@@menty6633 I think The League of Gentlemen and Little Britain and shows like that started come out around 2000 when Red Dwarf was sewing down, probably didn't help with the amount of time they were putting between series.
I’ve always said this about series 1-6. It gets to the point where the comedy is good, but it doesn’t even matter if it’s not that funny because the stories are genuinely good sci-fi. The upcoming series 6 especially.
Duane Dibley?!!!!! That character is almost BIGGER than Red Dwarf itself... My Mum's in her seventies and she still busts that impersonation out occasionally (!)
I remember this episode so clearly from watching it on TV as a kid. I saw Dwayne Dibley and immediately thought - teeth the druids could use as a place of worship. Just great comedy writing.
The fascist cop in this episode was played by American actor Lenny Von Dohlen. His appearance was regarded as something of a casting coup at the time, as he'd recently had a memorable recurring role in 'Twin Peaks', which was an absolutely HUGE show in the early nineties. Apparently Von Dohlen agreed to appear in this episode because he was a fan of 'Red Dwarf'. I believe he flew across the Atlantic, arrived on set, shot his scene, then flew back to the States. Sadly he died in 2022. RIP.
the Brummie is one of UKs best actors ever...Timothy Spall from Harry Potter to Mr Turner, and Topsy Turvy & Secret and Lies... He has won many Baftas and awards.
This episode is a classic! The car chase scene is so hilarious (especially when you watch the Smeg Ups for that scene!) The dystopian world mixed with the comedy does make me laugh "Betray your friends and family, fabulous prizes to be won!".
Duane Dibley and Ace Rimmer are the alternate versions of the characters that really took on life of their own within the Red Dwarf fandom. One thing that watching all these again makes me realise is how much all these guys grew as actors, in the course of the show (except for Chris Barrie, I guess, because he was pretty great from the beginning).
This one is a classic to end series 5 .It plays on our heroes individual characters so well and a great idea it's all been a game and they've been terrible at it . This was Red Dwarf at its creative best .
This episode is widely considered to be the greatest episode of the entire series, not least by the late Professor Stephen Hawking! He cited this as his favourite episode.
Been waiting five series for you to get here, this is where they became iconic. What you need to understand is that when this was first broadcast on TV there was no guarantee that there would be any more Red Dwarf, so in the context of the show it was more than plausible to end it with the gag that the whole thing had been a dream all along. This kept fans on tenterhooks throughout the episode, unlike today when you know there is more to come. Highlights include the spawning of Duane Dibley and all the bad news during the car chase being relayed by Rimmer (Plot hole alert: How can a Hologram hallucinate, unless his program is making him conform to Lister's reality?). Plus the brilliant Timothy Spall as the sarcastic technician - wonder how much it helped him get cast in the Harry Potter franchise? There are some great episodes to come, but for me this was the zenith. Always worth rewatching simply to hear the Cat exclaim: "So this is me? A no style gimbo, with teeth the druids could use as a place of worship?!" And even funnier as he wanders on bewildered muttering: "Duane Dibley...?"
Complete control of the creative process and a disbelief that they've been given yet another series leads to episodes like this one, and there's plenty more to come.
This was torture for me as a schoolkid not knowing if the show was coming back and being so confused as to which reality was real. Was it really just a game? Did the squid get them? Did they actually get through it ok? Aaaaaaaarrggh. What a show. What a gem of an episode. One of the best.
Exactly! We didn't know there were going to be more episodes, so it was harder to be sure they wouldn't pull that sort of switch. I remember thinking, "they're not really going to do this though." Then as time went on, "or are they?" One final rug pull? I was so relieved when we finally got to see the "improv class"!
Same here! Back then we didn't know there were going to be several more series. Was this the end? 😮 I remember cheering out loud when reality began to break through. I almost cried! 🎉🎊😁
Lenny Von Dohlen from the classic film Electric Dreams played the fascist cop in the car park in this episode - sadly he passed away a couple years back
Lenny Van Dohlen was the lead in Electric Dreams??? Loved that film back in the day, the theme song is possibly my favourite pop song of the 80s. Never made the connection though only watched the film a couple of times mind, every day’s a school day.
The second Red Dwarf novel, published 1990, was called Better Than Life, which obviously borrowed on / expanded on the idea from the second season story of the same name. This episode then gives us a different version again...
