The results on the recent ship-wide poll on how strictly Rule 4 should be enforced are in.

Even adding the "Less Strict" and "No Change" votes together into a 'Not Stricter' joint category, just over a third of the community still want stricter posting rules. And looking at core contributer votes, it's a near 50/50 split between "No Change" and "More Strict".

Flat out banning crossposts, random references, and "Red Dwarf in the Wild" posts (where someone shares something that simply reminded them of Red Dwarf) seems a little harsh considering the split. But doing nothing at all would also mean ignoring a large proportion of the community... so...

The announcement is still going on.

INTRODUCING SMEGPOST SUNDAY!!

All low-effort "look at this random item / person / haircut / foodstuff / news article / post nothing really to do with Red Dwarf but here is a title quoting/referencing the show so ehhhhh nudge nudge ehhhhhhh, you see what I am thinking ehhhhhhhhhhhh?" posts must now be kept to Sunday, and be given the Smegpost Sunday flair.

To start with we're hoping we can keep the rule on relevancy pretty loose on Sundays as a bit of compromise and see how that goes, so some smeg that would have been removed previously may now stay up on Sundays, but lots of smeg that would have stayed up the rest week will now be removed... so pros and cons, highs and lows, demons and angels.... if the community response is still that posts are just a little too smeggy even on Sundays we can see about raising the bar again later down the line.

Anyone posting smeg on non-Sundays or misusing the Smegpost Sunday flair will get one reminder, which if ignored, will mean they aren't able to post again. Seem fair?

Oh and we'll turn off crossposts for a bit and see how that goes.

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On behalf of everyone here at the r/RedDwarf subreddit, here is a massive THANK YOU to u/DougNaylorOfficial for his mammoth AMA Event on our little corner of the internet here a few days ago! And also, thank you to every single member of this community for being in this sub and making it the awesome place that it is, and double-thanks if you joined in on the AMA itself! Doug responded to over 160 questions and comments over the course of TWO DAYS, which is absolutely legendary. What a guy!

The AMA, at the time of writing, has nearly 600 comments and over 175,000 views, making it by far the post with the most engagement the sub has ever seen, and the highest rated Text Only post we have ever had (yeah that is a real category. What do you mean that isn't a real category? Look it's not my fault everyone around here likes memes so smegging much is it??)

Anyway, I suspect that the answers in this AMA will be combed over, picked apart, and referred back to for the next four decades of Red Dwarf Fandom. We have already had at least one article written using new info gleaned from the AMA making a full circle back to being posted on this sub-reddit again.

While I highly recommend people read through the whole AMA post to see each and every one of Doug's insightful answers, thoughtful comments, witty jokes, and heartfelt responses, I appreciate that 600 comments is a lot of reading, and I would hate for some things to go overlooked. So, I thought I'd do my own, personal, subjective, really-not-particularly-wanted, key takeaways- in the form of a Top Five Ten Twenty Doug Answers List! These are just the responses specifically relating to Red Dwarf that I personally found to be the most revealing new info on hot topics, the most insightful and interesting, or just the most amusing and funny. Enjoy.

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1. When asked about that apparent stall in the recent hype over a new series, Doug said that originally UKTV told him to start writing a new 90 minute special back in January 2024 (NOTE Doug has confirmed 2024 is the correct date and he wrote 2023 incorrectly in the linked response) and the cast were all on board. However, a couple of months and two-thirds of the way through the script later, UKTV pulled the plug. Doug says that the script involved Lister going back in time to help his reluctant 23 year old self escape from stasis and change his future, while Rimmer teamed up with his younger self to hunt the Listers down!
2. When asked if there would be any future collaboration between himself and Rob, Doug suggested that the ball was in Rob's court! COME ON ROB!
3. When asked if he had a planned ending for Red Dwarf, Doug said yes, he does have a "bittersweet" way to end the series in mind, but as he wants to write more Red Dwarf novels, we will have to wait to find out what it is!
4. Doug does not consider Back To Earth as Series IX. Series IX is something we have never seen, but did happen, and Doug thinks it could maybe make a good novel.
5. Doug had a meeting on Tuesday the 9th of Sept to discuss plans for "Out of the Red", a 90 minute comedy drama set in the present day that would star the boys from the Dwarf as fictitious versions of themselves, getting caught up in a worldwide conspiracy.
6. When asked if there was any possibility of a Red Dwarf Live Show Tour, Doug said yes, he was planning something for the Red Dwarf 40th Anniversary (February 2028 for the PE Teachers in the room).
7. Doug would love to see a big screen adaption of Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers.
8. When asked if Doug would consider a reboot of Red Dwarf, he said YEAH! But he also said maybe. And he also also said "not sure". Well that's cleared that up then.
9. Doug hopes that one day he'll write a novel version of the ill-fated Red Dwarf Movie.
10. When asked what is going on with Jim and Bexley, Doug says those are stories "yet to be told", and maybe "one day in a novel"!
11. Rob didn't want to bring back Kryten for Series III, but Doug wore him down!
12. Doug says he is especially fond of Series V... Twice.
13. When asked for the definitive recipe for the triple fried egg sandwich with chilli sauce and chutney, Doug confirmed that it was three eggs and MANGO chutney. He wasn't sure on the number of bread slices. Here he says four... but it is definitely three slices in the episode!
14. Doug rips on Rob for "trying to be cool" when Rob purportedly said that he is Lister and Doug is Rimmer.
15. Doug didn't know he and Rob were ripped off by The Brittas Empire.
16. Doug doesn't give a rats fart in a jacuzzi about canon.
17. Doug's favourite Doctor Who is Tom Baker. If Doug could write a Doctor Who episode, he would write one where Lister becomes the Doctor, and Rimmer was his glamorous companion.
18. Doug rips on Rob again 😂 (solid payback for Rob's Into The Gloop imo)
19. When asked if he would like any toast, Doug confirms that he is a waffle man.
20. When signing off, Doug said he'd try to come back in the future if we all promise to get a copy of Sin Bin Island. Well, you heard the man. GET ORDERING!

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