The tank series viii dvd iphone 44s 640x960 iphone 55c5s 620x16 android phones 920x1080 ipad 12mini 1024x1024. The premise of the series follows the lowranking technician dave lister, who awakens after being in suspended animation for three. Because after a musical summer dominated by the stone roses and blur, more than. A collection of minisketches shot during production of series viii, plus the casts channel idents for. Red dwarf 1988 1999, 2009 is a bbc uktv scificomedy television show set on a fictional mining spaceship, the titular red dwarf, three million years after a radiation leak killed most of the crew. But dave awakes from suspended animation, only to find hes been frozen for 3 million years and the crew have been wiped out in a radioactive disaster. The program has run through more than ten series with more than 65 episodes. Part one begins on red dwarf, nine years after the events of series viii.
At the end of series viii of red dwarf, only the good. Arnold rimmer and dave lister are repeatedly hauled into the captains office for various mischief, increasingly aggravating captain hollister and gaining. The official website of red dwarf, the cult sciencefiction comedy show. Viii dvd the nanobots have populated the ship with its original crew. Hollister is with mr ackerman, the warden of the tank, who they played a prank on. In series 1, 2, and 6 she was played by clare grogan until producers. With the entire crew also restored by nanobots, lister, rimmer, cat, kryten and kochanski are given a twoyear prison sentence in red dwarf s penal department, overseen by the officious warder ackerman. As such, the appearance and personality of the entire crew is downloaded to disks. Red dwarf is a british science fiction comedy franchise which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on bbc two between 1988 and 1999, and on dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. Pick your favourite episode and the most voted episode will be in the final poll. Red dwarf is a british science fiction comedy franchise created by rob grant and doug naylor which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on bbc two between 1988 and 1999, and on dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. The tank, which offers interviews with the cast and crew. Anyway id go 3,4,5,2,1,6,7,10,8,9 and will pass judgement on 11 later.
During series viii, the tank is the primary setting with the main characters being. Red dwarf, series viii, byte one 1999 programs back in the red, parts 1, 2, 3 vhs. His bossroommate is arnold rimmer, an obsessive, incompetent, nerdy smeghead who has failed his astronavigation exam 16 times and sews name tags in his shipissue condoms. The tank series viii dvd iphone 44s 640x960 iphone 55c5s. The stories werent all bad per say, but the quality went down for sure. There are six episodes and it is the first full series of red dwarf since 1999. If you have ever wondered if there was more to red dwarf than just a television series, then prepare to have your nipple nuts spun, because total immersion. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mar 12, 2006 the viii menus are special in that theyve been created for just one series previous templates have served 2 or 3 series at a time, which is probably indicative of an increase in budget and perhaps the desire to go out on a very high note. Feb 29, 2012 cast and crew detail the making of the red dwarf episode krytie tv. Eventually, after enough evolutionabuse to make richard dawkins just give up and convert to christianity, things are restored to seminormal, just in time for the truly apocalyptic series finale. In a departure from the red dwarf scriptsprimordial soup, a collection of scripts from previous series, red dwarf viii is bound in a hardback, annualstyle glossy format and the change is reflected by the more expensive price tag. Red dwarf, series viii, byte one 1999 programs back in.
Red dwarf xi did suffer from being one of the most directionless series the show did, and instalments like this sadly do little more than fill time. The most recent, red dwarf xii, started airing in october 2017. Red dwarf is a british comedy franchise which primarily comprises twelve series the ninth being a mini series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on bbc two between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999, and on dave in 2009 and 2012 and from 2016 to the present, gaining a cult following. Episodes series viii guide red dwarf the official website. Dimwitted thirdclass space ship technician dave lister is dumbstruck to find that, after what was supposed to be an 18month punishment in stasis suspended animation, he has woken up some 3 million years later, a radiation leak having long killed his red dwarf colleagues and left him as the last human. But few comedies reach the highwater mark of red dwarfs imperial phase to begin with, let alone maintain it for six series. Sep 19, 2014 liverpudlian caretaker dave lister is sentenced to 18months in suspended animation for smuggling his pregnant cat frankenstine onboard.
