Lister's Other Self

Lister's other self is the main antagonist from the Red Dwarf novel The Last Human. He is actually David Lister from another dimension, but is much different from our Lister.

Description
According to Dr. Alice Kellerman, Lister's other self is a sociopath. He is charming at first sight, but he only uses it to manipulate others. He is obsessed with death, loves reading horror novels and magazines and listening to mental-metal hard rock music. He also plays the guitar. He isn't able to plan anything and regrets none of his crimes. Although he has three children, he loses touch with them and despises love. Also, in this reality his girlfriend isn't Kochanski who dates Rimmer instead.

History
Lister's other self is an orphan. As a child can choose between two adoptive families and chooses the richer one. However, it wasn't a good decision; his adoptive father soon ends up in prison and mother has manic depression.

When Lister's other self grows up, he isn't able to find a job and retain it. He is arrested twice, for robbery and drink-driving. He also commits several thefts he is never sentenced for. He has three children with three different women, but loses contact with them all. He later joins Red Dwarf as a third technician. However, he spends much time in the prison for violent behavior, including thefts and beating up an officer.

Lister's other self obviously smuggles a cat aboard and ends up in stasis, as he survives the radiation leak. It is unknown how alternative Kochanski manages to survive it, but after the accident she is part of the crew along with him, Kryten, the Cat and Rimmer.

To gain access to the genetic engineering device G.O.D., Lister's other self doesn't hesitate to slaughter all his friends. However, dead Kryten is still holding a piece of paper with coordinates to the device in his hand, so Lister's other self simply cuts the hand off and leaves Starbug.

Years later, our Red Dwarf crew mistakenly enters another dimension and finds other Starbug which is full of dead bodies of their own alter-egos. They discovers that Kochanski's other self survives when she gets into stasis. However, her injuries are too severe and she soon dies, without knowing it was alter Lister who harmed her. Before dying, she forces our crew to promise to find her Lister.

Meanwhile, Lister's other self is captured by Great GELF State for crimes he doesn't commit under the GELF law of pre-determined guilt and sent to Cyberia, prison where prisoners live in artificial personal hells.

Meanwhile, our crew discovers where Lister's other self is and decides to set him free. They buy some battle droids from the Kinatawowi tribe. Lister is forced to marry the chief's daughter, only for him to escape from her as fast as possible. The crew then finds Cyberia and Lister successfully frees his alter-ego. However, he soon finds his other version is a homicidal maniac. He kills a droid only to get its weapon and then rushes into the medicine room only to eat some tablets. The last straw for our Lister is when his alter-ego gives guns to some guards (so it is fair now) and then is about to shoot them with a grenade launcher dead.

Our Lister knocks out his alter version and ties him up. They hide in desert, waiting for Starbug, when Lister realizes what actually happened on other Starbug. But it is too late; Lister's other self jumps into fire to burn ropes, knocks Lister out and buries him alive. When Starbug arrives, he pretends to be real Lister who was thrown into fire by his mad alter-ego.

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