DwarfCast 137 – Skipper Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 11th June 2021, 11:38 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Another day, another DwarfCast milestone as we have finally completed our commentaries on all traditionally lengthed Red Dwarf episodes, marking an end to a series of casts going back to 2006. Unless Series XIII comes along, of course. Also, we're going to do The Promised Land in a few weeks. And we'll likely revisit some old episodes if we feel like it. But still. Anyway, join Ian, Cappsy and Danny as they jump between dimensions to see if they can find a reality in which Doug remembers he wrote Dimension Jump and Stoke me a Clipper as they have a jolly old time talking over the final episode of Red Dwarf XI, Skipper. Read more →
DwarfCast 135 – M-Corp Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 17th May 2021, 19:11 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes We continue our triumphant victory lap of commentaries as we mop up the last few episodes with M-Corp, officially the second best episode of Series XII and a solid favourite of the site in general. Join Cappsy, Ian and Danny as they hope against hope that they haven't got their microphones mixed up with something entirely less savoury. Read more →
DwarfCast 133 – Mechocracy Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 20th April 2021, 17:54 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes It's 10pm, polls are closing across the country and G&T are now projecting that the next DwarfCast will be... Mechocracy! And in the tradition of all good election coverage, we will now force you to listen to some terrible people talk about the results for longer than is strictly necessary, specifically the Right Honourable Cunts of the Scottish NatIanal, Liberal Dannycrats and The Labour & Cappsoperative parties. Read more →
DwarfCast 131 – Timewave Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 26th March 2021, 17:44 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Over Ganymede & Titan's long and illustrious life we have seen many milestones. 3 years long service. 6 years long service. 9 years long service. 12 years long service. 15 years long service... 18 years long service. But today we mark the day we officially commentate on the last truly shit episode of Red Dwarf (so far). Its loomed large over us for months as we approached but three heroes have arrived and slew the great beast, probably with some amusingly juxtapositioned song playing in the background. So now, we present to you the defeated corpse... of Timewave. Read more →
DwarfCast 128 – Siliconia Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 15th February 2021, 12:25 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes There is a new DwarfCast update! Would you like to install now, in 10 minutes' time or now? Read more →
DwarfCast 126 – Cured Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 22nd January 2021, 15:33 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes As we sit here and hope beyond hope that 2021 will bear as little resemblance to 2020 as humanly possible, here at G&T we're looking to replicate at least one element from the last 12 months: lots of regular DwarfCasts. Whether you think this is a good thing or not is entirely another matter, but never-the-less Ian, Danny and Cappsy have once again gathered to power through the commentaries for Dave Dwarf with Series XII, episode 1, Cured. Read more →
DwarfCast 102 – Series XII Retrospective Byte Two DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 12th October 2019, 15:22 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Following last week's celebration of Series XII's second anniversary, we're back to celebrate Series XII's second second anniversary, with what's possibly the happiest and most overall positive DwarfCast we've ever done on the subject of Dave-era Red Dwarf. It's Byte Two of our series retrospective, with John Hoare, Tanya Jones, Danny Stephenson and Ian Symes returning to ruminate on Mechocracy, M-Corp and Skipper, as well as assessing the series, and indeed the XI and XII production block, as a whole. Along the way we discuss alternative pronunciations of "Mechocracy", how episodes of Red Dwarf are in fact cobbled together from CCTV footage, invisible dildos, the logistics of owning planets, why Mr Rat is a fried egg chilli chutney sandwich face, and alternative pronunciations of the word "grimace". Because this was recorded several months ago, there's also speculation that Skipper might be the last ever episode of Red Dwarf, which seems increasingly less likely after the events of the last few days, but never mind. Read more →
DwarfCast 101 – Series XII Retrospective Byte One DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 5th October 2019, 14:56 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes We published the first part of our Series X semi-retrospective two months after the first episode aired. For Series XI, we waited five months. Today is the second anniversary of Series XII launching on UKTV Play, so I guess it's time to admit that we no longer have a "semi" on our hands. Yes, having finally given up on the plan to get all five of us together in one room, join 80% of the G&T team - namely John Hoare, Tanya Jones, Danny Stephenson and Ian Symes - as we look back on Cured, Siliconia and Timewave. Revisiting the episodes with fresh eyes and ears, we analyse how they stand up now that they're no longer brand new, and track how our opinions have changed since our initial instant reactions. Spoilers: we're still not keen on Timewave. Along the way we discuss Doug's obsession with castration, Uncle Frank's questionable true nature, the purpose of James Buckley, a surfeit of MILFs, how annoying it is to have coffee poured on one's bollocks, and how to fix the "spit on her wrist" joke with one simple word substitution. Read more →
End of Part One, Red Dwarf XII Edition Features Posted by John Hoare on 31st July 2019, 07:01 With the two year anniversary of Red Dwarf XII rapidly approaching, it's time to tidy up a few remaining bits of business here on G&T. Our retrospective DwarfCasts are already in the can and will be published before too long. But before those, there's one thing which I'm sure you'd all hoped I'd forgotten about. Yes, it's time for that sodding ad breaks article again. A quick reminder of why I do these. When I first wrote this piece on Red Dwarf X's ad break placement, I did it because I was annoyed. It felt like Dwarf hasn't even tried to adapt to being on commercial television, and its ad breaks were placed and presented in a most begrudging manner. However, this was almost entirely rectified with Red Dwarf XI, which did a pretty damn good job. Seeing as Red Dwarf XII was made in tandem with XI, surely the same is true this time round? Let's take a look. Read more →
Complete Guide updated! Quickies Posted by Ian Symes on 8th April 2018, 13:26 It’s been nearly three years since we launched our Complete Guide To Almost Everything, the G&T equivalent of an old-fashioned episode guide but with loads of extra, obscure stuff included too. Since then, there have been two more series of Red Dwarf broadcast, along with the accompanying Bluray/DVD extras, so it’s about bloody time we got our fingers out and updated it. Presenting: RED DWARF: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALMOST EVERYTHING (REVISED EDITION) Changes to this version are as follows: Entries added for Series XI & XII New section – Other Appearances, covering minor appearances from the characters in other shows or online exclusives DVD Extras updated with details for XI & XII Silver Survey rankings replaced with Pearl Poll rankings throughout “Elsewhere on G&T” links updated with content published since the first edition New banner As ever, do get in touch if you have any corrections or additions – you can either comment here or on the article itself.
