Red Dwarf Extras Season 06 Extra 18 - The Starbuggers 

It makes me sad for the special effects guy to keep apologizing for the limited capabilities of the time. The timing of Red Dwarf couldn't have been better and I appreciate the result of their efforts. It looked great for the time. People who worked hard should never apologize their past accomplishments.

i love how you can tell craig isn't entirely acting when he's lister, seeing him so giddy with excitement just at 'i got to ride a horse' is such a lister thing to say, but I'm fairly sure he was genuine

The miniature work in Red Dwarf was incredible even to this day

As a Red Dwarf fan from the early 90's, I've bought the "complete" series a couple of times, on VHS and various DVD collections, yet hadn't seen this previously. Lots of good inside info on arguably the best series (season) of this show. Thanks for posting!

Still well worth a watch even now, holds up very well better than a lot of stuff out these days

First six seasons were unbelievably good. Does anyone sleep think the quality took a massive nosedive after Seaon VI?

Big fan of Red Dwarf. I was quite young when it was on TV but I remember watching that ending and thinking...could that be it?! It was a long time before Red Dwarf came back! Sadly I don't think it's been as good since, overall but I'm still pleased it's around.

I call Series 5 the Rimmer series and series 6 the Lister series (even though Rimmer got his name in an episode title, Rimmerworld, arguably a spiritual sequel to Terraform meets Meltdown. Apart from that episode, Rimmer is generally more 'one of the team' in series 6, sarcastically bullish apart from the vulnerability of his hologrammatic stress problem, and he's paid attention to as an equal by the rest of the crew more often). Series 6 still greatly impresses me for striking just the right balance between humour and danger. It runs at breakneck speed, cramming in joke after joke. In some ways, it is a restating of what's been before though, particularly from series 4 and 5. I watch series 6 for the production values (I love that green table in Starbug. Kryten's head was great, lighting's moody but not murky) and one-liners. If I want some more depth, I go to another Red Dwarf series.

Just a classic series of Red Dwarf still watched to this day

Quite possibly the most hilarious and clever comedy on TV at the time.

"It gave me an ear infection" That's the most BBC producer-type thing I've ever heard

thanks for this, I am a long time RD fan but I have never seen this stuff

Do see a lot complaining about Red Dwarf losing quality after whatever Season (usually 7, 8, 9), but if that's the way they feel obv' up to them.. Personally can't fault any of them! The MORE the merrier, always found it consistent with the LOL's/Plots + revisiting any never tire compared with many other shows that don't come close to RD. ❤🔥

There was an opportunity missed when Rimmer finally got upgraded to hard light in 'Legion'. They could have explored that Rimmer had been using his hologram status as a way of covering up his lack of any practical skills but was now expected to do more because he COULD touch things again. Coulda been a nice little character progression arc for him and the show.

Series 6 was probably the last series with an "original" feel to the show. When they returned in 1997 with Series 7, they totally changed the tone and feel, more movie like, which started the rot

My step dad showed me this series when I was very young on PBS. Best thing I ever got out of him. I'd get to stay up late Saturday night and watch them and I've been in love with Red Dwarf ever since. Am 36 now and still re-watch them at least once a year. You guys inadvertently made my childhood so much better. I remember quoting it as young as 14. Like Cat's word for when you get your genitals caught in your zipper.

I had always hoped they would stumble on the cat ship that left Red Dwarf and sailed on to Fushal or a nearby planet. Where Lister would be recognized as the cat god Lister the Stupid. AND the episode would be called, "The Second Coming!"

bloody love red dwarf! these docus are so amazing!!!

The first series was put on just before 11pm, so I used to sit all by myself giggling

Ugh, Craig seems like such a bully. Chris, on the other hand seems like such a gentleman and a constant professional. He never bad mouths anyone and is always so cheerful and kind.

1:04:00 why red dwarf was crap without rob grant. He was the filter for doug's lame ideas

In my view still the best series by a million miles - the script felt so sharp with so many more laugh out loud jokes per scene than any other season. The diversity of each episode and stand alone stories stick out. It was series 6 that got me into Red Dwarf as a kid, and I remember being so disappointed watching when they re-ran the show from series 1, as series 1 and 2 in particular, as it felt like a pale imitation compared to season 6, almost like a different show entirely. I guess folk who followed it from the start may have a rose tinted glasses effect at how good it was from the outset, but as someone who jumped on the Red Dwarf bandwagon at series 6 and then watched the earlier seasons retrospectively I still think its the highlight of the entire show before or since. What has come since has been a bit patchy too, - I've watched every subsequent series willing it to be as good as this one but they've never quite hit the target....this was the high water mark for Red Dwarf in my book!

boys of the dwarf

I think this is like 20 years old now, isn't it. Series 6 was that long ago.

Any chance you could upload the other series docs. Can only find series 1 2 and 6....cheers

Boy, did I miss Red Dwarf when they stopped releasing episodes!

Easily the best series they made.

70 yr woman loves Red Dwarf...

Dwayne Dibbly would have absolutely worked at at that time in television.

Approaching Brian May of Queen for the guitar sfx for Red Dwarf; talk about bread and butter!

3:23 Fantasticly Hilarious!

I like the thumbnail for this video...

Seems to be a problem at time, with doing scripts a the very last second. Like, I know on the very last episode with season six. That the cast had to read the script on the monitors on the set. That's how bad it was. I don't understand why it was so bad then. Still a great season though. Also, I know some movie productions have rewrites, even when starting filming but they still had to green light the script to start production.

Did they do one of these documentaries for season 5? It's always been my favourite, even though looking back it's not necessarily got the funniest episodes in it. It feels much more cinematic than the other series

Pat and plonky. Two words I've not heard (or not heard used in that manner) before. I guess pat comes from patronising and means something like 'over explained'? And plonky means cliché? If anyone knows, please share. Thanks!

Gelf talk the Welsh of the galaxy lol 😂

See whats the difference?!? :D

15:50 C’mon, Howard… she wore a LOT less than that in more than one scene from Logan’s Run… 24:25 Look no further than Michael Kilgarriff between 1967 and 1985…

I'm a Yank and a smeghead. "Red Dwarf" used to air on PBS here with its original cast. This American adaptation is a straight up travesty. While it seems like a good idea to bring a British sitcom concept to America on paper, and the good Lord knows there have been plenty with "Steptoe And Son" giving us "Sanford And Son," "Til Death Do Us Part" giving us "All In The Family," "Man About The House" > "Three's Company" and "The Office" giving us, well, "The Office," "Red Dwarf" clearly wasn't one of them. Making a Yank "Red Dwarf" would go over as swimmingly as making an American "Doctor Who." We've seen the original and love it. Trying to adopt it to our "tastes" was more condescending than anything. Also, based on the way American shows go, our net NBC would have milked this to death for 20 something episodes in one season unlike the modest 6 most British series get. "Red Dwarf USA" would have been a joke regardless.

It’s such a shame that Series 6 was the last good series. Series 7 was just awful

Come on...16 thumbs down...bloody flat earthers....

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How did his hair and nails grow in stasis ? Lol :-)

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"I didn't want it to look like an excuse to bring dwayne back" that's exactly what it looked like. crap idea

Whats a DVD

Can someone explain to me if Rimmer is a hologram, how would it be possible for him to put on weight? Rimmer is dead, and a hologram is just a light projection of him. In Legion, when he got his "hardlight" version, Legion said he could not come to harm. So how could he become obese?

The space-core directive gag was absolutely stolen from the The Simpsons bible references.