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Holly reveals he actually put Lister in stasis to keep Rimmer sane. This episode is also a musical.

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Rimmer mentions he had a secret dog on Red Dwarf before the accident. They open up some vents and find a race of humanoid dogs. The Cat gets tired of not being the only evolved pet and swaps bodies with Kryten. Then, a knock on the airlock: Kochanski is back – and she’s on her period.

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I thought it was a load of tottenham. Some poorly updated footage of Classic Who followed by 40 minutes of everyone explaining how important things are? Here’s hoping things improve come November.

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Many happy returns, Who MD.

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I shudder to imagine a reality where I gave up on Arrested Development after the underwhelming pilot episode.

Haha, that is a terrible analogy.

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Some people should just stop viewing if they don’t like it. And by that I mean you and the RD Facebook page.

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Maybe Doug should spend more time on scripts rather than Twitter. But who am I to complain? MIMOP’s a fan.

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This is a wonderful idea.

In the Bodysnatchers documentary ‘Remastering Red Dwarf’, Doug Naylor comments that a cinematic presentation adds a gloss and barrier to the comedy that sits inbetween the show and the viewer.

He said that? Why did he go ahead and Series X all cinematic?

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Norm deserved some laughter for his line about “acting from a distance”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_at_a_distance_(physics)

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Whither Red Dwarf Unplugged?

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I like Matt Smith, but his comedy bits in Who have been painful. I suppose if you leave Moffat out of it this could work.

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The scenes with the Doctor and Solomon – which I liked – were at odds with the rest of the episode. I wonder whose idea it was to add “comedy” henchmen, dinosaur shenanigans, Rory’s dad, Queen Nefertiti, and Lestrade to a story about genocide. The villain was well-acted, at least.

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One of the new episodes is called Pete. Oops, my mistake: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18858556

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I’d like another Rob Grant novel. And to see the Unplugged idea to come to fruition. Both please.

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The revelation of the TARDIS shard should definitely have come last week, as the lack of the crack has made the impending finale seem sudden. Still, the Lodger is one of my favorites of this season. For those keeping score, my favorites have been:

The Time of Angels
Amy’s Choice
The Hungry Earth
The Lodger

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An average episode, but easy to watch due to Smith’s performance and all the good lines. Rory was surprisingly good, given how irritating he was in the Eleventh Hour.

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It would have been nice to know what Prisoner Zero had been imprisoned for and who the Atraxi were.

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Casting the diamond at Earth was cool, as was the image of the Time Lords materializing in the mansion. Otherwise, a lot of wasted potential.

Wasn’t really interested in the knocking four times and all the hullabaloo that led up to it. But then I found all the omens and the prophecies and the foreshadowing to be fairly lazy writing.

Why didn’t the Doctor visit Joan Redfern, why her descendant?

I felt the partial regeneration last season was much more effective. The Doctor getting blasted by a Dalek was more traumatic, and Tennant’s reaction was subtler.

The trailer for Matt Smith’s series looks great, though.

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Felicitations! For a name I suggest either Jim, Bexley, or Speed.

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“You could be byoootiful.”

Here’s hoping the Eleventh Doctor doesn’t have Ten’s yen for catchphrases.

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What poo.

RTD, Tennant, and Simm aren’t my favorite writer, Doctor, or Master, but they’re all capable of better than that.

Still, better than last year’s finale.

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Gets my vote.

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Great job! Largnog is not unheard of. Friends of mine have made alenog with little success – the beer doesn’t stand up to the cream unless you’re willing to use something like Sam Adams’ Utopias which sort of defeats the purpose of using beer in the first place.

In any case, good writing and acting. Rimmer’s put-downs were right on the money. I thought that after the movie was over Holly would smile inanely and call Lister “David” in a misguided attempt at consolation that Lister would poo-poo but inwardly enjoy. But that’s probably out of character for Holly.

Makes you wonder how the Boys from the Dwarf would celebrate Christmas though.

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So they did one thing right.

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re: The PerformingMonkey

A superlative list. We’re in agreement but for TEC/TDD, Runaway Bride, Smith & J, Library 2-parter, Midnight, Turn Left, and Waters of Mars, which I would swap out for The Unquiet Dead and Gridlock.

EDIT: I would also leave out Sound of Drums.

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I haven’t tried to rewatch Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, but EotW holds up well enough – Britney Spears notwithstanding. Keep in mind I think David Tennant is the antichrist.

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I’m sure they’ll include plenty of doctoral arrogance and po-faced foreshadowing in the End of Time. No need to waste 60 minutes of your life to see Lindsay Duncan kill herself.

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>The audience should never know the episode is a multi-parter until the cliffhanger.

I’d suggest the same for regenerations, but with the level of publicity around filming these days that’s an impossibility. A mid-season regeneration would be nice.

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I’m not totally up to speed on the Lovett situation, but he seems fairly evenhanded in the context of this interview. Especially if what he says about reserving January and February is true. Yes he may be sugarcoating the situation b/c he’s flogging something, but still..

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Rob Grant or nothing.

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>I loved Norm?s Holly in Series I & II. Nice to see him back in VII. Not the same >old Holly though in VIII. Pointless/wrong in Remastered.

To be fair, most of the cast were not their same old selves in VIII..

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Bill Bailey. Maybe Dylan Moran?
Failing that, don’t really think it makes a huge difference whether it’s Norman or Hattie – outstanding personal issues with other castmembers excepted.

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Tony Robinson?

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