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		<title>Interview with Red Dwarf star Tony Hawks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have loved writing the series of articles &#8220;The other cast&#8221; of Red Dwarf for Scifind. I have had to rewatch classic shows, Research these episodes, and then write my thoughts and talk about the stars that I&#8217;ve never known.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have loved writing the series of articles &#8220;The other cast&#8221; of Red Dwarf for Scifind. I have had to rewatch classic shows, Research these episodes, and then write my thoughts and talk about the stars that I&#8217;ve never known.</p>
<p>Well this week excitement gripped me as all that changed and the man of many parts Mr. Tony Hawks spared humble little me some of his time. Tony, if we remember from last weeks article, has played everything from a suitcase to Caligula.</p>
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<p>Hi Tony and thanks for talking to Scifind. How did you first become involved in Red Dwarf?</p>
<p><em>Ed Bye saw me compering at Jongleurs comedy club in Jongleurs London and asked me to come and do the warm ups for the series. So much went wrong with the first recording that I was on nearly all the time! They told me that I saved the day, and as a result they used to find me little parts &#8211; as a way of saying thank you.</em></p>
<p>Of all the characters you played or voiced which is your favourite?</p>
<p><em>Hard question, I enjoyed all of them but I suppose Caligula. When I was in that role Craig Charles just couldn&#8217;t control himself and kept cracking up. We had lots of fun doing those scenes</em></p>
<p>Do you have a favourite episode?</p>
<p><em>I liked &#8220;Better than Life&#8221; a lot. You should write about that one!</em></p>
<p>Do you have any happy memories of filming you would care to share?</p>
<p><em>Struggling with the warm up in the first show. Realising that I&#8217;d nearly used up every bit of material that I&#8217;d ever done and looking at my watch and seeing that it was 8.15. the recording finished at 10!</em></p>
<p>Were your parts heavily scripted or was there room for you to make your own mark on them?</p>
<p><em>To be honest, they were pretty much all worked out and there wasn&#8217;t much room for improvisation &#8211; much as I like working like that</em></p>
<p>Are you back in any capacity for series X?</p>
<p><em>No. Ed and the guys were trying to find a part for me &#8211; but the only thing they could find was too small, so I politely said &#8216;no&#8217;. I really do wish them luck though and look forward to seeing the show as any other fan is.</em></p>
<p>Thanks again Tony, Where can your fans catch you in performance at the moment? What&#8217;s coming up?</p>
<p><em>I&#8217;m in a new film coming out, I believe you mentioned it last week, details can be found on the website <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/goto/www_moldovansmovie_com/4505/2" target="_blank">www.moldovansmovie.com</a>. and I have a UK tour coming up, starting on June 21st. more details can be found on the site.</em></p>
<p>So, there we have it. Words from one of the unsung heroes that keep the good ship Red Dwarf going. Although its a real shame Tony wont be in series X, he is still fond in our hearts and always in my DVD player.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its hard to believe and is crazy when you think about it, but Red Dwarf is nearly a quarter of a century old!!
It is now all set for a return to our screens with the much anticipated Red Dwarf Series X due to start on DAVE in the autumn here in the UK.
