Red Dwarf: Series 3 (1989)
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Studio BBC Home Video
Series Red Dwarf
Movie Release Date 1989
Country UK
Language English
Audience Rating 12
Running Time 315 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 8.9
Cast
Chris Barrie Arnold J. Rimmer
Hattie Hayridge Holly
Robert Llewellyn Kryten
Craig Charles Dave Lister
Ruby Wax Blaze Falconburger
Koo Stark Lady Sabrina Mulholland-Jjones
Robert Addie Gilbert
Gordon Kennedy Hudzen 10
Frances Barber Genny Mutant
Crew
Director Ed Bye
Director Rob Grant
Writer Rob Grant
Writer Doug Naylor
Producer Ed Bye
Producer Rob Grant
Composer Howard Goodall
Cinematography Paul Jackson
Plot
Three million years after the demise of humanity, third technician Dave Lister awakes aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf. Sentenced to a period of suspended animation for smuggling his pet cat on board, he is joined by just four fellow survivors: second technician Arnold J Rimmer, a sneering-yet-inept hologram based on his one-time superior; Holly, a ship's computer reduced to near-senility by eons adrift in space; a humanoid descendant of the cat obsessed with fashion and fish; and Kryten, a salvaged android programmed to serve his useless companions. Together, this bickering band must come to terms with an existence which, in terms of productivity and purpose, isn't that far removed from its old one.
Episodes
Disc 01:
1 Backwards
Under Rimmer’s supervision, Kryten takes a driving lesson at the wheel of Starbug, Red Dwarf’s newly-revealed scout ship. A chance meeting with a wormhole, however, sends student and teacher to a world that literally has everything backwards. Conversations end at the beginning, fights un-blacken eyes, and beer tastes best when vomited into the glass. By the time Lister and the Cat mount a rescue, their crewmates have discovered the bizarre upside of life in reverse motion.
2 Marooned
Holly’s discovery of “five black holes” in Red Dwarf’s path prompts the crew to abandon ship, Rimmer and Lister crashing on a nearby ice planet when Starbug collides with a meteorite. With hope fading as the days pass, the marooned pair must sacrifice more than just their rivalry to survive, Lister’s diet reduced to dog food and the only thing he hates more: Pot Noodles. The need for firewood, meanwhile, soon imperils their most prized possessions: Rimmer’s camphor wood trunk and Lister’s guitar.
3 Polymorph
An uninvited alien guest brings the worst out of the crew – then eats it. Feeding on the fear, anger, guilt and vanity of its prey, the shape-shifting “Polymorph” creates an even more dysfunctional adversary: their alter-egos. Unable to hatch a plan that doesn’t involve leaflet campaigns and kicks to the balls, the psychotic Lister, placard-waving Rimmer, boorish Kryten and drunken Cat must unite in order to survive, the face of the enemy changing at every turn.
Disc 02:
4 Bodyswap
Lister asks a malfunctioning dispenser unit for a Toffee Crisp and triggers the ship’s self-destruct sequence, the only way out being a “body swap” with a dead, high-ranking officer. Inspired, Rimmer suggests a two-week trade: Lister’s body for his, the sweetener being that he’ll return it in tip-top physical condition. Unfortunately, the pleasures of the flesh prove too much for the weak-willed hologram, the fitness regime descending into an orgy of binging and self-abuse.
5 Timeslides
Lister’s despair at life after humanity lifts when Kryten, having discovered some mutated development fluid, creates photographs that literally revisit the past. With no regard for the laws of causality, Lister looks to exploit the discovery for his own ends, talking his teenaged self into inventing the “Tension Sheet”, a billion-selling sheet of painted bubble-wrap. Suddenly alone on Red Dwarf, Rimmer is left with little choice but to “save” his crewmate from a life of luxury.
6 The Last Day
The crew intercepts a message from Kryten’s manufacturer, DivaDroid International, declaring him obsolete and announcing his successor, the all-singing, all-dancing Hudzen-10. Left with days to live by an inbuilt self-destruct programme, Kryten reflects on his robot existence, taking solace in the thought of an electronic afterlife. A farewell party prompts a change of heart, however, jeopardised by the arrival of his super-strong, murderously deranged replacement.
Special Features
Disc 01: Audio Commentary
Disc 02: Audio Commentary
Bloopers
Deleted Scenes
Doumentary
Easter Egg
Featurette(s)
Gallery (Photo / Art)
Theatrical Trailer(s)
Visual Effects
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon.co.uk
IMDB
Edition Details
Edition 2-Disc Set
Format DVD
Region Region 2; Region 4
Release Country UK
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 2
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Release Date 03-11-2003
Box'ed Extras Booklet