The video game technician was Timothy Spall, great actor. You might know him as the guy who played Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter. He's also done a lot of Mike Leigh movies. People in the UK know him from an 80s show called Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. But he's been in loads of great movies.
Duane Dibbley is such an iconic character from the entire of RD. Danny does such a great job playing him, especially the dorky walk.🤣Also, I love that whole snippet with the electric guitar and action-driven Americanised version of RD we saw briefly.😎 🎸
According to the guide book their scripts had a note on the top saying, 'Are you worried yet?' when the engineer is telling them what should have happened in the game 😁
OK, so you are like WTF?? and you KNOW there is more Red Dwarf to come. Watching this "live" as it were, holy god that was amazing and confusing and brilliant. It's still bloody brilliant. What a great episode.
One of my favorite episodes of all of sci-fi television. It's such a simple premise (what if the world you're in is just an illusion) but the story is told so well and the sitcom structure is just perfect for this. Love this episode, glad you got here!
It's worth bearing in mind that we had no idea if there was going to be a series 6 when this aired. The BBC hated sci-fi at this point and had suddenly axed Doctor Who just a couple of years ago. Watching it, it seemed like it could really be the grand finale to the whole thing!
Timothy Spall is now a famous and highly regarded actor in the UK, but as you’ll see in behind the scenes stuff, he was so unfamiliar with filming with a live audience that it completely freaked him out doing this. This is a chap who won the Palme d’Or for lead actor a few years ago.
Such a great series and such a great episode, the dawn of Duane Dibbley and nervous appearance (he wasn't used to acting in front of a live audience) by the brilliant Timothy Spall! Series 6 is another great series, see you soon!
Being older, I can advise that the brilliant Tim Spall is partially reprising his role as hapless Brummie Barry from ‘Auf Weidersehn Pet’. He’s actually a Londoner. Also it occurs to me that Danny John-Jules (Cat) never really escaped Dwayne, subsequently playing Dwayne Myers in ‘Death In Paradise’.
Patrick Stewart can say they took inspiration from Star Trek but it certainly wasn't TNG there was only a year between TNG and red dwarf coming out and the pilot script was written years before TNG
The "Smeg Ups" is hilarious in the "car scene" The guy in the game was Timothy Spall who has been in literally everything...from Harry Potter to stuff done in Australia...he's huge.
Finally, you got to meet Duane Dibbley!!! Also I love one of the smeg ups for the car chase! Really reminds you that it's entirely their performance that sell that scene.
Welcome, Gals to Series 6 next. The boys from the dwarf really ramp the comedy up a notch now. This next series contains an award winning episode that is truly superb. As these series go on, the layers and layers of character building just gets awesome. What has gone before was great but you will be amazed how far this gets. Thanks for letting us travel on this journey of exploration together.
I get the Star Trek reference. There were a couple of Next Gen episodes involving Riker, where he didn't know which reality was the real one. Also the Buffy mental institution episode.
This literally was an improv drama class for me! We did a dramatic/ comedy road accident with a bus and car and everyone sitting on chairs miming. It was a physical comedy thing. It was probably somewhat inspired by this episode.
I am so happy I stumbled upon your guys channel a few days ago bc Red Dwarf is one of my all time fave shows and the energy and just your both own uniqueness you bring love it all wish I wasn't unemployed and disabled or I'd b a top patron member can't wait to continue the journey with y'all and the boys from the dwarf 💖
When this came out there was a possibility it was going to be the final episode of Red Dwarf and it was over 18 months between this episode airing in March 92 and the first episode of Season 6 airing in October 93. So the possibility that it was "All A Game" hit harder for us back then. The ending of Season 6 was even more horrific given that it was three and a half years between Season 6 ending and Season 7 finally arriving in 1997.
The jeopardy of whether it was real or not was a lot more real for us viewers 30 years ago; it was the last episode of the series and could conceivably be the last ever episode. Very few shows went on longer than 5 years. We had no way of knowing at the time that this wasn't even half way through the shows run; and the show being VR could easily have been an ending.
I was a teenger at the time, when Red Dwarf would be broadcast on friday nights. I remember the following Monday at school, all my mates were doing Cat's despondent cry of "Duane Dibley!" Especially as one of us kinda had the same haircut😅
That's one of the most popular episodes of Red Dwarf. THE most popular is coming soon, but in the meantime, it's amazing how far the series has come in just 30 episodes.
