The 12th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Angela Bruce guest stars as the female Lister from the alternate universe, and Hattie Hayridge makes her debut as Hilly, an alternate female Holly (Hayridge joins the series full time in the third season). This is the final episode of Red Dwarf’s second season. 
Preface From “How To Pick Up Girls By Hypnosis”: Saving Lister from further discussion of Rimmer’s maladjusted view of women, Holly announces the invention of the Holly Hop Drive, which can instantaneously transport Red Dwarf across vast reaches of space, at least in theory. When Lister activates the Hop Drive, Red Dwarf winds up in another dimension parallel to Red Dwarf’s, but different – the roles of men and women are reversed, and Lister, Rimmer and Cat run into another Red Dwarf, occupied by a female Rimmer, a female Lister, a female computer named Hilly, and a creature that evolved from the ship’s dog. Rimmer is confronted with his sexist alter-ego who keeps trying to pick him up by hypnosis, and Lister winds up in bed with himself – in a more literal way than usual – and has to contend with getting pregnant.
written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
directed by Ed Bye
music by Howard GoodallCast: Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Norman Lovett (Holly), Suzanne Bertish (Rimmer), Angela Bruce (Lister), Matthew Devitt (Dog), Hattie Hayridge (Hilly)
LogBook entry by Earl Green