There was a [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its hard to believe and is crazy when you think about it, but Red Dwarf is nearly a quarter of a century old!!<br />
It is now all set for a return to our screens with the much anticipated <strong>Red Dwarf Series X</strong> due to start on DAVE in the autumn here in the UK.</p>
<p>There was a minor comeback with<a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/reviews/red-dwarf-back-to-earth/"><strong> &#8220;Back to Earth&#8221;</strong></a> in 2009, but we are promised more episodes of classic Dwarf tales this time filmed in front of a live studio audience.</p>
<div id="attachment_4488" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4488" title="RDX V small" src="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/RDX-V-small-300x175.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="175" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Red Dwarf 10 cast, left to right. Danny John Jules, Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewellen. (photo courtesy of Grant-Natlor via http://llewblog.squarespace.com/red-dwarf)</p></div>
<p>In that audience in January for a 3 hour stint of seeing it made (a hard job some people have eh?) was Science Fiction comedy specialist and author Ruth Wheeler. I spoke to Ruth today and here is a quote from her&#8230;.</p>
<p><em>I have loved Red Dwarf since I was very little. It’s universe is a cosmos of infinite possibilities, humor and characters that you can really relate to and it holds so much appeal to me that the characters are definitely an influence on my own work as a comedy science fiction writer</em></p>
<p><em> </em>DAVE along with the cast, crew, and anybody attached to Red Dwarf are keeping very silent about storylines and what we can expect, but I do know that with Danny John Jules and co in one room together there will hilarity to spare.</p>
<p>Chris Barrie said recently &#8220;I think we have done some of the best Red Dwarf scenes ever. I am really looking forward to seeing what the fans think&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Red Dwarf X</strong> starts on <strong>DAVE </strong>in the autumn with a December date scheduled for the DVD release (Dear Santa, Plllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeee????)</p>
<p>Expect classic, quotable <strong>Red Dwarf</strong> humour on your box soon, complete with Smeg up&#8217;s I hope.</p>
<p style="text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;">Ruth Wheeler is the author of such science fiction books as <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/news/audio-news/all-aliens-like-burgers/" target="_blank">All Aliens Like Burgers</a>, Do Aliens Read Sci-Fi and the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/goto/Truxxe_Trilo_Trilogy/4487/3" target="_blank">Truxxe Trilo Trilogy</a> for <strong>Hirst Books</strong>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Other Cast is a semi regular feature that looks outside of the core cast members of the Brit Scifi ComedyMeltdown &#8211; Red Dwarf &#8211; Episode 6 Series 4
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_4425" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/red-dwarf.jpg"><img src="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/red-dwarf.jpg" alt="" title="red dwarf" width="220" height="238" class="size-full wp-image-4425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Other Cast is a semi regular feature that looks outside of the core cast members of the Brit Scifi Comedy</p></div><em>Meltdown &#8211; Red Dwarf &#8211; Episode 6 Series 4</em></p>
<p>My journey through the Red Dwarf archives for the actors outside of the main cast has taken me all the way from the Pilot to Series 3. Today we find our selves with my favourite episode of Series 4&#8230;Meltdown. Written again by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and directed by Ed Bye, Meltdown is possibly one of the weirdest storylines of Red Dwarf so far, and that is saying something.</p>
<p>Kryten discovers a &#8220;Matter Paddle&#8221; in the Red Dwarf science lab and teleports the crew to a nearby planet with an Earth like atmosphere. They discover that humans had previously visited the planet and populated it with &#8220;Wax Droids&#8221;, animated wax works of very famous characters from Earth&#8217;s history. People such as Albert Einstein, Ghandi and Winnie the Pooh, have all somehow gone berserk and are now at war with each other.<br />
Kryten and Rimmer taken prisoner by Pope Gregory and a gun wielding Elvis Presley, Lister and Cat captured by Adolf Hitler and questioned by Roman Emperor Caligula and just when you think it cant get stranger Lister witnesses the execution of Winnie the Pooh at the hands of a firing squad consisting of Al Capone, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon, Richard the III, and James Last!! there&#8217;s escape plans hatched by Abraham Lincoln, the tricking of Rasputin, I could go on&#8230;</p>