Timothy Spall played the brummie git. also known as Peter Pettigrew from the Harry Potter movies. Making him the second actor from the Harry Potter films to have a role on Red Dwarf.
Kat changing is always my favourite. The line and the horror in his face makes the whole episode without him needed to do more. So much they brought it back and was a catch phrase for us as kids.
The "Galls from the Dwarf" needs to be your new moto, lol. New subscriber here....watched all your Red Dwarf reactions, and your channel has in hand got me into Star Trek next gen lol.
This one has a lot of Philip K Dick for me -- questioning reality and everything you thought you knew. But played for laughs in the best way! I liked how everyone found out they were supposed to be the exact opposite of themselves -- Cat as a dweeb, Rimmer a hobo mess, and Lister an authoritarian leader. Kryton was the only one who got something of an upgrade, until the reveal that he's just a traffic cop!
Hi Gals! Been waiting for you to react to this one! And you completely got it!! This was actually voted in a UK poll as the best Red Dwarf episode! You've got Timothy Spall as the game attendant. The whole idea that they've been on a VR game the whole time. I've never thought of the car chase as an drama school improv class, but now you've mentioned it... yeah you're right and it makes it even better! The episode came out way before The Matrix, And course... DWAYNE DIBBLEY!!!???
This one of my favourite episodes.. Timothy spall is amazing in this one ...he's the guy who works at the game place , plus Dwayne dibbley is a recurring character in later series.
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, can't read all the comments, but when this first aired we didn't know the show would be coming back for a 6th season. There was a lot of speculation that the show was ending, so it did put that seed of doubt in your mind that maybe the video game thing might genuinely be how they were going to wrap up the show. The episode was so popular that when the series was repeated the following year they aired this episode first rather than last.
When I first saw this waaaay back when I thought they took another stab at the 'Better than life' episode, I prefer this episode because the characters are much more rounded.
I saw this episode when it was brand new. I thought this must be the last episode ever. That made me sad. The story was very clever the way it tricked the audience.
Yep this is one of my fav RD episodes ever. This show is full of surprises so don't dismiss any possibilities, if you think something might happen then be prepared to see it happen in one form or another. Keep up these great reaction videos, I'll keep watching them and having fun seeing your reactions.😁
Great reaction gals, just to give you a heads up, after series 6 we have three series of unexpected number of episodes, wouldn’t want you to miss anything. Series 7 +8 eight episodes each, then a three episode mini series. Back to 6 episodes for series 10 to 12 and finally a 90 minute special.
I remember watching this when it first broadcast and we had no idea if this might be the last ever episode. For a moment I thought that it might have been 'a dream' all along and that would have been a bold but very Red Dwarf way of finishing the series!
If you asked me what my fave episode of Red Dwarf is, well, this is absolutely on the short list. :) The whole season except Angels/Demons really are just top notch. I LOVE the setup for this episode, and the resolution is maybe a little rushed, but great all the same. I wish ya'll gals would stop after S6, and just - let it be... Go out on a high, cos S6 certainly is still on the upward trajectory... But that said, I will come join you watching what comes after S9, just to see what ya'll have to say about it...
Red Dwarf really doesn't get enough credit for being genuinely good sci-fi in addition to good comedy.
So true. I think cringe and shock comedy took over and classic stuff like this was sort of forgotten about. This is a truly great sci fi story.
It was my introduction to British comedy and British sci-fi and I’m still a fan of both.
@@menty6633 I think The League of Gentlemen and Little Britain and shows like that started come out around 2000 when Red Dwarf was sewing down, probably didn't help with the amount of time they were putting between series.
I’ve always said this about series 1-6. It gets to the point where the comedy is good, but it doesn’t even matter if it’s not that funny because the stories are genuinely good sci-fi. The upcoming series 6 especially.
It has a very good cyberpunk atmosphere
Duane Dibley?!!!!!
That character is almost BIGGER than Red Dwarf itself...
My Mum's in her seventies and she still busts that impersonation out occasionally (!)
I remember this episode so clearly from watching it on TV as a kid. I saw Dwayne Dibley and immediately thought - teeth the druids could use as a place of worship. Just great comedy writing.
