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Yeah, I looked at the article on here (dead) and the link to the Dave page (dead). I need to find it, as I’ve commissioned a friend to paint the design on my jacket and she needs some references.

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Surely this is the baddies plot in the 1974 Doctor Who serial ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’?

And the basic premise of 2000ad’s ‘Flesh!’.

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Ah, screw the whole thing.

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I don’t want to be on the first ship out, facing all those unknown dangers. When we’ve properlly subjugated those scary monsters by introducing them to alcohol, religion or simply enslaving them, then I’ll go.

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If it’s a severed head, I’m going to be very upset.

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How about a game of Junior Angler?

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Big Finish Productions do a range of ‘Sapphire & Steel’ audio adventures. They are set sometime after their last TV adventure and Sapphire and Steel have been ‘reborn’ into new incarnations, in order to explain why they now look and sound like David Warner and Susannah Harker.

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After a bit of thought:

The End – Parallel Universe: Year One
Backwards – The Last Day: Year Two
Camille – Back to Reality: Year Three
Psirens – Tikka to Ride: Year Four
Stoke Me a Clipper – Pete: Year Five
Only the Good…: Year Six
Back to Earth: Year Fifteen

This is based on Rimmer’s comment of being in effective command of Red Dwarf for nearly four years in ‘Holoship’, Lister turning 28 around ‘Tikka to Ride’ and there being a twelve month gap between ‘Pete (Part 2)’ and ‘Only the Good…’, seeing as Hollister has spent a year in the Hole to get away from Rimmer and Lister, plus they’ve been in prison long enough to earn parole.

Additional: I reckon it’s the first anniversay of Rimmer’s death in ‘Thanks for the Memory’ due to there being only one candle on the cake Lister baked for Rimmer.

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Possibly, we don’t know. Holly might have released Lister EXACTLY three million years to the date of the accident.

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With the timeline of series I, I put it that the events of ‘The End’ up until ‘Thanks for the Memory’ take place over the period of one year, if they’re counting Rimmer’s Death Day as being the day Lister was revived from stasis.

Also, a year or so must logically pass between ‘Parallel Universe’ and ‘Backwards’ (to accomodate Lister’s pregnancy and the rebuild of Kryten) and Lister states that ‘D.N.A.’ takes place exactly one year after the events of ‘Polymorph’.

I’ve tried working out a Red Dwarf timeline of sorts, will post it eventually. Or not.

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Also, ‘Blue’ works better if you watch it before ‘Duct Soup’.

In ‘Blue’ it is clear that Kochanski has only been on the ship a short time – she is still looking for a way back to her Dave and Kryten has yet to inform her of his ship rules.
By ‘Duct Soup’ enough time has passed for her to work out a detailed time table of the noises the pipes next to her bed make and for the crew to have raided a derelict in order for Lister to find the dress and makeup for Kochanski.

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Killer Robot Destructions?

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I like the comment where someone suggests it must be from a porn film or a Japanese music video.

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It’s pretty fucking awful. I can see Norman Lovett and Ed Bye, but nobody else.

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TOS in crap news update shocker.

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Am I the only one who thinks Moss looks like Phil Lynott after a shave and wearing a pair of glasses?

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I don’t think it’s out of character, Dungeons and Dragons is hardly the epitome of social networking. A group of shy nerds, sitting in a dark room pretending to be over people.

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Really enjoyed the episode, favourite line has got to be Moss’s “it’s like somebody split up with Stalin”.

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>Just what did Gene say to Bevan at the end of last weeks episode??

Gene explained to Alex that he told Bevan the horrifying truth – that Manchester City were going to kick Manchester United’s arse.

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Further to that Si, he’s sat behind the wheel of his car remembering the past. Just after crashing into Sam Tyler in 2006.

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In reply to the question what Prisoner Zero was originally arrested for, seeing as all he did for most of the episode was stand around snarling, he was probably arrested for loitering.

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A few of these I remember from the Smeg Ups/Outs tapes. Specifically, Craig tapping the cardboard wall in ‘Meltdown’. Bobby breaking the vase in ‘Legion’ and Bobby declaring he’s cacked his pants in ‘Quarantine’. Awesome find though with this!

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Speaking of Rowntrees, did they EVER have an advert where that kid in the magical land found the bloody Rown Tree?

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Question 4: Sphincter says what?

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I wonder if anyone else was mentioned in the Cat Bible. Perhaps Rimmer has become their figure of Satan (Lister is their god, and back in the days of Frankenstein Rimmer was pretty much Lister’s adversary).

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I can only echo the comments above. Series 1, like all first seasons, has a bit of trouble finding its feet. On the one hand you have wonderful stories like ‘Small Worlds’, ‘Out of Time’ and ‘Captain Jack Harkness’, but then you get stories that would only seem adult to pubescent boys. I.e. ‘Day One’ has a monster that is powered by sex and ‘Cyberwoman’ has a cyberwoman complete with metal brassiere and three-inch steel heels.
By the time Series 2 and ‘Children of Earth’ came around, Torchwood had found its feet and has been consistantly good ever since.

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so close you’re practically wearing the same underpants.

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For those leaving their jobs, your not the only one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNace1KBqac

Merry Christmas.

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I think you’re right. I do remember reading that little snippet in the ‘Red Dwarf Programme Guide, 3rd Edition’ years and years ago.

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I’d like to see Hattie back as Holly. I know it’s a bit late now, but it’d be nice to readdress the balance and give her the exposition gobbledegook so Kryten can get on with the hoovering.

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I thought a lot of the deleted scenes from ‘Holoship’ were mainly model shots. It’s a shame we didn’t see more of the Enlightenment as it was a very nice looking model. Although the deleted shot of it unfolding looked terrible.

Also, can someone answer why Rimmer is teleported directly into Nirvannah’s quarters instead of a teleport bay or something? Though I don’t suppose a teleport bay would have a pitcher of wine around though to demonstrate the point of Rimmer having the ability to touch and taste.

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Being Mickey Smith –

CONS: Are treated like shit by stupid, selfish girlfriend. Picked on by wheelie bins.

PROS: Will end up as a cool Kyle Reese style resistance fighter, only with a bigger gun.

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I Screamed When I Saw Your Final Destination Was Another Shitty Saw Movie Last Summer versus Jason On A Plane Part 4789 in London

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Boom Town does end though with Mickey and Rose’s relationship problems still hanging in the air. Rose runs off to the Doctor instead of Mickey and when she comes back looking for him he mearly watches her from afar then leaves silently, presumably back to London.

But all this is ignored to an extent when he comes running back to her in ‘The Parting of the Ways’.

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I think his money and power, plus the stories of what he was like on set if you upset him, definately make him an ‘Alpha Male’.

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Who made those scary, scary Muppets? Tim Burton?

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If it helps, the novels set Red Dwarf’s disappearence in 2181 I believe.

Have they ever shown Darren and Heather even interacting before? I can’t think of anytimes when the two characters would have crossed paths. Darren mainly has storylines with the Foxes wheras Heather is usually in storylines with Minty or the Mitchell clan.

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I think it’d be fun if the Doctor bumped into Amy for the first time in a queue at B&Q, picking up some MDF and blue paint to rebuild the TARDIS.

I wonder if he’d try and take advantage of the over 60’s discount.

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I believe on the commentary for the series 2 DVD, Pegg and Stevenson mention how they did filmed the Matrix parody before spoofing the film became popular, so when it was released other shows had already done it and they just looked like they were following the crowd.

Damn good movie and TV series though. John Simm’s cameo was good in the first episode (was he a household name by this point? It was about 2000/2001 they filmed series 2 so he’d done ‘Human Traffic’ and ‘Clocking Off’ and was just about to appear in ’24 Hour Party People’)

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There’s a chap in America currently serving a life sentence due to the three strikes system.

His third strike was stealing a jelly donut.

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I assume that too Karl, but with all the rumours flying around about the TARDIS being destroyed and rebuilt/regrown by the Doctor does make me think we’ll get an excuse for the change in the TARDIS prop. I’m not bothered one way or another though.

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Interestingly, the photo of the new TARDIS interior is a closeup of an image that includes the TARDIS Police Box shell itself.

What’s interesting specifically is that the prop they used for that scene is the old one from the Eccleston/Tennant Era and not the new prop seen in the first location images featuring the 11th Doctor and Amy. This to me implies that either the 10th Doctor recieves a new Control Room set as a Christmas prezzie, or the 11th Doctor alters the interior before altering the outer shell of the machine itself.

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I’m a student and I’ve actually applied for a job at McDonalds…

If they reject me, Christ being rejected by fucking McDonalds, I’m gonna have to go on the game. According to a website I found I can make up to ?160 an hour as an escort for middle-aged divorcees.

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Now I think about it, does anyone have any idea who played ol’ Jimmy boy in the photo he ‘happily’ posed with Lister for?

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Perhaps in the future there was another celebrity that had the name James Speed and Jim used his middle professionally to differentiate from the other guy.

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I say buy ‘The Invasion’. ‘The War Games’ is good, but towards the middle and end it does start to feel a little bit padded out. Episodes 9 & 10 at the end are absolute belters though.

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He’s down on wikipedia as appearing in a future episode.

Then again, Wikipedia once described African Americans as “gay niggers” so I don’t know what to believe.

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Only if he messages you and tells you he’s yourself from the future and has some urgent information for you…

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Wow, AIDS, that’s pretty retro.

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The Ladies Department of Grace Brothers is now closed. Permenantly.

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