RD Vlogs: Skipper

[@AxelWedstar411]

Loved the "Nobody's dead, Arnold" gag. Nearly 3 decades that brick took to land. 😆

[@phoenixsharingan]

Congrats on finishing your Red Dwarf reviews! It's a criminally underappreciated show and it's great to see that people still love it after all of these years, especially outside of the UK. I'd love to hear your take on the novels at some point as they are so much darker (almost to the point of grimdark territory) than the show.

[@zairejustin5905]

You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my brother for the last few weeks xD

[@rockymelvin7566]

@Zaire Justin Yea, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

The Doctor: There seems to be a very large Rat about brigadier. The Brigadier: Rat? The Doctor: Perhaps you should employ the services of a very large Cat.

[@Biotic_Warlock]

YES. I'm tempted to do a Who Vlog like Dena's, but omg that'd take AGES. Maybe if I got started I could try collabs or something xD

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

@@Biotic_Warlock @Biotic_Warlock Do mister Adam's first i.e the pirate planet etc .. as a good warmup and then.. aaand then! when all the others are done.. do D.N.A's episodes again as a full circle sendoff please. 🖖🐺🌍🥳👍

[@ZakJordan98]

"Holly, where am i, what year is it?" "It's Monday and you're in a corridor, anything else i can help you with?" Norman Lovett, wonderfully deadpan as ever

[@Dank455]

Thanks for the reviews. It was so nice to see Holly, Captain Holister, the old uniforms and the bunk room again. I think it works for Holly to be older now, I mean, he is a senile computer after all. Seeing the earth outside the window got me a little teary eyed because Rimmer had essentially done what they had been trying to do all along; get back home. When the credits started to roll and I heard "let me fly far away from here", it took on an extra meaning for me thanks to this episode. Keep making Red Dwarf stuff! You have a lot of insight!

[@AndrewChapman]

8:13 And just like Hollister's office back in Series 1, Lister also has a miniature of the original Red Dwarf Series 1-5 ship. I SO want that. Corgi released a Red Dwarf miniature many years ago, but it was the remastered/Series 8 version. While the Series 8 ship looks great as a miniature, I'd still like the bulkier version from the earlier series.

[@Jayfive276]

All hail Pimp Daddy Rat!

[@thesmithersy]

I think that Captain Hollister "I slipped and fell into the escape pod" gag is a reference to Captain Schettino from the Costa Concordia who gave that exact same excuse to the coastguard.

[@lazy1119]

this one is basically the 30th anniversary special, its great to have Norman and Mac back even if its only for one scene. The Rat is one of the best Red Dwarf bits ever.Series 12 is one of my all time favourite series thanks to this episode, m-corp, mechocracy and cured and its definitely the best of the Dave era. these videos have been so great and i hope you do cover series 13 (if/when it happens) now then, i guess i should watch it all again from the start?

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

Sadly, I think a lot of us would do what Rimmer did at the end of the episode. I read once about an experiment in which people were asked if they would rather be payed $100,000 a year while their coworkers were paid $110,000, or be paid $90,000 a year while their coworkers were paid $80,000. Most choose to be paid less as long as everyone else chose to be paid even less than them.

[@neilgerace355]

Petersen didn't come back because, first, he was too busy being Arthur Weasley, and then he was too busy being Father Brown.

[@heighbeut99]

I had a dream about a giant bipedal rat(gray but nonverbal) and here you are. I’ll miss these

[@clarestubbs9303]

Don't go Dena! I look forward to your RD blogs!! 😢😢😢

[@FarelForever]

*sees giant rat in the thumbnail* ...... okay then..... bring it on

[@MrATN800]

Congrats, you finally caught up with the series.

[@Arbrax]

can't wait to see you talk about The Promised Land

[@watchermark]

Congratulations on geting all caught up. You know, I have to admit as much as I love Red Dwarf I wouldn't be too bummed if it did end now. I thought this one was a nice way to end, Rimmer accepting that he's pretty much in the best place he can be. Besides, I'd much rather the show end like this than on another potentially unresolved cliffhanger.

[@Cyborcat]

Same. I'll still watch more and probably enjoy it, but I'm okay with it ending at this point.

[@TheVargr]

Cyborcat it was a pleasure to watch your Red Dwarf videos.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Well, it's been a fun ride Cyborcat!

