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Either way. 1 – Holoship 2 – Thanks for the Memory 3 – Back to Reality 4 – Out of Time 5 – Future Echoes 6 – White Hole 7 – Queeg 8 – Legion 9 – The Last Day 10 – The Inquisitor 52 – Back to Earth – Part 1 53 – Pete – Part 2 54 – Back to Earth – Part 2 55 – Trojan 56 – Waiting for God 57 – Fathers & Suns 58 – Beyond a Joke 59 – Back to Earth – Part 3 60 – Dear Dave 61 – Duct Soup That looks really bad, but I promise I didn’t start this topic just to bash Back to Earth again. Creator Topic Viewing 50 replies - 1 through 50 (of 68 total) 1 2 Author Replies January 8, 2013 at 9:25 pm #205682 ori-STUDFARMParticipant For my top 10 I’ve gone with- 1 – Confidence & Paranoia 2 – Marooned 3 – Me2 4 – Queeg 5 – Quarantine 6 – Thanks for the Memory 7 – Back to Reality 8 – Future Echoes 9 – Better Than Life 10 – Legion And my bottom 10 are- 52 – Ouroboros 53 – Epideme 54 – Beyond a Joke 55 – Nanarchy 56 – Pete – Part 1 57 – Only the Good… 58 – Back in the Red – Part 2 59 – Pete – Part 2 60 – Back in the Red – Part 3 61 – Dear Dave January 8, 2013 at 9:46 pm #205684 KarnieParticipant I refuse to put out a list on the grounds that it might tarnish my already-dubious credibility…. =) January 8, 2013 at 10:38 pm #205685 Pete Part ThreeParticipant 1 – Back to Reality 2 – Thanks for the Memory 3 – Timeslides 4 – Polymorph 5 – Legion 6 – Future Echoes 7 – Stasis Leak 8 – Quarantine 9 – Me2 10 – Out of Time 52 – Ouroboros 53 – Only the Good… 54 – Pete – Part 1 55 – Krytie TV 56 – Back in the Red – Part 2 57 – Entangled 58 – Back to Earth – Part 3 59 – Dear Dave 60 – Back in the Red – Part 3 61 – Pete – Part 2 My bottom ten are a lot more set in stone than everything past the top 5. January 8, 2013 at 10:59 pm #205686 siParticipant Interesting. The top of one of those lists isn’t even the best of that series, according to my own rankings. I wouldn’t have thought people would be posting their own lists here – they could, after all, influence others’ lists. :/ January 8, 2013 at 11:43 pm #205687 ori-STUDFARMParticipant I’m guessing that’ll be my top. I can’t put my finger on exactly why it is my favourite episode. I certainly wouldn’t claim it to be the ‘best’ episode. But it is my personal favourite…I think it’s just the character of Confidence. I tended to go with personal favourite than best. Not always the same thing I reckon January 9, 2013 at 12:54 am #205690 Ian SymesKeymaster Tsk. Spoilers. January 9, 2013 at 1:12 am #205691 srmcd1Participant My Top 10: 1. Out of Time 2. Back to Reality 3. The Beginning 4. Thanks for the Memory 5. Marooned 6. Future Echoes 7. Holoship 8. The Last Day 9. Camille 10. White Hole And bottom 10: 1. Beyond a Joke 2. Trojan 3. Bodyswap 4. Cassandra 5. Back in the Red Part 1 6. Back in the Red Part 2 7. Epideme 8. Pete Part 1 9. Back in the Red Part 3 10. Pete Part 2 January 9, 2013 at 1:48 am #205692 JamesTCParticipant 1 – Backwards 2 – Out of Time 3 – Back to Reality 4 – Krytie TV 5 – Gunmen of the Apocalypse 6 – Tikka to Ride 7 – Fathers & Suns 8 – Dimension Jump 9 – Cassandra 10 – Thanks for the Memory 52 – Beyond a Joke 53 – Balance of Power 54 – Parallel Universe 55 – Pete – Part 1 56 – Waiting for God 57 – Duct Soup 58 – Back to Earth – Part 1 59 – Only the Good… 60 – Dear Dave 61 – Pete – Part 2 January 9, 2013 at 2:18 am #205694 PhilParticipant “I wouldn’t have thought people would be posting their own lists here – they could, after all, influence others’ lists. :/” Fair enough, but I’d argue that people are more likely to have their lists influenced by the actual discussions about the individual episodes that we’ve already have (and continue to have) than an itemized and C&P’d top 10. IMHO of course, and I apologize for skewing the results so that everyone puts Holoship at #1. January 9, 2013 at 2:44 am #205695 CarlitoParticipant TOP 10 1 – Back to Reality 2 – Queeg 3 – Legion 4 – Marooned 5 – Thanks for the Memory 6 – Gunmen of the Apocalypse 7 – Quarantine 8 – Out of Time 9 – Better Than Life 10 – Holoship BOTTOM 10 52 – Confidence & Paranoia 53 – Pete – Part 1 54 – Waiting for God 55 – Duct Soup 56 – Epideme 57 – Only the Good… 58 – Blue 59 – Beyond a Joke 60 – Pete – Part 2 61 – Balance of Power January 9, 2013 at 8:57 am #205700 MANI506Participant I am interested in seeing these lists! Mine were; 1.Timeslides 2. Queeg 3. Marooned 4. Kryten 5. Justice 6. White Hole 7. Trojan 8. Holoship 9. Thanks For The Memory 10. Dimension Jump 52. Cassandra 53. Back To Earth part 3 54. Ouroboros 55. Pete part 1 56. Beyond A Joke 57. Duct Soup 58. Krytie TV 59. Only The Good… 60. Back In The Red part 3 61. Pete part 2 I may have been slightly over generous to Trojan (really better than Dimension Jump?!) but I got such a feelgood buzz from it. Also I have been influenced by recent bashings of Backwards and Parallel Universe. Backwards would have easily made top ten in 2008. January 9, 2013 at 10:53 am #205706 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >I wouldn’t have thought people would be posting their own lists here – they could, after all, influence others’ lists. :/ The problem with democracy is that every silly bastard gets a vote. (If their votes can be swayed so easily…well…) January 9, 2013 at 1:05 pm #205710 simonParticipant My first post Top 10 1. Back to Reality 2. Marooned 3. Gunmen of the Apocalypse 4. Thanks for the Memory 5. Better Than Life 6. Legion 7. Out of Time 8. Polymorph 9. Inquisitor 10. Future Echoes Bottom 10 52. Duct Soup 53. Ouroboros 54. Only The Good… 55. Beyond a Joke 56. Back in the Red – Part 1 57. Back in the Red – Part 2 58. Back in the Red – Part 3 59. Krytie TV 60. Pete – Part 1 61. Pete – Part 2 January 9, 2013 at 1:49 pm #205712 Jonathan CappsKeymaster Hello, simon! Sorry if there was a delay approving your account, we’re drowning in a sea of spammers at the moment. January 9, 2013 at 8:51 pm #205719 Nick RParticipant 1. Marooned 2. Quarantine 3. Gunmen of the Apocalypse 4. Dimension Jump 5. White Hole 6. Queeg 7. Out of Time 8. Back to Reality 9. Me2 10. Thanks for the Memory 52. Back to Earth – Part 3 53. Dear Dave 54. Beyond a Joke 55. Back in the Red – Part 1 56. Back in the Red – Part 2 57. Krytie TV 58. Back in the Red – Part 3 59. Pete – Part 1 60. Only the Good… 61. Pete – Part 2 Carlito – Balance of Power as your least favourite episode? Please explain! I haven’t watched it in a long time, but it’s always been one of my favourites from the first series. January 9, 2013 at 10:32 pm #205721 KarnieParticipant I’m going to stick my neck out here and go on record as saying I honestly don’t get all the hate for Pete. January 9, 2013 at 10:57 pm #205722 Another PhilParticipant 1 – Back to Reality 2 – Marooned 3 – Gunmen of the Apocalypse 4 – Dimension Jump 5 – Me2 6 – Quarantine 7 – Queeg 8 – Polymorph 9 – White Hole 10 – Justice 52 – Ouroboros 53 – Nanarchy 54 – Only the Good… 55 – Pete Part 1 56 – Back in the Red Part 3 57 – Beyond a Joke 58 – Krytie TV 59 – Duct Soup 60 – Pete Part 2 61 – Epideme Plus, for reference, dead middle (31st) was Lemons. Looking at the original Phil’s list it seems all we can agree on is that Queeg is 7th best. Plus Duct Soup sucks, but that’s hardly a revolutionary opinion. I hope when the final grand result is revealed we’ll get lots of random statistics to go along with it. I like random statistics. January 9, 2013 at 11:31 pm #205724 RidleyParticipant 1 – Blue 2 – Stoke Me a Clipper 3 – Legion 4 – Back to Reality 5 – Dimension Jump 6 – Quarantine 7 – Out of Time 8 – Tikka to Ride 9 – Demons & Angels 10 – The Inquisitor 52 – Trojan 53 – Dear Dave 54 – The Beginning 55 – Entangled 56 – The End 57 – Back to Earth – Part 3 58 – Back to Earth – Part 2 59 – Back in the Red – Part 3 60 – Pete – Part 1 61 – Pete – Part 2 Also put Thanks for the