Who has has a Red Dwarf dream?

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

I ask because I wanted to tell you about a weird Red Dwarf related dream I had yesterday.

Me and Ian (for some reason, we’ve spoken but never actually met) were in a a warehouse discussing how ridiculous the pencil shaped CGI Red Dwarf was. We’d found some test recording of the original pencil model, but it was double barrelled. Not just two Red Dwarfs side by side, but the right hand side had the front and ran back so somewhere in the middle of the ship (though about the same length as seen on screen, then next to it on the left, the middle of the ship continues, but level with the front of the ship, down to the back which sat level with the middle of the part on the right hand side.

Confused? It looked like this http://imgur.com/a/9kQeL

Now, remember we’re in this warehouse. Well this dishevelled old man that looks like a homeless Doc Brown from BTTF arrived and opens this box containing the model we had seen in this test shot. He keeps pulling bits out like a magician removing handkerchiefs from his sleeve. Piece my piece until this full length model is presented to us.

Now, you know how dreams change location but you know you’ve always been there? Well suddenly me and Ian are at my dead grandparents house, except my granddad isn’t dead. He seems quite happy that me and Ian have decided to suspend this model from his ceiling, starting in the back bedroom and snaking all around the top floor of his house.

At this point the model is 12 meters long (we measured it in the dream) and its more akin to the small RD model that come with one of the DVDs (series 6?) … but none the less we’re convinced this is the original 12 meter model build with the intention of shooting it for remasters.

All that stuff about how the current model is a cut down version of a 12ft model that was scanned for CGI … well that 12ft model, in my dream, was a cut down 12m model that look ridiculous.

And that’s all me and Ian could say to each other, and that we’re lucky the version that ended up on series 8 and the re-mastered wasn’t as bad as this monstrosity … and what were they thinking building this ship that ended up looking like a small red snake, winding its way around the ceiling of my grandparents house.

Topic

[Flap Jack]

OK, another go has been had. Hopefully this one is more achievable:

BACK IN THE RED HERRINGS PART 6

[Ben Saunders]

Yeah, them all being episodes of Red Dwarf makes it quite hard I think, because it could be anything really. But then if one is episodes, one is actors, one is things that happen etc it becomes too obvious. Maybe this is why Only Connect is general knowledge and not all about one TV show.

[Dave]

Yeah, them all being episodes of Red Dwarf makes it quite hard I think, because it could be anything really. But then if one is episodes, one is actors, one is things that happen etc it becomes too obvious. Maybe this is why Only Connect is general knowledge and not all about one TV show.

Ok, I’ve tried to make this one not episode-based and not entirely obvious while still gettable.

IDEA FOR NO EPISODES

[Flap Jack]

Ok, I’ve tried to make this one not episode-based and not entirely obvious while still gettable.

4/4 and I got all of the connections, but I used up most of the time and probably took longer than Victoria would allow to realise what connected the final group. So I’ll say that was a good balance. 

Gur Evzzre tebhc cebirq qvssvphyg orpnhfr V xrcg jnagvat gb chg Penvt Puneyrf va gurer (va gur fnzr irva, lbh pbhyq unir vapyhqrq Pyner Tebtna). Naq gur cunagbz tebhc bs gur 4 znva pnfg zrzoref jnf irel jryy qbar!

[clem]

0/4 for Ben’s. I was going for the gjb Yvfgref, Evzzref, Pngf, Xelgraf yvax ohg pbhyqa’g trg gur evtug sbhe, xrcg gelvat Snguref & Fhaf ohg bs pbhefr gur frpbaq Yvfgre va gung vf whfg n erpbeqvat naq abg n cebcre qhcyvpngr. 

[clem]

OK, another go has been had. Hopefully this one is more achievable:
BACK IN THE RED HERRINGS PART 6

Full marks for me on this one of Flap Jack’s. 

[clem]

Ok, I’ve tried to make this one not episode-based and not entirely obvious while still gettable.
IDEA FOR NO EPISODES

And this one of Dave’s. 

[Ben Saunders]

4/4 on both Flap Jack and Dave’s newer ones, let’s gooooo

[Ben Saunders]

An easier one. There’s an art to these I’ve yet to master.

[clem]

An easier one. There’s an art to these I’ve yet to master.

2/4 groups plus one of the other two connections. 

[Dave]

Gur Evzzre tebhc cebirq qvssvphyg orpnhfr V xrcg jnagvat gb chg Penvt Puneyrf va gurer (va gur fnzr irva, lbh pbhyq unir vapyhqrq Pyner Tebtna). Naq gur cunagbz tebhc bs gur 4 znva pnfg zrzoref jnf irel jryy qbar!

Ah, thanks!

Yeah, I play Connections every day and quite enjoy dodging the too-obvious red herrings.

[Dave]

An easier one. There’s an art to these I’ve yet to master.

I got two of these and also worked out the connection for the group of episodes that could also have included Justice, but messed up my selection somehow.

[Warbodog]

Flap Jack’s 2nd: 2/4

Dave’s: 4/4

Ben’s 2nd: 2/4

[clem]

I’ve done one that I think is probably fairly easy. See how you get on with this.

[Ben Saunders]

the group of episodes that could also have included Justice

V sbetbg Ubyyl fcrnxf jvgu gur ibvpr bs gur Whfgvpr pbzchgre, vg’f fhpu n fvzvyne zbzrag gb gur bar va QAN. 

[Ben Saunders]

I’ve done one that I think is probably fairly easy. See how you get on with this.

