Season 10 completes a series of events, as Rimmer receives a SOS distress call from a ship destined for driving his occupying brother Howard, making everyone dismayed. In those moments, Rymer could not really save Howard until he was on an equal footing in his professional life. It seems that this person has 15 hours to pass the Astro-Nav exam where he can become an officer, the same test he failed.
Red Dwarf X sees the boys back on form The hairlines may be receding and the faces may be heavier in the jowl but the boys from the Dwarf are an irrepressible bunch...
On the basis of the mini-series and as a former adolescent fan, I'd been worried what I would make of the new episode. In fact, I enjoyed it a great deal...
Humour is subjective, agreed, and there are some good gags and off-the-wall metaphors to savour, but, as much as I wanted it to be, Trojan just wasn't on a par with classics like Queeg, Marooned, White Hole or Legion from the show's past.
By focusing on them and allowing them be as cowardly, slobbish or stupid as ever, writer/director Doug Naylor has rekindled the winning formula and produced an extremely promising opening episode.
