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''Red Dwarf'' is a British comedy which primarily comprises ten series (the ninth being a mini-series) of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999, and on Dave in 2009 and 2012, gaining a cult following.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Worldwide Press Office - Red Dwarf on DVD )〕 In May 2015, it was announced that Series XI and XII〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_VMDeq2c4〕 will film back-to-back later in 2015 and will air exclusively on the Dave channel in 2016 and 2017.〔http://dave.uktv.co.uk/red-dwarf/article/red-dwarf-blasts-backtwice/〕 The series was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. In addition to the television episodes, there are four novels, two pilot episodes for an American version of the show, a radio version produced for BBC Radio 7, tie-in books, magazines and other merchandise. Despite the pastiche of science fiction used as a backdrop, ''Red Dwarf'' is primarily a character-driven comedy, with off-the-wall, often scatological science fiction elements used as complementary plot devices. In the early episodes, a recurring source of comedy was the ''Odd Couple''-style relationship between the two central characters of the show, who have an intense dislike for each other and are trapped together deep in space. The main characters are Dave Lister, the last known human alive, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate. The other regular characters are Cat, a lifeform which evolved from the descendants of Lister's pregnant pet cat Frankenstein; Holly, ''Red Dwarf's'' computer; Kryten, a service mechanoid; and, as of Series VII to Back to Earth, Kristine Kochanski, an alternative-reality version of Lister's long-lost love. One of the series' highest accolades came in 1994, when an episode from the sixth series, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category, and in the same year the series was also awarded "Best BBC Comedy Series" at the British Comedy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2005/01_january/red_dwarf.shtml )〕 The series attracted its highest ratings, of more than eight million viewers, during the eighth series in 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=8§ionID=behind-the-scenes&subsectionID=aftermath )〕 The series was revived after a ten-year break, when digital channel Dave screened a three-episode production, titled ''Red Dwarf: Back to Earth'', in April 2009 during the Easter weekend. This was followed by Series X, consisting of six episodes, which was first broadcast on Dave in October/November 2012. The show has been critically acclaimed, and has a Metacritic score of 84/100. == Radio origins == The show was based on ''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'', a series of five sketches that aired in the BBC Radio 4 series ''Son of Cliché'', produced by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor in 1984. The sketches recounted the adventures of Dave Hollins (voiced by Nick Wilton), a hapless space traveller that is marooned in space far from earth. His only steady companion is the computer Hab (voiced by Chris Barrie). Grant and Naylor chose to use the ''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'' sketches as a base for a television show after watching the 1974 film ''Dark Star''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/feature-articles/3546-interview-doug-naylor-writerco-creator-of-red-dwarf )〕 They changed some elements from the sketches: The 7 trillion year figure was first changed to 7 billion years and then to 3 million and the characters of Arnold Rimmer and the Cat were created. The name Dave Hollins was changed to Dave Lister when a football player called Dave Hollins became well-known, and Hab was replaced by Holly. One of the voice actors from ''Son of Cliché'', Chris Barrie went on to portray Arnold Rimmer in the ''Red Dwarf'' TV series. Episodes of Dave Hollins can be found on the 2 disc Red Dwarf DVD sets starting with series 5 and ending with series 8. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Dwarf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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