<p>Meltdown was not intentionally the last episode of Series 4 but with the outbreak of the first war in the Gulf, the BBC decided to postpone it due to the warfare nature of the story. The episode also saw the departure of Ed Bye as director. Ed had assumed that Red Dwarf wouldn&#8217;t continue past 4 series and had already committed himself to directing his wife, Ruby Wax&#8217;s, new show &#8220;The Full Wax&#8221;</p>
<p>So to the cast of Meltdown&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Clayton Mark</strong> plays the Gun toting Elvis Presley. Not for the first time the usual singer of the closing theme tune, Jenna Russell, was replaced with Clayton doing his Elvis take on the theme. Clayton&#8217;s work as an Elvis impersonator can be found on his official site <strong>The Clayton Mark Experience</strong>.</p>
<p>Adolf Hitler is portrayed by <strong>Kenneth Hadley</strong>. Kenneth has made a career for himself as a bit part actor. From playing the limousine driver in &#8220;The Life and Death of Peter Sellers&#8221; to popping up in the Bill and Holby, Kenneth was last seen in the &#8220;One Under&#8221; episode of Doctors earlier this year.</p>
<p><strong>Martin Friend </strong>is another bit part actor and in &#8220;Meltdown&#8221; plays Albert Einstein. Martin also played the Mayor in Only Fools and Horses and was most recently on our screens in Hustle.</p>
<p>Pythagoras is acted by <strong>Stephen Tiller</strong>, who seems to have been a bit type cast in his other on screen performances as he tends to be spotted in policeman roles. From a Russian policeman in 1997&#8242;s Val Kilmer vehicle The Saint to Murphy&#8217;s Law in 2003, Stephen has played coppers.</p>
<p>My favourite character in &#8220;Meltdown&#8221; is by far Abraham Lincoln, and is played by a Sci-Fi legend in my eyes, <strong>Jack Klaff</strong>. South African born Jack Klaff first came before us as &#8220;Red 4&#8243; in Star Wars episode IV-A New Hope. After his awesome appearance in Red Dwarf his credits include Malvoisin in Ivanhoe, Lord Eudo Blount in Cadfael and most recently as Sir Rufus in the TV movie Agent X.</p>
<p><strong>Tony Hawkes</strong> as Caligula is NOT to be confused with the Skateboard and computer game star, he is in fact a veteran of <strong>Red Dwarf</strong> episodes. Tony has also performed the Dispensing Machine, a Restaurant advertisement, a Suitcase, and was the Compere in 1989&#8242;s &#8220;Backwards&#8221; episode. He has just finished filming &#8220;Playing the Moldovans at tennis&#8221;.</p>
<p>Forbes Masson was due to join his family&#8217;s gravestone business before deciding on the stage as a career. He created the short running Sit-Com &#8220;The High Life&#8221; with his friend Alan Cumming, but is best known for playing math&#8217;s teacher Rod Morris in Eastenders.</p>
<p>Awesome, funny, strange. Watch Meltdown for a proper laugh.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Dwarf series 3 Episode 5
When Lister gets bored it surely cannot end well. After finding Durex Volleyball tedious, he tells Cat and Rimmer he hates his life aboard Red Dwarf. During the conversation Rimmer reminisces about his former school chum Fred &#8220;Thickie&#8221; Holden who, despite being stupid, went on to fame and fortune inventing [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>



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<p>When Lister gets bored it surely cannot end well. After finding Durex Volleyball tedious, he tells Cat and Rimmer he hates his life aboard Red Dwarf. During the conversation Rimmer reminisces about his former school chum Fred &#8220;Thickie&#8221; Holden who, despite being stupid, went on to fame and fortune inventing the &#8220;Tension Sheet&#8221; which is merely bubble wrap painted Red with the words Tension Sheet written on it.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, whilst working in the ships darkroom, Kryten discovers that the developing chemicals make the photographs come to life. Lister goes back through one of Rimmer&#8217;s old photo&#8217;s to Nazi Germany. Whilst there he abuses Hitler with a joke about only having one testicle, he also manages to accidently foil Claus Von Stauffenbergs assassination attempt.</p>
<p>Lister&#8217;s next move is to go back and give the &#8220;Tension Sheet&#8221; to his younger self. This creates changes in the future and both Cat and Kryten cease to exist. Rimmer, now alone on Red Dwarf with just Holly (Hattie Hayridge) for company, decides this isn&#8217;t on and visits Lister in his new life to claiming it is his duty as a &#8220;complete and utter bastard&#8221;. Lister now a very wealthy man has the butler show Rimmer out.</p>
