Czech Dwarf

[thomasaevans]

http://www.cervenytrpaslik.cz/

Check out that video news item!

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[thomasaevans]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLyU-oMtus&eurl=http://www.cervenytrpaslik.cz/

Direct link to video. PLEASE someone translate this. Is this a major News programme? Coz Im seriously impressed with the amount of discussion!

[Mr Flibble]

He said Dave!

[Ben Paddon]

Dug Naylooorrrre.

[p2p_productions]

I think that site is listed on the stats & data for some of my vids.

Speaking of which… http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tZEdK7wCUr0

[James]

I’m quite interested in the Trpaslicon 2009. Convention by the looks of things. They have been doing it since 2003, and with some resulting pictures, you have to look!

[JamesTC]

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cervenytrpaslik.cz%2F&sl=cs&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
On that go onto the episode guide and look at what some are translated to, some favourites are –
Balance of Power – The balance of forces
Confidence and Paranoia – Assertiveness and Mindr?k
Me2 – I, on the other
Kryten – Kryton
Stasis Leak – Cranny in st?zi
Bodyswap – The exchange of bodies
Camille – Kamila
Dimension Jump – Another Dimension
Meltdown – Melted
Holoship – Hololo?
Out of Time – In addition to reality
Tikka to Ride – Hellishly tough trip
Stoke Me a Clipper – Prepare pots
Duct Soup – Test channel
Beyond a Joke – No fun
Back in the Red 1 – Back in June 1
Back in the Red 2 – Back in the June 2
Krytie TV – Television Kryton
Only the Good – Just sympa??ci

[hummingbird]

>Stasis Leak – Cranny in st?zi

much love

[Pete Part Three]

>Beyond a Joke – No fun

Is this a translation or a critique?

[JamesTC]

>>Beyond a Joke – No fun
>Is this a translation or a critique?
I should have expected that.

[Tarka Dal]

> Tikka to Ride – Hellishly tough trip

That’s my favourite.

[Phil]

>Duct Soup – Test channel

They got a better pun than we did.

[barbucha]

Hello,

I wanted to start a new thread, about the Red Dwarf in the Czech Republic, but this thread is quite fun, so I’ll join here :D And see what happens next.

I just want to let you know that the Czech Red Dwarf convention, called Trpaslicon, will celebrate its 22nd anniversary next year!

The first event took place in Prague in 2003, and since then it has found its way into the hearts of many fans of the popular series. We regularly invite Czech voices of popular Red Dwarf characters, a translator, writer, director of the Czech version, and other guests to the festival. At the festival, we play popular dwarf games such as Durex volleyball, Junior Angler, guess what fruit it is, and more

You can find more information and older galleries on the website https://www.trpaslicon.cz/

As the number of events will surpass the number of events of the English Dimension Jump next year, I thought we could mention this at the Trpaslicon festival in 2025.

So I want to ask if there is anything you would like to say to the Trpaslicon fans, visitors, send them a greeting, or anything you can think of.

You can send your memories or ideas here, or to our email holly@trpaslicon.cz

[barbucha]

At the same time, the Czech website http://www.cervenytrpaslik.cz has unfortunately been dead for years. That’s why we moved the content to the new domain http://www.cervenytrpaslik.eu and we try to put news and other information there :) you can also find us on Instagram and Facebook

[Zamppera]

Thought I’d join this thread about Červený trpaslík (Red Dwarf) in the Czech Republic. :D Here’s a short ‘Best of Red Dwarf’: https://youtu.be/OtZIOsim3SY?si=uR33UW7uyZMKKFa1 . For TrpasliCon, I created a ‘Music on Red Dwarf’ compilation, mixing both Czech and original audio depending on whether the part was dubbed: https://youtu.be/UH_IO-4pI18?si=uCyaj5puJsZ4kO4m . TOS also have an articleabout the Czech translation of the show: https://reddwarf.co.uk/features/history/czech-the-difference/ .

