Red Dwarf X - this time it's a public post

[drunkwriter]

I've now seen, in one form or another, about half of Red Dwarf X's six episodes. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that it's going to be utterly brilliant.

I was among a very lucky group who got to see rough cuts of two episodes last night in Soho Square. Doug, Linda (casting director) and Richard Naylor (co-producer) were there, as were Robert Llewellyn and Danny John Jules.

Everyone has their own favourite series of Red Dwarf, personally I prefer seasons 2 and 3 - some of the special effects heavy later episodes haven't aged well. I think Red Dwarf X will have something for everyone. The characters each get a reasonable amount to do. The actors are looking younger than they did in Back to Earth. The new set is awesome. What can I say that doesn't constitute a spoiler?

How about this - I've said it behind a locked post before, but I'll come out and say it again. Whatever you thought of Back to Earth, it was a celebration of 20 years of the show, a Dwarf equivalent of The Five Doctors. This is quite simply a new series of Red Dwarf. I can't smegging wait.

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[drunkwriter]

It's a subjective thing, but yes, I think it's very funny. But then I've watched it with a studio audience, and then with a private audience. I was in the green room after each recording, and we tittered over favourite lines with the cast, there are photos of my girlfriend and I on the set, it was all a bit of a dream experience for someone who started watching the show with Season 2. Who knows how funny it will be when watched by people in groups of one or two in front of their tellies on a Thursday evening?

That's why I've steered clear of the f-word. It means different things to different people, and having done a spot of work for the production team on another project, I run the risk of sounding a bit back-slappy. The truth is, I'm in total awe of most aspects of the production, from the set construction upwards (if you've seen the set photo, it looks incredible and expensive but, to take just one example, the red mouldings on the arches and walls are actually just IKEA cutlery racks sprayed red and glued to the walls).

The funniest part of the second episode I saw recorded was the warm-up comedian discovering that an audience member had been involved in a Red Dwarf-themed sex tape when she was younger.