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#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/09/2026 

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I wonder, would Emohawk be as well regarded if the exact same episode existed outside of the bubble? Or was that the *one* time the callbacks were justified, in fans eyes, compared to what came later?

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I thought this thread had become one of those social experiments where everyone just starts speaking weirdly and acting like it’s normal to see how those not in on it react until I thought to Google ‘ROT13’.

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Sorry, we’re 237 pages into this thread and only now is it coming up that basically none of us really understood its title?!

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Did you also think it was Stroogull?

I did! That lack of a second G did me dirty.

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I’m presuming (now) that it’s meant to be the words “smug” and “struggle” manipulated to play off of “smegle” (which, as it happens, I have also just realised I pronounce like Gollum’s alter-ego which is clearly wrong!).  

Like, are you smug (about getting it first time) or did you struggle? 

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I would like to note I have only just for the first time in my life read the title of this thread correctly.

I’ve been trying to figure out what “smoo-gull” was a reference to.

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Alternatively….

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Imagine if Victoria Coren Mitchell came out with something like this.

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There’s a big stand with 20-30 signed copies of Titan at Birmingham FP but I was sad to note that they (or at least the one I looked at) didn’t have the thing about Rob signing it from one universe to the side, just Andrew’s. 

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Are you sure it wasn’t just a dreamed ‘Inside No 9’ crossover episode, like they did with ‘Psychoville’?

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I’m sure this has been referenced already but I love how the typo in the title of this thread gives it a ‘Martin Luther King’-esque vibe.

I don’t think I’ve ever dreamed anything Red Dwarf related but I did once dream an episode of Lost, back when it was originally airing. I can still remember some of the imagery. 

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(I’ve got a lot of work on currently…)

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I would be embarrassed to admit how many times I have gone through a GIF frame-by-frame to steady the shot by lining each frame up with the last so that a transition works better.

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Where did you think Bobby’s body was if there wasn’t a horizontal split? 

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I just used the word “oodles” in a sentence and then realised I don’t think I’ve *ever* heard it used by anyone outside of ‘Only The Good…’ in my entire life. 

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Couldn’t think of a good punchline so this is sort of a DIY one.

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…. I mean, the implication was supposed to be they LOOK Green-screened but aren’t. 

The thread you’re looking for is actually ‘Red Dwarf frames with green-screens”.

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Red Dwarf frames with green-screened auras.

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I think I’d be more Ok with it if he wasn’t wearing glasses.

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I’m reading a book currently called ‘The Traveler’ by Joseph Eckert which is about a man who starts unwillingly jumping forward through time, beginning at 24 hours and then doubling with every jump.

In the section I read this morning, he’s just jumped 1,400 years and encountered his first “post-human”, a “feline adapt”…. 

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Sorry I did try and it kept just posting one, I blame my age.

Yeah, it won’t let you multi-select and upload but you can add another after you’ve added one. 

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The characters meeting Craig lead to some of the best bits of BTE so I wouldn’t be averse to seeing what Doug would do with the idea. 

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Congratulations on passing our rigorous admittance standards for membership of this board and yes, you can go ahead and post pics! 

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#RedDwarf #Smegle 28/08/2026 

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Oh god I found a worse one.

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Interesting, thanks for sharing.

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If Doug was really concerned about Robert being in the makeup

I think it’s more people not wanting to put Robert through it again seems how ill it made him during TPL rather than any doubt about them being willing.

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With the right budget they could easily CGI Kryten’s head onto a live Robert performance, but with the budget they’d likely have I would hate to see the results. 

I could imagine Titan as a ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ type cartoon and translating very well. 

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(that’s what I was referring to and wasn’t it?) 

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Personally I’m going to wait until someone makes it into an AI slideshow movie with off-brand voices on YouTube.

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I’d guess there’s some crossover with Camille/pleasure GELFs, since they’re able to physically connect with their target and alter their appearance.

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Lister says his all-time worst fear is what it turns into when it becomes the xenomorph-esque monster so presumably not that, unless his fear coincidentally happens to be a polymorph in it’s natural form.

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I always heard that “pardon me”…! Genuinely one of my favourite lines from that ep, the humour of a grotesque monster being so polite. 

I’m not exaggerating when I say I have thought of Polymorph every single time I have burped since. 

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And I was pleased with getting it in two…! 😅 

#RedDwarf #Smegle 26/08/2026 

The Inquisitor

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‘The Beginning’ was also a good end point, should it have been that.

I certainly can see the argument for ‘Skipper’, especially with the callback to the og crew and Holly etc, but it feels a bit lacking on the Lister/Cat/Kryten front since we mostly get alt versions. 

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Mum (71) has unexpectedly been in a wheelchair for the last two months, she has what was initially thought to be a ganglion cyst but was later diagnosed as arthritis in her foot and has been unable to walk very far. A few weeks earlier I had to call an ambulance out for dad (72) because he collapsed at home and he’s still a bit weak and prone to dizzy spells so he can’t push the wheelchair and so I’ve needed to go everywhere with them in that time – including a week away in Yorkshire! 

Dad also can’t cook (he’s been helping out in other ways, like hoovering and some washing up) so I’ve been cooking for all three of us every night and then squeezing my self-employed work into the afternoon and evenings. 

Which is to say, apologies if I’ve been short or snappy with anyone on here of late, it’s been quite tiring…

Mum had a steroid injection two weeks ago and it’s reduced her pain levels, thankfully and she’s moving around a bit more freely but still can’t walk very far and I’m just hoping she does manage to get back to how she was before. They’re both very active walkers so she’d hate it if she wasn’t able to do that anymore, as accommodating as she’s been to the idea of using a wheelchair for now (I’d never get dad in one unless his legs had literally been blown off!).

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It never occurred to me in these terms before today but Red Dwarf has a trans character in Holly.

This stemmed from thinking about Holly’s reaction to Ace… did he change which gender he was attracted to when he changed his image? Or was he always bisexual? Or is he still attracted to women but this is Ace’s sexual magnetism overriding everything?

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I’ve not really considered this before but I think it’s just because it makes me feel bad for Rimmer in a way I don’t enjoy feeling, so I’ve avoided it more than others for that reason. 

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They’ve sort of been through that already in Rob’s initial desire to get an animated series commissioned. I believe it has been revealed that concept art was drawn up for such a pitch, to no avail. 

Perhaps ‘Titan’ performing well will generate slightly more interest but I honestly would be surprised. There’s was talk for years of making an ‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ animated series to continue on from the live-action when that got cancelled but that never happened.

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Has there ever even been an example of a scripted show going from TV to radio and not the other way around? That sounds absolutely bonkers a suggestion to me. 

Green Wing would be a recent, high-profile one. Much loved TV show that managed two series and a big cult status reappears about 10 (?) years later on audio. It was reasonably big news when it happened. 

News to me but then I never watched the show (same with Doctor Who).

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I remember there was also a Buffy The Vampire Slayer one a few years back. 

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Failed today! Never been a big fan of Dimension Jump so I’ve not watched it as often as the others. 

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Has there ever even been an example of a scripted show going from TV to radio and not the other way around? That sounds absolutely bonkers a suggestion to me. 

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