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Red Dwarf TV movie on the way! Oh, yes!

October 19th, 2019 by Marc Comments

Oooooohhhh… it looks like a feature-length Red Dwarf adventure is coming!

Yes, despite the show being off Uk tv for two years, the crew of the Red Dwarf – Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, Cat and Kryten – are coming back to UKTV’s Dave in a BIG way!

Series co-creator Doug Naylor said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity of making more Red Dwarf. 

“UKTV has been a never-ending source of support and encouragement since we first started working together 10 years ago.

Going on, he added: “Can’t wait to start shooting a format that I don’t think has ever been done before. Smoke me a kipper, we’re back and not just for breakfast.”

Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn have all been confirmed to reprise their roles, with Charles saying: “I’m really excited to get back on board with the boys from the Dwarf.”

Red Dwarf has been a big part of British sci-fi for over 30 years and while it’s had many bumps on the road, it’s something I always get excited for when it’s coming back… although something tells me this may finally be the last call for our intrepid bungling heroes.

Thoughts? I wanna hear ’em.

Three million years after the demise of humanity, third technician Dave Lister awakes aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf. Sentenced to a period of suspended animation for smuggling his pet cat on board, he is joined by just four fellow survivors: second technician Arnold J Rimmer, a sneering-yet-inept hologram based on his one-time superior; Holly, a ship’s computer reduced to near-senility by eons adrift in space; a humanoid descendant of the cat obsessed with fashion and fish; and Kryten, a salvaged android programmed to serve his useless companions.

Together, this bickering band must come to terms with an existence which, in terms of productivity and purpose, isnt that far removed from its old one.

Source: Digital Spy

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….