<p>Rimmer now has to restore the timelines and travels back even further to give the plans for the &#8220;Tension Sheet&#8221; to HIS younger self. When he arrives back on Red Dwarf all is as it was. Cat, Kryten and Lister are reinstated and Rimmer sits back awaiting the fame and fortune. When nothing happens Holly explains that while he was telling his younger self the plans for the invention, his bunkmate Thickie Holden overheard the plans and invented the &#8220;Tension Sheet&#8221; anyway, however Rimmer is now alive and no longer a hologram. Overly happy he rushes into the corridor and inadvertently blows himself up.</p>
<p>This is where we get to the point of these articles. The OTHER cast members.</p>
<p>The episode has music and songs written by Craig Charles and the song &#8220;Om&#8221; is sung by Lister the younger, played by his real life brother Emile Charles. Young Lister&#8217;s band &#8220;Smeg and the Head&#8217;s&#8221; were actually Jeff Walker and Bill Steer of rock metal band Carcass.</p>
<p>Young Rimmer was portrayed by Simon Gaffney, who played the character in a total of 3 episodes, &#8220;Polymorph&#8221; episode 3 of series 3, &#8220;Timeslides&#8221;, and series 4 episode 5&#8242;s &#8220;Dimension Jump&#8221;.</p>
<p>Lister&#8217;s butler was Robert Addie who passed away in November of 2003 aged 43. He was best known for Sir Gilbert in 1998&#8242;s &#8220;Merlin&#8221; mini series and for playing General Russell in T.V. show Bugs.</p>
<p>Stephen McIntosh from T.V series &#8220;A kind of Living&#8221; played Fred &#8220;Thickie&#8221; Holden.</p>
<p>Lady Sabrina Mulholland-Jones the &#8220;most desirable woman in the Western hemisphere&#8221; also known as the now rich Lister&#8217;s fiancée was played by Koo Stark. One time girlfriend of HRH Prince Andrew, Miss Stark was shunned by the Royal family for her involvement in soft porn films &#8220;Emily&#8221; and &#8220;Cruel passion&#8217;s&#8221;. She also played Miss Scarlett in the 1991 six-part Cluedo show.</p>
<p>Director Ed Bye&#8217;s wife Ruby Wax was a late piece of casting to play Blaize FalconBerger the host of fictional show &#8220;Lifestyles of the disgustingly rich and famous&#8221;.<br />
She stepped into the role at the last minute due to the unfortunate death of Monty Python star Graham Chapman, who passed away just as rehearsals began.<br />
Ruby already had fame as a T.V presenter and comedienne and has recently received acclaim for her website www.blackdogtribe.com raising awareness for mental health issues in society.</p>
<p>Whilst not one of the most talked about episodes from series three it is by far one of my favourites. I laugh from beginning to end, which is kind of the point.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queeg - Played by Charles Augins First aired as episode 5 of the second series of Red Dwarf on 4th of October 1988 Queeg is again written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_4423" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/queeg.jpg" alt="" title="queeg" width="250" height="189" class="size-full wp-image-4423" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Queeg - Played by Charles Augins </p></div>First aired as episode 5 of the second series of Red Dwarf on 4th of October 1988 Queeg is again written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye.<br />
This episode is a classic and involves the ships back up computer taking charge from Holly.</p>
<p>It all started when Holly (Norman Lovett) was addressing the crew but forgot what he was saying. After a horrendous impact to the Red Dwarf, Holly remembers he was supposed to be warning the crew they were on collision course with a meteor. Rimmers legs start to walk around on there own and Holly finally asks Lister to go and have him repaired. Whilst connecting him to the Hologram simulation suite, Holly&#8217;s instructions lead Lister to connect the wrong leads and causes an explosion, launching Lister over the consoles. Craig Charles who plays Lister did this stunt himself, quoted at the time as saying &#8220;I&#8217;m a scouser, I can be dropped on my head with no problems&#8221;</p>
<p>The constant mistakes by Holly, who is supposed to have an IQ of 6000, really annoys the crew, until a mysterious face appears on the console where Holly&#8217;s image should be. According to the face, he is Queeg 500 and is Holly&#8217;s replacement. Due to Gross negligence and crew endangerment he has taken control of Red Dwarf and demoted Holly to the position of Night watchman.<br />