Another acute one is that the red dwarf sets were subtly updated between series i and series ii, including a lot more detail in the drive room and bunk room sets, but when the dwarfers go back in time to the preaccident dwarf in series iis stasis leak, the past versions look exactly the same as the future ones, including the giant blow. Backwards is the first episode of science fiction sitcom red dwarf series iii, and the thirteenth in the series run. Back to earth also referred to as red dwarf ix is a threepart miniseries continuation of the british science fiction sitcom red dwarf, broadcast on uk television channel dave between 10 and 12 april 2009 and subsequently released on dvd on 15 june 2009 and on bluray on 31 august 2009. Dimwitted thirdclass space ship technician dave lister is dumbstruck to find that, after what was supposed to be an 18month punishment in stasis suspended animation, he has woken up some 3 million years later, a radiation leak having long killed his red dwarf colleagues and left him as. Series viii was the final series of the original bbc run of red dwarf and the last television outing for ten years, until the show returned in 2009 with the special back to earth and then properly with series x in 2012, now funded by digital channel dave. The original cast of chris barrie rimmer, craig charles lister, danny johnjules cat and robert llewellyn kryten are back for six brand new episodes recorded in front of a live studio audience at.
Mmx3 here again for the best red dwarf episode poll. In the first episode of lethal radiation, killing everyone except junior technician dave lister, who was in the moderator of time, and his pregnant cat frankenstein in the cargo hold. Major infractions earn a period in the tank, the ships classified prison on the. This is especially good news for rimmer, who is now a lot less dead, but is extremely bad news for everyone else. Jan 27, 2003 bbc red dwarf website video clips from every episode of series one. The comprehensive unauthorized red dwarf encyclopedia has got you covered the quintessential reference guides to the whos, whats, whens and wheres of the entire red dwarf universe, total immersion. However, this does mean we also get storyboards, sketches, 200 neverbeforepublished colour photographs and. Meanwhile, back in the tank, kryten tells lister that he is changing miss kochanskis calendar, as she had earlier complained to him that it was.
It was the first television outing for red dwarf in over ten years, and features the. Series viii 1999 the final red dwarf series for a decade was broadcast in 1999. While the background artwork has yet to be completed the current versions, as you may have spotted, use the blue midget summarily recoloured, the chosen images. About red dwarf viii red dwarf viii red dwarf series. Part i is the sixth episode in series viii of red dwarf. Red dwarf xii is the twelfth series of the legendary scifi comedy, once again written and directed by the shows cocreator doug naylor.
The events of the scifi comedy series taking place 8 kilometer space ship called red dwarf. The tank is the colloquial term given to a secretive, 400convictcapacity prison, located on the restricted floor of the citysized jmc mining spaceship red dwarf. After 52 shows the programme ended with high hopes of a movie to be made soon after but although the following decade saw the project at. With chloe annett, chris barrie, craig charles, danny johnjules. Kochanski is a fictional character from the british science fiction situation comedy red dwarf. Science fictiongeekreference bookred dwarf encyclopedia. Recorded between september and november 1998 and shown from february the following year, red dwarf viii was unbeknownst to anyone the final series of the sf comedy to be made and broadcast at the bbc. Rob grant and andrew marshalls radio hit back for a second series. Locked up on red dwarfs prison deck, the crew join the canaries, a battle hardened convict army and not, as they first thought, the prison choir.
As with previous dvd sets, series 8 is loaded with extras, including commentary by the cast on cassandra. Dave lister is the last human being in the universe. Written by rob grant and doug naylor, and directed by ed bye, the episode has the crew travel to an alternate earth where time runs backwards. Firstly, bonus points to you for using the word series and not season. Cast and crew detail the making of the red dwarf episode krytie tv. Hopelessly lost in space, this crew of mostly sadact bachelors kill time and share adventure aboard. It was first shown in the uk on 5 april 1999 in the 9. Taken from the tank, a series viii documentary available as part of red. Bbc red dwarf website video clips from every episode of series one. Red dwarf series i episode guide british comedy guide. Dave lister, the only human survivor, who was suspended in stasis for 3 million years. To catch a jump on the fake red dwarf dvd covers that always seem to appear on the net around this time of year, we present the development art for the covers of series vii and viii. In series viii, there is also the prisoner suicide squad shuttle, the canary. Oct 09, 2007 dave lister is the last human being in the universe.