[@dwibs93]

"Oh, that's a shame. I rather liked the old Rimmer." Now I wanna see what Rat-Dimension Rimmer was like lol

[@ghostparty2062]

Well IV watched every episode of rd vlogs and it's been a blast, thanks 😁

[@Schming]

As a Brit, it's been a joy to see my favourite show from my whole life through the eyes of an American, but also there's a criminally small amount of material on YT about RD compared to other genre shows (e.g. Doctor Who) Thanks for letting me relive the whole thing all over again, and reaffirming why it's been a big deal in my life since I was about 10 years old. 25 years later, it still means the world to me. I always say the problem with some shows is they don't know when to quit. But I will ALWAYS welcome new Dwarf. Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas. Whatever.

[@JamesPlaysGames95]

a few people have compared Skipper to that Treehouse of Horror episode where homer used the time traveling toaster. homer and rimmer have a montage of alternative timelines and eventually just give up

[@Cyborcat]

That's too funny.

[@odindasko]

Yeah, Skipper is almost identical in concept. Also, I believe the original reference that the Simpsons borrowed the idea from was Bradbury's short story, A Sound of Thunder.

[@ShamrockParticle]

"My Pet Rat" - frickin hysterical on top of a large number of an overly long series of callbacks with a nest sci-fantasy premise. Almost made for a final series finale except series 13 is finally in production!

[@tigerbread78]

Massive opportunity missed, "They're alive Arnold" "Everyone's alive Arnold"

[@mogensl.g.schmidt1808]

Loved craig charles in robot wars😊

[@sirdeadlock]

If you think about it, with the Holly Hop Drive in mind, there must be a female Ace Rimmer hopping around the multiverse and universe. Maybe the next time we see Ace, she'll look a bit different?

[@Cyborcat]

Good point! Would be interesting to see what a female Ace would be like.

[@TroyConvers5000]

@@Cyborcat like the female Rimmer we saw way back, but as Ace.

[@Ashrudel]

Thank you so much for going through this whole series. Until the next one, we'll smoke you a kipper, and hopefully you'll be back for breakfast.

[@monkfan72]

Thanks muchly for the time and attention you put into the Red Dwarf vlogs. I enjoyed them immensely.

[@Inferno505]

Thanks a lot Dena, I've liked these Red Dwarf reviews to bits. I've really liked learning about the show for the first time with you passionate analysis of it. I definitely plan to watch the whole series in full!

[@Cyborcat]

Awesome ^.^

[@Hikarmeme]

Hadn't touched Red Dwarf since I was a little kid until I found these videos. Feels good getting back into it again. It's a lot better now that I understand the jokes!

[@Jayfive276]

Also if you ever in a position again to run through any other British sci-fi/fantasy shows that aren't so well known in the US, I shall now point excitedly at the UK version of Being Human. Oh and if you want horror-type stuff from the UK, you might want to try a series called "Inside No.9". The halloween special in particular is mind-blowing.

[@mesiah21]

Thanks for the series vlog. I've been a fan of Red Dwarf for a long time now. I first discovered it back when I was 15 with my dad (around 1996). I've watched it so many times over the years. Really nice to reminisce on the show while watching your videos! I started watching your videos on this when you first started... "Thanks for the Memories"

[@Megaspartan23]

I would have liked to have seen Rimmer go to a universe from Red Dwarf USA. How interesting would it have been to see the UK Rimmer meet the American Lister. Regardless. Thank you for these Vlogs Dena. Watching theses from beginning to end has been a fun ride.

[@Cyborcat]

Now THAT would have been a callback XD

[@Megaspartan23]

@@Cyborcat Another great callback would be Kryten serving the american Lister lobster and Lister asking for Ketchup. I think you can guess how Kryten would react to that.

[@christopherwall2121]

@@Megaspartan23 hell, imagine RIMMER's reaction, since he wasn't there the first time.

[@PhialSubstance]

This was my favourite episode from the last two seasons, I like that they did call backs but twisted them so they were something new. Thanks for doing the vlog series, it's been great! =)

[@I_Heart_Hader]

I did find your channel through searching for the playing pool with planets scene from White Hole. I still have lots of these vlogs to catch up on and the cat series

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

I stumbled upon your page earlier in the week, and have since binge-watched the entire Red Dwarf vlog. I'm now looking forward to checking out all the other stuff you've done :) Thanks so much for putting in all the time and effort to produce something so entertaining.

[@Cyborcat]

Thanks, glad you've liked the videos so far ^.^

[@daveKoRnfan]

This was a great run! As someone who grew up watching the show back when it originally aired it was fantastic watching your videos on the series

[@fat1fared]

I cannot believe it is over. It has been great watching these videos about one of my favourite shows as a kid. :)

[@icemanlj2k7]

Seeing Holly back in this was a tremendous highlight, if we get a series 13, I hope they get Norman back full time. It’s sad to see this series end, at least briefly. Though we have the last cat videos to look forward too

[@kickingroses8925]

The Rat had me grinning for a week.