Whilst initially pleased with the efficiency of Queeg, he forces Rimmer out of bed really early to exercise and puts Cat and Lister on ship scrubbing duty, warning they wouldn&#8217;t be fed if they don&#8217;t comply.</p>
<p>An exasperated crew beg Holly to return and a game to the death is decided. After such games as Cluedo and Connect 4 are thrown out as ideas, Chess is picked with the winner Gaining complete control of Red Dwarf and the loser being wiped from the memory banks. Queeg wins fairly rapidly and has to say his goodbyes to Rimmer, Lister and Cat and slowly disappears from the screen. Moments later the crew are shocked when Holly returns and explains it was all an elaborate prank to make them realise how easy they actually had it.</p>
<p><strong>Charles Augins</strong> voices <strong>Queeg 500</strong> and is most famous for choreography. He won the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreography in 1991 for &#8220;Five guys named Moe&#8221;. he also choreographed the 1986 George Lucas produced Children&#8217;s fantasy &#8220;Labyrinth&#8221;. As well as the choreography, Charles also voiced the puppet Fiery in the film. He appeared in the 1981 episode of Blake&#8217;s 7 entitled Warlord as Lod. It was through his choreography that Charles had the Queeg opportunity. He was booked to arrange the choreography for the &#8220;Tongue Tied&#8221; section of the next episode &#8220;Parallel Universe&#8221; but the writers were so impressed with him they cast him as Queeg and the rest is history.</p>
<p>A classic episode of a classic series, full of cultural references and extreme humour with the exception of this line &#8220;A load of Tottenham that is. A steaming pile of Hotspur&#8221; NOT funny, not funny at all.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Dwarf LogoIts been awhile since I wrote a piece like this, a hybrid of a &#8216;the importance of the little people&#8217; and a &#8216;where are they now&#8217; article. When I say &#8216;little people&#8217; I mean nothing derogatory by that, its just a way of me saying &#8216;outside the main cast&#8217;. You can have a [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_4425" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/red-dwarf.jpg"><img src="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/red-dwarf.jpg" alt="" title="red dwarf" width="220" height="238" class="size-full wp-image-4425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Red Dwarf Logo</p></div>Its been awhile since I wrote a piece like this, a hybrid of a &#8216;the importance of the little people&#8217; and a &#8216;where are they now&#8217; article. When I say &#8216;little people&#8217; I mean nothing derogatory by that, its just a way of me saying &#8216;outside the main cast&#8217;. You can have a small ensemble of main characters or as in a sports movie you can have a large cast, but there is always the other characters, the ones half way down the main credits, that no film or television show can be made without. On my agenda this week is the Sci-Fi show that kept British made science fiction on out televisions during the long hiatus that Doctor Who was away for, and that show is Red Dwarf.</p>
<p>For those of you that have been asleep since 1988 Red Dwarf was a science fiction comedy from the pens of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Here&#8217;s the synopsis&#8230;.</p>
<p>Three million years ago a radiation leak killed the crew of the mining vessel Red Dwarf. The only survivor was Dave Lister, the chicken soup dispenser repair man. He spends his time on the ship with a holographic projection of Arnold Rimmer his uptight neurotic dead bunkmate, Cat a life form that evolved from Dave&#8217;s cat and Kryten a service mechanoid.</p>
<p>This is the thing, it really is a small cast of four characters. but it works very well and the story is helped with occasional pop up performances from other ship related items and past crew members, and its these guys I am on about in this article.</p>
<p>Captain Frank Hollister was played by Mac McDonald (born Terence McDonald) from Long Island, New York. Captain Hollister first appeared in episode 1 and sentenced Lister to 18 months in stasis for bringing a cat aboard the ship. Hollister was always stressed and very easily annoyed, as the show went from series to series, it turns out Captain Hollister is actually Dennis the Doughnut Boy who had lied and stolen his way up the ranks. Mac McDonald was recently seen in Little Britain abroad and is doing game voiceovers, including Battlefield 3.</p>
<p>Kristine Kochanski was the ships navigation officer and the obsession of Lister&#8217;s since they had finished a relationship in the past. During season 7, Kochanski from the parallel universe joins the crew. During the parallel universe it had been her sentenced to stasis for hiding the cat. Kochanski was originally played by Clare Grogan who had found fame in the 1980&#8242;s with pop band Altered Images, before going on to star in a few episodes of Eastenders and most recently Skins on Channel 4.<br />
