Red Dwarf - Series 3 | 
 enlarge | Director: Ed Bye
Actors: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-jules, Hattie Hayridge, Robert Llewellyn
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 34002
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE1873D
ISBN: 0790784831
UPC: 794051187321
EAN: 9780790784830
ASIN: B0000WN0ZA
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 1989
Release Date: February 3, 2004
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/02/2006 Run time: 165 minutes Rating: Nr
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The third series of Red Dwarf introduced some radical changes--all of them for the better--but the scripts remained as sharp and character-focused as ever, making this a fine candidate for the show's best year. Gone were the dull metallic grey sets and costumes, gone too was Norman Lovett's lugubrious Holly, replaced now by comedienne Hattie Hayridge, who had previously played Hilly in the Series 2 episode "Parallel Universe". New this year were custom-made costumes, more elaborate sets, the zippy pea-green Starbug, bigger special effects and the wholly admirable Robert Llewellyn as Kryten. The benefits of the show's changes are apparent from the outset, with the mind-bending hilarity of "Backwards," in which Kryten and Rimmer establish themselves as a forward-talking double-act on a reverse Earth. After a modest two-person episode that sees Rimmer and Lister "Marooned", comes one of the Dwarf's most beloved episodes, "Polymorph." Here is the ensemble working at its best, as each character unwittingly has their strongest emotion sucked out of them. Lister loses his fear, Cat his vanity, Kryten his reserve, and Rimmer his anger ("Chameleonic Life-Forms. No Thanks"). "Body Swap" sees Lister and Rimmer involved in a bizarre attempt to prevent the ship from self-destructing. "Timeslides" delves deep into Rimmer's psyche as the boys journey haphazardly through history. Finally, "The Last Day" shows how completely Kryten has been adopted as a crewmember, when his replacement Hudzen unexpectedly shows up. --Mark Walker
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 Loosing steam, but still good. May 15, 2007
T. Maloney (East Tinley Park, IL USA)
The last season/series is nearly the best. If you like British silly sci-fi comedy, you will love this series! The early and the later seasons were the best. Some of the middle seasons had good episodes, but not all of episodes were good. I own all of the series and can't wait for the movie.
3 Seires Frawd Der September 25, 2006
General Breadbasket (Melbourne, Australia)
"It's backwards, sir!"
Things get a little different in Red Dwarf, Series 3. There are new cast members, new sets, new planets to be explored, new concepts and new gags, though its all just as quotable as before. The special features on this DVD are just as nice, too. This is probably one of my favorite series of this British sci-fi/comedy show, just because of all the variety, locations and ideas.
As with the last two series, there are six episodes:
"Backwards" explains the changes to the show, by way of a Star Wars-like scrolling text in space whizzing by very, very fast. We see the new version of Kryten (played by Robert Llewelyn) and the new Holly (played by Hattie Hayridge). Out on a driving lesson in space, Rimmer and Kryten are whisked away to an Earth where everything runs backwards. People there eat backwards, drink backwards, speak and write backwards. How will they survive? There's great special effects here, and on the special features disc you can watch the whole thing backwards, meaning you can hear what everyone in the backwards world were actually saying. Some of what you hear in that feature might not be what you expect...
"Marooned" shows Lister and Rimmer getting caught out in a snowstorm on a remote planet. This episode is mainly dialogue, and there's a lot of character development and anecdotes.
"Polymorph" sees a genetically engineered mutant find its way on board ship. It can change into anything, from a beach ball, to underwear, to a kebab, and it is hungry. Hungry for emotions, and the crew are full of them. After feasting on their feelings, the Polymorph will leave the crew very different people...
"Bodyswap" has Lister and Rimmer changing bodies, with a little help from a "brain aenima" and a casette tape. The idea is for Rimmer to get Lister fit, but since he hasn't been alive in so long, Rimmer uses Lister's body to pig out. Lister is disgusted, and wants his body back, but Rimmer won't return it as easy as he took it...
"Timeslides" is a curious episode, and features some mutated photo chemicals that turn whatever photo they develop into a window back in time. If the Red Dwarf crew have a picture of it, they can go to it. Not only that, but they can interfere and change time too! What does this all have to do with bubble wrap painted red? You'll have to find out.
"The Last Day" sees a letter delivered to Red Dwarf saying that Kryten, outdated android that he is, needs replacing, and that a new model mechanoid is on the way. He isn't too upset, as he understands this is the way things are, but Lister feels sorry for him, and decides to throw the poor guy a party. Nice little episode to end with.
Special features include a commentary, which is a fairly revealing look at the British television industry in the late 1980s, as is the "All Change" documentary on the second disc. There's a montage of food related clips, a series of outtakes and deleted scenes (one in which you get to see Kryten without his suit on). There's a video-diary of Hattie Hayridge at a Red Dwarf convention, the music used in the show, which you can play whenever you like, an original trailer or two, and chapters from the talking books. There's a couple more things, including some Easter eggs, but I'm never too good at finding those. Good thing we have the Internet.
