Just what the documentary ordered News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 19th June 2020, 12:14 As Doug Naylor teased this morning, there has been some NEWS coming out of GNP towers today, in the form of more details about the previously teased TV documentary, now titled Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years. It will be airing exclusively on Dave (obvs) this August, which gives them plenty of time to have a bit of an extra crack at that logo. Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years is THE definitive celebration of the most successful sci-fi sitcom of all time. Over three hour-long episodes we go on an epic journey through space and time to chart the history of Lister the lonely space-bum, Rimmer the failed hero, Kryten the spaceship-cleaning mechanoid and Cat, the vainest non-human ever to be trapped in space, through the eyes of co-creator, writer and director Doug Naylor, the cast, the crew, and celebrity fans. I’ll not lie… at the moment, this sounds like it could very easily be a collection of all the best bits from the DVD extras, re-told and re-packaged. The mention of Doug seems to sadly exclude the inclusion Rob Grant (which would be odd given how visible he is in the Dwarf world these days) but I guess he could be categorised as ‘crew’? North One certainly have a good track record and I’m sure these docs will be well put together and worthwhile, but I’m left wondering what they will offer for the likes of people reading this. We shall see, and I’m very prepared to be pleasantly surprised. Having said that I’m certainly delighted that the show is getting such a sizable and prominent series of docs, and three hours of extra Dwarf is something I’ll never sniff at. This is the first time a documentary has been made about Red Dwarf for television since the BBC’s Comedy Connections episode in 2004; and before that, the Red Dwarf Night documentaries of 1998. *The Making of Back to Earth has left the chat* In other, meta, news; G&T’s server will be undergoing some maintenance at some point Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd June, so if during this time you see an error then please don’t panic.
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 →
Ian’s Newsround – 10/02/12 News Posted by Ian Symes on 10th February 2012, 14:49 If the title of this story means anything to you, you've been visiting this site for around nine years. Haha, now you feel old. Wait, that means I'm old. Shit. Read more →
It’s Been 6 Days… News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 13th January 2012, 12:40 ...since Red Dwarf had a studio audience recording and we're going to have to think of a different "joke" for next week, aren't we? Read more →
Jo Howard RIP News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 2nd January 2012, 15:00 Amid all the optimism about 2012 from everyone in the Red Dwarf community, it's with a heavy heart we start off the year learning of the sad death of Jo Howard who, on the 21st October last year, was lost to cancer. Read more →
FILMING DATES ALERT News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 10th November 2011, 17:31 Doug has gone dun a Tweet: 16, 23, 7, 13, 20, 27 - Dates Read more →
Wrong, wrong, absolutely brimming over with wrongability News Posted by Seb Patrick on 9th September 2011, 11:54 Red Dwarf cast member in "speaking out of turn and getting things wrong" shock. Next week on TOS, Andrew exclusively reveals that there's no Father Christmas. Read more →
“You might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment” News Posted by Seb Patrick on 25th September 2009, 10:52 This week's TOS update features an interview with the channel head of Dave, Steve North. As you might expect, the majority of it is Steve mutually backslapping about Red Dwarf - both as a property in general (he clearly knows his stuff, talking about series VIII viewing figures and the like) and the success it's had on Dave. But you're still going to want to read it. Trust me. Read more →
Red Dwarf Site That Isn’t G&T Publishes Lengthy In-Depth Article News Posted by Seb Patrick on 19th June 2009, 15:24 Lovely stuff. Not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens. But also my words. Yes, Andrew Ellard's done his thing over at TOS and given us a nicely comprehensive article about the making of Back to Earth. And even if you've already pored over every nugget of info the various doccos and commentaries on the DVDs have to offer, there are still a few important points that jump out... Read more →
Minor differences ahoy! News Posted by Ian Symes on 3rd April 2009, 11:15 So, today TOS has updated with full synopses for Back To Earth. "Whoop-de-shit", you may say "we've already seen these". But you'd be wrong, as well as ugly, for there are VERY MINOR DIFFERENCES between the two versions. Hooray! Read more →
