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MetroUK reports

Red Dwarf and its crew are back and this is a seriously good thing.

Lister, the last surviving human, is returning with his crew consisting of his cat, which evolved into a human, his android Kryten, and his dead shipmate-turned-hologram Rimmer three million years into the future--and 28 since the start of the sitcom. Man are we glad it's back.

Metro.co.uk was lucky enough to have a look at the first two episodes, Twentica and Samsara, ahead of their first airing on Dave on Thursday September 22.

[...] Creator Doug Naylor has continued the success of X with XI, and we're pretty sure you're going to love it. Here's why:

1. It's a complete and utter return to form

2. The low budget is back

3. Good news--it's the return of the lads

Past series annoyed Red Dwarf fans because of the addition of extra characters, particularly when Lister was supposed to be the "last surviving human", yet more surviving humans popped up. Diehard fans really believe it's just about the core four.

Well smegging brilliant, it's back to just the quartet, with the odd extra thrown in, like Rachel Barker in episode two and the Expanoids in episode one. But other than that, for the first two at least, it's just Lister, Rimmer, Cat, and Kryten.

4. One bit of bad news: [No] Holly

5. The insults are back

6. The live audience is back--and they basically create the gags

7. Yep, you'll be LOLing all the way through the new episodes

8. In 28 years they haven't changed a bit

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