Red Dwarf Season 11 - The small rouge one is back bitches!

[Ravenor]

LINK.

OK The small rouge one is back on our screens from the 22nd of September and also avalable on demand for 7 more smegging episodes.

Here is a spoilerd episode list.

Spoiler: Episode list.

1. TWENTICA (Thursday 22nd September, 9.00pm)
The Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech savvy underground and try to bring down the authoritarian regime.

2. SAMSARA (Thursday 29th September, 9.00pm)
When the Dwarfers investigate a crashed ship at the bottom of an ocean moon, Lister and Cat become trapped together and Lister's nightmare begins. Meantime Rimmer and Kryten discover the ship is controlled by a dark force.

3. GIVE AND TAKE (Thursday 6th October, 9.00pm)
After an altercation with a deranged droid Lister has his kidneys organ-napped. The only solution is to ask Cat, the most selfish creature in the universe, to give him one of his.

4. OFFICER RIMMER (Thursday 13th October, 9.00pm)
After a scandalous piece of good fortune Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed Captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an Officer. He immediately opens an Officer's club, which is out of bounds to the lower orders, and uses the bio-printer to fill it with versions of himself.

5. KRYSIS (Thursday 20th October, 9.00pm)
Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from Mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try and show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid from his old fleet.

6. CAN OF WORMS (Thursday 27th October, 9.00pm)
Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall head over heels in love with a lady Cat with a big secret.

 

[XYZpdq]

Oh yeah I never finished Season X.

 

[BurningPewter]

havent seen 10 yet but used to be a huge fan

 

[Ravenor]

Oh yeah I never finished Season X.

havent seen 10 yet but used to be a huge fan

Ignore season 9 that didn't happen, but dive into season 10 with gusto

 

[AnOminous]

I've only watched the early seasons. Not as a hipster thing, I just never got around to the rest. Same as Doctor Who stops with Peter Davison for me.

So this is my favorite RD scene, ever.

 

[TheImportantFart]

Red Dwarf hasn't been good since Series VI, and even that was a serious step down in terms of quality. Series VII and VIII were excruciating, same with that "Back to Earth" thingy that's apparently considered Series IX now. Series X was a step in the right direction but it doesn't change the fact that Doug Naylor isn't talented enough to carry the series on his own, but even if Rob Grant came back I don't think things would necessarily improve.

If you're new to Red Dwarf and want to get into it, my advice is to stop at Series V. It's the best series and "Back to Reality" is the best episode ever and can easily serve as a series finale. But since it's here I'll probably be watching Series XI, just not with any urgency - I'll stream it after it's aired. If nothing else I love watching this cast so I'm glad they're back together again.

 

[BurningPewter]

I agree, series 1-6 are always "real Red Dwarf" in my mind. All the other series feel more, too experimental to be classic, like bringing K in, bringing the crew back, that Dave one-off. They all had good moments but not the special feel the old show had.

As a kid I was crazy about the first 2 novels, I read them over and over.

 

[XYZpdq]

Red Dwarf hasn't been good since Series VI, and even that was a serious step down in terms of quality. Series VII and VIII were excruciating, same with that "Back to Earth" thingy that's apparently considered Series IX now. Series X was a step in the right direction but it doesn't change the fact that Doug Naylor isn't talented enough to carry the series on his own, but even if Rob Grant came back I don't think things would necessarily improve.

If you're new to Red Dwarf and want to get into it, my advice is to stop at Series V. It's the best series and "Back to Reality" is the best episode ever and can easily serve as a series finale. But since it's here I'll probably be watching Series XI, just not with any urgency - I'll stream it after it's aired. If nothing else I love watching this cast so I'm glad they're back together again.

Yeah, I was pretty comfortable with Back To Earth as the series' finale.

 

[LulzKiller]

I remember Series X being decent, for what was basically fanservice.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

ALPHABETTI SPAGHETTI!?!?!?!?!

No. 2 seems like a rework of Back to Reality; while no. 4 seems like a rework of Rimmerworld and Me^2. No. 6 looks good though. Wasn't there going to be an episode in Series VII in which the Cat had to have sex or die so they had to find a lady cat against the clock, but it was dropped for being too expensive and replaced with the okay-but-not-great Duct Soup?

 

[Tony Fuckin Abbott]

Season x was shit. Everything before that was gold though

 

[TheImportantFart]

Wasn't there going to be an episode in Series VII in which the Cat had to have sex or die so they had to find a lady cat against the clock, but it was dropped for being too expensive and replaced with the okay-but-not-great Duct Soup?

It was called "Identity Within" and it was released as a set of storyboards with Chris Barrie reading the script and impersonating the characters (he's a master impressionist) on the Series VII DVD. I don't know if that episode would've been good (because I haven't even seen the storyboard reconstruction), but "Duct Soup" was fucking terrible. If you want to see a low-budget episode done right, check out Series III's "Marooned". If you want to see one done badly then look no further than "Duct Soup" or Series IV's "White Hole" (zzzzzzzzzzzzz).

