r/RedDwarf • u/Pistolpetehurley • 9d ago

So what is it? Series 6 lacking something?

Is it the lack of Hattie? Not being on Red Dwarf? Or something else?

On my current watch through I really notice the show start to become a parody of itself and lack the authenticity of previous series.

Can anyone explain it succinctly to a lowly third technician like me?

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u/BobRushy 9d ago

It's more reliant on formulas. The running gags, the setup of the four of them always sitting in that cockpit in the same seats, the more lightweight adventure-focused stories.

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u/EdTanguy 9d ago

Yeah, it seemed to be during the time the writers were having a fall out, so between the sci-fi and the sit-com, the sit-com was winning

Red dwarf has had 4 or 5 'eras' and this was definitely one of them, as highly regarded as it might be, it's not for everyone, especially those who loved season 1-2 for it's tone

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u/Desperate-System-843 9d ago

It's interesting... I was reading something recently (maybe a YT vid, I can't remember), giving - as an example - Cat "smelling" trouble from the pilot's seat as a moment when RD changed in S6 from "space-scifi-sitcom" to more straight "sitcom".

No criticism - I grew up on S5 and S6 - but it IS cool to SEE the evolution from the first season. At the mo, I'm actually more interested in the first two seasons!!