The show airs on TV six days a week (usually two episodes at night and one in the early morning). It originally aired on Česká Televize (Czech Television), the national public broadcaster, and now it’s on Paramount Network, previously called Prima Comedy Central. Since Craig was announced as a guest for Comic-Con Prague 2024, The Promised Land (which aired here in 2022) has been shown on TV about every two months. Paramount Network also organized a dubbing competition at Comic-Con Prague, with the best performances being featured on TV: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1164696258124062

[Zamppera]

Here’s a ‘side-by-side’ comparison of the Czech dubbers and the characters they voice, taken from a magazine called Pevnost (which is a bit like SFX magazine):

[Ian Symes]

Welcome, Czech mates! That fansite is seriously impressive.

[Warbodog]

Czech Dwarf’s an interesting phenomenon, but I mainly think of that translation error or revision that made the alternate Lister in Timeslide a paedophile (in an episode that’s already a bit dodgy).

[Dave]

Welcome, Czech mates!

[Warbodog]

[cwickham]

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I hope that convention routinely books a traffic warden to do a panel. 

[Flap Jack]

6 days a week is impressive. I wonder if Czechia has seen Series XI and XII more recently than the UK has?

[Zamppera]

Series XI premiered in 2018 and Series XII followed in 2019 and with re-runs, it will probably be back on telly next month. With the Dave era, the average gap between UK and Czech premieres is about a year and a half. Interestingly, all the Beep series premiered within just over a year, from early 1999 to early 2000. 

+ At TrpasliCon we even have a room dedicated to non-stop re-runs of the show 

[Flap Jack]

OK, interesting, thanks!

So for anyone from UKTV or TORDFC reading this, it’s a matter of national pride that you step up your convention-arranging and repeat-scheduling game.

[Nick R]

I hope that convention routinely books a traffic warden to do a panel. 

Hopefully only at times when they don’t have work commitments.

[barbucha]

At the Trpaslicon festival we also regularly organize “Live dubbing”

It means that we invite the voice actors of the main characters and let them dub one scene that we choose. Which they cannot prepare for.

Specifically, this scene was dubbed by Martin Sobotka (Lister’s voice actor) even before he officially dubbed it for television. So he saw this scene for the first time in his life! It was in March 2013. The official premiere of that episode in the Czech Republic was on November 27, 2013 :)

[barbucha]

And here is the older dubbing where most of the crew is :D

Kamil Halbich (Rimmer), Zdeněk Dušek (Kryton), Martin Sobotka (Lister and Cat)

It’s always a lot of fun because the voice actors always edit the lines and make fun of it

[Dave]

At the Trpaslicon festival we also regularly organize “Live dubbing”

It means that we invite the voice actors of the main characters and let them dub one scene that we choose. Which they cannot prepare for.

Specifically, this scene was dubbed by Martin Sobotka (Lister’s voice actor) even before he officially dubbed it for television. So he saw this scene for the first time in his life! It was in March 2013. The official premiere of that episode in the Czech Republic was on November 27, 2013 :)

What a scene to try and dub live for the first time!

Also, it’s great to see the show screened in front of a live audience like this, must be fun.

[barbucha]

These are the Czech voices of Lister and Rimmer.

Lister is dubbed by Martin Sobotka (the one with the hat) and Rimmer is dubbed by Kamil Halbich (the one without the hat)

Both are stage and television actors and have also lent their voices to the characters in the new series. It was the translation and dubbing of the series Red Dwarf that greatly helped the popularity of this series in the Czech Republic.

Kamil Halbich also narrated the Czech translation of the audiobooks.

Photos from Trpaslicon 2004

[Dave]

[Zamppera]

[Technopeasant]

Red Dwarf CZ

But in all seriousness, if people can accept overdubbing in their own language, why would the Americans have needed a version?

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

It’s because the executives don’t think audiences will accept other countries having their own culture so they just pilfer and Americanize it.

[barbucha]

This is Live Dubbing at Trpaslicon 2024 :)

[Zamppera]

Currently at Comic Con Junior (called like that as it’s the younger sibling of CC Prague.) Chloe is here and she had a panel “Talk with Kochanski and bits of pineapple.”

