Series 6 - New Year "Special" Part 4

About this episode

The episode discusses listener emails covering character moments and various questions related to Red Dwarf.

The final batch of listener emails in this series cover more great character moments and recasting suggestions/heresies. An important question about Starbug is answered. An important question about polymorphs and holograms is also answered. And an important question about space weevils is raised.  Another listener plays detective over that Simpsons comic featuring Rimmer. And we hear lots of opinions about whether or not we should be looking forward to watching series 7 onwards. Speaking of which, fear not listener – no matter how long it takes, we’ll be back for more Better Than Life tackling series 7 and beyond! SO WHAT IS IT? Better Than Life is the pod where comedians talk Red Dwarf, the greatest sci-fi sitcom, one episode at a time. With a fresh guest every ep, we’re your perfect podcast companion for a first watch or a rewatch. Be warned: spoilers!  Hosted and produced by Fergus (huge fan) and John (lapsed fan).  Huge thanks to Alex Watson for invaluable help in making this podcast a thing.  FANCY SOME LINKS? For the unedited Music of Red Dwarf podcast we mentioned, sign up to Jamie Lenman’s Patreon .  Check out the pilot episode of Boldly Going…

People in this episode

Hosts: Fergus, John

Topics covered

• listener emails
• character moments
• recasting suggestions
• Red Dwarf series
• polymorphs
• holograms
• space weevils

Keywords

• listener emails
• Red Dwarf
• character moments
• polymorphs
• holograms
• space weevils
• recasting suggestions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Dwarf, Simpsons, Music of Red Dwarf, Boldly Going Nowhere

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