Red Dwarf – The First Three Million Years Ep 1 thoughts
· David Tennant doing the narration! Love a bit of the DT
· I know that Chris Barrie can do a brilliant Cat impression, but having his impression followed immediately by a clip of the Cat speaking really highlights how flawless it is – I genuinely couldn’t tell the two voices apart
· I didn’t know that Chris auditioned but was turned down at first! And I didn’t know that after they cast Craig they brought Chris back to read with him and cast him based on the chemistry they had together – love that!
· “So, instead of proper actors what we wound up with was a poet, an impressionist, a stand-up comedian and dancer. Looking back, the best possible cast we could ever have imagined.”
· Bless Peter Ridsdale-Scott for saving those sets! The fact that if he hadn’t of made sure they got safely stored during the electrician’s strike the show would never have been made is crazy. Also bless him for loving the script and insisting the show be filmed in Manchester – would the show have ever been made without him?
· I love that the extra rehearsal time they got because of the strike gave them more time to work on the characters – particularly Danny’s crazy cat mannerisms and Rimmer’s salute. The fact that Chris ended up with “14 different varieties of salute” is just brilliant
· Howard Goodall singing the alternative theme tunes had me cracking up – “I want to swim, nakedly, get quite drunk in several wooden huts”, “Get things nicked and ruin all my shoes”. “So, there’s a theme there.”
· I really like that in the Radio Times listing for the first episode Danny’s character was just listed as ? Also that Chris was listed as playing ‘Arnold Rimmer, BSC, SSC’
· Craig reciting that nasty old review once again – I love that he’s got that memorised.
· The fact that they shot the Better Than Life beach scenes on Rhyl beach – “We all froze to death”. And the boys had to be wrapped in coats and blankets between takes to keep them warm!
· That deleted scene from Bodyswap with Kryten doing a posh English accent! Really weird to hear him talking in any accent that isn’t his not-Canadian one.
· Loved the first episode! So many interesting little nuggets of information that I’ve never heard before. Can’t wait for episode two!