Before that, Barbucha and I talked to her and ended up with this video of her saying hi to the CZ fans.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vgFrhc11V2Q?si=pE2fm1m0EDRr7fbw 

Apart from that we also talked about the show as part of the fan program.

And the con ends with one more talk with her at “The woman element on the Red Dwarf” panel.

+ Here’s one pic from the opening ceremony:

[Flap Jack]

Very cool to see her! Thanks for sharing Zamppera.

[Ian Symes]

That last photo is unsettling. Even before you notice the soul that’s already been reaped.

[Dave]

[barbucha]

Other activities around the Red Dwarf community in the Czech Republic.

On November 25, 2024, the 15th annual Gazpacho Soup Day will take place in Prague. At this event, visitors can taste traditional Gazpacho soup (cold or warm), play classic red dwarf games, take part in quizzes and win valuable prizes :) This event is also connected to Geocaching.

FB page – https://www.facebook.com/DenPolevkyGazpacho
FB event – https://fb.me/e/2sso4pRMf

Video report from 2017

[barbucha]

This is a photo from the first Trpaslicon in February 2003. The photo shows the original organizers of the festival (Clouseau, Kohy and Rimmer with an H on his forehead) and the voice actor Kamil Halbich, who dubbed the character Rimmer. He accepted our invitation to the first year of the festival, not knowing what to expect. Since then, he has regularly attended every year of Trpaslicon, except for one occasion when he was sick.

[barbucha]

Our brain moves quicker than a nun’s first curry. So here is the report for Trpaslicon 2024. We are already looking forward to Trpaslicon 2025 :)

Trpaslicon 2024: Future Echoes

Trpaslicon, the festival of British humour, sci-fi and fantasy, has once again proved that it is an event that no fan in the Czech Republic should miss. The twenty-first edition, this time themed around the episode “Future Echoes”, took place on the weekend of 8-10 March 2024 in Prague, Chodov, and was scientifically confirmed as the best Trpaslicon ever. In addition, the ship’s computer recorded the speed of light being exceeded, so some lucky people experienced the future before it actually happened.

What is a Trpaslicon anyway?

Trpaslicon is a unique festival taking place in the Czech Republic that has been attracting fans of British humour, sci-fi and fantasy since its beginning in 2003. Originally a modest gathering of fans of the Red Dwarf series, it has grown into an event that hosts hundreds of visitors from the Czech Republic every year. Although it is held in a primary school building, this is what gives it its unique atmosphere – a return to school days, but this time with slippers and a flood of British humour.

A look back.

My journey with Trpaslicon began in 2003 when I found out about the festival through the http://www.cervenytrpaslik.cz website. Unfortunately, I found out about the first edition two weeks later, but the following year I got involved in the organisation and from 2004 I was running around Trpaslicon as an “Bum”. Since then, the festival has grown, moved to a new school, and today no one can do without slippers and a sleeping bag.

In addition to screening episodes, we have always strived for a varied programme with interesting guests. Writters and Czech dubbers became an integral part of the festival, as well as scientific lectures and guests from the field of science fiction and fantasy.

First impressions of a newcomer

As a long-time administrator of the Facebook group Červený trpaslík – Hláškuj a bav se, I finally arrived at my first Trpaslicon. And I have to say: why the hell did I wait so long?!

While the festival doesn’t offer the usual con delights, such as beer in hand, it does throw you back to your school days. Plus, there’s a huge love of the show and British culture. The decorations, themed activities and imaginative games like durex volleyball with pair of tights across the room or the legendary World Stare Out Championship all add to the festival’s unmistakable atmosphere.

Programme.

The Trpaslicon programme is a mixture of panels, workshops and games inspired not only by Red Dwarf but also other British series such as Doctor Who, Monty Python and Blackadder. Visitors were able to participate in panel discussions, scientific presentations, quizzes and costume contests.

