This article is from the Red Dwarf FAQ, by Patrick M. Berry pat@interpath.com with numerous contributions by others.
No. One of the premises of the show is that life never evolved anywhere in
the universe except on Earth. All of the creatures encountered by Red
Dwarf's crew -- GELFs, simulants, space weevils, polymorphs, you name it --
are descended from life forms that originated on Earth. For an in-depth
discussion of this issue, refer to Annette Mcintosh's No Aliens FAQ at
http://skynet.ul.ie/~colm/red/noaliens.html.
 
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