Non-Trek SF Worldbuilding: Red Dwarf

[David Flin]

@Thande presents the next in his SF Worldbuilding series, this time looking at Red Dwarf.

 

[Charles EP M.]

The GELFs, Simulants, Cats, and various lost science projects and mechanical/AI beings are a great way to sneak around the No Aliens bit, aren't they? It also, I just realised, works great for gags because you can have them be closer to British viewers in references, props etc because humans made them.

 

[Thande]

Here's a link to those videos from Spaced Out I mentioned (I've only seen the first one thus far). It is interesting considering he also does serious in-universe videos about living on ships like the Enterprise or the Liberator, and often the clips he picks don't make it obvious Red Dwarf is a comedy either - which would be an interesting way for someone to encounter it for the first time!

 

[Masteroftheuniverse]

It's interesting how Red Dwarf combines a light tone with an astonishingly bleak setting. Quite similar to Hitchiker's Guide in that respect.

 

[Charles EP M.]

It's interesting how Red Dwarf combines a light tone with an astonishingly bleak setting. Quite similar to Hitchiker's Guide in that respect.

Very, very British

 

[Ncw8]

The DS9 production team did sneak in a couple of references to Red Dwarf. The Promenade Directory lists offices for both Diva Droid Corporation and Jupiter Mining Corporation.

 

[Thande]

The DS9 production team did sneak in a couple of references to Red Dwarf. The Promenade Directory lists offices for both Diva Droid Corporation and Jupiter Mining Corporation.

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Along with others for the Hitchhiker's Guide, not to mention the inevitable Buckaroo Banzai and others.

 

[Warthog]

The DS9 production team did sneak in a couple of references to Red Dwarf. The Promenade Directory lists offices for both Diva Droid Corporation and Jupiter Mining Corporation.

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Chez Zimmerman?

 

[Ncw8]

Chez Zimmerman?

Reference to the DS9 production designer, Herman Zimmerman.

 

[Warthog]

Reference to the DS9 production designer, Herman Zimmerman.

And very nicely done

 

[Thande]

Reference to the DS9 production designer, Herman Zimmerman.

I wonder if he was also whom the Doctor's original planned name (later shifted to be that of his creator) in Voyager was named for.