Obviously the cat needed to go in the bushes normally but it happened in reverse. There are several magnificent episodes of red dwarf which stick in my mind, but for sheer ridiculousness, hilarity, and genius moments of comedy, the episode which gets my vote is backwards. Its the day of krytens spacedriving test and rimmer is his examiner. Top 11 smegging episodes of red dwarf flickering myth. In the episode backwards in series 3, when the pub owner comes in to give kryten and rimmer the sack, part of the long section of backwards speech is actually. Cat is a fictional character in the british science fiction sitcom red dwarf. Unfortunately the show creators seem to have modified some of what is said. In an interview with red dwarf smegazine issue 9, november 1992, lovett said that he asked to be paid the same as the other actors on the series, but his request was turned down. Is it because it is earth exactly 3 million years ago. Why the change in style between seasons 2 and 3 in red dwarf. In real world, he is just a manifestation of the armageddon virus in krytens wild west dream. Backwards is the first episode to feature former guest star kryten as a permanent crew member.
Red dwarf easter egg backwards hidden message in backwards. Cars drive backwards, food is uneaten, robbers suck bullets out of cops and force banks to accept money, tables are dirtied, ect. After a somewhat jerky start, he exits red dwarf, performs a few less than graceful maneuvers and is sucked into a time hole. Tomorrow on thursday 14th november 2019, red dwarf fandom will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 3rd series of the show, debuting its 6 episode run in late 1989 with the episode backwards. The text explains the changes that were made going from series ii to iii.
Written by rob grant and doug naylor, and directed by ed bye, the episode has the crew travel to an alternate earth where time runs backwards the episode marks the first appearance of robert llewellyns. Thanks for the memory 1988 showing cat and lister carrying a. Red dwarf extras season 03 extra 02 backwards forwards. He bases his new face on hilly, a female computer with whom hed once fallen madly in love. The second ever episode of red dwarf if you watch in production order so things make slightly more sense, this is a perfectly enjoyable episode, but possibly the least memorable of the entire run. Meanwhile, as red dwarf heads on a collision course towards a minefield of black holes, the crew i. Oct 24, 2018 there are several magnificent episodes of red dwarf which stick in my mind, but for sheer ridiculousness, hilarity, and genius moments of comedy, the episode which gets my vote is backwards. Lister and rimmer finally arrive back on earth only to discover time is behaving rather strangely. Backwards kryten eats an egg forwards and cat inadvertently sucks a turd up into his arse. This is the first episode to use the new style for red dwarf.
Realising that they were limited with stories based on the huge, but. As rimmer is taking kryten for a driving lesson in starbug they find. As an episode with more or less one overriding joke and a very tenuous and by tenuous i mean nonexistent narrative logic behind it, backwards perhaps doesnt hold up terribly well by comparison to other red dwarf. Some of the events were referenced in the pretitle sequence of the episode backwards. The 2 disc series 3 dvd has a bonus feature that shows the whole episode backwards, therefore all the backwards sequences play forwards and the backwards dialogue can be heard properly although some bits are still backwards.
With some brilliant trick photography and ingenious stunts, this nowclassic episode heralds the arrival of the newlook red dwarf. The original trailers were only archived by a dedicated fan, one of which ironically invites us to buy red dwarf on video. However, they were 18 years old within 3 days of their birth due to being conceived in an alternate universe. The entire episode of backwards is brought to us backwards. In the red dwarf episode backwards, the crew travels in time to a time after the end of the universe. With red dwarf currently enjoying yet another wave of popularity thanks to last years 11th season, its upcoming 12th season and the arrival of every episode of the series to date on britbox. They emerge on earth, only here time is running backwards. Backwards saw the dwarfers discover a version of earth where time itself was running backwards hence the title of the smegging story. Realising that they were limited with stories based on the huge, but empty, mining ship of red dwarf, writers grant and naylor decided to go in a different direction for series ii. It premiered on the british television channel bbc2 on 14 november 1989. After a somewhat jerky start, he exits red dwarf, performs a few less than graceful manoeuvres and is sucked into a time hole. All the backward parts of the episode backwards reversed.
Dave lister, the only human survivor, who was suspended in stasis for 3 million years. It is impossible to fault this episode in any way shape or form, thanks to cats dorky alter ego duane dibbley and a. The final red dwarf series to air on bbc two, series eight saw the show return to its roots, with red dwarf, rimmer, and the original holly all returning, while the show also went back to being. Red dwarf season 03 episode 01 backwards video dailymotion. I loved the appearance of ace rimmer, the deranged aganoids and a larger focus on lister. Watch red dwarf iii backwards reddwarf on dailymotion. As rimmer is taking kryten for a driving lesson in starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on earth, where time is running backwards. A small shuttle ship, blue midget, was designed to ferry the crew to and from different locations. The original actor to play holly, norman lovett, left the series after a dispute over his salary. Backwards episode guides red dwarf the official website. So they are on earth in the modern day, but everything takes place reversed in time. There is tons of comedy gold in this episode, such as the bike scene, the diner scene, the red dwarf shuffle, and the barroom tidy. The boys from the dwarf fall through a timehole into an. Backwards picks up right where better than life left off, though it slightly deviates from the television series.
Dad was intended to bridge the last episode of series ii and the first episode of series iii, expanding on the events happening inbetween that were only otherwise briefly mentioned in the show, and detailed in a very fast, star warslike opening scrawl at. Watch red dwarf season 03 episode 01 backwards mister ed on dailymotion. Opening starwars type scroll over a field of stars. Find out when red dwarf is on tv, including series 3 episode 1. The characters are well done, and kryten gets some slight character development, in his meekness being similar to the one in kryten.
