Red Dwarf is a British science fiction series whose first seasons ran between 1988 and 1999 and were broadcast on a BBC channel at the time. New seasons followed from 2009 on the channel Dave . Red Dwarf tells the adventures of third-class technician Dave Lister, who was frozen for three million years and is now on board the giant spaceship Red along with a hologram , a slightly senile on-board computer and a life form that has evolved from his cat Dwarf roamed the universe .
The hologram is Lister's former line manager Arnold Judas Rimmer (second class technician). Even during his lifetime, both of them did not get along because Rimmer is extremely correct and uptight, while Lister pursues a sloppy way of working and living.
No aliens appear in this science fiction series . Different forms of life basically come from Earth and can be traced back to (unsuccessful) genetic experiments. So-called GELFs (genetic engineered life forms) occur.
In the later seasons, there is also Kryten, a service robot who, thanks to Lister, breaks its programming and becomes a little more human. In season 7, Rimmer leaves the crew and is replaced by Kristine Kochanski, played by Chloe Annett, but returns in season 8.
To date, the series has never been broadcast on German-speaking channels, which is why there is no German dubbed version.
Eight seasons were initially produced and broadcast on the BBC from 1988 to 1999. The first six seasons contained six episodes each, and seasons 7 and 8 each contained eight episodes. A 3-part series called Red Dwarf: Back to Earth , which was initially only viewed by fans as the ninth season and was only later officially confirmed as such, was later produced in 2009 by the station Dave . There are also a number of making-of and blooper programs as well as two pilot episodes produced for US television with other actors (including Terry Farrell as the female The Cat ). In 2012 season 10 and 2016 season 11 with 6 additional episodes each was filmed and broadcast. Season XII followed in 2017.
Season I (1988)
title
First broadcast
the end
February 15, 1988
Future Echoes
February 22, 1988
Balance of power
February 29, 1988
Waiting for God
March 7, 1988
Confidence and Paranoia
March 14, 1988
Me²
March 21, 1988
Season II (1988)
title
First broadcast
Kryten
September 6, 1988
Better Than Life
September 13, 1988
Thanks for the memory
20th September 1988
Stasis leak
September 27, 1988
Queeg
4th October 1988
Parallel Universe
October 11, 1988
Season III (1989)
title
First broadcast
Backwards
November 14, 1989
Marooned
November 21, 1989
Polymorph
November 28, 1989
Body swap
5th December 1989
Timeslides
December 12, 1989
The Last Day
December 19, 1989
Season IV (1991)
title
First broadcast
Camille
February 14, 1991
DNA
February 21, 1991
Justice
February 28, 1991
White Hole
March 7, 1991
Dimension Jump
March 14, 1991
Meltdown
March 21, 1991
Season V (1992)
title
First broadcast
Holoship
February 20, 1992
The inquisitor
February 27, 1992
Form of terror
March 5, 1992
Quarantine
March 12, 1992
Demons and Angels
March 19, 1992
Back to reality
March 26, 1992
Season VI (1993)
title
First broadcast
Psirens
October 7, 1993
legion
October 14, 1993
Gunmen of the Apocalypse
October 21, 1993
Emohawk Polymorph II
October 28, 1993
Rimmerworld
4th November 1993
Out of time
November 11, 1993
Season VII (1997)
title
First broadcast
Tikka to Ride
January 17, 1997
Stoke Me a Clipper
January 24, 1997
Ouroboros
January 31, 1997
Duct Soup
February 7, 1997
Blue
February 14, 1997
Beyond a joke
February 21, 1997
Epidemics
February 28, 1997
Nanarchy
March 7, 1997
Season VIII (1999)
title
First broadcast
Back in the Red: Part I.
February 18, 1999
Back in the Red: Part II
February 25, 1999
Back in the Red: Part III
March 4, 1999
Cassandra
March 11, 1999
Krytie TV
March 18, 1999
Pete: Part I.
March 25, 1999
Pete: Part II
April 1, 1999
Only the Good ...
April 5, 1999
Back to Earth (Season IX) (2009)
title
First broadcast
Part One
April 10, 2009
Part Two
April 11, 2009
Part three
April 12, 2009
The Making of Back to Earth
April 12, 2009
Season X (2012)
title
First broadcast
Trojan
4th October 2012
Fathers and Sons
October 11, 2012
Lemons
October 18, 2012
Entangled
October 25, 2012
Dear Dave
November 1, 2012
The beginning
November 8, 2012
Season XI (2016)
title
First broadcast
Twentica
22nd September 2016
Samsara
29th September 2016
Give and take
October 6, 2016
Officer Rimmer
October 13, 2016
Crysis
20th October 2016
Can of Worms
October 27, 2016
Season XII (2017)
title
First broadcast
Cured
October 12, 2017
Siliconia
19th October 2017
Timewave
October 26, 2017
Mechocracy
2nd November 2017
M-Corp
9th November 2017
Skipper
16th November 2017
literature
Alexander Brock: Blackadder , Monty Python and Red Dwarf. A Linguistic Examination of British Television Comedies . Verlag Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-86057-748-4 (plus habilitation thesis, University of Leipzig).
