Kryten (Robert Llewellyn): “I beg you to reconsider, Sir. Human history is resplendent with examples of such sacrifice. Remember Captain Oates: ‘I’m going out for a walk. I may be some time.'”
Rimmer (Chris Barrie): “Yes, but the thing is, about Captain Oates; the thing you have to remember about Captain Oates; Captain Oates… Captain Oates was a prat. If that’d been me, I’d’ve stayed in the tent, whacked Scott over the head with a frozen husky, and then eaten him.”
Lister (Craig Charles): “You would, too, wouldn’t you?”
Rimmer: “History, Lister, is written by the winners. How do we know that Oates went out for this legendary walk? From the only surviving document: Scott’s diary. And he’s hardly likely to have written down, ‘February the First, bludgeoned Oates to death while he slept, then scoffed him along with the last packet of instant mash.’ How’s that going to look when he gets rescued, eh? No, much better to say, ‘Oates made the supreme sacrifice,’ while you’re dabbing up his gravy with the last piece of crusty bread.”
- The Red Dwarf crew, discussing the nature of sacrifice, RED DWARF
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