TV review: Red Dwarf XI

Channel: Dave

Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn

I recently wrote about the show that was once the biggest show in BBC2 history getting ratings that producers of shows that go out on BBC1 and ITV now can only dream of. Well the new series has started so has anything changed? Lets get the bad out of the way first, the opening episode has a somewhat stiff fell to it as what seems the first 10 minutes of episode are spent in the cockpit of the Starbug. The plot does seem to be going over old ground, on the run from a race of cybernetic killers the crew find themselves on a world where technology from beyond the 1920's is prohibited by the same race, this brings to mind a number of some of the show,s most iconic episodes in particular The Gunmen of the Apocalypse. But I want to end this review with the good which is that the cast fit their characters like gloves. Robert Llewellyn as Kyrten is more human than, Danny John-Jules's Cat always putting some one else in the firing line, Rimmer as played by Chris Barrie is the by the book coward and Craig Charles as Lister provides with the everyman to cheer for.  I will be watching the rest of the series mainly for their interplay