From: daniel@csunb0.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (D N Crow)
Subject: Re: curses!
Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 08:32:57 GMT
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In article <14svl3INNt7q@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, hermit@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Ron O\'Dell) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Jul24.125446.89509@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
> >In article <14iebgINNbdc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, keeper@deeptht.armory.com (Ron O'Dell) writes:
> 
> But speaking of series 5, I finally got to see it yesterday.  (No spoilers
> will be in this article (any that do will be well encrypted and unintelligible
> for one who doesn't know the references).)

	[bits I can't answer deleted...]

> 
> Not really RD related, but when did the BBC2 logo change from the red, white
> and blue "TWO" to that spacy "2"? and why does "888" appear on the top right?
> 

The BBC revamped the BBC2 image a few years back, which I guess happened
between series of RD. There are a number of funky Beeb2 logos now, the
spacy "2" being just one of them. The 888 is I believe, the Ceefax page
number for the subtitles that go out with the show. I have no idea what
the American/Australian/Canadian... equivalent of Ceefax is, though it is
generically known as Teletext, at least in the UK.

> Although it was a good setup to the joke, it didn't make sense to refer to
> them as the "Dibbley Party," did it?  Why would he be listed as the leader?
> Maybe it's just that he was the first who registered or something... who knows.
> 
> After the final episode, there was a bit of rehashed footage from RD3-6,
> "The Last Day," where hung-over Kryten's head rolls onto a remote control,
> activating a screen.  But the screen instead had a graphic and a voice saying
> something about "Red Dwarf Memory Bank Activated."  The tape ended there,
> though.  I assume this scene was to introduce the repeats that began in the
> same time slot that RD5 occupied.  Was there anything of interest in this
> skit?  Was it just the voiceover?
>

As menmtioned, this is indeed the start of an advert for BBC Enterprises'
SF tapes (Dr. Who, RD, Blakes 7).
 
> Well, there's not much to say that hasn't already been said.
> 
> So those who are worried about me spoiling major plot points can rest assured.
> 
> CONDITION CHARTREUSE
> 
> and now, to end this article in a really annoying, cryptic manner:
> 
> "Danny John-Jules is currently appearing in `Carmen Jones' at the Old Vic."
> 
> (arrgh!)
>

Hey! What's wrong with that? Shouldn't it be in the FAQ, anyway?
 
> -- 
> --- keeper@deeptht.armory.com (Ron O'Dell)   Do >not< mail hermit!
> 					     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

While I'm here.... could people who are posting enquiries about RD being
broadcast in specific places (UK, USA, Aus, Canada...) *please* use
distribution fields to restrict their posts to geographical areas that
are going to be interested. I know I can use KILL files, but about half
the group's traffic at the moment seems to be "hey, when's RD going to
be on again in Goonwara Creek, population 3 and 45 sheep?" Which may be
extremely important to the said inhabitants, but isn't much cop to everyone
else who reads the group. Thanks.

-- 
Dan Crow
daniel@scs.leeds.ac.uk
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