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Timewave (Red Dwarf)
"Timewave" is the third episode of ''Red Dwarf, Red Dwarf XII'' and the 70th in the series run. Originally broadcast on the British television channel Dave (channel), Dave on 26 October 2017, it was made available early on 19 October 2017 on UKTV Play. After experiencing a strange time phenomenon, the crew must venture on board a starship from the 24th century to stop them from crashing into an oncoming gas moon, only to be hindered by its unorthodox anti-criticism law. Synopsis After the crew claim a moon rich in Helium-7 for the JMC (an exercise orchestrated mainly by Rimmer), they are forced to leave sooner than anticipated because an incoming solar storm is detected. On the way back to ''Red Dwarf'' onboard ''Starbug'', the crew experience a timewave, which Kryten explains is the aftereffect of an imploding black hole, and that whoever falls victim to one risks the chance of being washed-up into an inhabitable corner of deep space. They discover another ship has been swept by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Dwarf
A red dwarf is the smallest kind of star on the main sequence. Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of fusing star in the Milky Way, at least in the neighborhood of the Sun. However, due to their low luminosity, individual red dwarfs are not easily observed. Not one star that fits the stricter definitions of a red dwarf is visible to the naked eye. Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to the Sun, is a red dwarf, as are fifty of the sixty nearest stars. According to some estimates, red dwarfs make up three-quarters of the fusing stars in the Milky Way. The coolest red dwarfs near the Sun have a surface temperature of about and the smallest have radii about 9% that of the Sun, with masses about 7.5% that of the Sun. These red dwarfs have spectral types of L0 to L2. There is some overlap with the properties of brown dwarfs, since the most massive brown dwarfs at lower metallicity can be as hot as and have late M spectral types. Definitions and usage of the term "red d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Naylor
Douglas Rodger Naylor (born 31 December 1955) is an English comedy writer, science fiction writer, director and television producer. Life and career Naylor was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, and studied at Chetham's School of Music and the University of Liverpool. In the mid-1980s, Naylor created and wrote two comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4 entitled ''Cliché'' and ''Son of Cliché'', as well as two sitcoms, ''Wrinkles'' and ''Wally Who?'' for the same station. These shows were scripted by Naylor along with another writer, Rob Grant. This writing partnership was successful, with Grant and Naylor going on to co-write and produce numerous British radio and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including programmes such as ''The Cannon and Ball Show'', ''A Kick Up The Eighties'', ''Three of A Kind'', ''Comic Relief (charity), Comic Relief'', ''Spitting Image'' and they wrote the singles, "Father Christmas is on the Dole", which charted in 1986 and "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Vegas
Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, angry comedic rants, and use of surreal humour. Vegas' television roles have included Moz in the BBC Three dark comedy '' Ideal'' (2005–2011), Geoff Maltby ("The Oracle") in the ITV sitcom ''Benidorm'' (2007–2009, 2015–2017), and Eric Agnew in the BBC One sitcom ''Still Open All Hours'' (2013–2019). He has also been a regular guest panellist on the television comedy panel shows '' QI'' and ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. Early life Vegas was born Michael Joseph Pennington on 5 September 1970, in the Thatto Heath area of St Helens, Lancashire. He has an older sister and two older brothers; they were all brought up as Roman Catholic. At the age of 11, he attended the boarding school and seminary St Joseph's College in Up Holland to train for the priesthood, but came back h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrita Acharia
Amrita Acharia (, also spelled Acharya) is a British actress of Nepalese Ukrainian origins. She is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' and as Dr. Ruby Walker in the ITV series '' The Good Karma Hospital''. Early life Acharia was born in Patan, Nepal. Her father is Nepalese and met her Ukrainian mother while studying in Lviv. Acharia grew up in Kathmandu, Ukraine, England and Norway. She spent her first seven years in Nepal, before her father's job took the family to England and then, as a teenager, to Tromsø, Norway. At the age of 19, having finished high school in Norway, Acharia moved to England seeking a career in acting. She trained at ALRA.Amrita Acharia cv Conway van Gelder Grant. Retrieved 26 July 2019. Career Ac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sims (actor)
Joe Sims (born 1980) is a British actor known primarily for his roles in ITV's drama ''Broadchurch'' where he played plumber Nige Carter, and as a voice actor, the Tenth Doctor's companion Mark Seven in Doctor Who, through Big Finish Productions audio dramas. Early life Sims was born in Southmead Hospital, Bristol in 1980, and raised in Kingswood. He attended Sir Bernard Lovell School, where he was inspired to act by a drama teacher who introduced him to the Bristol Old Vic company. Sims later attended Filton College before studying at Middlesex University and under scholarship at the University of San Francisco. Career In 2012, Sims he won an Offie award for "People's Favourite Male Performance" for his role as alleged Texan killer Lee Fenton in ''As We Forgive Them'' at the Arcola Theatre in London. Sims has appeared extensively on television and stage and has a real ear for voices and accents performing over 100 different characters for radio including radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siliconia
"Siliconia" is the second episode of '' Red Dwarf XII'' and the 69th in the series run. Originally broadcast on the British television channel Dave on 19 October 2017, it was made available early on 12 October 2017 on UKTV Play. The crew are kidnapped by a militant group of mechanoid insurgents known as the MILF (Mechanoid Intergalactic Liberation Front), "liberating" Kryten from his servitude, and converting Lister, Rimmer, and Cat into mechanoids themselves. Synopsis The day starts as any other onboard ''Red Dwarf'' with Kryten receiving a multitude of orders from the other three. Later on, Kryten discovers they've located Lister's guitar, previously flushed out into deep space. The crew, though with a very reluctant Rimmer and Cat included, take ''Starbug'' over to retrieve it. Once they do, they're taken in by a far larger and greatly intimidating vessel, who get the drop on the crew when they enter; the black beret-adorned mechanoids only take Lister, Rimmer, and Cat as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechocracy
"Mechocracy" is the fourth episode of '' Red Dwarf XII'' and the 71st in the series run. Originally broadcast on the British television channel Dave on 2 November 2017, it was made available early on 26 October 2017 on UKTV Play. The machines aboard ''Red Dwarf'' grow concerned nobody has their interest in mind, and an election is held between Rimmer and Kryten to determine their new representative. Synopsis ''Red Dwarf'' goes into yellow alert, a personal favorite of Rimmer's, where the ship has to respond to an SOS call from another ship. Lister downloads the other ship's data; however, it turns out to really be an "SOS virus" and, due to Lister not downloading it onto a quarantined drive, it has infected the ''Red Dwarf'' computer system with harmful malware, forcing the crew to abandon the ship, which has started drifting towards a black hole. As the crew pack their supplies before escaping, nearby vending machines question who'll be taking them to escape as well, before they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave (channel)
U&Dave is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. It is known for broadcasting mainly 21st-century comedy and factual programming, with both original production and repeats. Launched in October 1998 as UK Gold Classics, the channel would undergo various identity and format changes before adopting the Dave branding on 15 October 2007. It was renamed U&Dave in July 2024 to mark the streaming service UKTV Play being renamed as U (streaming service), U. U&DaveJaVu is its sister timeshift channel. Unlike other commercial channels, it doesn't have a "+1" next to it and is named after the term déjà vu. History of U&Dave UK Gold Classics and UK Gold 2 (1998–2003) UK Gold Classics was UKTV's first digital-only channel. It was launched on 2 October 1998, and was only broadcast from Friday to Sunday on Sky UK, Sky Digital from 6.00pm to 2.00am. Around this time, U&Gold, UK Gold began to move away from older programmes and towards newer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