The next actress to take the role was London born Chloe Annett. Chloe had been very watchable in the late 90&#8242;s show Crime Traveller and a few episodes of Doctors and Casualty appear on the resume, but Red Dwarf was, thus far, the career highlight.</p>
<p>Warden Ackerman was a slightly unbalanced man, who ran the &#8220;The Tank&#8221;, Red Dwarfs prison level. The character was portrayed by the excellent Graham McTavish. Hugely successful, his credits include Mikhail Novakovich in 24, Ferguson in Prison Break and is currently working in New Zealand on the set of the Hobbit starring as Dwalin.</p>
<p>Olaf Petersen was the Danish catering officer, Lister&#8217;s best friend and drinking companion. &#8220;Felicitations, beautiful ladies, my name is Olaf Petersen. I am very good in bed&#8221; still makes me laugh after all these years. In my opinion, possibly, the most talented member of the cast, Petersen was played by the excellent Mark Williams from the Fast Show and mega successful Harry Potter films and is due to be in the Doctor Who episode Dinosaurs in Space later in the year.</p>
<p>Holly is the ships tenth generation AI holographic computer. &#8221; I am Holly the ships computer. I have an I.Q of 6000. the same as 6000 P.E teachers or 12000 parking attendants&#8221;. Norman Lovett originally auditioned for the part of Rimmer, has popped up over the years in The Bill and has done lots of voice over work on books and games and is a favourite amongst convention fans.<br />
Hattie Hayridge also played Holly for a while and is an incredible comedy writer. She has written for Lee Evans, Jasper Carrott, and Rory Bremner.</p>
<p>Then we come to my favourite character outside of the big four. Toaster!!<br />
A product of the Crapola Inc company, Toaster played in two episodes only and was voiced by the awesome magician John Lenehan.</p>
<p>There are also so many people that starred in just one or two episodes and I am sure more fanatical viewers than myself will have there own memories of the unspoken heroes but I will leave you with a quote from mine&#8230;..</p>
<p>&#8221; May I just ask one question?&#8230; Would anyone like any toast? &#8221;</p>
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		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t mean to cause controversy whenever I open my mouth or write something down. I never intend to tell everyone they are wrong, its just a gift&#8230;I mean curse, that I have to live with. So today is no different. I am going to tell you all why the god-like George Lucas should have stopped with the original trilogy and why Empire strikes back is the best of all of the Star Wars films. Bring on the hatred and fan-boy death threats, I relish the fight.</p>
<p>Star Wars V &#8211; The Empire Strikes Back was directed by the late ( died November 27th 2010 ) Irvin Kirshner. Kirshner was responsible for my favourite non Bond, Bond film Never Say Never Again and also directed Robocop 2 and retired from directing after completing Seaquest DSV in 1993.</p>
<p>Whether it was from his time making documentaries in the Middle East or just the way he was, all Kirshner&#8217;s films had a slightly darker aura around them and were full of social alienation and the weaknesses that all humans posses. </p>
<p>Empire was no different. It had a slower pace than the others and really let you get to know the characters well. The intricate parts of there personality that you didn&#8217;t quite get in Star Wars IV &#8211; A New Hope and that made your enjoyment of Star Wars VI &#8211; Return Of The Jedi an awful lot better. Irvin Kirshner was all about the emotional base, the character or the person playing them, seeing the story through there eyes, quite literally in some scenes, which is why certain shots in the film are close ups of someone&#8217;s face. He wanted you to follow the story through the characters and not because of them. His style was to make films like an opera, especially the sequels. He wanted to leave all the climax for the third film and have his project be the emotional story telling Act Two.</p>
<p>The cast and crew, over the years, have all said they favoured Irvin Kirshner&#8217;s style and personality over that of George Lucas (New Hope) and Richard Marquand (Jedi), and that Empire was the film they liked making the most.</p>
