Underplayed Gems

Back to Earth (2009)

Back to Earth poster
Directed by
Doug Naylor
Genre
science fiction comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 episodes
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A technician who is the last human alive travels through space with his holographic bunkmate, a humanoid cat, and a robot. They return to Earth in 2009 and discover they are characters in a TV show.

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What happens

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth (also referred to as Red Dwarf IX) is a three-part miniseries continuation of the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, broadcast on UK television channel Dave between 10 and 12 April 2009 and subsequently released on DVD on 15 June 2009 and on Blu-ray on 31 August 2009. It was the first television outing for Red Dwarf in over ten years. The miniseries follows the technician Dave Lister (Craig Charles), who is the only survivor of an accident on the spaceship Red Dwarf, and the last survivor of the human race, three million years in the future, and his shipmates, a holographic reproduction of his dead bunkmate and boss, Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), a sapient Cat (Danny John-Jules) who is a result of three million years' evolution and sanitation droid Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). The storyline involves the characters arriving back on Earth, circa 2009, only to find that they are characters in a television series called Red Dwarf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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