Re-Dwarf: Camille
Here we are then, if my broadband holds out, the start of a shiny new season of Re-Dwarf. It’s a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden The last time we saw Kryten, he had lied to his...
View ArticleRe-Dwarf: Justice
I’m going to say this at the outset: Justice is not one of my favourite Red Dwarf episodes. It doesn’t completely suck, but… well, the proximity of the escape pod to Justice World after (presumably)...
View ArticleThe Twelfth Doctor
I’m going to make this quick, because, well, I should be writing; but it would be silly at this point not to throw together a few thoughts about the Twelfth Doctor at the end of his first season in...
View ArticleDoctor Who: The Seeds of Death
Just when you thought the internet had shut up about Doctor Who (at least until Christmas), this: a little more chatter about the Second Doctor, because as I’ve mentioned before, he has been...
View ArticleRe-Dwarf: White Hole
Finally, after many months’ absence, the Great Red Dwarf re-watch is back. And White Hole is probably one of my top three episodes ever, if I were to ever sit and compile such a thing. The story...
View ArticleWho’s First
This was going to be the latest Re-Dwarf post, but then I realised that thanks to the wonders of modern technology I can repeat my exact thoughts from, well, ten years and a day ago now, because I...
View ArticleRe-Dwarf: Holoship
So, it’s 1992, and Red Dwarf is back for series 5 – and what a comeback it is: from the opening scene of Holoship, Rimmer in particular is on sparkling form, turning his nose up at the ‘blubbery...
View ArticleRed Dwarf XI: Twentica
Ah, Red Dwarf. Once BBC2’s most successful sitcom, later made a bit pants by forgetting what it was supposed to be, abondoned for a while and then, 4 years ago, resurrected by some bloke called Dave...
View ArticleRed Dwarf XI: Samsara
Now, Smasara was a return to form. Less of the Star Trek crap, more of Lister and Rimmer bickering – this time over a game of Mine-opoly, like your family after Boxing Day lunch. When they’re on form,...
View ArticleRed Dwarf XI: Give And Take
The lateness of these Red Dwarf XI reviews will soon be legendary, but I’m saving myself the trouble of recounting the plot in even the briefest detail because anyone interested will have seen it or...
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