Lost Red Dwarf content?

[Bargain Bin Holly]

Are there any lost Red Dwarf content such as footage, scripts, or other material not having previously been shown to the fans?

Only material I can think of are the unseen movie drafts and the scripts for Earth and Phwoaar, anything else?

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[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

And i still remember him telling SFX magazine in 2009 that he felt BTE was one of the best stories they have ever told.

despite the episodes flaws, it might be one of the better stories RD has done IMO. It definitely could have been funnier, but it is sort of up there with Tikka in terms of scope and story telling. It’s interesting and different to the extent that it is very meta which Red Dwarf doesn’t really do.

I kind of wish they were able to give Tikka the same treatment tbh. Whilst it’s commendable they cram soooo much into 30 mins, I imagine a little bit more of a quest in the story to correct things, and a bit more self discovery in terms of characters would have really added to Tikka if they’d had an hour or so

[Dax101]

>to the extent that it is very meta which Red Dwarf doesn’t really do.

I imagine there is a good reason for that.

[GlenTokyo]

>I imagine there is a good reason for that.

Is showing that you shouldn’t do meta by making an episode that’s really meta, meta?

[bloodteller]

BTE has quite a big scope with the storytelling and parts of the meta stuff are really quite good- the stuff in the Creator’s office and the Kochanski scenes which really analyse the core of what kind of character Lister is were excellently done, I thought. The subtle thing of the four of them having drifted apart over the years but coming back together to work as a team was quite well done too- they start off Part 1 separate from each other, all doing their own thing. They’re clearly not as chummy as they once were, with Lister getting genuinely angry at Rimmer etc. The ending of Part 3 is the four of them all together in the same shot- the journey they’ve been on has brought them back together. There’s lots of clever little bits like that, and those bits are nice

It’s just a shame those bits are surrounded by the shitty Coronation Street scene and the godawful Carbug stuff.

[flanl3]

If the elation squid has been in the water tank for so long, have the crew been hallucinating since shortly after, or even during Back to Reality?

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