Tikka to Ride

This Story: Season 7, Episode 1
Overall: Story 37, Episode 37
Airdate: 17 Jan 1997
Written by Doug Naylor
Directed by Ed Bye

Notes

• This is the first episode not written by or having any oversight by Rob Grant, who had a falling out with Doug Naylor.  Doug continued on and still does to this day in charge of Red Dwarf.
• The cliffhanger from the end of Series 6 was addressed and resolved (unlike Series 2).  However, in typical Red Dwarf fashion, the resolution is convoluted and basically a head scratcher – but still works.
• The DVD version has multiple additional versions of this episode.  There’s “Standard” (28:41), “Remastered” (28:55), “Xtended” (37:14), and “Remastered + Xtended” (37:13).
• The two “remastered” versions are in Standard def on the Blu-Ray set where the Standard & Xtended versions are in HD.

Xtended Notes

Here is an explanation as to what all the additional versions are about…

• Tikka To Ride Xtended: The Xtended version of Tikka to Ride includes scenes deleted from the original TV version. It also appears here with no audience laughter track
• Tikka to Ride Remastered: A “Remastered” edition with brand-new effects shots. Writer Doug Naylor was never satisfied with the last-minute CGI created for Series VII, and this special DVD episode shows how things might have been. Additional new FX shots can be seen in the Xtended edition.
• Tikka to Ride Extended & Remastered: The Xtended version of Tikka to Ride includes scenes deleted from the original TV version. It also appears here with no audience laughter track. This is A “Remastered” edition with brand-new effects shots. Writer Doug Naylor was never satisfied with the last-minute CGI created for Series VII, and this special DVD episode shows how things might have been.

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