Presentations covered everything from historical facts and DVD bonus features to in-depth analyses of individual episodes. Fans were able to enjoy a Kahoot quiz on Dwarf, discussions with dubbers, as well as in-game tournaments or watching a montage of deleted scenes. To top it all off, the local Luigi’s Fish ‘n’ Chip Emporium offered specialties like “squeezed rolls” and “liquid nitrogen.”

The evening programme culminated with a discussion with Czech dubbers of the Red Dwarf series and a screening of the episode Promised Land, which was a great end to a busy day.

Conclusion.

When Trpaslicon 2024 was over, we were all clear – we must come again next year. The panels, games, discussions and Dwarf talk that lurked from literally every corner of the Trpaslicon were something worth experiencing. And yes, if you’re asking, a Trpaslicon t-shirt is my new favorite piece of wardrobe!

Timeslides

Look at photos from previous years.

https://www.trpaslicon.cz/historie

We are now looking forward to the 22nd edition of Trpaslicon in 2025 with the theme Confidence and Paranoia!

https://www.trpaslicon.cz/

https://www.facebook.com/trpaslicon

https://www.instagram.com/trpaslicon

[Warbodog]

No slight to the other costumes, but there’s “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig” level discrepancy with that Kryton effort.

[barbucha]

No slight to the other costumes, but there’s “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig” level discrepancy with that Kryton effort.

Yes, Kryten’s costume is legendary every year, and it gets better and better. Each Trpaslicon is based on one of the episodes, and Kryten always tries to adapt the costume to that episode. The group photo is from 2013.

This is an article about how Kryten made one of his first costumes.

[Dave]

That’s fantastic. Looks very professional. 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

That’s fantastic. Looks very professional. 

In a way looks better than the RD USA costume

[Moonlight]

In a way looks better than the RD USA costume

[Technopeasant]

Well, definitely less pixelated.

[barbucha]

Trpaslicon celebrates 22 years! Let’s remember the first year and get ready for the upcoming one! 🚀🎉

The first Trpaslicon – a meeting of Red Dwarf and British humour fans in Czech republic – took place in Prague on 14-16 February 2003. What started as a modest event of a few enthusiasts has grown over the years into a traditional festival full of lectures, screenings, games and an unforgettable atmosphere.

(Kamil Halbich is in the middle. Arnold Rimmer’s voice in Czech. He accepted our invitation without knowing what he was getting into and stayed with us for 22 years :))

📝 This is how the organisers attracted their first visitors in 2003:
“When the BBC broadcast the first episode of the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf in 1988, no one knew how big a success the series would be. Today, there are eight series and fans gather regularly in the UK. The series has been broadcast twice on Czech Television and immediately gained a large and enthusiastic audience. So we thought, ‘Why not hold a similar, but slightly more modest, gathering here?'” 

👣 What did the first meeting look like?
🔹 It took place at the Primary School in Prague’s Chodov district
🔹 Slippers were mandatory – otherwise you risked being dropped through the airlock.
🔹 Entrance fee was 200 CZK for the whole weekend
🔹 Those who didn’t want to go home could sleep in the sleepover class or in the guesthouse
🔹 And most importantly – the buffet at Pirate Luigi’s was fully stocked, so no snacks from moms were necessary! 😃

📜 You can recall the entire history of Trpaslicon here ➡ History of Trpaslicon

🎟 Trpaslicon 2025 is coming!
Whether you’ve been to the first edition or you’re going for the very first time, the 22nd edition of Trpaslicon is definitely not to be missed! This year’s theme is Confidence and Paranoia themed – so we hope you will arrive with at least Self-Confidence, but Paranoia is of course welcome too. 😁

📢 Follow us on social media:
➡ Facebook: Trpaslicon
➡ Instagram: Trpaslicon

[barbucha]

One cute interesting fact.

In Back to Earth 2, Dimension Jump 2009 is mentioned in the original english version. In the Czech dubbing, they put Trpaslicon 2009 instead of Dimension Jump :)

[Technopeasant]

Fair enough.

[Author]

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