Episodes
Most Red Dwarf sites have an episode guide of some form. For that
reason I won't be attempting anything groundbreaking here, and will only be
giving short summaries for each episode.
For further episode information, I recommend the Black Box &
Time Hole sections of the official
site, and the episode capsules on Ganymede
& Titan.
Series I
The End - Lister emerges from stasis after three million years to
discover that the crew are dead.
Future Echoes - When Red Dwarf breaks the speed of light the lads
see visions from their future.
Balance of Power - Lister sits the Chef's exam to become Rimmer's
superior.
Waiting for God - Lister discovers he is a God while Rimmer investigates
an unidentified object.
Confidence and Paranoia - Lister personifies his confidence and
paranoia.
Me2 - Rimmer has duplicated himself and the two don't
get along.
Series II
Kryten - The lads respond to a distress call from a crashed vessel.
Better Than Life - Lister receives a Total Immersion Video game
in the post pod.
Thanks For The Memory - Lister and Cat awake with broken legs, four
days missing and a completed jigsaw-puzzle. Rimmer believes that it's aliens.
Stasis Leak - A magic door allows the gang to return to three weeks
before the radiation leak wiped out the crew.
Queeg – Red Dwarf's back-up computer replaces Holly. Holly fights
back.
Parallel Universe - The lads meet themselves in another universe
- a universe where they are female.
Series III
Backwards - The lads return to Earth where time is running backwards.
Marooned - Rimmer and Lister get marooned on an ice-planet.
Polymorph - A shapeshifter boards Red Dwarf and feeds off the gang's
emotions.
Bodyswap - Rimmer and Lister swap bodies to get Lister healthier.
Timeslides - Kryten discovers that some developing fluid has mutated,
enabling the gang to enter photographs and therefore travel back in time.
The Last Day - A new Divadroid Int. model is dispatched to replace
Kryten.
Series IV
Camille - Kryten falls in love with a huge green blob.
DNA - Kryten is turned into a human.
Justice - Rimmer is found guilty of second-degree murder on 1,167
counts.
White Hole - A white-hole is spewing out time and Holly doesn't
have long to live.
Dimension Jump - Test-pilot Ace Rimmer boards Red Dwarf. What a
guy!
Meltdown - Rimmer commands a war on a planet made up of wax-droids.
Series V
Holoship - Rimmer joins the crew on a ship composed entirely of
light.
The Inquisitor - Lister and Kryten are deemed worthless so are erased
from history.
Terrorform - Rimmer is held captive on a planet made up by his own
imagination.
Quarantine - Rimmer contracts a holovirus and forces the others
into quarantine.
Demons & Angels - Tragedy strikes when Red Dwarf explodes.
Back to Reality - The gang awake from the TIV game Red Dwarf,
which they have been playing for the last four years.
Series VI
Psirens - Red Dwarf is lost and Starbug gets attacked by Psirens.
Legion - The gang enter a deserted space station for supplies.
Gunmen of the Apocalypse - Kryten contracts a deadly computer virus
and the others enter his mind to help him fight it.
Emohawk - Polymorph II – An Emohawk is sent to get revenge on Lister
for ditching his GELF bride on their wedding night.
Rimmerworld - Rimmer uses the escape pod and finds himself alone
on a planet for 600 years.
Out Of Time - The crew are visited by their future selves, who decide
to attack.
Series VII
Tikka To Ride - Lister pushes a gunmen out of a 5th floor window
in Dallas 1963.
Stoke Me A Clipper - Rimmer enters training to become the next Ace.
Ouroboros - Kochanski crosses over realities and then can't get
back.
Duct Soup - The gang spend their night in the service ducts.
Blue - Lister *really* misses Rimmer's company.
Beyond a Joke - Kryten gets so annoyed that he blows his top.
Epideme - Lister tries to persuade a deadly virus not to kill him
by talking to it.
Nanarchy - The gang find out who stole Red Dwarf and why.
Series VIII
Back In The Red - Part 1, 2 & 3 - Nanobots rebuild
Red Dwarf and resurrect the crew. The gang now face two years in the brig
for crimes against the Space Corps.
Cassandra - Lister signs himself and the others up to the Canaries
- a convict army trained to go on suicide missions.
Krytie TV - Kryten starts his own pirate television station to entertain
the prisoners.
Pete - Part 1 & 2 - A sparrow known as Pete is de-evolved
into a T-Rex.
Only The Good... - Rimmer crosses into a mirror universe to find
the antidote to a virus eating away at Red Dwarf.
Other
Smeg Ups - Outtakes from Series IV-VI.
Smeg Outs - Outtakes from Series I-III.
Tongue Tied - A promotional music video to Danny John-Jules' hit
single.
Red Dwarf: RND Promo - The lads do a little dance for Red Nose
Day 1991.
Red Dwarf: Bohemian Rhapsody - The crew mime to the Queen hit for
Comic Relief 1993.
Red Dwarf: USA - Pilots 1 & 2 - Two American pilots of
Red Dwarf that never made it.
Red Dwarf: Six of the Best - Six episodes (one from each of the
first six series) chosen by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor and Ed Bye and then discussed
for a bonus CD.
Can't Smeg Won't Smeg - Can't Cook Won't Cook Red Dwarf
style.
Red Dwarf Night: Smeg Ups - A 30 minute compilation of Smeg
Ups & Outs with brand new links.
Universe Challenge - The cast compete against fans for Dwarfdom.
Red Dwarf: A-Z - Clips, talking-heads and previously unseen footage.
Red Dwarf VII: Xtended - Director's cuts of Tikka To Ride, Ouroboros
& Duct Soup. Also includes outtakes from Series VII and the full
length Rimmer Munchkin Song.
Red Dwarf: ReMastered - Series I, II & III with new model sequences,
new footage, new effects, digitally remastered sound, digitally enhanced pictures
and brand new wooshy noises.
Red Dwarf: CIN - The series VIII posse appear in the best ever Children
in Need sketch.
BBC Comedy advert - A montage of clips of BBC Comedy characters
telling different pieces of a 'story'. Rimmer & Lister from Series VIII
contribute.
Red Dwarf VIII: Smeg Outs - Byte 1 & 2 - Outtakes from
Series VIII.
Red Dwarf: The Phantom Moonace - The trailer to Series VIII.
DVD documentaries
I've only listed the documentaries here because the majority of material
used in them is new. (The episodes are the same, but with additional audio
tracks for the cast commentaries, and the featurettes are previously seen
extracts cut to non-Dwarf pieces of music.)
I'm not knocking the extras at all - I love the DVDs, but I didn't want to
go into great depth with this episode guide, as most of the information is
readily available elsewhere.
Series I
Launching Red Dwarf - Covers the early days of Red Dwarf,
from writing through to the first reviews.
Series II
The A-Z is the documentary on offer here, but Doug Naylor's interview
is far more insightful.
Series III
All Change - An episode-by-episode documentary charting in-depth
the making of Red Dwarf III.
Building a Better Universe - A tribute to the late Mel Bibby, Red
Dwarf's genius production designer.
Series IV
Built to Last - An episode-by-episode documentary charting in-depth
the making of Red Dwarf IV.
Series V
Heavy Science - A 75-minute look at the making of Red Dwarf V,
featuring interviews with cast & crew plus never before seen footage from
the set.
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Blake
Neale
(unless otherwise stated).