The fascist cop in this episode was played by American actor Lenny Von Dohlen. His appearance was regarded as something of a casting coup at the time, as he'd recently had a memorable recurring role in 'Twin Peaks', which was an absolutely HUGE show in the early nineties. Apparently Von Dohlen agreed to appear in this episode because he was a fan of 'Red Dwarf'. I believe he flew across the Atlantic, arrived on set, shot his scene, then flew back to the States. Sadly he died in 2022. RIP.
WTF?? Moles died? That is so sad. I will always remember him as Miles or "Moles" from Electric Dreams, one of my all time fave films and songs!
One of the best RD episodes. A classic. Yes, not everyone feels it, but for the most part, it is generally considered as such. A treat every time.
It's actually the highest rated episode of Red Dwarf to date
It's great, as is all of Season 4 and 5 but honestly it wouldn't make my Top 6 episodes from those two seasons.
+1 for this
Remember watching this one when it was broadcast thinking "my god they're not going to do any more!"
the Brummie is one of UKs best actors ever...Timothy Spall from Harry Potter to Mr Turner, and Topsy Turvy & Secret and Lies... He has won many Baftas and awards.
And was in the brilliant Auf Wiedersehen pet
Who did he play on Harry Potter?
@@clasicradiolover Peter Pettigrew
Was also in "The Last Samurai", his son Rafe also has a long list of acting credits like Hot Fuzz and Life of Pi.
You forgot Auf Wiedersehen, pet
“DUANE DIBLEY”!
Red Dwarf’s greatest character!
This episode has my favourite joke in the whole series. “Be a Government Informer. Betray your family and friends. Fabulous prizes to be won?”
One of the best episodes of RD ever, just a joy. Danny John-Jules's delivery of "I don't wanna be Duane Dibbley" gets me every time.
"What the hell's happened to my teeth?!" Classic moment in Red Dwarf
Before he's turned into a catchphrase, it makes sense as character wise.
This episode is a classic! The car chase scene is so hilarious (especially when you watch the Smeg Ups for that scene!) The dystopian world mixed with the comedy does make me laugh "Betray your friends and family, fabulous prizes to be won!".
It's such a good thingthat such thing could never happen in this day and age Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti "snitches get rewards" March 2020.
The flashbacks to reality, every time they need an expensive action scene, are pure genius.
14:19 That was Timothy Spall who (among a metric-shit-ton of other stuff) was Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban.
Duane Dibley and Ace Rimmer are the alternate versions of the characters that really took on life of their own within the Red Dwarf fandom. One thing that watching all these again makes me realise is how much all these guys grew as actors, in the course of the show (except for Chris Barrie, I guess, because he was pretty great from the beginning).
Chris was brilliant from the first scene onwards but to be fair to the others, Rimmer was the stand out character in those early series in my opinion
Don’t forget that when this was first broadcast, we didn’t know that there was going to be another series. It could have been the last ever episode!
"Speed bumps" made me laugh as a kid, still makes me laugh now.
this episode spun me so much, I remember where I was watching it for the first time in the 90's
This one is a classic to end series 5 .It plays on our heroes individual characters so well and a great idea it's all been a game and they've been terrible at it . This was Red Dwarf at its creative best .
I caught a few of your reactions to Dr Who during covid and it's great you found Red Dwarf , always look forward to seeing what you make of it .
This episode is widely considered to be the greatest episode of the entire series, not least by the late Professor Stephen Hawking! He cited this as his favourite episode.
Been waiting five series for you to get here, this is where they became iconic.
What you need to understand is that when this was first broadcast on TV there was no guarantee that there would be any more Red Dwarf, so in the context of the show it was more than plausible to end it with the gag that the whole thing had been a dream all along. This kept fans on tenterhooks throughout the episode, unlike today when you know there is more to come.
Highlights include the spawning of Duane Dibley and all the bad news during the car chase being relayed by Rimmer (Plot hole alert: How can a Hologram hallucinate, unless his program is making him conform to Lister's reality?). Plus the brilliant Timothy Spall as the sarcastic technician - wonder how much it helped him get cast in the Harry Potter franchise?
There are some great episodes to come, but for me this was the zenith. Always worth rewatching simply to hear the Cat exclaim:
"So this is me? A no style gimbo, with teeth the druids could use as a place of worship?!"
And even funnier as he wanders on bewildered muttering: "Duane Dibley...?"
