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Whether he’s actually religious is irrelevant. He’s only name-dropping where he went in order to act superior to Lister about how much more moral and spiritual he is than him.

It’s similar to how Future Echoes begins with him boasting to Lister that he got up early to exercise instead of just slobbing around. Sure, he’s unfit and cheats his own time, but that doesn’t matter because putting on a show for Lister is the main thing.

In both cases, Lister fails to take the bait.

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I think I was about 8 when I was first made aware of Inspector Gadget’s existence. Loved it as a kid.

(From https://bsky.app/profile/geekysteven.com/post/3mqwhxjwwzl2g)

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A bit like how in French the long dead language from Futurama is German.

Guten Tag!

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A long Guardian article all about Esperanto:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/28/nudists-peaceniks-freeloading-travellers-esperanto
No mention of Red Dwarf, sadly.

I saw this link to that article, and was going to post it as a line from something else that sounds like it’s from Red Dwarf:

Is this:

A) Tony Hawks’s follow-up to Playing the Moldovans at Tennis?

B) An article in Starbug’s in-flight magazine?

3) Rimmer’s attempted insult to Holly?

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The post ID of the first post in this topic is #266000. That ends in “6000”.

This topic currently has 6000 posts in it (1 OP + 5999 replies).

(It’ll be up to 6000 replies when I click “Submit” on this one.)

Now that’s a mundane observation for you.

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The full name of the computer is HAL 9000;

I think the use of the “thousand” suffix on a machine or computer is too common to be a specific reference to HAL.

The fact that the computer on Dave Hollins: Space Cadet was called Hab was definitely a HAL parody, though.

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I think Rob and Doug said (in the novel omnibus extras?) they were thinking of Dan Akroyd when they first wrote Lister, and weirdly Craig looks a little like Dan Akroyd to me in those photos (the bottom and middle right ones for example)

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Lister broke his programming so he doesn’t like doing it anymore.
Except for the times when he does like doing it.

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I was going to put this one in the Frames Out of Context thread, but no, I think it belongs here instead:

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I haven’t seen any full episodes of it, but I like the clips I’ve seen of Lower Decks.

I watched Picard season 1 when I used to have Amazon Prime. It wasn’t very good.

Has anyone here dared watch the Section 31 movie? Is it as irredeemably awful as its reputation suggests?

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Kryten is the exact mid-point between Bobby and Cotton Hill.

Edit: Since this is now appearing at the top of a new page, I should clarify that I’m talking about the Kryten tattoo on the last page. This isn’t just some mundane observation I was making out of the blue.

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I watched the Summer Games Done Quick speedrun of Sonic 3&K, and at 22:35 (just before the Flying Battery boss), one of the donation comments featured a familiar phrase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hK-a-OsWeE#t=22m35s

I know that over the years we’ve posted our share of Sonic/Red Dwarf connections in this thread, but it was surprising to hear a new one out there in the wild! I wonder if “Prof NES” is someone from here…?

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I see that Rimmer has fallen for the old “wet ink on a telescope eyepiece” trick.

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A Red Dwarf-adjacent joke I only recently got:

The reason why Steve Coogan’s production company is called “Baby Cow Productions”.

Maybe that reason was mentioned at some point in one of the XI/XII DwarfCasts, but if so, I’d forgotten it. Also, apparently I never bothered to look up the company’s Wikipedia article, because it turns out it’s explained there.

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I’ve always thought Iain M Banks first few sci fi novels must have been an influence on the tone of the Dwarf novels, they have that same thing of fast, tense chapters about different characters to set up the world.

The Agonoids’ torture plans in Backwards seem quite mild compared to what the Eaters from Consider Phlebas get up to.

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Not just nostalgic, it’s always the same two cues in both Remastered and XI/XII. 

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For all that I might sometimes disagree with Elizabeth Sandifer’s opinions, IMO she’s is by far the best Doctor Who critic out there (in my experience it’s not even close), and I hope her excellent Sandman/Gaiman piece wins the Hugo.

In this case, I have no opinion on Big Finish/Justin Richards. I generally think that it’s fair enough to bring up  criticisms of someone’s work after their death, but it’s a bit tactless to post that as a direct reply to a death announcement. And as Flap Jack said, “A complicated legacy” is the sort of phrase that has certain connotations, and that probably makes the whole thing come across more harshly.

But for fair context, Sandifer’s other posts in that thread after the initial “A complicated legacy…” one included a note of sympathy to Justin’s family and friends, which seems genuine enough:

As storms in Doctor Who fandom teacups go, I think this one ranks quite low on the Levine-Miles-Roberts scale.

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Verbing the word “Microsoft” has given me another idea…

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At the risk of turning this into our “streaming is ephemeral” thread: I hope no one here bought any Studio Canal films on a PlayStation:

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/psvideocontent/

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Super Sin Bin Island II Turbo

Sin Bin Island: Dawn of Justice

Sin: Bin Island – Dead Reckoning Part 1

Sin Bin Island CD

Sin Bin Island R

Sin Bin Island Mania

Sin Bin Island & Knuckles

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Psinbinens

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 The Sin Bin Survival Manual

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Plastikkrokodil

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In today’s news: 

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Yes, baked potato gag is a good one.

Thank you, baked potato

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So do we think that Norm-Holly just preferred wandering around in a CRT monitor on a trolley, like that one history class where they let you watch Blackadder?

Fun fact: in the Year 9 WW1 history class when we were going to watch the last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the teacher couldn’t find the right episode on the video. So we watched the episode “Plan C: Major Star” instead.

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I also like the scene below: Kochanski’s genuine enthusiasm for The Magic Flute, contrasted with Cat’s genuine enthusiasm for these game ideas:

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5. In Meltdown, there are too many unrecognizable celebrities and historical figures nobody born this century will know (Stan Laurel, Noel Coward, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Abraham Lincoln, etc.), so we must CGI them out for AI recreations of modern stars. I leave the new choices to the whims of the director.

7. Cut out Mr Flibble he’s not funny, make him a Mr Blobby hand puppet instead because I know what that is which makes it funny.

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Doctor Who does Blade Runner meets Coronation Street

Dimensions in Time 2: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Corrie

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although it wouldn’t be the first time they equated spaceship mechanics with car mechanics for a gag. 

It’s technically early in the morning in the UK, so I’ll give you some Star Trek crap:

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