Series XI

It’s butter than Series X.

I think Butler is the best guest star since Legion which is rather ironic if you think about it.

I really like the end when they are all standing together talking to ‘Uni’ it really reminded me old the IV/V days.

Not a return to form (as that would imply it’s as good as the first 6 series) but getting close, a vast improvement over series X. Overall I was pretty happy with series XI and fills me with a sense of optimism about series XII, and hopefully beyond!

just maaah smegging opinion

Doug seems inherently more focused on strong, complicated science-fiction concepts… and then adding a few jokes on. It seems a lot of his episodes are dedicated to long scenes of Kryten explaining which concept it is each week that Doug wants to explore.

Red Dwarf with both Rob and Doug was always a simple, science-fiction trope with the focus always being on humour.

the letter and the spirit of the awe…

any advice? wear a hat – that’s the good smeg right there. maaaaaaaaaaaah!

I don’t know if we would ever get an episode like say Dimension Jump in modern Dwarf under Dougs solo writing because if we got it today i could see it being far more busier with either another added plot thrown in mid episode or just alot more stuff going on in general.

I don’t know if we would ever get an episode like say Dimension Jump in modern Dwarf under Dougs solo writing

To be fair, we would never have got an episode like Thanks for the Memory in series V or VI.

Well the Red Dwarf US pilot was basically The End in Series 3 ;p

I agree though that we probably wouldn’t get an episode like Thanks for the Memory in Series V or VI but i do think Thanks for the Memory would actually fit in X and XI with the type of stories Doug is going for, Its just i don’t think we would get the same simplistic quality if it was written by Doug today.

the beginning – sort of simple and rounded and a bit like dimension jump (even has a flashback opener)

I quite like the twisty-turns nature of XI, but I will admit there’s something about the simplicity of Lemons and The Beginning that would be nice in there. Krysis is probably the closest it came, but then the Kryten/Butler plot was interrupted by first the GELFs and then the Universe. Samsara without the flashbacks would have been like an older one.
But Doug is obviously interested in pursuing a more complex, strange sci-fi universe at this point, and I’m enjoying the plots and jokes so I’m happy with that.

I’ve very happy with the level of quality XI has achieved, and if XII is as experimental as it sounds I’m in for a treat.