Complete control of the creative process and a disbelief that they've been given yet another series leads to episodes like this one, and there's plenty more to come.
This was torture for me as a schoolkid not knowing if the show was coming back and being so confused as to which reality was real. Was it really just a game? Did the squid get them? Did they actually get through it ok? Aaaaaaaarrggh.
What a show. What a gem of an episode. One of the best.
Exactly! We didn't know there were going to be more episodes, so it was harder to be sure they wouldn't pull that sort of switch. I remember thinking, "they're not really going to do this though." Then as time went on, "or are they?" One final rug pull? I was so relieved when we finally got to see the "improv class"!
Same here!
Back then we didn't know there were going to be several more series.
Was this the end? 😮
I remember cheering out loud when reality began to break through.
I almost cried! 🎉🎊😁
Lenny Von Dohlen from the classic film Electric Dreams played the fascist cop in the car park in this episode - sadly he passed away a couple years back
Lenny Van Dohlen was the lead in Electric Dreams??? Loved that film back in the day, the theme song is possibly my favourite pop song of the 80s. Never made the connection though only watched the film a couple of times mind, every day’s a school day.
The second Red Dwarf novel, published 1990, was called Better Than Life, which obviously borrowed on / expanded on the idea from the second season story of the same name. This episode then gives us a different version again...
What an episode! It rounded off the series beautifully (especially because we didn't know if there'd ever be more episodes)
Cat as Dwayne Dibbley must have been the inspiration for Howard Walowitz.
The video game technician was Timothy Spall, great actor. You might know him as the guy who played Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter. He's also done a lot of Mike Leigh movies. People in the UK know him from an 80s show called Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. But he's been in loads of great movies.
the outtakes where they are driving sitting on those boxes and he falls over
They react to that on their Patreon!
Finally, I get to shout “Dwayne Dibley”…😂😂 I’ve been waiting for you girls to get to this point
Duane Dibbley is such an iconic character from the entire of RD. Danny does such a great job playing him, especially the dorky walk.🤣Also, I love that whole snippet with the electric guitar and action-driven Americanised version of RD we saw briefly.😎 🎸
According to the guide book their scripts had a note on the top saying, 'Are you worried yet?' when the engineer is telling them what should have happened in the game 😁
OK, so you are like WTF?? and you KNOW there is more Red Dwarf to come. Watching this "live" as it were, holy god that was amazing and confusing and brilliant. It's still bloody brilliant. What a great episode.
One of my favorite episodes of all of sci-fi television. It's such a simple premise (what if the world you're in is just an illusion) but the story is told so well and the sitcom structure is just perfect for this.
Love this episode, glad you got here!
Interesting fact when this series was released on VHS back in the day. This was the 1st episode of 3 on the 1st tape.
It's worth bearing in mind that we had no idea if there was going to be a series 6 when this aired. The BBC hated sci-fi at this point and had suddenly axed Doctor Who just a couple of years ago. Watching it, it seemed like it could really be the grand finale to the whole thing!
Timothy Spall is now a famous and highly regarded actor in the UK, but as you’ll see in behind the scenes stuff, he was so unfamiliar with filming with a live audience that it completely freaked him out doing this.
This is a chap who won the Palme d’Or for lead actor a few years ago.
He was already famous back then. This was a cameo for him. He'd already starred in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, a hugely successful series on BBC.
Such a great series and such a great episode, the dawn of Duane Dibbley and nervous appearance (he wasn't used to acting in front of a live audience) by the brilliant Timothy Spall! Series 6 is another great series, see you soon!
This is a real fan favorite and one of the highest rated ones.
Being older, I can advise that the brilliant Tim Spall is partially reprising his role as hapless Brummie Barry from ‘Auf Weidersehn Pet’. He’s actually a Londoner. Also it occurs to me that Danny John-Jules (Cat) never really escaped Dwayne, subsequently playing Dwayne Myers in ‘Death In Paradise’.
Patrick Stewart can say they took inspiration from Star Trek but it certainly wasn't TNG there was only a year between TNG and red dwarf coming out and the pilot script was written years before TNG
"They would never get rid of the dwarf" next week will be fun.
The "Smeg Ups" is hilarious in the "car scene"
The guy in the game was Timothy Spall who has been in literally everything...from Harry Potter to stuff done in Australia...he's huge.
