They're
called Psirens. "
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Nov 5, 2002
What about the psirens?
To quote Lister
"This entire belt is swarming with some kind of genetically engineered
life form who can alter your perception, telepathically. They're
called Psirens. "
B>R
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Posted Nov 6, 2002
YOU DO KNOW 'ALIEN' JUST MEANS FOREIGN??
THAT'LL INCLUDE GENETICS...
LET'S SEE... THE SPACE MUMPS ARE AN ALIEN BACTERIA...
[...] Posted Nov 6, 2002
YOU DO KNOW 'ALIEN' JUST MEANS FOREIGN??
THAT'LL INCLUDE GENETICS...
LET'S SEE... THE SPACE MUMPS ARE AN ALIEN BACTERIA...
B>R
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2)
Posted Nov 7, 2002
Ahhh if you include anything foreign as an alien, then yep, there probably were plenty of examples on RD.
If you mean a living species that didn't originate from the planet earth, I think you will find there are none.
Ask most people what the word alien means to them?
I'll concede that the true dictionary definition confirms your claims, but that's not really the type of alien we were talking about is it?
Simon the Silly Sausage (Gone AWOL from h2g2) Posted Nov 7, 2002
Ahhh if you include anything foreign as an alien, then yep, there probably were plenty of examples on RD.
If you mean a living species that didn't originate from the planet earth, I think you will find there are none.
Ask most people what the word alien means to them?
I'll concede that the true dictionary definition confirms your claims, but that's not really the type of alien we were talking about is it?
B>R
The_Blue_Midget
Posted Dec 5, 2004
You're thinking of the alien as in an adjective.
An alien in Red Dwarf refers to any life form on any planet other than Earth, or wouldn't have existed if it weren't for another species that did originate on Earth. The Emohawk, Polymorph, GELFS, Psirens, the Despair Squid and Camile were all engineered by humans. The curry beast from DNA was created from a chicken (Was it chicken?) vindaloo, and so wouldn't have existed if it were not for chickens.
The_Blue_Midget Posted Dec 5, 2004
You're thinking of the alien as in an adjective.
An alien in Red Dwarf refers to any life form on any planet other than Earth, or wouldn't have existed if it weren't for another species that did originate on Earth. The Emohawk, Polymorph, GELFS, Psirens, the Despair Squid and Camile were all engineered by humans. The curry beast from DNA was created from a chicken (Was it chicken?) vindaloo, and so wouldn't have existed if it were not for chickens.
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