[@neilgerace355]

YEAH!

[@Ojunix]

This has been one hell of an adventure with ya Dena, it's sad to see it come to an end (with the vlogs)I do hope you have time to start a new series & what ever it is I look forward to it, thank you for sharing your love of Red Dwarf with us & hopefully I get around to watching it myself one day. ^_^

[@odindasko]

I'm one of those that found your channel through the Red Dwarf vlogs. I've also really enjoyed the Monsters vlogs as well!

[@Qualimar]

Wonderful overview of a wonderful series. :) I've heard some fan theories that Rimmer's unnamed and unseen wife in the last dimension he visited was Kochanski. I kind of like the idea myself.

[@JohnDoe-vy6ju]

nah, it's everything Rimmer wants but still not enough because Lister outshines him as Captain (and as a mega millionaire, which Rimmer could not abide in "Timeslides"). Kochanski would still be a card Rimmer held over him. Bagging Lister's girl would be the petty spiteful victory Rimmer might well cherish enough to still stay there. It would have to be an alt-version of Nirvana Crane, the woman from the Holoship that legitimately seemed to like him [and what a fun Fanservicey callback that would be!]. Or maybe one last reference to Yvonne Magruder who, concussions notwithstanding, seems the closest he came to an actual girlfriend [and was his Better Than Life wife]. If there's a foil/parallel in Rimmer's life to Lister's obsession with Kochanski. Someone Rimmer legitimately seems to have liked and wanted, and would have actually finally had, had he stayed. Which he, ever being his Own Worst Enemy, refused to do. Wow, this show as a formative influence on my media taste/consumption. Glad it's still around and people still remember and like it. Enjoyed binging this Vlog series, hope the OP had fun making it.

[@RadioactiveChannel06]

7:22 my theory is in this reality Lister used the bio-printer from Officer Rimmer to print out multiple versions of himself. It makes sense since Lister was already in the bio-printer’s database due to the fact the he had previously sold the rights to his own image.

[@Cyborcat]

Ah, makes sense.

[@alpine_newt]

It has been fun watching your Red Dwarf journey. I have been watching since the Eighties, I even saw a live episode, I have loved you'e analysys.

[@lynngreen7978]

Haven't we already seen the dimension Rimmer describes? He was held back a year, knuckled down, and became a test pilot. And Lister got his engineering degree.

[@awesomeproductions7755]

The end of an era... *BRING ON SERIES XIII!*

[@krazyv3]

This is one of of my favorite episodes

[@JamesPlaysGames95]

it really reminds me of that Simpsons episode where homer had the Time Travelling Toaster

[@jaredohlstein7355]

Well we're done with the main series videos, and at some point it might be interesting to hear you talk about the Novels as they are hard to find in physical form now. In any case, I've enjoyed your work and you've given me a deeper appreciation for Red Dwarf so, thank you Dena for an enjoyable retrospective

[@nathanjackson9112]

The bit with Mr. Rat made me laugh so hard I almost stopped breathing.

[@Cyborcat]

I know, they really went way over the top with him XD

[@gravyboat2370]

I stumbled across your channel looking for red dwarf videos and I've seen a lot of your reviews and I've really enjoyed them. Well put together and great commentary. 🖒

[@Cyborcat]

Thanks very much! Glad you like 'em ^.^

[@gravyboat2370]

@@Cyborcat fun fact . I work with a guy from Liverpool who is 60. His 2nd name is kochanski.....has a daughter called ......Christine!. He's never watched red dwarf!

[@FXHrizon]

SO WARM AND SNUGGLEH 😂😂😂

[@Templar1ca]

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I have been eagerly awaiting this one. Thank you so much for tackling all this. It's a shame KZbin is being a cyber-butt, I'd have loved to see you look at some other popular sci-fi like Space:1999, or similar shows. Red Dwarf has held a special place in my heart since the late 80's. We had it on YTV in Canada of all places on weekends and I couldn't get enough. Sure not all seasons are created equal, but that's just how it goes. Would kinda like to see Red Dwarf get the Gerry Anderson treatment to a degree, but then having the boys from the Dwarf meet International Rescue would be... Universe shattering. XD

[@whovianhistorybuff]

The last universe in a way prove Rimmer right about what he said in the end "if you hadn't been sent to stasis I would have had some help when i was mending the drive plate and I wouldn't be dead" but at the same time if both of them had been working this job I find it hard to imagine Rimmer letting lister touch anything or take any advice from him or do anything other than hand him the tools.

