ohhhh. I am sooo psyched about the upcoming new Red Dwarf series. I've been rewatching old episodes. Getting reacquainted with the
Boys from the Dwarf.
*happy dance*
Anyway. Was pootling about on Youtube looking for decent clips to post and found this:
So, if anyone is curious about RD, check this out
It's the first ten minutes of the first episode, from waaaaaay back in the late 80s:
And then, Lister got put into cryostorage as a punishment for bringing a live cat on board and hiding it in the cargobay. Whilst in cryo, the ship had a radiation leak which killed the entire crew. The only survivors of the devastation were Lister, unawares in cryo, and his cat (pregnant), shielded in the cargo bay. Holly, the ship's intelligent computer keeps Lister in cryostorage until it is safe to come out.
When he does, 3 million years have passed by and he is, quite possibly the last human alive. In the meantime his cat has bred and evolved into a bipedal humanoid creature, known as Cat. In order to provide human company, Holly recreates his bunkmate, Arnold Rimmer as a hologram, under the mistaken assumption that they are friends.
The early episodes were a little clunky in places. That clip was from the pilot. By the end of the first series they were getting much smoother, and the chemistry was much better.
First 10 mins of Ep6:
By the third series they had added a new character to the team, with the addition of Kryten the mechanoid. A service robot rescued from a crashed ship.
I love Kryten
Here is Lister attempting to teach Kryten how to lie: