10 Red Dwarf Fates Worse Than Death
6. Holovirus
Now, anyone would surely want Hex Vision to keep their foes in check, but maybe not at the cost of their sanity.
Series 5's "Quarantine" gives a visual walkthrough of this fate 'worse than death' and, akin to the Epideme virus, the host will eventually succumb to the virus and their runtime will terminate.
Doctor Hildegard Lanstrom was once held in immense regard by the Space Corp for her genius and outstanding research into viruses. Lanstrom theorised that viruses are not only negative entities, such as flu or the common cold, and went so far down the rabbit hole that she was able to isolate strains of luck, sexual magnetism and various other positive viruses.
Sadly, it wasn't all great news as she contracted a mutated holo-plague that drove her completely and utterly bonkers, whilst enhancing her abilities as a hologram but draining her life energy and frazzling her light bee.
In truth, living in a state of complete madness with a finite deadline is a fate worse than death in itself, but the really terrifying aspect of this example is living a life led by the maniacal Mr Flibble. Chilling.