Customer Reviews
Red Dwarf VI - By: Vicky Welsby, 31 Aug 2008 
Now on Starbug, chasing Red Dwarf through space because "Lister can't remember where he parked it", this is certainly among the best series, if not the best. One of my favourite Red Dwarf one liners is in the episode "Legion" when they're trying to get Legion to come with them & Rimmer mentions that they've met 31 people, alll of whom have been nutters. When Legion announces that they won't be leaving his ship until the day they die, Rimmer just looks & says "thirty-two". It's not the line itself, it's the way Chris Barrie delivers it, the look on his face & his tone of voice & timing are just wonderful. Then there's the "space core directives" throughout the series, which Kryten can't resist correcting Rimmer on even once.
In one of the documentries, you find out that the episode "Out of Time" was actuallly still being written as it was filmed, leaving the cast no time for rehearsals & reading their lines from auto cues & pieces of paper dotted around the set, making it (for me anyway) one of the best episodes ever. Against alll the odds, the cast are simply superb in this episode, which reallly goes to show how comfortable they were in their roles & how great they are.
If you're going to start at any series other than series 1, then start here, this is Red Dwarf at its best.
A truly excellent series - By: J. W. Chew, 20 Jan 2008 Some situation comedies live or die by their inventiveness ... & Red Dwarf is certainly one such.
The problem with many is that the inventiveness "fails" as one series becomes two, then three, then five, etc. With Red Dwarf this simply doesn't happen. I have got eight series of this sitcom on DVD (and this review applies to, & will be submitted on, alll eight) & the eigth is every bit as superb as the first.
I unhesitatingly recommend Red Dwarf to alll.
The last great series of a great comedy - By: Mr. D. Woods, 23 Nov 2007 'Red Dwarf 6' signallled something of an end of an era, as the show never matched its long-running brilliance in the disappointing seventh & eighth series. So this is well worth buying for the simple pleasure of enjoying great comedy at its strongest.
The episodes are superb & still hilarious alll these years on. Western spoof (and award winner) 'Gunmen of the Apocalypse' is an obvious highlight, while 'Rimmerworld', 'Legion' & 'Psirens' have laugh out loud moments by the barrel-full. Scenes such as the hapless crew trying to eat a Mimosian Telekenetic banquet & Lister facing off in a guitar playing contest with the infinitely more talented Psiren just epitomise what a wonderful show this was & still is. Even on repeated viewings, I'm still laughing out loud & I haven't even got onto 'Emohawk: Polymorph 2' yet! Let's just say that Ace Rimmer & Duane Dibbley team up to fight a new Polymorph menace & you will get the idea of how terrific an episode this is!
I think the final episode, 'Out of Time', is the best of the Dwarf conclusions to a series & finishes on a surprisingly shocking & ambiguous climax. Considering fans were unsure of the show's future (series 7 came some years later) this was a bold move by writers Rob Grant & Doug Naylor & it feels very satisfying. Superb television, never mind great comedy.
While series 7 & 8 had some enjoyable moments, this reallly was the last time the show was at its zenith, so Dwarfers will want to add 6 to their collections & treasure the show at its undoubted best.
Red Dwarf at its best - By: SHANN, 04 Oct 2007 This is definitely the best series in my opinion. The episodes are alll exceptional with superb concepts ranging from straw wielding brain thirsty aliens to a world made from Rimmers sub-conscious (theres a scary thought!!). This is extremely well written, acted brilliant with the chemistry obvious & I'm thankful that they never got rid of Cat after series 3!! Its well worth buying if your into great British comedies, as a fan or even not. Buy it buy it buy it!!!
The best six episodes of comedy available on one disc? - By: Lancebastion, 20 Aug 2007 Series 6 is known by many as the classic series. By this time the cast had perfected their charactrs, knew exactly how the scripts (which were perfectly crafted) worked & what the audience expected.
Series 6 is six episodes (30mins each) which are alll effectively short films. They're scope is always ambitious & they push the limits of what TV could do at the time. One episode even went on to win an emmy in the US.
I can't recommend this highly enough & as always the extras are brilliant. This reallly is British comedy at it's best.