V tbg -urnq onfrq vafhygf, naq V zhfg unir gevrq rirel pbzovangvba bs guvatf sbe “guvatf gur Cbylzbecu gheaf vagb” rkprcg gur npghny pbeerpg nafjre. Qvqa’g pybpx gur bgure gjb.

[Ben Saunders]

Alright, one last one from me, until I make another one at least.

[clem]

Alright, one last one from me, until I make another one at least.

Found all 4 groups but only got three connections.

[Dave]

I’ve done one that I think is probably fairly easy. See how you get on with this.

2/4 for me – got the connection for the third group but couldn’t get the right combo.

[Dave]

This is fun enough that I think we might need a dedicated thread:

Red Dwarf Connections Puzzles

[Flap Jack]

Ben’s 2nd – 2/4 and 1/4 connections.

clem’s 2nd – 2/4 and 3/4 connections.

Ben’s 3rd – 2/4 and 3/4 connections.

Good stuff. I do keep falling into the trap of thinking connections are more specific than they actually are, but that’s on me really.

[Dave]

A relatively easy one, I think.

[Ben Saunders]

A relatively easy one, I think.

Red Dwarf themed Connections wait for no man.

V tbg ubyb-guvatf, ohg jung gur uryy vf n ubyb-ynzc? V tbg vqrnf erivfvgrq va Rzbunjx, ohg V whfg jrag sbe “guvatf gung funcrfuvsg”, rira gubhtu TRYSf qba’g. Vg fgvyy pbhagf! V tbg yvtug orr pnzrbf, ohg bayl orpnhfr gurer jrer rknpgyl sbhe hapynvzrq rcvfbqr gvgyrf. V qvqa’g trg chapuyvarf va Yrtvba.

[Dave]

V tbg ubyb-guvatf, ohg jung gur uryy vf n ubyb-ynzc?

Vg’f gur qrivpr Evzzre’f qnq hfrf gb erpbeq uvf zrffntr va Gur Ortvaavat.

[clem]

A relatively easy one, I think.

Solved this and got the connections but had to look up what farrmrf was referring to.

[Dave]

A relatively easy one, I think.

Solved this and got the connections but had to look up what sarrmrf was referring to.

I put that in as I thought it would be a cheeky red herring that people might think relates to something else.

[clem]

I put that in as I thought it would be a cheeky red herring that people might think relates to something else.

I did. Got me looking for guvatf gung trg vebarq, gura guvatf Yvfgre qbrf gb jvaq hc Evzzre.

[clem]

Speaking of red herrings, sbe zl frpbaq bar bs gurfr V jnf ubcvat crbcyr jbhyq gel naq chg Gva bs ornaf va gur sbbq tebhc, ohg nyfb gur Cbylzbecu tebhc orpnhfr gur Rzbunjx gheaf vagb gung. 

[Dave]

Speaking of red herrings, sbe zl frpbaq bar bs gurfr V jnf ubcvat crbcyr jbhyq gel naq chg Gva bs ornaf va gur sbbq tebhc, ohg nyfb gur Cbylzbecu tebhc orpnhfr gur Rzbunjx gheaf vagb gung. 

Yeah, you absolutely got me with that one!

[Flap Jack]

[Dave]

New one: Rainbow Dwarf.

[Ben Saunders]

Speaking of red herrings

V qvq gel gb ybbx sbe “guvatf lbh veba” 

[Ben Saunders]

New one: Rainbow Dwarf.

4/4, ohg V bayl ernyyl tbg Evzzre pbybhef naq Ubyyl nyregf, gura V whfg chg gur 4 bowrpgf gbtrgure naq vg tnir zr gur ynfg gjb yby

[clem]

New one: Rainbow Dwarf.

1/4. Tbg gur Tbyq tebhc ohg pbhyqa’g trg gur pbaarpgvba. Gou V unq gb ybbx hc Boybat bs Cyhpx. V fcrag gbb ybat gelvat gb trg gur Nyregf orsber ernyvfvat Ehqr pbhyq or bar bs gurz naq gura whfg pbhyqa’g trg gur evtug sbhe va gvzr. V jnf nyfb gelvat gb trg n tebhc bs pbeevqbef. V tbg Ubyrf bapr V fnj gur pbzcyrgrq jnyy ohg funzrshyyl abg Evzzre havsbezf. 

[Dave]

Maybe there should be an obscurity threshold for Dave-era stuff that isn’t seared into our brains in the same way as the bubble era.

V nyzbfg pubfr “Xelgvr GI bhgsvg” vafgrnq bs Boybat bs Cyhpx ohg jbaqrerq vs gung znqr vg gbb rnfl.

[Flap Jack]

1/4 and 1/4 on the relatively easy one. 2/4 and 0/4 on Rainbow Dwarf.

(V whfg tbg gur havsbez pbybhef ol tebhcvat gur zbfg onfvp pbybhef gbtrgure, naq tbg gur nyregf tebhc whfg ol qbvat enaqbz thrffrf, unun.)

[Flap Jack]

I had had a dream that I made another Red Dwarf connecting puzzle. Oh, hang on, that wasn’t a dream, I actually did.

[Dave]

I got 2/4 of the groups, and worked out the connection for the third group.

Gur vapyhfvba bs Evzzre nzbat gur zbbaf guerj zr, naq V qvqa’g gjvt gur Pnzvyyr pbaarpgvba. 

[Ian Symes]

I may not be fast, but I get there in the end.

[clem]

I had had a dream that I made another Red Dwarf connecting puzzle. Oh, hang on, that wasn’t a dream, I actually did.

Solved it and got three connections, couldn’t get the Pnzvyyr group.

[Author]

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