A great continuation to the series, both the episodes to the show, and the DVD to the collection. Recommended for lovers of sci-fi, comedy fans, and collectors of all things British.
Did we really need series 3? YES we did! July 13, 2006
Bruce W. Johns (Rockford Illinois USA)
Ahh series 3. This is Red Dwarf. For all of you that don't know this is a Brit-com about the last surviving human, Dave Lister, his bunkmate a holograhm Arnold J. Rimmer, a senile computer known as Holly, and a creature that evolved from Lister's cat over three million years known as Cat, of course! It takes place on a city sized mining ship known as Red Dwarf, hence the name. This is the 3rd series of this 8 series show. It is 6 full episodes spanning 3+ hours. If you've seen earlier series than your in for a change. Holly gets a hologramatic face lift and becomes a chick. An android Kryten joins the crew. If you have seen previous shows, you'll remember an episode named Kryten. Kryten is a bit diffrent and is played by Robert Lewellyn. This series also takes the viewers off ship a bit more. With jaunts to 20th century Earth and treks to creepy abandoned space ships, the viewer is rewarded for sticking it out. If you've been watching previous episodes you'll know what I mean, the gray drab sets and cream colored uniforms. These are replaced by a "new-look" set and wardrobe. It seems that Grant Naylor produtions was able to squeeze a few more pounds(dollars) out of the BBC for the third series. Good special effects, great acting, great writing equals a great series of Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf 3 becomes daring and takes new risk that reward! June 25, 2006
Olaf Johnson (Greystone, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A previous reviewer noted that in season 3 Red Dwarf (RD) becomes more about showing and not telling humor. And that showing is done thru parodoxical references and analogies to popular science fiction of mid the 1990's. I agree, but it think this upgrade or "re-boot" as he said works in favor of the show. Had the show not been re-vamped we would've been complaining about tired settings and you could only have so much actionless-Blackadder-like witty dialogue on a sci-fi parody show before you go nuts.
In doing this "re-boot", RD3 shifts away from the BlackAdder style dialogue humor (where characters mulled around in small stage/space and traded witty sentences) to physical humor like the Polymorph episode, one of the funniest RD episodes ever.
Also the setting is upgraded from the prison gray dungeon of the engineer quarters where Lister and Rimmer previously shared to a glowing soft white (much more modern science-fiction like) setting (which I assumed had to with the eventual decontamination of the upper and more posh science officers' decks and Lister finally being able safely to move in, in RD3 you also see more parts of the ship we never seen before which I also figured had to do with the decontamination progress that was mention once by Holly in season 1, episode 1).
This change of scene helps the plots which becomes more science based, it also gives more space for the physical humor to take place.
The addition of Kryten (finally) adds so much to the show, he is the central voice and vehicle for what the show wants to express whenever it parodies and ridicules popular science fiction. Kryten also adds to the physical humor that is now a main part of what makes us now laugh at RD.
During RD3 we also see some more mortality to the situations. Lister almost dies in every episode, Holly is remarked as being senile after 3 million years, the rest ship is obviously getting old. And getting back home is no longer the main goal of any of these episodes.
Its as if the crew has made home in space and lost all hope for returning to earth. This was a subtle digression in RD3. The show abrubtly shifts from this as a goal and now focuses on the little details that keeps our crew busy with dimensions and aliens and keeps us laughing.
A flaw with me was the over abundance of "curry/vindaloo" related jokes. Also Cat's outrageous unpredictable personality that was a very funny part of the show is tamed. Also for some reason Cat's wit and intellegence is somehow absent. During the earlier seasons Cat was ignorant (or rather innocent and oblivious-like a young child), but still cunning enough to do his own thing. Now in RD3 Cat's usual witty dialogue and carefree personality is trimmed down to compliment the physical humor. I wanted more Cat in RD3. :-(
BOTTOM LINE: Another vital DVD for any collector or anyone into sci-fi that wants superior entertainment to anything else on TV today.
'Give quiche a chance' February 22, 2006
Mr. A. O'rourke (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season three of Red Dwarf marked a major change in direction for the show introducing us to Kryten played by Robert Llewellyn and a new Holly played by Hattie Hayridge. Series three is one of my personal favourites, every episode is hilarious, in particular 'Marooned' which finds Lister and Rimmer stranded on Starbug and 'Polymorph' which plays out like a comedy version of aliens. There really is nothing bad i can say about this wonderful series (appart from Seasons 7 & 8 of course) and the DVD's are excelent. The extras on offer here include an Original Documentary 'All Change' which features cast and crew interviews. There are also Deleted Scenes, Raw FX Footage, Trailers and of course the Smeg-Ups. Overall this is another excelent Red Dwarf 2 disc set. Buy it now and if you don't then your a Smeg-Head.
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