Another broadcast, another ratings article to pore over the number of viewers of this week’s new Red Dwarf on Dave. Last week Twentica was viewed by 810,000 viewers across Dave and Dave Ja Vu, this week the figure has dipped from the debut slightly to 742,000 viewers. This represents 3.7% […]
As Red Dwarf fans do, we invariably pore over the details of an episode revealed before broadcast and create an expectation based on these details. With our only information before broadcast being that it was an episode about a deranged droid stealing Lister’s kidneys and a picture of this deranged […]
After last weeks opening episode was an expansive and flashy affair, Samsara is quite the opposite. The second episode of Series XI sees the Red Dwarf crew in much more of a traditional setting, both with bunk scenes on the Dwarf and with a mystery exploration of a ship on […]
Unintentional announcements are something we’ve become all too familiar with in covering Red Dwarf. That’s exactly what we had today, with the details of the DVD art for Series XI revealed as well as all of the special features listed on the back of it.
While last weeks news update had the slightly odd air presented by Series XI having started online but not on TV yet, this week we are very much fully into the swing of things with Twentica having aired on Dave on Thursday along with a simultaneous fan screening of that […]
For the first episode of Red Dwarf XI, Dave opted to go with a showy, ambitious episode in Twentica. There were stunning visual effects sequences; an elaborate set; and high -profile guest stars. It then makes sense that episode two should be something smaller and a little more subdued – a character piece […]
The ratings are in for Twentica and the overnight viewers for the Series XI premier is… 810,000 viewers. This is 750k viewers watching on Dave and 60k viewers catching up an hour later on Dave Ja Vu. Not quite the magic 1 million viewers mark that we usually hope for […]
After 4 years away from our screens, Red Dwarf returned to Dave on September 22nd 2016 with a brand new episode. Kicking off Series XI, Twentica is a densely packed episode with a lot of ideas and a quick pace. With an ensemble story, filmic lighting and a Starbug centric […]
Star Trek marked it’s 50th anniversary this year, and it’s influence throughout Sci-Fi has been wide spread. Very recently, Rob Grant was interviewed by Redshirts Always Die about his interest in the show. On question directly addressed the influence of the show on Red Dwarf:
It’s been a very busy week in terms of news, the biggest of all of course being the launch of Series XI on UKTV Play just after 9am on Thursday morning. There’s a lot to cover, from reviews to tiny tidbits, but let’s start with the biggie…