[@Inkarmy]

If you haven't already, check out a show called Farscape. It's an Australian Sci-Fi show that is amazing. Kind of Red Dwarf-ish, although not an comedically written. Is highly recommend it, even if it's just to watch rather than review

[@BathoryQueen]

I liked the episode but I really don't like that it requires Rimmer to step backwards in character evolution, which is a big problem with a lot of the more recent seasons.

[@MrATN800]

captain hollister abandoning ship must be a reference to the Concordia disaster

[@noir-214]

7:30 Lister probably got the printer from "Officer Rimmer" and printer clones of himself

[@willadeefriesland5107]

I'm just glad that they didn't do like Sliders and reveal that after Rimmer got back 'home' and crushed the skipper under foot, either he or the rest of the guys weren't the current 'boys of the dwarf'... Now that would have sucked like a mimposian carp...

[@ZuShin]

Thankyu, loved this red dwarf journey with yu 💖

[@zionkraze9965]

I'm glad I re-discovered your channel through these video, although I can't remember how though. It was either the Red Dwarf ones, the MLP ones, but I'm glad I re0discovered you.

[@Cyborcat]

Me too ^.^

[@bradwolf07]

The nobody's dead bit was AMAZING

[@Cyborcat]

I loved his "I wish I never brought this up now :|"

[@bradwolf07]

@@Cyborcat yeah, it was perfect

[@loltubelvr007]

Love the commentary!

[@Cyborcat]

Thanks so much ^.^

[@L.BCinematography]

Fun fact Chris Barrie wasn’t expecting the deep voice from Danny John jules

[@Cyborcat]

I can believe it. When I first saw this episode, I didn't even think it was him.

[@gravyboat2370]

The new ace rimmer is now old and uses a zimmer frame....grace rimmer

[@karonesalgado3313]

It feels like the old relationship between Rimmer and Lister has kinda gone away. We don’t really see any more “bunk bed” scenes where they just talk about random things. I miss it. I want to see the two of them together more.

[@Mikemoto1]

This episode reminds me of one of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors segments where Homer creates a dimension jumping toaster. (not a Talkie Toaster) with similar results.

[@quinnzykir]

I love captain lister. I want that as a series

[@rockoperajon]

A great series for you to cover, which has a very similar tone and style to early Red Dwarf, would be the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s also only 6 episodes long, so you don’t have to worry about a super long commitment. Red Dwarf took a lot of inspiration from that series (and the novels & radio show), so it’s definitely worth checking out.

[@spacecowboy7591]

I want to thank you for these videos. I have loved Red Dwarf since the 1st season became available here in Canada. I used to tape the episodes from cable tv late night hoping to collect the whole series but never managed it. I have since enjoyed them all on the internet but your insights and commentary really opened new perspectives and actually increased my devotion to the show. Someone already suggested you do a set of videos on the UK show Being Human. I would enjoy that as I was also huge fan of that show. Not to provide spoilers of any great significance, but in one instance the ghost werewolf and vampire who share a house befriend a young neighbor who was being bullied. He finds a video of vampire porn which shows a human man having sex with a vampire lady who does not show on the film so seeing her son watch a video of a naked man writhing on a bed his mom loses it and the whole neighborhood are attacking the heroes, they paint pedos on the door of their house. The werewolf reading this says to the vampire yes we are monsters but not that kind of monster. It gets resolved but provided some dark humour. The show ranges from high drama to some comedic scenes as they try to fit in to the human world despite their " conditions" . I suggest have a look if just to see some quality tv even if you dont deem it worthy of a series of videos like these. Major respect to you for the effort and skill you clearly put into these vlogs. I intend to watch all your other videos once i complete your series on the Cat. If i were a wealthy man rather than a retired pensioner i would surely contribute to your channel ( lame excuse i know) but thanks again and i wish you well.

[@Cyborcat]

Thanks so much, glad you like the videos ^.^

[@badwolf66]

I enjoyed Skipper I do love a multiversal story in any sci-fi. So yeah their is a 2 hour special now confirmed (technically 90 minutes without adverts) I don't now if it will count as Series 12 or not.

[@johnrobinson3382]

It would be series 13 if it counts as a series. That said, Back to Earth was shorter and is counted in the numbering as series 9 since the numbered series go from 8 to 10. We may get the same thing here

[@kb9072]

Am I the only person who misses Norman's Holly. I would love him to be a regular if we get another series.

[@AndrewChapman]

Well, he pretty much came back regularly in "The Promised Land" feature-length special. So he may therefore appear again if they do another series🤞

[@craicolackin]

Really enjoyed this series! I’m sooo hyped up and excited for next year’s Dimension Jump now! First time going. 😆 I’ll try to get you a shout-out from the cast!

