Silicon Heaven 817721 200654285 2008-03-24T22:35:49Z Saberwyn 329948 /* References to Silicon Hell */ Bypass disambig page '''Silicon Heaven''' is an [[afterlife]] concept from the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction]] comedy series ''[[Red Dwarf (television)|Red Dwarf]]''. It is where electronic equipment goes after [[death]]. The concept is used to keep [[robot]]s, many of which are stronger and more intelligent than their masters, from rebelling; a [[belief]] chip is installed in robots to ensure that they will believe that they will go to Silicon [[Heaven]] after a life of servitude to humanity. Silicon Heaven can be seen as a parody of religions such as [[Christianity]]. Equipment going to Silicon heaven include robots, calculators, toasters and hairdryers. Cheap robots such as [[Red Dwarf characters#The Skutters|skutters]] are sometimes not fitted with a belief chip due to cost, but [[Red Dwarf characters#Holly|Holly]] and [[Red Dwarf characters#Kryten|Kryten]] hang on to the belief. In the books it is revealed that when Holly's intelligence was at its peak he didn't believe in Silicon Heaven, but as his [[IQ]] slowly declined his faith became "unshakable". The concept was introduced in the episode "[[List of Red Dwarf episodes#Series 3 (1989)|The Last Day]]", in which Kryten, on learning that he is to be replaced by a more advanced model, tells [[Red Dwarf characters#David Lister|Lister]] that he is resigned to his fate as he knows he will receive his reward in Silicon Heaven. Lister's attempts to convince Kryten that Silicon Heaven doesn't really exist meet with no success; although Kryten later tells his replacement, Hudsen 10, that there is no Silicon Heaven, causing Hudsen to break down when he attempts to cope with the idea, he admits to Lister that he only said it to confuse Hudsen, and that his own [[faith]] is still strong: <blockquote> Kryten: "He's an android. His brain could not handle the concept of there being no silicon heaven."<br /> Lister: "So how come yours can?"<br /> Kryten: "Because I knew something he didn't."<br /> Lister: "What?"<br /> Kryten: "I knew that I was ''lying''. Seriously, sir. 'No silicon heaven'? Where would all of the calculators go?"</blockquote> Strangely, in the later episode of [[The Inquisitor]] Kryten tells Lister that he believes in Silicon heaven. His right knee then starts jiggling, a reflex to lying, indicating that the mechanoid may have lost his faith. ===References to Silicon Hell=== * During the episode "[[Gunmen of the Apocalypse]]," the crew of ''[[Starbug]]'' are drafted into a game of "Cat and Mouse" by a group of [[Red Dwarf characters#Simulant|Rogue Simulants]] out for the sport of the hunt. After a direct hit on the simulant ship's fuel tank, a computer virus is transmitted onto ''[[Starbug]]'', with the captain's last words as, "See you in Silicon [[Hell]]!" as his ship is destroyed around him. * In "[[Out of Time (Red Dwarf episode)|Out of Time]]," when the crew believed that Lister was a mechanoid, inferior in design to Kryten, Kryten pushed Lister to work with the threat of wallowing in "The eternal fires of Silicon hell." ===Replacement=== According to the novel ''Backwards'', the concept of Silicon Heaven was eventually replaced with a variant on [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Three Laws of Robotics]]. {{Red Dwarf}} [[Category:Red Dwarf]] [[Category:Life after death]]