<p>Return of the Jedi was a better film because you learnt so much in Empire and this is why George Lucas should have stopped her. With the first Trilogy. We really didn&#8217;t need episodes 1,2, and 3 and quite honestly they are not good films. The special effects are of course second to none, but that&#8217;s because they are nothing more than Hollywood films. George Lucas, when asked by Irvin Kirshner why he wanted him to direct such a film, answered &#8220;Well, because you know everything a Hollywood director is supposed to know, but your not Hollywood, I like that&#8221;</p>
<p>Should have listened to your advice George.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red StateI am a huge fan of Kevin Smith. I own all the films, Silent Bob speaks is on its 200th read through on my bedside table, and YouTube footage of his speaking tours are some of the funniest things my eyes have seen. So it was with great reluctance I sat to watch Red [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_4343" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.scifind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/RedState.jpg" alt="" title="RedState" width="300" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-4343" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Red State</p></div>I am a huge fan of Kevin Smith. I own all the films, Silent Bob speaks is on its 200th read through on my bedside table, and YouTube footage of his speaking tours are some of the funniest things my eyes have seen. So it was with great reluctance I sat to watch Red State. Reluctance because I really wasn&#8217;t sure that I would enjoy a Kevin Smith film that was not in the geek comedy genre. I was aware of all the controversy surrounding the mock auction of rights where he bought his own film back for $20, and as with Dogma, I was aware of the religious and political backlash the film and Kevin himself had received. But watch it I did.</p>
<p>Set in middle America, three teenage boys contact an older lady through a non reputable dating website and set off for a night of sexual deviance. They soon realise all is not well and after having there drinks spiked they awake bound at the wrists and ankles and at the mercy of a cult like church the 5 Points Trinity. After seeing the brutal execution of a man for merely being homosexual, it becomes the boys turn for torture. The police on a routine visit stumble across the violence going on and once the Deputy is shot and killed the sheriff, himself caught by the church performing acts of sodomy and blackmailed by the group, calls in the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) bureau . Special Agent Keenan is in charge and on orders from above starts an almost Waco style kill all attack on the churches compound.</p>
<p>I wont go any further as I don&#8217;t want to give away the ending. So, what did I think?</p>
<p>Michael Parks as Pastor Abin Cooper, leader of the 5 Points Trinity church is outstanding. He is convincing, scary, and preaches like the real extremists you see on television from time to time. I&#8217;m not sure at this juncture whether the film was released correctly in order to be considered by the Oscar committee, but if it was then Michael has to be up there for nomination.</p>
<p>Melissa Leo is a star in her own right but during Red State I found her to be stretching to far to get her character correct and it shows in soap opera levels of overacting, which is a shame because her character Sarah is critical to the plot.</p>
<p>Special Agent Keenan played by John Goodman is the highlight of the film for me. A man torn between following rules and orders he knows to be wrong in pursuit of the justice they have been trying to bring on the church for sometime, and a man of humour. The part towards the end, during his debriefing, is priceless.</p>
<p>The whole film is made well, the style of filming and rapid changing camera shots are good once your eyes adjust to the pace of the film.</p>
<p>Overall an excellent film. One that if Quentin Tarantino had made it, the plaudits would be raining down, I just feel, like me, that the world wasn&#8217;t ready to have Kevin Smith&#8217;s name attached to a film like this. But if you like extremism and violence in your movies pretend you don&#8217;t know who the director is and rent this.</p>
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		<title>Who am I part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my review of Who am I part 1, Antoni Pearce got in contact and let me know he appreciated the honesty and constructive criticism, especially about the sound issues and let us know that he was working on it ready for Part 2 and the rest of his 13 episode long Fan series about [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since my review of Who am I part 1, Antoni Pearce got in contact and let me know he appreciated the honesty and constructive criticism, especially about the sound issues and let us know that he was working on it ready for Part 2 and the rest of his 13 episode long Fan series about the tales of the 12th Doctor.</p>
