actors and actresses (living or dead) that you wish could have been on RD?

[By Jove its holmes]

An obvious one is Patrick Troughton… had he lived a few years longer, he would have been a great RD guest star.

Other peoples’ thoughts?

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[clem]

Graham Chapman

[John Hoare]

I still think Danielle Ward would be *perfect* for Red Dwarf. She’s a fan of the show, too.

[Pecospete666]

Martin Alan “Marty” Feldman

[Ben Paddon]

Legitimately? Christopher Lloyd.

[si]

Paul Whitehouse. Not as big a name as others, but I bet he’d be a cracking guest star.

[Jonsmad]

Bill Bailey. Bill Nighy. Bill Shakespeare.

Morray Hunter and John Sparkes to complete the Absolutely appearances.

Burt Kwok as Chinesey Chesney.

[si]

He was in Tenko.

[si]

Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon and Miranda Hart, in an epic Red Dwarf/Hyperdrive crossover episode.

[Kietorium]

Oh my god, Chinesey Chesney.

You’ve just made my day

[Ridley]

Taiwan Tony was created by occident #dwarffacts

[pfm]

Michelle Keegan, but obviously not as her Corrie character…;)

[fozzibear1]

Nick Frost, Ardal O’Hanlon (sp?), Dawn French, Dara O’Brian, Kylie Minogue (yeah I know but she is surprisingly good when she plays parody versions of herself for comedy shows), Sid James, Wil Wheaton, Jim Parsons (would be better if the character were not a Cooper clone), Sean Astin, Brian Blessed, Jo Brand just to nominate a handful of the ones I think could work well within the premise of Dwarf

[Ian Symes]

I think Sid James is unlikely.

[si]

I think Sid James is unlikely.

That’ll be where the ‘or dead’ thing comes into play, I imagine.

[Ian Symes]

Ah yeah.

[anniescribe]

Patrick Stewart as Hogey’s brother.

[Paul Muller]

Alred Molina and Alan Rickman.

[si]

Molina and Rickman? It’ll never work.

[Pete Part Three]

Norman Lovett

[peas_and_corn]

He’s the male Hattie Hayridge, isn’t he?

[Stilianides]

Bruce Campbell

[Rushy]

I’m appalled that Paul Darrow never had a guest appearance. 

As far as I’m concerned, he’s the king of British sci-fi television

[Moonlight]

Do we need to be necroposting in so many decade old threads?

[Flap Jack]

[Technopeasant]

Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon and Miranda Hart, in an epic Red Dwarf/Hyperdrive crossover episode.

One out of three ain’t bad.

Personally I like that this place is less opposed to necroposting than some (why create a new thread when an old one will do, it keeps things tidy), but yeah it could be spaced out a little.

[Ian Symes]

I’m appalled that Paul Darrow never had a guest appearance. 

As far as I’m concerned, he’s the king of British sci-fi television

He was in Rob Grant’s The Strangerers, which is fairly close.

[Unrumble]

Personally I like that this place is less opposed to necroposting than some (why create a new thread when an old one will do, it keeps things tidy).

Yeah, when it’s a newer member, it seems considerate of them if anything, to see what topics have been discussed rather than creating a swathe of new threads. Not their fault if said topics have been dormant a few years, from before they were on board.

[Ian Symes]

Also, this forum is eighteen years old. There is nothing that hasn’t already been discussed, so we might as well add a new voice to the old topics.

[Nick R]

[Technopeasant]

Also, this forum is eighteen years old. There is nothing that hasn’t already been discussed, so we might as well add a new voice to the old topics.

Meanwhile Doomworld barks at you if you even read a post that is older than six months…

Sounds like Nick Frost will be too busy with some HBO thing to ever guest star now…

[Rushy]

I was nine years old when this forum got going

[Technopeasant]

This could go on for days…

[Ian Symes]

G&T itself is 23 this year – I strongly suspect it’s older than a small number of its users.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

[si]

I was 23 when G&T started.

[Technopeasant]

This place is still going.

[Technopeasant]

The state of the show right now.

[Joe]

I always thought Bill Bailey would have made a great alternate Holly, or failing that a guest ship’s computer. 

[sleepey]

I’m glad he wasn’t wasted on Timewave but he could have been the Enconium’s computer

[Nick R]

Michelle Keegan, but obviously not as her Corrie character…;)

A question for people who were watching Coronation Street in 2009: are there any other actors who were in the soap at that time who might have been a good fit for the Corrie scenes in Back to Earth?

The one I had in mind was John Savident (since his Coronation Street character’s way of speaking was pretty close to a sitcom character already). But apparently he’d already left the series all the way back in 2006.

If he’d been in Red Dwarf he could have completed the Doctor Who/Blake’s 7/Red Dwarf set (the EGOT’s slightly more prestigious cousin).

[Ian Symes]

Sue Cleaver, who played Eileen Grimshaw – an established comedy actor (she was in dinnerladies), and Eileen worked with Lloyd at Street Cars.

[Moonlight]

I always thought Bill Bailey would have made a great alternate Holly, or failing that a guest ship’s computer. 

I remember this being a popular take back in the post-BtE days.

[Technopeasant]

she was in dinnerladies

I mean, Doug would just complain to her about what they did with all that budget.

[Author]

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