Red Dwarf

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3 Million Years from Earth, the mining ship Red Dwarf

Its crew: Dave Lister, the last crew member alive Arnold Rimmer, a hologram simulation of his dead bunkmate
Cat, a humanoid, evolved from Lister's cat.

Additional: The ship's crew has come across new members: Kryten, a... more »

3 Million Years from Earth, the mining ship Red Dwarf

Its crew: Dave Lister, the last crew member alive Arnold Rimmer, a hologram simulation of his dead bunkmate
Cat, a humanoid, evolved from Lister's cat.

Additional: The ship's crew has come across new members: Kryten, a series 4000 mechanoid rescued from the Nova 5 Navigation Officer Kristine Kochanski, from a parallel universe. I am Holly, the ship's computer with an IQ of 6000 (and rapidly decreasing). Message Ends.

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• New Red Dwarf

  in an article in SFX magazine, there are to be 4 new episodes....two are actual episodes, one is a retrospective look at red dwarf and the last is a clip show with "a serious difference" Is anyone else as thrilled about this as i am?

  in an article in SFX magazine, there are to be 4 new episodes....two are actual episodes, one is a retrospective look at red dwarf and the last is a clip show with "a serious difference" Is anyone else as thrilled about this as i am? less «

  randomasduck Last online Dec 2, 2008
  25 comments, last one Jun 14, 2009 + Add Comment

• Favourite Rimmer line

  So guys think hard whats your favourite rimmer line?

  So guys think hard whats your favourite rimmer line? less «

  montyman3 Last online Dec 3, 2008
  61 comments, last one May 13, 2009 + Add Comment

• REALLY bad ending!

  The ending of back to earth was good but at the same time TERRIBLE. It was a good ending, but what's with Lister and Kochanskie not getting together? The whole thing seemed to be leading to that! Sure it's suggested they might, but we don't know if they will!

  The ending of back to earth was good but at the same time TERRIBLE. It was a good ending, but what's with Lister and Kochanskie not getting together? The whole thing seemed to be leading to that! Sure it's suggested they might, but we don't know if they will!less «

  Fugabutacus Last online Jun 18, 2009
  12 comments, last one Apr 22, 2009 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Why Red Dwarf is the one of the best shows. hide « show »

  A science fiction comedy is a genius idea. This is one of the few shows that has been able to throw everything out the window this makes it a lot easier for the comedy bits. The one thing that might bother you is the continuity of the show never truly adds up but trust me, I personally think it just adds a nice element to the show. One of the main ones is having three different actresses playing one person. If you have never sat down and watched this show trust me it is one of the best out there.

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  disopate Added Apr 30, 2009 All my reviews
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  7.5 Good

  A great comedy hide « show »

  Beginning in season 3, however, the show gets a bigger budget, CGI, and the actors even get a couple acting lessons. With the addition of Kryton as a full time cast member, the show really becomes awesome. It's still cheesy and low budget, but at least now they have resources to explore other locations and meet new characters. Think of it something like the classic Doctor Who: a small regular cast, no budget, and very entertaining to a cult audience. This program again shows the wit and talent of the British writers. I love Red Dwarf. The program is witty and funny.

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  Gotal_LCP Added Apr 19, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Once again the whole thing was cleverly done, with great sfx, cool sets and mattes... hide « show »

  I just loved the first episode. The lack of laughter track was weird at first, however, they still hadn't lost it. The new character just shined & it was good to see the skutter telling Rimmer where to go. It was pretty fun and kicks the **** out of star trek. A major positive of the mini-series was the special effects, explained in great detail in the accompanying Making Of show. Very impressive on a par with some of the best stuff on TV and perhaps film at the moment. So, in short, a great effort, entertaining, well performed by all the boys, looked brilliant and highly promising to what can be achieved with a continuation of the series.

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  InvasionFanbOy Added Apr 13, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  When lister is sent into stasis as punishment for bringing a pet on board his ship he awakens 3 milllion years too late to find out that the crew is dead and that his only companions are a neurotic hologram and a highly evolved cat. hide « show »

  The show first season or two are a little bit slow. They are still funny but the laughs dont come as thick and fast as they do in say season 5. It only really picks up when the robot charecter Kryten is rescue by them from his previous wrecked space ship the nova 5. This quirky charecter is still good enough to be the butt of the shows jokes but still have the answers to get the crew either out or into trouble ( normally the first one ). A really awesome series which is especially down to the charecter of Rimmer the neurotic self absorbed hologram. My favourite charecter out of the lot. Probably just because i am the most like him.

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  Demonslayer4257 Added Apr 8, 2009 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  A great show, and a favourite British export. hide « show »

  OK, it's been 20 years since Red Dwarf started and it's had its low points (3/4 of series 7) and its high points (too many to mention) but this remains a great British show, and there aren't so many of them any more. Loved the world over, even if foreign countries get the remastered versions of series 1-3 rather than the old 80s versions in glorious shades of grey.
  
  The show centres around Dave Lister, the slob to end all slobs and, as it turns out, the whole human race. He lives on board a mining ship and is bossed around by his superior, in length of service at least, Arnold Rimmer who is also his bunkmate. He sneaks a cat on board the ship and is stuck into stasis. While he's frozen Rimmer makes a mistake and releases radiation on the crew, killing everyone except the cat who is sealed in the hold and Lister, who is frozen. Holly, the ship's by now slightly deranged computer, wakes Lister up three million years later when the radiation is at a safe level and his only companions are Holly, a hologram of Rimmer and Cat, who evolved from Lister's original pet.
  
  Sounds rubbish, doesn't it? But it's not. At times poignant and insightful, it's basically the Odd Couple in space but is still close to people's hearts who love it. To those who don't it's that dumb space comedy.
  
  But HAA HAA HAA, they're bringing it back!!! Well, for a couple of specials on a British freeview channel anyway. but that's still pretty good for a show that hasn't been seen for 10 years.

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