<p>So here it came into Detox Towers, Part 2.</p>
<p>Picking up seamlessly from part 1 we find the Doctor and Abigail in prison cells aboard the ship of the Malgorians, the hired guns of the alliance. The alliance had apparently ended the 11th Doctors life and were bent on distributing the same fate to the 12th incarnation. A quick escape and a rescue of Abigail later and the scene has been set for the rest of the series and the travels of the Doctor and his new companion.</p>
<p>Pearce productions did listen to us here at Scifind as the sound quality especially on the voices is better. It helps to enhance the cast as they take they foray into not just the world of animation voiceovers but also the very fickle fan base of Doctor Who.</p>
<p>The animation and voices are a lot more in sync in this second part of episode one and the gremlins that affected part 1 seem to have abated. </p>
<p>I am looking forward to the rest of the series as it is made and am fast becoming a fan of the way that Antoni Pearce writes. Even if the Doctor Who animation is not a success I can see Antoni going on to more bigger and brighter things as a screen writer.</p>
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		<title>Who Am I Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Detoxbtex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pearce Productions is the brainchild of Antoni Pearce, a family man who just loves to create all things entertaining. After a few knock backs from other companies for his scripts and animations, Antoni decided the only way to get his work out there was to create his own production company and I, certainly, am glad [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.scifind.co.uk">SciFind</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pearce Productions is the brainchild of Antoni Pearce, a family man who just loves to create all things entertaining. After a few knock backs from other companies for his scripts and animations, Antoni decided the only way to get his work out there was to create his own production company and I, certainly, am glad he did. Latest project to come from his studios in the past week is an animated Doctor Who series.</p>
<p>The series launched with Who Am I? Part 1. With a traditional style Doctor Who opening credits and logo, the action starts in 2012 Glasgow, with a dazed and confused man suffering memory loss falling out of the TARDIS. whilst disputing whether to pay for coffee in a local shop, the man is befriended by a young lady who offers to pay for the drink. It transpires through there conversation that the man is suffering accident driven amnesia, but remembers he&#8217;s the Doctor and he must have regenerated. Aliens land and start shooting, looking for the Doctor. It turns out that aboard there ship in a prison cell is the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, so we have 2 Doctors sharing the same timeline, a mysterious alliance that need both Doctors and the fist part of episode 1 ends on a rooftop chase cliff-hanger.</p>
<p>There is both good and bad things to report about this show. I will start with the bad so I can end on the positive aspects. The animation comes across as very slow and I hope in the future Pearce Productions get supplied with the software and equipment needed to make more flowing animation. Whilst the acting is good, the voice of the wonderful Shelley Carswell is weak in volume compared to Co-Star Elliot Granger. That said these are not faults with the idea, script or concept more technical issues that I am sure will Iron out over time. The story is very well written, a great believable Doctor Who storyline of humour, confusion, TARDIS&#8217;s and aliens out to get the Doctor. The script is humorous and flows well and the rapport between the actors comes across through there animated counterparts. The use of existing Doctor Who soundtrack and effects makes it easy to disappear into the world of the Timelords once again.</p>
<p>In conclusion, I am very much looking forward to episode 1 part 2 and if the level of story creation and script quality are maintained throughout the series then we really are in for a treat. Hopefully sound quality will improve but once you get used to it you get sucked into the story by your love of Doctor Who and your imagination.</p>
<p>So, Bravo Mr. Antoni Pearce and your passionate production firm. Very Impressed.</p>
<p>Who Am I Part 1 can be seen on the website www.pearceproductions.blogspot.co.uk<br />
and you can subscribe to them on YouTube via Mr Pearce productions</p>
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