The Gals just recently uploaded their reaction to that Smeg Up on Patreon. It certainly was hilarious!
Finally, you got to meet Duane Dibbley!!!
Also I love one of the smeg ups for the car chase! Really reminds you that it's entirely their performance that sell that scene.
I love this episode. Duane Dibbley, the virtual car chase! Just wonderful!
Welcome, Gals to Series 6 next. The boys from the dwarf really ramp the comedy up a notch now. This next series contains an award winning episode that is truly superb. As these series go on, the layers and layers of character building just gets awesome. What has gone before was great but you will be amazed how far this gets. Thanks for letting us travel on this journey of exploration together.
This episode was all the talk at school the next day. Definitely a high point.
I get the Star Trek reference. There were a couple of Next Gen episodes involving Riker, where he didn't know which reality was the real one. Also the Buffy mental institution episode.
This literally was an improv drama class for me! We did a dramatic/ comedy road accident with a bus and car and everyone sitting on chairs miming. It was a physical comedy thing. It was probably somewhat inspired by this episode.
The guy asking them if they got to the planet of the nymphomaniacs, was played by Tim Spall, who plays Wormtail in the HP movies... :)
"So you found the Captain's message right away?"
I am so happy I stumbled upon your guys channel a few days ago bc Red Dwarf is one of my all time fave shows and the energy and just your both own uniqueness you bring love it all wish I wasn't unemployed and disabled or I'd b a top patron member can't wait to continue the journey with y'all and the boys from the dwarf 💖
When this came out there was a possibility it was going to be the final episode of Red Dwarf and it was over 18 months between this episode airing in March 92 and the first episode of Season 6 airing in October 93.
So the possibility that it was "All A Game" hit harder for us back then.
The ending of Season 6 was even more horrific given that it was three and a half years between Season 6 ending and Season 7 finally arriving in 1997.
no spoilers
@@gregevigan There aren't any spoilers in my previous comment!
I gave no details of any episode!
Loved this whole season, and I didn't see it (or season 4) for several years after season 3, so it was a treat.
The jeopardy of whether it was real or not was a lot more real for us viewers 30 years ago; it was the last episode of the series and could conceivably be the last ever episode. Very few shows went on longer than 5 years. We had no way of knowing at the time that this wasn't even half way through the shows run; and the show being VR could easily have been an ending.
Are you seriously telling me you were playing the prat version of Rimmer, for FOUR YEARS!?!? xD
Best... Episode... Ever... Or maybe joint best with quarantine. God, series 5 was pinnacle Red Dwarf
The episode that started it all for me. Caught the last half of this episode late one night flipping channels. Knew I needed to check the show out.
I sometimes forget just how good series 5 was as it really was just one good episode after another with one of the best to end it.
I was a teenger at the time, when Red Dwarf would be broadcast on friday nights. I remember the following Monday at school, all my mates were doing Cat's despondent cry of "Duane Dibley!" Especially as one of us kinda had the same haircut😅
The next series is one of my favourites.
Loved that reaction. Nothing blew my tiny mind and made me laugh as often as Red Dwarf while a younger.
That's one of the most popular episodes of Red Dwarf. THE most popular is coming soon, but in the meantime, it's amazing how far the series has come in just 30 episodes.
Change of plan
LEG IT!!!!
Timothy Spall (the video game engineer) played Wormtail in Harry Potter.
Love this episode. One of the best for me.
Timothy Spall played the brummie git. also known as Peter Pettigrew from the Harry Potter movies. Making him the second actor from the Harry Potter films to have a role on Red Dwarf.
Kat changing is always my favourite. The line and the horror in his face makes the whole episode without him needed to do more.
So much they brought it back and was a catch phrase for us as kids.
Cat?
Such a good episode, this with one from season 6 are my favourite
OMG...Duane Dibbley is Finally Here!!!!! YES!!!!!!!
I'm looking forward to the next episode! That was my first time watching RD on TV.
It’s Duane Dibbley’s debut!!! YES!
Duane Dibbly became an immediate fan favourite just like Ace the moment he showed up we knew it was gonna be a great episode.
Masterpiece.
The "Galls from the Dwarf" needs to be your new moto, lol. New subscriber here....watched all your Red Dwarf reactions, and your channel has in hand got me into Star Trek next gen lol.
It took 18 month for series six to appear, so at the time we thought this may be the final ever episode.
