Bluewolf 7,161 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 14 hours ago, nudge said: Can't imagine a worse fate than that Haven't even heard about that TV show, but it sounds like something I'd enjoy This is the episode mentioned... https://www3.1movies.se/series/red-dwarf-season-11/26320/34993-watch-online-free.html Just a bit of background on Everyone... Rimmer Rimmer was a complete and total failure in life and death. He was 2nd Technician on Red Dwarf though he always wanted to be an officer. However after sitting and failing his Asto-navigation exam on no less than 13 occasions and doing the same with his engineering exam 11 times it was pretty clear it was not meant to be. The final blow came when he was killed in the radiation leak that wiped out Red Dwarf as a consequence of his own failure to seal a drive plate. After his death he was brought back as a hologram to keep Lister sane. As well as a failure at his career, he has been a failure in friendships and relationships. He has had only one sexual encounter, that was with the ship's boxing champion Yvonne McGruder and even then she had concussion. His only real friend has been Inflatable Rachel and she's now got a puncture. Rimmer's unpopularity is down to the simple fact that he's a total Smeghead. His interests include Hammond Organ music, Morris Dancing and 20th Century telegraph poles. As for his family, his father hated him and despite Arnold's attempts to make him proud of him he never once said "Well Done" to him. His mother also hated him and had no time for idiots like Arnold, she even called him 'Rimmer'. His brothers were smart, handsome, brave and intelligent and they bullied Arnold mercilessly. No wonder Rimmer turned out as he did, at least that's what he always says... Lister Dave Lister is the last human being alive, following a radiation leak that wiped out Red Dwarf. He survived due to being in stasis (deep freeze) for smuggling a cat on board. Lister is a complete and total slob. He likes nothing better than to sit around eating Vindaloo and drinking lager all day. Lister was found under a pool table in a box with the word Ouroboros on it (he thought for years it was 'Our Rob' or 'Ross' badly spelled). He grew up in Liverpool where he got involved with acts such as scrumping for cars and stealing hotel rooms. He lost his virginity to Michelle Fisher at the age of 12. After leaving his job of 10 years in supermarket because he didn't want to get tied down to a career, he ended up aboard Red Dwarf as a lowly 3rd Technician. Whilst on board, he met Navigation officer Kristine Kochanski and had a dream of them having a farm on Fiji and opening a chain of hot dog and doughnut diners. Alas, this dream was cut short when she was killed in the radiation leak and ended up 3 million years into deep space. After the accident, Lister experienced things he never imagined were possible. He played pool with planets, visited parallel universes, gave birth to twins, went to a backwards version of Earth, travelled in time, met Hitler, married a GELF (against his will) and, most amazingly, he once tasted an edible Pot Noodle. Cat Cat evolved from Lister's pet cat Frankenstein who was safely sealed in the hold during the radiation leak aboard Red Dwarf. Cat is a self-obsessed, vain and superficial character (he considers these to be his best features). He loves nothing better than sleeping, eating and looking good. Whilst he likes most of his crewmates he would still gladly let them die if saving them meant interrupting his lunch of one of his naps (of which he must have 9 or 10 so as to have enough energy for his main snooze). He is also very much against doing the W word, or as most people know it, "work" (He has a note from his Mummy, or so he claims). As the Cat's vanity knows no bounds, it's hardly surprising that he was utterly disgusted when, during their encounter with the Despair Squid, a group hallucination led the crew to believe Cat was really a no-style geek who wore ironed flares, a nylon shirt, a cardigan and anorak, carried a Thermos and lunch box and had bucked teeth that druids could use as a place of worship. Worse still, his name was Duane Dibbley. Thankfully for the Cat, it turned out to be a hallucination... though it did almost drive him to suicide because, as he pointed out, "superficial" is his middle name. Kryten (Series 3-12) Kryten is a series 4000 Service Mechanoid originally posted to the SS Nova 5. Sadly the ship crashed killing all the crew... though it took Kryten a few centuries to realise this. He was eventually rescued by Lister & Co and taken aboard Red Dwarf. Despite the fact that Kryten was quite happy obediently completing the tasks Rimmer gave him, Lister was determined to break his programming. The result was that Kryten rebelled against Rimmer and left on Lister's space bike, only to fly straight into an asteroid. Lister later repaired him but he was never the same again. With Lister's help Kryten learnt to lie, cheat, and develop emotions of his own - much to Rimmer's annoyance, because not only did Kryten have more knowledge in Space Corp Procedure than him but he also commanded more respect from Lister and Cat. The droid originally designed to clean toilets now has a position of authority and respect. Kryten's development continued over the years and the arrival of Kochanski caused new emotions to surface. Those of anger, resentment and jealousy towards the new crew member whom he was convinced would lure his beloved Mr Lister away with all her "in and out bits". Not only that but she put the salad cream in the cupboard and her pants in her socks draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted July 28, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted July 28, 2018 I absolutely have to watch it then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, nudge said: I absolutely have to watch it then Personally love it... Been watching it from the beginning when I was bored one night and flicking channels I stumbled across it by accident.. Been following it ever since, It's been great watching the characters develop and there have been some great episodes along the way.. Some of them are very old now but 'Legion' for example was a right laugh... 'Better than Life' 'Body Swap' & 'Dimension Jump' where there is a really cool version of Rimmer are just a few that stood out for me.. 'Parallel Universe' where they meet their female equivalents & 'Back to Reality' were also standouts from earlier seasons... Just a rag tag crew thrown together mooching about space getting up to all kinds of stuff... Hope you enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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