Chris Barrie has updated his website

[Bargain Bin Holly]

http://www.chrisbarrie.co.uk/

He mentions the weather, tanks, and his dislike of people requesting his appearance on podcasts; but he also included this tidbit on future Red Dwarf and Brittas Empire:

“At the risk of repeating something I seem to have said many times over the last umpteen years, I simply do not know if/when we will be doing more Red Dwarf. Over the winter of 2015/16 when we made series 11 and 12, some common sense momentum seemed to be building, but, since then, the project seems to have juddered to a halt. In the desert of silence I do encounter the occasional droplet of positivity but that’s it. If the droplet ever becomes a trickle, I shall of course leap to the keyboard and let you know.

The Brittas position is not dissimilar. Since the promising newspaper articles of a couple of years ago and the enthusiasm of the Reunion last year, it all seems to have gone all quiet on the Whitbury front. All I can do is continue to express my desire to recreate the chainsaw voiced ogre and that is something I shall certainly keep doing.”

Thanks to Chris Barrie Fans for making this known on Twitter.

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[Dave]

Latest update from Chris is not so funny. I hope he’s OK.

[Rushy]

The fact that he’s hoping to return to conventions by winter gives hope

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I’m not going to speculate, but it sounds like he knows there’s a treatment course that would last at least a few months and if successful be well enough to return to appearing in public at the end of it. 

[Flap Jack]

Concerning update, here’s hoping things aren’t too serious.

[Jonathan Capps]

Ah, that’s shite

[International Debris]

It’s either one of the Very Serious illnesses, or he’s got Long Covid and is having to completely reassess his perspective on the pandemic. Despite my comparative lack of sympathy for him as a person these days, I hope he has a speedy recovery regardless of what it is. 

[A Bailey]

I’m not going to speculate, but it sounds like he knows there’s a treatment course that would last at least a few months and if successful be well enough to return to appearing in public at the end of it. 

Hopefully.  It’s pretty morbid to speculate on what exactly is happening and it’s none of our business but these sort of medical issues are often ones where you plan for what you’ll do if they’re resolved in a few months, or there’s no point planning what you’ll be doing in a few months.

[Technopeasant]

Get well soon Chris.

[Jenuall]

The experimental pile surgery finally caught up with him.

But in all seriousness yes, hopefully it’s nothing too serious and I wish him a speedy recovery

[loadoftottnumb]

Get well soon Sir 

[Asclepius]

Well, I’ve still got high hopes for Series XIV starting filming soon 🤞 

[Rushy]

[Flap Jack]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, it’ll be a miracle if we even get a Series XIII.

[Dave]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, it’ll be a miracle if we even get a Series XIII.

I believe that’s already set to come out on Blu-Ray before the end of this year. 

[Flap Jack]

I believe that’s already set to come out on Blu-Ray before the end of this year. 

Ah, no, I’ve actually seen quite a few folks make this mistake. Look closely at the placeholder cover.

COMPLETE SERIES

I – XIII

That’s 2 separate lines. The first line: Complete Series, as in the entire show that currently exists. The second line: I – XIII, referring to the 13 different “outings” that make up the Red Dwarf canon, most of which are series but one of which is a special.

If they did shadow-drop a whole new series in this box set, then Series XIII would be the 14th outing, so the title would say “Complete Series, I – XIV”. This is all part of Doug Naylor’s sensible numbering strategy which I trust wholeheartedly.

[RunawayTrain]

I’m not going to speculate, but it sounds like he knows there’s a treatment course that would last at least a few months and if successful be well enough to return to appearing in public at the end of it. 

It’s either one of the Very Serious illnesses, or he’s got Long Covid and is having to completely reassess his perspective on the pandemic. Despite my comparative lack of sympathy for him as a person these days, I hope he has a speedy recovery regardless of what it is. 

These sum up my thoughts exactly.  And especially the BIB.

(I could be snarky and say something about his previous comments about staying “naturally healthy” but I’m not going to – always, our hope is that people with beliefs at odds with science will still turn to evidence-based medicine when they really need to.  Which if this situation does involve a course of medical treatment, he is doing.  And that’s a good thing.)

[Dave]

Whatever Chris’ views, I wouldn’t wish Ill health on him and I hope he’s able to get whatever treatment he needs quickly. I won’t speculate on what’s going on, but whatever it is I hope that he comes through it swiftly and is back to full health soon.

[Turk Thrust]

I really hope he gets well soon.

[Asclepius]

Heard a rumour that what’s happened is that Chris tuned into the wrong radio station last week and ended up with the catchy chorus of ‘Dream Big’ by Bob Vylan stuck in his head.

Subsequently Chris now thinks that he’s caught the woke mind virus and is undergoing treatment involving heavy audio doses of James Whale, Eamonn Holmes and Mike Graham.

[Technopeasant]

Just to be clear, has Chris actually outright come out as the antivax, or are we just reading into the naturally healthy thing?

[Rudolph]

Just to be clear, has Chris actually outright come out as the antivax, or are we just reading into the naturally healthy thing?

I don’t think so. Just that he’s posted guff about globalism and woke before, which usually goes hand-in-hand with ‘plandemic’ conspiracies.

Whatever health scare he’s having, I hope he feels better soon.

[International Debris]

His first posts like this were during lockdowns about how things at that time were being managed to enslave humanity, he talked about being ‘naturally healthy’ and promotes his wife’s business, which is naturopathic healing, and I’ve never come across a single naturopath who isn’t antivax. So I think it’s a pretty fair conclusion to draw.

[Moonlight]

I’d be less concerned if I didn’t think he was going to pursue some garbage alternative treatment with no basis in actual medicine.

[Technopeasant]

It’s a reasonable assumption (trust me, it describes my mother-in-law), I just wanted to ensure we were all touching grass here.

[Rushy]

Can’t wait for Doug to write in a scene where Lister opens the medkit in the bunkroom, and Rimmer’s filled it with essential oils. 

[Moonlight]

Cat destroys a vagina with a jade egg.

[Technopeasant]

[DibbleySmegHead]

This is proper shit, hope he’s doing ok and back to normal soon.

[Jenuall]

[Android 72264Y]

Fuck.

Forget never meeting your heroes, never google them either. 

[Technopeasant]

[Stephen Abootman]

Good news it would seem:

[Dave]

Well that’s good news at least.

[Ian Symes]

[Jenuall]

[Podey]

[Technopeasant]

Sincerely glad he’s proving naturally healthy.

[International Debris]

The real question is, what does the apostrophe at the start of ‘ol suggest he’s abbreviating?

[Flap Jack]

Nodnol.

[Nick R]

Paracetamol

[Muzzy]

King of the Potato Peop’ol

[Ridley]

Oh, but Cassandra promised.

(This is indeed good news.)

[Meteo]

What are Mr. Flibble’s thoughts on all this?

Lump Maroon (a guy who looks somewhat alike Dwayne Dibbley)’s thoughts on all this is: “JUPITER!!!!”

[Rushy]

Still no real answer for what actually happened to Chris, but at least he seems to be doing better now and will be attending London Comic Con Winter! I’m very glad

[Dave]

[Dave]

The health situation still sounds somewhat mysterious but I’m glad he’s OK.

[Ian Symes]

[Ian Symes]

(For the record:)

[Ridley]

Needles to say I didn’t take drugs.

[Dave]

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