This one has a lot of Philip K Dick for me -- questioning reality and everything you thought you knew. But played for laughs in the best way! I liked how everyone found out they were supposed to be the exact opposite of themselves -- Cat as a dweeb, Rimmer a hobo mess, and Lister an authoritarian leader. Kryton was the only one who got something of an upgrade, until the reveal that he's just a traffic cop!
When this was first broadcast, for all we knew it was the final episode. It made the hallucination more believable.
Hi Gals! Been waiting for you to react to this one! And you completely got it!! This was actually voted in a UK poll as the best Red Dwarf episode! You've got Timothy Spall as the game attendant. The whole idea that they've been on a VR game the whole time. I've never thought of the car chase as an drama school improv class, but now you've mentioned it... yeah you're right and it makes it even better! The episode came out way before The Matrix, And course... DWAYNE DIBBLEY!!!???
I was in school when this episode aired in the UK. We were talking about it for weeks. The car chase scene was just pure brilliance.
The game technician was Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter movies.
Calling someone Dwayne Dibley became a top insult at my school year for quite a while
Awesome one of my favourite episodes of red dwarf dwarf dibble I laughter and laughed my socks off. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This one of my favourite episodes.. Timothy spall is amazing in this one ...he's the guy who works at the game place , plus Dwayne dibbley is a recurring character in later series.
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, can't read all the comments, but when this first aired we didn't know the show would be coming back for a 6th season. There was a lot of speculation that the show was ending, so it did put that seed of doubt in your mind that maybe the video game thing might genuinely be how they were going to wrap up the show. The episode was so popular that when the series was repeated the following year they aired this episode first rather than last.
And we'd had the *Better Than Life* novel which took the idea of being stuck in AR much further.
Hands down one of the best episodes in the series. So many RD memes came from this episode that still persist being used to this day in the fandom.
The "brummy git" that brought them back to reality was Timothy Spall, who played Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter
When I first saw this waaaay back when I thought they took another stab at the 'Better than life' episode, I prefer this episode because the characters are much more rounded.
Quite the shock when it came out as you thought it could be true and the end.
Also probably one of the reasons it's the highest rated episode on imdb
Wonder if the Gallifrey Gals noticed: "I've a limo in long term storage." "Bay 47"
*Two episodes earlier*
"Bay 47? That's quarantine!"
Oh my God! I'm a long time watcher of RD and I've NEVER noticed that! Nice catch! 😄
The operator of the game is the actor that plays Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter.
I saw this episode when it was brand new. I thought this must be the last episode ever. That made me sad. The story was very clever the way it tricked the audience.
The game operator was played by Notable British actor Timothy Spall, whos probably most known in the US for playing Wormtail in the Harry Potter Films
Yep this is one of my fav RD episodes ever. This show is full of surprises so don't dismiss any possibilities, if you think something might happen then be prepared to see it happen in one form or another.
Keep up these great reaction videos, I'll keep watching them and having fun seeing your reactions.😁
Great reaction gals, just to give you a heads up, after series 6 we have three series of unexpected number of episodes, wouldn’t want you to miss anything. Series 7 +8 eight episodes each, then a three episode mini series. Back to 6 episodes for series 10 to 12 and finally a 90 minute special.
That episode was so good I am watching it back again
I apologise if somebody's already pointed this out, but in the UK, "Brummie" refers to somebody who comes from Birmingham. Great reaction as always.
I remember watching this when it first broadcast and we had no idea if this might be the last ever episode.
For a moment I thought that it might have been 'a dream' all along and that would have been a bold but very Red Dwarf way of finishing the series!
That car chase is legendary.
Speedhumps!
And did you recognise the guy running the game was also the rat from Harry Potter? Timothy Spall.
Next episode has one of my favourite sci-fi concepts in the whole show, so really looking forward to you starting Season 6 :)
If you asked me what my fave episode of Red Dwarf is, well, this is absolutely on the short list. :) The whole season except Angels/Demons really are just top notch. I LOVE the setup for this episode, and the resolution is maybe a little rushed, but great all the same.
I wish ya'll gals would stop after S6, and just - let it be... Go out on a high, cos S6 certainly is still on the upward trajectory... But that said, I will come join you watching what comes after S9, just to see what ya'll have to say about it...
This is what gets me to the next week!