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Competition: Win “Red Dwarf – Discovering the TV Series”

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 19 Comments

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy series with cult classic status. It follows the misadventures of Dave Lister, the last human alive, who finds himself stranded three million years in the future aboard the mining spaceship Red Dwarf.  

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Review: Red Dwarf – Discovering the TV Series (Volume 1: 1988 to 1993)

September 21, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did removing the large H stuck to his forehead after filming hurt Chris Barrie? Yes! Did the whole thing nearly fail to get on TV after all? Yes, again.

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Red Dwarf only got on the air because of an accounting error

September 9, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Here’s a book for Red Dwarf fans to know about. Tom Salinsky’s “Red Dwarf: Discovering the TV Series” is on pre-order and will be released on the 30th.

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Can you guess the results? The fastest sci-fi spaceships of all time! [infographic]

July 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which of these spaceships can fly faster? The Millennium Falcon, Planet Express, USS Voyager or the Borg Cube? In an infographic designed to grab your attention Fat Wallet.com has done the maths and a bit of research. They do publish all their findings on their blog post. Hey, I don’t mind that they’re a coupon […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Battlestar Galactica, district 9, doctor who, final fantasy, halo, infographics, Lost In Space, Prometheus, red dwarf, sci-fi, star trek, star wars, Superman, tardis, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, thunderbirds, Wall-e

Red Dwarf gets 11th season

April 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did you think Red Dwarf X would be the last? A panel at Scarborough’s England sci-fi convention revealed that an eleventh season is scheduled to go into production in October. We might see the new episodes in the winter of 2015. It is reported that co-creator Doug Naylor has signed on to write the 11th […]

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Red Dwarf room hidden in 11 bedroom English mansion

February 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you have nearly £3.5m to spare and the need for an 11 bedroom grade ii Victorian family mansion? If you do then pop over to Rightmove and check out all the stately photographs. You’ll be impressed. Just one thing; photograph 19 seems a little out of place. Hmm. Looks like Red Dwarf to me. […]

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British scientists create Red Dwarf’s Holly

March 19, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Read the article on the BBC. This talking head is Zoe. She’s been created by developers in Cambridge. She’s remarkable because she is the most expressive controllable avatar ever created. It’s suggested that Zoe could be used on smartphones or tablets. It’s hard to look at this without thinking of Holly from Red Dwarf. Holly […]

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Space Corp report: Red Dwarf X – Trojan

October 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Dave has just aired the first episode of Red Dwarf X. Trojan felt like a classic, funny, Red Dwarf and yet it also felt more ultimate than that. It was familiar and yet suggested final at the same time. The only problems I had with the episode were technical. I hope the technical glitches – […]

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Will “The Beginning” be the end of Red Dwarf?

August 21, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Back in 1988 the pilot episode, the very first episode, for Red Dwarf was called “The End”. The episode list for Red Dwarf X has just been released and fans are wondering whether there’s something significant in the name of the last episode. Trojan Fathers and Suns Lemons Entanglement Dear Dave The Beginning That’s right. […]

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Red Dwarf X trailer

July 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Red Dwarf X is on its way. This follows the one-off special, Back to Earth, that Dave was able to fund for the UK TV channel. You might wonder what happened to series 9. Doug Naylor has been on record for a while saying he wouldn’t want to make a series 9 – so we’re […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, red dwarf, Robert Llewellyn

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