Red dwarf, series viii, byte one 1999 programs back in the. Red dwarf returns to television tonight in a new series for dave, red dwarf x, in a move that feels bang on trend. After experimenting with an abandoned time drive, the crew of the red dwarf comes facetoface with an exact replica of the ship. Kochanski was the first console officer in the navigation chamber on board the spaceship red dwarf. More bizarre than bittersweet, series 8 is classic red dwarf lunacy and an inspired sendoff for this unique and clever u. Red dwarf series and episodes list british comedy guide. Red dwarf 1988 1999, 2009 is a bbcuktv scificomedy television show set on a fictional mining spaceship, the titular red dwarf, three million years after a radiation leak killed most of the crew. Taken from the tank, a series viii documentary available as part of red dwarf viii on dvd. The most noteworthy adaptation of the red dwarf series comes from the bbc two television series of the same name. On board the jupiter mining ship red dwarf, dave lister ranks 169 out of 169, lower than the skutters, the maintenance robots. Red dwarf se4 ep4 white hole part 2 by deadwalk2000. Well, this is the show that inspired that tv series.
A character from series 4 returns and lister finds out his true identity. This is comfortably the largest red dwarf release ever, containing not only 71. After red dwarf was rebuilt by the nanobots in series viii, a different holly ran the ship, with the original, senile version of holly stored in listers watch. Liverpudlian caretaker dave lister is sentenced to 18months in suspended animation for smuggling his pregnant cat frankenstine onboard. The tank is mentioned in numerous series of red dwarf, but is only seen in series viii. As of back to earth and series x, both versions of holly were confirmed to be offline, replaced by the jmc onboard computer. Red dwarf was launched onto british tv screens in 1988 and after winning cult status, the show swiftly achieved major international success. Red dwarf se4 ep4 white hole part 3 by deadwalk2000. The short crimson one is in a pretty dire situation, with everything breaking around them. The entire crew of red dwarf had been recreated by the nanobots and so kryten, cat, rimmer and lister had a whole host of people to try and avoid again including captain hollister and the space corps. Red dwarf is the background for the series i dvd cover, whilst other series use. Series vi is where the show ended up losing its footing, methinks. Red dwarf x is the tenth series of the british science fiction sitcom red dwarf, was broadcast on uk television channel dave between 4 october and 8 november 2012.
Although series viii has eight episodes, it actually has the fewest number of individual. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. It premiered on the british television channel bbc2 on 14 november 1989. As well as appearing in the television series, she is also a major character in the red dwarf novel last human. Series eight saw the crew return to a newlyrestored red dwarf after the cliffhanger events of series seven. To date, eleven full series of the show have aired, plus one special miniseries. A lowly technician on the mining ship red dwarf, he wakes up one day to find that the rest of the crew have been killed by a radiation leak.
Sep 23, 2016 this week, as red dwarf series xi comes out, michael takes a look at one of the more lackluster series of the show. A neverincreasing army of fans, including such luminaries as stephen hawking and us president bill clinton, evidently attracted by its clever storylines, witty dialogue and superb characterisation. Not only that, the episodes have been restored, upscaled to a highdefinition resolution, and given whats. More bizarre than bittersweet, series 8 is classic red dwarf lunacy and an. This week, as red dwarf series xi comes out, michael takes a look at one of the more lackluster series of the show. Red dwarf 0 hours and 30 minutes tv series 1989 an unambitious slob from liverpool has been awakened from a hightech stasis chamber 3 million years in the future to find he may be one of the last humans alive. A corrosive, metalmunching microorganism invades red dwarf, causing the crew to abandon ship and leave the prisoners to snuff it. Wed also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it.