Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction series that ran from 1988 to 1999 and was produced by the BBC. In Red Dwarf the adventures of the technician third class Dave Lister to be told that was frozen for three million years and now along with a hologram, a slightly senile board computer and a form of life that has evolved from his cat, aboard the giant spaceship Red Dwarf the universe roams.
The hologram is Lister's former immediate superior Arnold Judas Rimmer ( technician second class ). Even in its lifetime both came from not another since Rimmer is extremely correct and uptight, while Lister pursues a sloppy work and live.
In this sci-fi series appear not aliens. Other types of life forms generally come from the earth and are due to ( failed ) genetic experiments. Means, there are so-called GELFs ( genetic engineered lifeforms ) on.
In the later seasons, there are also Kryten, a service robot, which thanks to Lister breaks through its programming and is a little more human. In Season 7 Rimmer leaves the crew and is replaced by Kristine Kochanski, played by Chloe Annett, but in Season 8 he returns.
There are four Red Dwarf English-language novels since November 2009 brings the Del Rey paperback publishing the books also translated into German out:
- Red Dwarf, Del Rey 2009, ISBN 3442266653 ( Red Dwarf - Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, Penguin Books Ltd, 1989, ISBN 0140124373 )
- Better than Life, Del Rey 2010, ISBN 3442266963 (Better Than Life, Viking, 1990, ISBN 0670835471 )
- The last man, Del Rey 2011, ISBN 3442266947 (Last Human, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670852554 )
- Full power back, Del Rey 2010, ISBN 3442266955 ( Backwards, Viking 1996, ISBN 0670845744 )
Episodes
A total of eight squadrons were first produced and broadcast from 1988 to 1999 on BBC. The first six seasons each containing six episodes, Season 7 and 8 eight episodes. There is also a produced in 2009 by the broadcaster Dave 3-piece called Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, which was initially regarded by fans as a ninth season and later officially confirmed as such. Also, there is a whole series of making-of and Blooper broadcasts and two produced for the U.S. television pilot episodes with other actors (including Terry Farrell as a female The Cat ). 2012 season was rotated 10 with 6 other consequences.