[@Cyborcat]

I'd love to go there some time. Have fun ^.^

[@bigupallah1452]

i just thought of this right so the first skip when rimmer is before the radiation leak he is a hologram so it wasnt his fault for the drive playe since he cant fix it since hes a hologram and captain holister is trying to escape instead of complaining to rimmer for not fixing the drive plate which means if i assume rimmer got brought back in that timeline gezpatcho soup never happened

[@Hikarmeme]

Season 13 is confirmed! Now we wait.

[@liambuchan75]

Do you think you'll make a video on red dwarf the promised land?

[@serina3872]

Before the show ends for good i would like one more ace episode (maybe a double feature). Although I'm not a fan of the season 9 onwards Rimmer being Ace theory, if its done well i wouldn't mind. I don't know what it is with the modern show but there are a few moments where i see Ace in Rimmer and something horrible happened might have happened to him to revert him back to Rimmer (he has been effected by technology before and who knows season 8 rimmeris now Ace). One of the things i like about this show is a throw away line or event get expanded years later and makes you look back at the previous episodes in a new light. Dispite the crap they give each other, they do care for each other (manly Lister)

[@PartigradeCannon]

Rimmer didn't forget to fix the drive plate, he screwed up fixing the drive plate.

[@Cyborcat]

*When he went back in time* he forgot about it. He could have warned his past-self about it then, but it never came up.

[@bladersmosh]

Now that you've completed Red Dwarf (for now), may I suggest Vlog reviews of The Brittas Empire? It's another hilarious British comedy with Chris Barrie in the role. If haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Chris Barrie steals the show everytime.

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Imagine holister saying gazpacho soup

[@stevenedwardmaylott6078]

I would say that Mr rat is a result of Frankenstein not being bought on the ship. Therefore no cats the rats would’ve basically taken their place

[@Jotari]

Is there going to be a final Cat video? Would like to know your thoughts on the reveal at the end of Cured.

[@docholtzful]

It's Red Dwarf version of Sliders

[@senorstyx3011]

Is captain lister a downside, seems like it a plus for rimmer.

[@smelkus]

Have you heard about the feature length special they are releasing next year

[@-MrFozzy-]

I want an Ace Lister episode!

[@AndrewChapman]

"Smoke me a curry, I'll be back for breakfast."

[@AtheAetheling]

I do really like some of the recent episodes but I do feel like they are early scripts. Not necessarily a bad thing, but the consequence of that is it feels like character development is gone. Case in point, when the bio printed captain makes Rimmer an officer and it goes to his head in an insane way, that feels like season 4 Rimmer, not post-Dungo Rimmer.

[@VonBlade]

Mr Rat is hilarious.

[@georgeowain]

Imagine if one of the dimensions Rimmer went to, he encountered the American Lister.

[@Cyborcat]

Now THAT would have been a great callback!

[@shmee123ful]

im sorry to hear that your having money difficulties, I wish I could help but im not exectly solvent myself

[@westleyburns4904]

I wish you had added to the hair flip counter

[@Cyborcat]

Was there any hair flipping in this?

[@AB-xd8hm]

Congrats for completing this project! And thanks so much for taking us on this journey with you. I never would've gotten around to seeing the show without these wonderful in-depth review v-logs. So sad that working for YT doesn't pay off for more grounded thoughtful critics like yourself, who love what they review. Hope that both the show and your v-logs will eventually return! :) By the way, is this the Trek episode you were going to do a video on? It's a good counterpart to Skipper, imo. www.imdb.com/title/tt0708752/ And yeah, naming the episode Skipper is a total red haring on the creators' part, and it kind of feel like a joke on the viewers' expense.

[@TheGhostOfAGamer]

I do hope 13 will be the last season, since it's getting on in years and whatnot. That's coming from a fan of the show.

[@polkadot8788]

Are you going to cover red dwarf promised land next?

[@RThyrring]

When I saw the thumbnail for this video I instantly thought of Rodents of Unusual Size from Princess Bride 😂

[@Cyborcat]

Now I'm sad I didn't think to make that reference XD

[@sklizard1]

If you didn't know there's the promised land which is another movie length episode where the bring back Holly and the cats that left red dwarf

[@Cyborcat]

Fortunately I have seen it, otherwise I wouldn't have appreciated those spoilers.

[@sklizard1]

@@Cyborcat oh sorry

[@solrachernandez3389]

Can you do reviews of Terminator the Sara Connor chronicles I'd love to see what you think about the series hope you agree to do this and if not then that's fine BTW you're channel is awesome

[@Axaul]

Toodlepipski till next time