Memory and Holoship below the rest of VII. And I’d do it again ya hear me? AGAIN! Bwah hah hah hah! January 10, 2013 at 12:21 am #205727 anniescribeParticipant I’m with you, Karnie. I like Pete as well – it’s comedic, silly, fun, all things I regularly like about RD. Buuuuut … Possibly where I see it falls down, anyway, is (a) too much repetition – it should’ve been one episode, not two – and (b) it doesn’t really speak to any larger themes. Sure, the species regression was good and the time wand was an interesting tool, but the rest was really just silliness without an emotional core. I think tightening it into one ep might have given it a theme, even something as prosaic as “wow – without Canary missions, shit sure is boring in prison; why, it’s not much better than being stuck on a ship almost alone 3 million years into space. We have to break up this monotony … Basketball, anyone?” I do like the nekkid menz, though. January 10, 2013 at 12:25 am #205728 mickParticipant I think I may keep mine to myself… :-/ January 10, 2013 at 1:14 am #205729 BlisschickParticipant >>I do like the nekkid menz, though. Honestly, that’s about the only reason I watch it. :P I can’t think of any other real reason, beyond watching Kill Crazy smack his head on the door frame. January 10, 2013 at 1:26 am #205730 srmcd1Participant I think Pete was a missed opportunity. I’m in the minority that likes the nano-Rimmer, and his relationship with Lister was fascinating, particularly in this episode. Instead of reacting against each other, they work together in an environment that is way different to the one we’re used to (them coming together against the wardens and Ackerman). I really think that relationship should’ve been explored more thoroughly, because it could’ve been interesting to see how the nano Rimmer grappled with his existence – the fact that he’s a clone of himself and that there was a hologram of himself that Lister (comparatively) became rather “chummy” with and went off to become a space hero while he’s stuck here. Sadly, this was missed out on in favor of cheap gags, and it has since been relegated to fan fiction. January 10, 2013 at 3:41 am #205731 HelloMabelParticipant > I’m going to stick my neck out here and go on record as saying I honestly don’t get all the hate for Pete. Phil’s limerick sums it up nicely. January 10, 2013 at 12:37 pm #205735 JonsmadParticipant >The problem with democracy is that every silly bastard gets a vote. Pete shoots some voters in a homage to his favourite episode because they stole a list idea from the people. January 10, 2013 at 2:15 pm #205737 Pecospete666Participant “The problem with democracy is that every silly bastard gets a vote.” Even You! January 11, 2013 at 12:21 am #205740 CarlitoParticipant > Carlito – Balance of Power as your least favourite episode? Please explain! I can’t. I kind of generally worked out which episodes I would prefer to watch over others. I’ve never really felt fondly towards Balance of Power. I think as a kid I found it boring and maybe that continues to paint my opinion to this day. But I guess if I was going to watch any episode of Red Dwarf right now, that would probably be literally the last episode I’d pick. It does have some redeeming elements. Not a huge fan of Waiting for God from series I either. I started on V and worked my way backwards so those two episodes from the first run seem the furthest away from the show I fell in love with. January 11, 2013 at 1:01 am #205741 fozzibear1Participant the real problem with democracy is that no matter who you vote for you always end up with a silly bastard January 11, 2013 at 9:13 am #205746 NoFroParticipant Waiting for God is problematic because half of it is some of the funniest stuff in season one and the other half is almost completely naff. Not necessarily as an idea, but in execution. January 11, 2013 at 11:22 am #205748 