Teaser? I hardly know her! News Posted by Ian Symes on 15th September 2017, 11:42 NEW TEASER AND PICCIES, EVERYONE. UPDATE: Now, before we get on to analysing that lovely little teaser, let's pick through the other details that were released today. Read more →
Ian’s Newsround – 13/09/17 News Posted by Ian Symes on 13th September 2017, 21:45 You know you're getting close to a new series when there's enough news happening that we need to dust off this old format. Here's a handy round-up of everything that's happened since our last news update on Friday lunchtime, in order of how-much-we-have-to-say-on-the-topic. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WOMAN, SHE'S SFX MAD - Today saw the latest issue of SFX hit the newsstands, featuring on its cover a photograph of four really familiar-looking men. It was never going to be as prolific as last year's coverage, so there's no little booklet this time round, but there is an eight page feature on the show with contributions from all four cast members and both Naylors. The bulk is taken up by the cast answering fans' questions, most of which will be familiar to convention-goers, and are more often about the show's past instead of the upcoming series. The only new information of note comes in this answer to a question about whether they'd like to see the Cat people return: Read more →
The Fantastic Four News Posted by Ian Symes on 4th August 2017, 13:42 It's been mentioned several times before that, based on all available data, if there was one word to sum up Series XII, it's "batshit". The set reports indicated that several of the episodes are particularly out there, certainly compared to Series XI, and the early publicity would certainly seen to corroborate that initial assessment. Following on from last week's somewhat unconventional group shot, no less than four individual character photos have been released on social media today (and then handily compiled on TOS), all of which feature one of the four boys in unusual circumstances. Let's go through them one by one, in ascending order of weirdness. Read more →
Ian’s Newsround – 01/12/16 News Posted by Ian Symes on 1st December 2016, 14:23 Having thoroughly gorged ourselves on the meaty morsels provided by six brand new episodes of our favourite show, G&T has been having a bit of a post-series nap for the last couple of weeks. But we're awake now, refreshed, and with plans in place for a whole host of features throughout the coming months, while we wait patiently for the Series XII publicity machine to roar into action at some point in 2017. And as a new month dawns, there are enough tiny pieces of news to warrant this brief festive-flavoured roundup, so read on... Read more →
Red Dwarf Shop Debagging Video Reviews Posted by Ian Symes on 6th November 2016, 20:04 After nearly two months, I've finally received most of the order that I placed with the Red Dwarf Shop on the day it opened. The operators, Sandbag, have not come across well during this minor fiasco. On October 25th, they sent an email to all customers still awaiting delivery, which anecdotal evidence suggests was pretty much everyone, to say that deliveries would on their way soon. It's been claimed by various sources that at least one of the Krysis keyring, Starbug t-shirt and badges were causing the problem, but their policy of waiting until the entire order is in stock before sending anything, rather than just sending the missing stuff later, is a foolish one. Furthermore, I know people who didn't order any of those items, but are still yet to receive anything. It seems the best way to resolve the situation is to complain, which I did a week after the aforementioned email. The 'contact us' link on my initial order confirmation was not much use, but I eventually tracked them down to CustomerService@sandbaguk.com and sure enough, my order was dispatched (minus the pesky keyring and Starbug t-shirt) the very next day. It's a sad state of affairs that this is what it takes to receive goods that you ordered before Red Dwarf XI even started. Read more →
Unabandoned Shop News Posted by Ian Symes on 15th September 2016, 13:08 In amongst all the excitement of Twentica being unleashed to the world, the launch of the brand new Red Dwarf shop has understandably taken a back seat. But on any other day, this would be a huge deal, so let's take a closer look. The first impression is that the site is functional but attractive. Nice big pictures and prices of everything on offer on the front page, with sub-indexes divided between "clothing" and "accessories". It's a bit of a shame, however, that the pictures are quite low-res, and that there's no option to zoom in to take a closer look at the items you're expected to pay good money for. There are details you can make out in last week's TOS update that you can't actually see on the shop itself! As for what's for sale, we have a choice of nine t-shirts (one long-sleeved, one polo, the others regular), all of which are available in S-XXL and presumably intended to be unisex. There's also two hoodies, a mug, a bag, a poster, a postcard set, a lanyard, a badge set and a keyring. It's worth noting that none of these things are actually available yet - you can order them all right now, but they're all listed as shipping in October 2016. Prices are decent, particularly for the clothing, although the lanyard and keyring seem a bit steep at £8 each, before p&p. I placed a massive order earlier, and the shipping cost seemed very reasonable, but I've since seen unconfirmed reports that there's a minimum shipping cost of £5.60 per order, no matter how small the order. Read more →