 

[Some JERK]

Series X was way better than anything else post-Series VI. Series VII and VIII were boring, and "Back to Reality" was just fucking dumb.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

I have more love for series VII than most people, in that I think it had its moments. But it really suffered from Rob Grant leaving. The other problems were Rimmer leaving and Kochanski arriving - Rimmer was such a central character around whom so much of the conflict revolved that getting rid of him just ruined the whole dynamic. And the problem with Kochanski was that the writers just didn't know what to do with her.

Series VIII and Back to Earth were just dire. To the extent that I didn't even bother watching X until a couple of months after it came out, and friends started telling me I really should give it a go. I don't think X is the best series, but I'd say it stands up pretty well. It kind of reminded me of series I and II. I actually think cutting the budget really helped, because Doug Naylor had to up his game in terms of writing.

So yeah, I'm cautiously optimistic about XI.

 

[Chicken Nugget Scoon]

Series X was alright. Nothing amazing, but it ditched shite that had ruined the season prior and focused more on the kind of Series III and IV antics. With that in mind, I'm looking forward to XI.

Though if they ever bring Kochanski back I'll punch through my monitor because she was such a nothing character, who didn't add anything of note to the dynamic or the humour.

 

[Some JERK]

Series X was alright. Nothing amazing, but it ditched shite that had ruined the season prior and focused more on the kind of Series III and IV antics. With that in mind, I'm looking forward to XI.

Though if they ever bring Kochanski back I'll punch through my monitor because she was such a nothing character, who didn't add anything of note to the dynamic or the humour.

Kochanski was fine when she was a middle-class working girl that Dave might have had a chance with if he'd ever gotten up the courage to say something. That's a story almost everyone's been through; A lost opportunity and a big question-mark that hangs over it forever. It really highlighted his plight of being all alone in the universe, and made his quest to replace Rimmer's hologram with hers really funny.

They completely ruined that when they turned her into a stuck-up, upper-class chick that Dave already dated.

 

[Chicken Nugget Scoon]

Kochanski was fine when she was a middle-class working girl that Dave might have had a chance with if he'd ever gotten up the courage to say something. That's a story almost everyone's been through; A lost opportunity and a big question-mark that hangs over it forever. It really highlighted his plight of being all alone in the universe, and made his quest to replace Rimmer's hologram with hers really funny.

They completely ruined that when they turned her into a stuck-up, upper-class chick that Dave already dated.

That's true. I meant more when she was part of the main cast, though.

But yeah, it ruined the dynamic completely. Hopefully she never turns up again.

 

[TheImportantFart]

I have more love for series VII than most people, in that I think it had its moments.

My big problem with Series VII is that I can't think of a single episode I would really want to watch again. "Tikka to Ride" was just dull, straight sci-fi with very few laughs. "Stoke me a Clipper" starts well, but then falls apart with that stupid Jedi training montage. "Ouroboros" is more straight sci-fi. The funniest part of "Blue" is the Rimmer Experience which is right at the end of the episode and I can YouTube it any time. "Duct Soup" onwards were just boring, laugh-free affairs (although I remember "Beyond a Joke" had Kryten in a tank which was pretty funny). Series VIII at least has "Cassandra" which is the most I laughed since Series VI and felt like a return to the glory days.

Kochanski was fine when she was a middle-class working girl that Dave might have had a chance with if he'd ever gotten up the courage to say something. That's a story almost everyone's been through; A lost opportunity and a big question-mark that hangs over it forever. It really highlighted his plight of being all alone in the universe, and made his quest to replace Rimmer's hologram with hers really funny.

They completely ruined that when they turned her into a stuck-up, upper-class chick that Dave already dated.

I think Kochanski would've worked much better if it had been the Clare Grogan incarnation of the character, because she had a mischievous streak to her. That probably still wouldn't have been enough to fill the Rimmer-shaped hole left by Chris Barrie but it would've been something.

I don't hate Chloe Annett's version of the character as much as some people do (mostly because I used to have a huge crush on her ), but she was too much of a straight woman. I do hope we get some kind of resolution to the Kochanski story somewhere down the line, but I'm not eager for her to become a main cast member again.

 

[Ariel]

I re-read the books recently & am looking forward to the new season.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

My big problem with Series VII is that I can't think of a single episode I would really want to watch again. "Tikka to Ride" was just dull, straight sci-fi with very few laughs.

See, for me, Tikka to Ride was the only episode in VII that felt, from start to finish, like classic Dwarf. Maybe I'm just viewing it through rose-tinted glasses because it's the classic crew, but I felt that it balanced the seriousness and the humour pretty well.

I think Kochanski would've worked much better if it had been the Clare Grogan incarnation of the character, because she had a mischievous streak to her. That probably still wouldn't have been enough to fill the Rimmer-shaped hole left by Chris Barrie but it would've been something.

I actually think that, while the Clare Grogan version of the character was a more interesting one (which I blame on the writers rather than the acting), she worked better as an unattainable goal for Lister. She was about the only thing he was willing to work towards. I think, as of Back to Earth, Doug Naylor's realised that.

I don't hate Chloe Annett's version of the character as much as some people do (mostly because I used to have a huge crush on her ), but she was too much of a straight woman.

I feel like the writers just didn't know how to write a woman. They were afraid of making her as dysfunctional as the other crew members, so she wasn't funny. All the jokes she got were based around lazy female stereotypes. Which is odd, because Female-Holly was both funny and screwed up.