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >the real problem with democracy is that no matter who you vote for you always end up with a silly bastard Well, it’s either a douche or a turd. January 11, 2013 at 12:18 pm #205749 JamesTCParticipant >Well, it’s either a douche or a turd. Or ‘Pete’ Part 2. January 11, 2013 at 12:29 pm #205750 mickParticipant I have to say, I’m pretty shocked to see Trojan in a few people’s bottom 10. January 11, 2013 at 1:32 pm #205751 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Me too, actually, 38 on my list. January 11, 2013 at 3:19 pm #205752 RidleyParticipant Well I don’t believe Cat or Lister drink coffee six times a day, it would be nice to know why the Dwarfers are going along with Rimmer’s plan, I’m not a fan of the impact it has on Rimmer lore and the phone thread wasn’t particularly satisfying. January 11, 2013 at 5:29 pm #205753 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >Well I don’t believe Cat or Lister drink coffee six times a day To be fair, this is kind of the point of it. They’re buying something they clearly don’t need. That’s as much as I can be prepared to defend it, I think For everything I like about it, there’s something I dislike about it. The phone stuff, the way Rimmer reacts to his brother’s death, the opening scene – all a bit shit. I’m still not convinced by the Moose stuff, actually. But I still think there are far, far worse episodes and this does have the Cat’s funniest moment in about 20 years. January 11, 2013 at 5:47 pm #205755 Hard Drive Full Of ResentmentParticipant 1. Back to Reality 2. Queeg 3. Demon’s and Angels 4. Out of Time 5. Parallel Universe 6. The Beginning 7. Psirens 8. Entangled 9. Backwards 10. Thanks For The Memory And this is the bit I hate. I love every episode in its own way, so it’s a matter of which would I rather watch right now, which results in some rankings you regret. 52. Epideme (I goes on far, far too long, but the Caroline Carmen segments are moderately entertaining) 53. Camille (I don’t know what I was thinking. This should’ve gone higher. Camille-blob pulls it down for me though) 54. Stoke Me A Clipper (the portrayal of Ace and obvious continuity errors spoil it) 55. Waiting For God (Either high up for the Quagaars, or low down for unfunny research into Cat species) 56. Rimmerworld (the actual titular segment is too short) 57. Confidence and Paranoia (Can’t explain this. There’s just something irritating about it) 58. The Last Day (I have no excuse) 59. Kryten (David Ross makes a good performance, but it’s unavoidably detached from what Kryten eventually became) 60. Balance of Power (Absence of any fun, though the delivery of “I’m revising buns” is marvellous) 61. Pete Part 2 (Obvious, though specifically how difficult it appears to be to re-enter a cargo deck without being mugged) January 11, 2013 at 5:56 pm #205756 RidleyParticipant To be fair, this is kind of the point of it. They’re buying something they clearly don’t need. I took them to be wanting the Stirmaster so they don’t have to spend two weeks stirring coffee across their lifetime. January 11, 2013 at 6:36 pm #205757 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Yeah, but that’s just sales guff they’ve been hoodwinked into believing. They’re not going to go skiing anytime soon either. It’s a fantastic satire on telesales. Do you see? January 11, 2013 at 7:10 pm #205759 RidleyParticipant 62 – Pete – Part 3 >:( January 11, 2013 at 9:22 pm #205760 Danny StephensonKeymaster 60. Balance of Power (Absence of any fun, though the delivery of “I’m revising buns” is marvellous) This IS fun. Are you mad?! January 11, 2013 at 9:29 pm #205761 NoFroParticipant ^Nice^ January 12, 2013 at 7:38 pm #205772 AlexParticipant Top Ten: 1 – Marooned 2 – Gunmen of the Apocalypse 3 – The Inquisitor 4 – Timeslides 5 – Out of Time 6 – Back to Reality 7 – Queeg 8 – Confidence & Paranoia 9 – Legion 