Red Dwarf: Series V & VI

Female droids evil doppelgangers and a cactus in a very private place! The slobbiest, most wacked-out bunch of spacebums ever to set foot in an alternate reality is back for more crazy antics and outer-space chaos. Join the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf and prepare for interstellar laughs in this wildly zany BBC sci-fi comedy series.

Episodes include Demons and Angels, Quarantine, Terrorform, Psirens, Polymorph II, Out of Time and 6 more.

Series 5
In Series Five, Rimmer is taken prisoner inside his own mind and ends up being stripped, oiled, manacled, licked, chained, taunted, humiliated and nearly has a knobbly thing the size of a Mexican agarve cactus jammed up where only customs men dare to probe. Meanwhile after an encounter at a viral research centre, Rimmer forces the crew to spend twelve weeks in quarantine. But who's watching the watcher?

Series 6
Red Dwarf has been stolen and our intrepid heroes are hot on its trail. Starbug, unable to match its speed, has to take a short-cut to overtake it. Unfortunately this involves going through a very dangerous area which is patrolled by rogue droids that absolutely despise humans. Rimmer creates a a world populated by his clones, Lister gets married, Kryten becomes Sheriff in the Wild West and they meet their future selves who want to kill them.

 

Holoship - Rimmer is transported from Red Dwarf to the advanced holoship, Enlightenment. Everything he has ever dreamed exists on this ship - even a woman who has fallen in love with him!

The Inquisitor - A rogue droid who has survived at the end of time has concluded there is no God or purpose in the universe. His self appointed task is to roam through time weeding out the wastrels. Is that Red Dwarf he has spotted?

Terrorform - The crew have landed by mistake on a Psi-moon, a planet that becomes the inner workings of the mind that has landed on it. They are forced to battle against the workings of Rimmer's self-loathing subconscious.

Quarantine - After an encounter with an insane and very dangerous hologram at a viral research center, Rimmer forces the crew to spend twelve weeks in quarantine. But who is watching the watcher?

Demons and Angels - A duplicating experiment leaves Red Dwarf exploded into millions of pieces and two new duplicated Red Dwarfs. One contains all that is good in the universe. And the other?

Back to Reality - The crew make some startling discoveries. Rimmer and Lister are in fact brothers. Kryten is a half-human cop. Cat wears anoraks and is named Duane Dibley. Can this be reality or just a ghastly nightmare?

Series 6
Psirens - Sometime during 200 years of suspended animation, Red Dwarf is stolen and the crew are left in Starbug. They pursue Red Dwarf and encounter the beautiful but deadly Psirens who lure them into their asteroid belt.

Legion - Docking at an abandoned space station to re-supply, the crew discover Legion, a mysterious genius with phenomenal powers. Will he help them find Red Dwarf or does he have something more sinister in mind?

Gunmen of the Apocalypse - Kryten contracts a deadly virus. The only way the crew can help him beat the disease is to enter his fevered dream state wearing artificial reality suits. They enter a Wild West town with Kryten the drunken sheriff.

Emohawk - Polymorph II - The crew crash land in a zone inhabited by the fearsome and stomach-churningly ugly Kinatowi. The tribe have an interesting trade in mind that involves Lister marrying the chief's daughter.

Rimmerworld - In a craven attempt to save his own hide, Rimmer bales out on the crew. When he leaps into the only remaining escape pod he is unaware that he will not see another human face for 600 years.

Out of Time - It's back to the future for Lister, Rimmer and crew. They have received an SOS call from themselves, 15 years in the future. Should they go to the aid of their future selves, or are some things best left unknown?

Dave Lister	---	Craig Charles
Arnold Rimmer	---	Chris Barrie
Cat	---	Danny John-Jules
Holly	---	Hattie Hayridge
Kryten	---	Robert Llewellyn
Kochanski	---	Claire Grogan

Written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander, Kim Fuller, Robert Llewellyn, J Hendrie
Directed by Ed Bye, Juliet May
Produced by Ed Bye, Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Juliet May and Andy de Emmony
Original Music by Howard Goodall
Cinematography by Peter Morgan
Film Editing by Graham Hutchings, Ed Wooden, Mark Wybourn
Costume Design by Howard Burden, Gill Shaw, Jack Pinks

British Comedy Awards®
1994 – Best BBC Comedy Series
International Emmy Awards®
1994 – Popular Arts

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