The backwards stuff only seemed to happen to them when it was integral to the plot. Lister was sentenced to be put in suspended animation for eighteen months as. Red dwarf 1988 1999, 2009 is a bbcuktv scificomedy television show set on a fictional mining spaceship, the titular red dwarf, three million years after a radiation leak killed most of the crew. How to find the backwards hidden message in backwards episode easter egg in red dwarf. Rimmer and kryten are trapped on a earth where everything is backwards. Whilst kryten is taking his starbug driving test, holly, serving as autopilot, accidentally transports herself, rimmer and kryten through a time hole, only to discover a version. Youll hear how spoken words can sound completely different said backwards, and that erskib does sound like bitter. Backwards red dwarf from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia backwards red dwarf episode. Red dwarf 1988 1999, 2009 is a bbc uktv scificomedy television show set on a fictional mining spaceship, the titular red dwarf, three million years after a radiation leak killed most of the crew.
Kryten eats an egg forwards and cat inadvertently sucks a turd up into his arse. With some brilliant trick photography and ingenious stunts, this nowclassic episode. The episode opens with star wars style text explaining how lister gave birth to twin boys that were returned to the other dimension, holly has endured a breakdown which has caused him to become like his female counterpart from that universe, and that kryten has returned and become part of the crew. As an episode with more or less one overriding joke and a very tenuous and by tenuous i mean nonexistent narrative logic behind it, backwards perhaps doesnt hold up terribly well by comparison to other red dwarf episodes from this era. Not one of my favourite episodes this, but one i always have a special affection for as it was the first red dwarf episode i ever watched. He is a descendant of dave listers pregnant pet house cat frankenstein, whose descendants evolved into a humanoid form over three million years while lister was in stasis suspended animation. While lister and cat discuss the sexiness the episode opens with star wars style.
Lister and cat eventually track them down, to find their shipmates have become a successful speciality act. What is your favorite episode of red dwarf and why. Red dwarf iii,episode 1backwardsbar room tidy youtube. Three million years in the future, dave lister, the last human being. Dad is the title of a socalled lost episode of the red dwarf television series. In the episode backwards most of the things that happen on backwards earth are correct, except, of course, in reverse. Find out when red dwarf is on tv, including series 3episode 1. It is established that universal expansion has reversed, and time with it. He is the one of the gang of four cowboy brothers, the apocalypse boys. Backwards has always been one of my least favourite episodes of red dwarf but i thoroughly enjoyed better than life so thought, what the smeg. In the episode backwards, why is it that it is in the modern day. With kryten as a series regular now and a radically changed production aesthetic, backwards really kicks off the new era of red dwarf with a. The alternate earth in backwards series 3 episode 1 is stated by holly as being in that earths year 3991. War is the antagonist from the red dwarf episode gunmen of the apocalypse and the novel backwards.
Once again, the staples of isolated music cues, raw fx footage, deleted scenes and outtakes are present and correct. Dave, after getting pregnant by his female self in a parallel universe, gave birth to twin boys. In series three krytens amusingly shaped head becomes a permanent fixture on board red dwarf. Jul 05, 2017 with red dwarf currently enjoying yet another wave of popularity thanks to last years 11th season, its upcoming 12th season and the arrival of every episode of the series to date on britbox. This episode introduces a new opening sequence replacing the original somber opening of the first two series with a more upbeat instrumental rendition of the theme tune, and scenes from assorted series iii episodes except, for some reason, a shot from the season ii episode red dwarf. Big changes have taken place onboard the mining ship red dwarf. Hattie hayridge, now portraying holly, had recorded a number of introduction.
With chris barrie, craig charles, danny johnjules, hattie hayridge. The mechanoid, kryten, appeared in the first episode as a one off. It was scripted and storyboarded, but never filmed. Rob and doug may have gone deliberately scifilite to appease sceptics at the bbc, but its telling that the scifiheavy future echoes was. Nov 10, 2017 the second ever episode of red dwarf if you watch in production order so things make slightly more sense, this is a perfectly enjoyable episode, but possibly the least memorable of the entire run. Try watching backwards forwards on the series 3 dvd, it plays the entire episode backwards. Red dwarf is a british comedy franchise which primarily comprises twelve series the ninth being a miniseries of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on bbc two between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999, and on dave in 2009 and 2012 and from 2016 to the present, gaining a cult following. Backwards is the first episode in series iii of the red dwarf television series, and is the thirteenth episode overall. You are a stupid, squareheaded, bald git, arent you. Red dwarf iii, episode 1backwards bar room tidy duration. There are so many holes in the red dwarf timeline the cast. Meanwhile, holly, the increasingly erratic red dwarf computer, performs a head sex change operation on himself.
The episode opens with star wars style text explaining how lister gave birth to twin boys that were returned. If you get the serie 3 dvd you will get the whole episode where time. Feb 05, 1996 backwards has always been one of my least favourite episodes of red dwarf but i thoroughly enjoyed better than life so thought, what the smeg. The newly expanded crew runs amok through time and space, blithely ignoring the consequences of causality. The shenanigans the red dwarf crew find themselves in throughout this book are hilarious. Sep 22, 2016 with kryten as a series regular now and a radically changed production aesthetic, backwards really kicks off the new era of red dwarf with a bang. While out on a training exercise, rimmer and kryten hes back, by the way accidentally get sucked into a quasar, transporting them to a strange parallel universe where time runs backwards. The red dwarf crew return to earth to find time is running backwards. With some brilliant trick photography and ingenious stunts, this nowclassic episode heralds. It was recorded and broadcast in 1989 on our earth. And now the saga continuums and now the saga continuums. The cat discovers one of the horrors of being in a backwards world.
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