10 – Polymorph Bottom Ten: 52 – Ouroboros 53 – Krytie TV 54 – Blue 55 – Back in the Red – Part 2 56 – Nanarchy 57 – Beyond a Joke 58 – Back in the Red – Part 3 59 – Pete – Part 1 60 – Only the Good… 61 – Pete – Part 2 January 14, 2013 at 6:22 pm #205807 DessieParticipant Top 10: 1 – Marooned 2 – Future Echoes 3 – The Inquisitor 4 – Out of Time 5 – Polymorph 6 – Thanks for the Memory 7 – Justice 8 – Psirens 9 – Back to Reality 10 – DNA Bottom 10: 52 – Blue 53 – Krytie TV 54 – Stoke me a Clipper 55 – Meltdown 56 – Back in the Red – Part 3 57 – Ouroboros 58 – Back in the Red – Part 2 59 – Back in the Red – Part 1 60 – Pete – Part 1 61 – Pete – Part 2 January 15, 2013 at 10:34 pm #205814 ClaireParticipant Top 10: 1. Thanks For The Memory 2. Back To Reality 3. Dimension Jump 4. Quarantine 5. Polymorph 6. Future Echoes 7. Gunmen Of The Apocalypse 8. Parallel Universe 9. The Beginning 10. Trojan Bottom 10: 52. Back To Earth Part 1 53. Back To Earth Part 2 54. Back In The Red Part 3 55. Back In The Red Part 2 56. Pete Part 1 57. Beyond A Joke 58. Nanarchy 59. Epideme 60. Pete Part 2 61. Krytie TV January 22, 2013 at 10:31 pm #205898 JoParticipant 1 – Queeg 2 – Marooned 3 – White Hole 4 – Back to Reality 5 – Legion 6 – Holoship 7 – Gunmen of the Apocalypse 8 – Quarantine 9 – Backwards 10 – Thanks for the Memory 52 – Waiting for God 53 – Only the Good… 54 – Duct Soup 55 – Beyond a Joke 56 – Back in the Red – Part 1 57 – Back in the Red – Part 2 58 – Pete – Part 1 59 – Back in the Red – Part 3 60 – Krytie TV 61 – Pete – Part 2 January 27, 2013 at 2:12 pm #205944 siParticipant Right then, finally done, submitted and everything. Too late for regrets. Here we are… 1 – Marooned 2 – Queeg 3 – Thanks For The Memory 4 – Future Echoes 5 – Quarantine 6 – Back To Reality 7 – Timeslides 8 – White Hole 9 – Dimension Jump 10 – The Inquisitor And down at the bottom… 52 – Lemons 53 – Nanarchy 54 – Epideme 55 – Ouroboros 56 – Back To Earth Part 3 57 – Beyond A Joke 58 – Pete Part 1 59 – Only The Good… 60 – Back In The Red Part 3 61 – Pete Part 2 And, if you’re interested, slap bang in the middle is: 31 – Waiting For God So that might give you some idea of where I’ve placed other episodes. This survey is such a big thing, and Red Dwarf is such a big part of my life, and has been for so long, that I felt it vitally important that I was as honest as possible in compiling my list. Also, If anyone’s interested in this sort of thing, my highest/lowest placed episodes for each series are at: RDI – 4/39; RDII – 2/27; RDIII – 1/18; RDIV – 8/26; RDV – 5/33; RDVI – 13/41; RDVII – 40/57; RDVIII – 37/61; BtE – 45/56; and RDX – 34/52. Well, I thought it was slightly interesting, at least. Looking forward to seeing the final list. :) January 27, 2013 at 7:26 pm #205947 ClaireParticipant I’m curious as to which Series 1 ep you ranked 39, if not Waiting For God, which seems to be the least popular in that series. January 27, 2013 at 8:06 pm #205948 siParticipant Confidence & Paranoia. Just because. January 27, 2013 at 8:51 pm #205950 ClaireParticipant I ranked C&P, WFG and The End next to each other in the mid-30s, but the other 3 eps a lot higher. I like all of Series 1, but there is a definite difference in quality when you watch FE and Me2. I ranked Balance Of Power quite high though. I’ve just always liked it. :p January 30, 2013 at 2:08 pm #205975 takerdemonParticipant Christ, this threa reminds me that I need to submit mine. It looks like I’m the only one that REALLY loves Out of Time and the haphazard manner in which it was put together! January 30, 2013 at 4:55 pm #205978 AlexParticipant It looks like I’m the only one that REALLY loves Out of Time and the haphazard manner in which it was put together! I think both Seb and I would disagree with this sentiment. Author Replies Viewing 50 replies - 1 through 50 (of 68 total) 1 2 Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In
