DwarfCast 76 – Entangled Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 28th August 2016, 19:49 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes By a remarkable coincidence, our run of Series X commentaries continues with Entangled. Join Cappsy, Ian, John, Tanya and TORDFC's Jo Sharples as we discuss such topics as Chris Barrie's status as an attractive man, a particularly obscure Doctor Dwarf moment, burnt tea, whether it's better to kill a chimp or a woman, and shoving spoons up one's arse. Plus, considering this was recorded months ago, some remarkably prescient comments about the release schedule of trailers, and Britain's relationship with the European Union. But wait! There's more. At the end of a particularly busy week of Red Dwarf XI news, Ian and Danny provide a fairly waffley round-up of all the little bits we've noticed, including a deeper look at the shots from the teaser that didn't make it into the full trailer. Read more →
Red Dwarf XI Trailer Analysis Features Posted by Ian Symes on 27th August 2016, 19:11 Following yesterday's trailer-for-a-trailer, the full thing has arrived - premiering in the middle of a repeat of Parallel Universe on Dave. Interestingly, there's a few shots from the teaser that aren't in the trailer, most notably the crashed ship that may or may not be the Nova 5, or at least another ship from the same fleet. But what do we have in this forty second bundle of joy? Watch it on Youtube below, then read our shot-by-shot analysis. Read more →
DwarfCast 75 – Lemons Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 21st August 2016, 12:59 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Our countdown to the launch of Series XI - whichever of the two launch dates you choose to acknowledge - continues as we present our commentary for the third episode of Series X, Lemons. Recorded a few weeks after the last two commentaries, join Jonathan Capps, John Hoare, Tanya Jones, Ian Symes and TORDFC's Jo Sharples as we propose an alternative ending to the Shakespeare running gag, have a remarkably prescient discussion about the option to watch Red Dwarf on UKTV Play (despite recording this in May), debate the canonical status of Still Open All Hours, speculate about Doug Naylor's arse, and attempt to establish whether or not Jesus Christ really existed. Let’s see if this room full of atheists can sort out that thorny problem once and for all. Read more →
Survey: The Series XI Dilemma Quickies Posted by Ian Symes on 17th August 2016, 16:25 It can not have escaped your attention that UKTV plans to premiere each episode of the forthcoming Red Dwarf XI on their on-demand service, UKTV Play, one week ahead of their television broadcast on Dave. This puts us in a somewhat tricky situation in terms of our coverage. We had planned on doing pretty much exactly what we did last time - an "instant reaction" DwarfCast almost immediately after each episode, broadcast live on the internet, with a tidier version in the usual feeds the following day, followed by a written review over the weekend. This isn't so straightforward when not everyone's going to be watching at the same time. This move has made it a hell of a lot harder to be part of a communal shared experience, but we're determined to make it work. That's where you come in. We'd like to know more about how you're intending to consume this series, and your preferences for how we go about things. To that end, here are a series of polls; the results of which we'll take on board, but won't be legally binding or anything. Annoyingly, we'd like to request that those of you from outside the UK abstain from taking part in this vote; it's the people who have a choice as to how they watch the series that will be most affected by our decisions. Read more →
DwarfCast 74 – Fathers & Suns Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 14th August 2016, 11:23 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Yes, we've stuck to something for two weeks in a row. Here's the second of our Series X commentaries, which predictably enough covers Fathers & Suns. John, Danny, Ian and TORDFC's Jo Sharples return to discuss such matters as how much help Lister got in creating his video, how this is the show's third Holly-centric episode, Alf Garnett, and a hidden cock and balls. Oh, and racism. Let's see if this room full of white people can sort out that thorny problem once and for all. As well as that, we bring you an excessively angry one-man rant about UKTV's decision to premiere Red Dwarf XI episodes online a week before broadcast, and how this is going to play merry havoc with our content plan, along with the rest of the news from the last seven days. Read more →
DwarfCast 73 – Trojan Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 6th August 2016, 23:20 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes We estimate that we're about six to seven weeks away from the first broadcast of Red Dwarf XI. What better way to clear the decks ahead of the new series than by wrapping up our coverage of the last one? Over the next six weekends, we'll be marking the countdown to new Dwarf by releasing weekly commentaries for all six episodes of Series X. Unless XI starts earlier than we're anticipating, in which case we'll either rush them all out or pretend the whole thing never happened. Read more →
Medi-Bot v2.0 News Posted by Ian Symes on 29th July 2016, 12:19 Friday lunchtime rolls around, and once again provides an intriguing tweet treat to keep us going throughout the weekend. It’s hard to find a decent Doctor in deep space…#RedDwarfXI, coming to Dave this September! pic.twitter.com/a8OCEmAJek — Red Dwarf (@RedDwarfHQ) July 29, 2016 Well, it certainly seems to me like Lister will wake up to discover a deranged droid has stolen some of his body parts. That seems to be the droid in question – the scaredy-cat Seb Patrick’s tweet suggests so – and it looks brilliant. Unusual, creepy, and not unlike an evil fish. The only way this can go wrong is if it turns out that it’s Kerry Shale under the costume.
It’s A Syn (opsis) News Posted by Ian Symes on 24th June 2016, 12:45 Apologies for being a bit quiet of late. We've all been busy watching our country slide inexorably into the abyss, whilst remembering the wise words of Arnold J Rimmer. We needed something big and Dwarfy to take our minds off things, and that has arrived this Friday lunchtime. But before we get on to that, what have we missed? Well, the model shoot is now done and dusted, and post-production is well underway, to the extent that rough cuts are being shown to interested parties. Some guy has made a Lego thing, which we're not going to dedicate an entire front page post to, no matter how many times he emails us. Oh, and somewhat bizarrely, Series 1-V are to be released on Blu-ray. This makes very little sense to me; upscaling the likes of RTD-era Doctor Who to HD is one thing, but we're talking about 625-line analogue masters on long-since-obsolete tape formats from nearly thirty years ago. Hats will be eaten if the increase in quality is enough to justify spending £25 a pop on them, and hell will freeze over if there's any new commentaries or extras. And finally, Doug dropped a subtle hint yesterday that appeared to confirm that Series XI will air in September as expected. This was somewhat superseded by today's TOS update, which not only makes the September date officially official, but also provides a whacking great series synopsis. Let's break it down, whilst also remembering that our spoiler policy prevents those that attended recordings from confirming or denying any speculation, shall we? Read more →
And can you read the registration for me, please? News Posted by Ian Symes on 27th May 2016, 21:52 Well, Starbugger me. Read more →
Doug Naylor wows fans with leggy display News Posted by Ian Symes on 20th May 2016, 23:11 God, it's all happening on the models front. Tonight, something quite exciting emerged on Doug Naylor's Twitter feed. It started with one picture and one question, and escalated from there... What's this? pic.twitter.com/vPUw8CyTOb — Doug Naylor (@DougRDNaylor) May 20, 2016 Read more →
