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Red Dwarf To Return, Find Earth

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-nemesis,-the-tv-show dept.

Lawrence Person writes "Everyone's favorite live-action science fiction comedy series will finally return to TV, with Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and the Cat all making it to Earth. The new two-part series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth will appear on digital channel Dave, will be written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor, and will reunite the line-up. 'It will sit alongside two further new episodes — the improvised Red Dwarf: Unplugged, which will feature the cast dealing with no sets, effects or autocue, and Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind the scenes look at the new production.' Personally, I think this is pretty smegging fantastic."

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  1. They did the same thing on Lexx by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Usually these sort of "and then they came to earth..." plotlines are cost-cutting measures (so they can shoot in "regular" locations instead of on elaborate sets). They also often represent "jump the shark" moments for a series. When they did this on Lexx, the show (which had already begun to go way downhill in the previous season) went from bad to ABYSMAL.

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    1. Re:They did the same thing on Lexx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Red Dwarf jumped the shark when they brought back the old crew.

  2. Announced on twitter by Tryfen · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...well, actually, Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) announced it on Llewtube quite some time ago.

    You can also get regular updates from him by following @bobbyllew on twitter.

    He's a really good user of social media - he's very active on YouTube and twitter.

    t

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  3. gestalt entity fissioned by junkgoof · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Gestalt entity Grant Naylor fissioned, both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, came out with crappy books, and, in spite of (or because of) the contributions of Robert Llewellyn the series went from amazing to crap.

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  4. Re:Aged badly by Dues · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think it's funny how you mentioned "Friends" and the US version of "Red Dwarf" in the same post. That "super jock" you mentioned was actually offered the roll of Joey on friends, but he turned it down and took the gig as Lister instead because he didn't think friends had any chance of success...