Product Details

• Directors: Red Dwarf 1997
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, Esperanto
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Video by CBS Fox
• VHS Release Date: August 18, 1998
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305076197
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,632 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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The last man in the universe and his three pals (a servile robot, a humanoid descended from a cat, and a pompous hologram) continue their adventures in deep space, skating along the fine line between high concepts and humor that's lower than a space weevil's belly after it munches its way through a 10-year supply of chicken vindaloo.

The first three episodes of series 7 explore time paradoxes, parallel universes, and the meaning of good and evil, between bouts of outrageous physical comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald, the knights of Camelot, and dental floss. Kryten the robot loses his inhibitions, Dave Lister takes his love of virtual-reality gaming way too far, and just when you start to think that all possible jokes involving four guys trapped on a spaceship and getting on each other's nerves have been exhausted, one character leaves and a new one joins the crew.

These changes may distress some fans, until they recall that the greatest charm of this unique sci-fi comedy has always been its refusal to take anything seriously--including itself. --Anna Peekstok

From the back cover

Tikka to Ride: With the ship's curry supplies destroyed, a desperate Lister travels back in time to find an Indian take-out restaurant. They mistakenly land in Dallas in 1963, knocking history, and an assassin, for a loop. Includes the previously unseen original opening and end sequences. Stroke Me A Clipper: Rimmer's heroic alter ego, Ace Rimmer, wants Rimmer to take over his role as Guardian of the Universe. Lister will have to play his cards right to get the holographic human to accept the challenge. Ouroboros: The membrane between two dimensions collapses, reuniting Lister with his girlfriend Kristine Kochanski--and raising Kryten's fears that she may steal Lister's affections. Includes previously unseen crew sequences.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Three Episodes of Series 7 (and forget the rest), January 12, 2000

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wonderrat "wonderrat" (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RED DWARF, Series VII, Byte One ~ 1997 Programs (Tikka to Ride / Stoke Me A Clipper / Ouroboros) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Series 7 of Red Dwarf is considered the worst of the lot (and Series 8 isn't all that great either) but these three episodes are quite good, if not on a par with the best of Series 6. 'Tikka To Ride' wraps up the last episode of Series 6 and shows the consequences of Lister's lust for curry and the change in American history which results. The final scene where Lister gets his comeuppance and gets the vindaloo (substituting 'vindaloo' for a four letter word beginning with either 's'or 'c') stomped out of him is classic Red Dwarf-I guess they got tired of picking on Rimmer all the time and for once Lister gets what Rimmer has always suffered through- a good whipping. We get to see Ace Rimmer for the last time in 'Stoke Me A Clipper' and Lister gets to find out about his past in 'Ouroboros,' a slightly cathartic episode.

Unfortunately, 'Ouroboros' introduces Kochanski, who is depicted as snooty, smarmy, stuck-up and in general not likeable (although she is a good navigator and Lister has the hots for her-but will Lister give up his gross habits and curry in order to get lucky with her?). In other words, a female Arnold Rimmer. At least, Rimmer had a few redeeming qualities (everybody needs a scapegoat and Rimmer was the perfect one)and the interaction between the crew was what made RD so special. Kochanski doesn't fit in and maybe Kryten was right when he tries to get rid of her. Cottage cheese with pineapple chunks? I would rather drink chilled vindaloo sauce and sprinkle onions on my cornflakes!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars how to lose the way..., May 16, 2000

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Jinks (Britain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RED DWARF, Series VII, Byte One ~ 1997 Programs (Tikka to Ride / Stoke Me A Clipper / Ouroboros) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think a certain prolific reviewer may well be out of his mind. Better than series 5? I've followed every series as & when they have aired on the good old BBC and series 7 is without doubt the worst of the crop. Stevie Wonder could see that the introduction of Kochanski as a central character was destined not to work & was the mark of a show wondering where else to go. It seems every negative review gets marked down as unhelpful but trust me, I'm not saying this for the sake of it or to be misleading as I'm a truly massive Red Dwarf fan, but this video simply isn't worth the bother.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars In summary... Bah! Hurrah! Bah!, November 23, 1999

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Peter Evans (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RED DWARF, Series VII, Byte One ~ 1997 Programs (Tikka to Ride / Stoke Me A Clipper / Ouroboros) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Gmph. Well, here we go. Whilst the three episodes on this type are of reasonable quality... the episode 'Ourroborros' (or something) being paticulary good in its expanding of a previous throwaway joke to a curiously pathotic conclusion and the Ace Rimmer one also getting in a fair share of laughs along with also, a curiously pathotic conclusion... the scriptwriting fails to meet the high standards of the previous six series. What's worse is that it is down hill from here. The new Kochanski is stupendously irritating with two expressions, one bland and expressing anger, the other bland and, um, expressing annoyance. Claire Grogan made a far better, quirkier and downright sexier Kochanski. Kryten gets idiotic material in a vain attempt to lift him back above the 'exposistion droid' he was in previous series. The characters do incredibly stupid things with little reasoning and... gagh... and... yet...

The acting barring Chloe Annett is still of a pretty high class. There is still the genuine camaraderie and there are a few fun plot twists and the script delivers... ("Hurrah!" - Dwarfers)

Up to a point. ("Kill him" -Dwarfers)

The inherent problem is that whilst the first 6 series were co-written one of the writers left for this one. I imagine that the jokes came about in the previous series with the banter between the two down at the pub, as well as putting each others ideas through pretty tough editting. This led to a tight, efficient incredibly funny series. Sadly no longer. The genuinely funny jokes are now very sparse and many revolve around pitiful jokes about curry, personal hygine and the space corp directive cliche. Even worse we appear to have either canned laughter or audiences threatened with violent dutch-rubs unless they laugh at every second line. Frankly I'd stick with the previous six very funny series, save your money for 'Back To Reality', 'Backwards' and 'The End' and put your fingers in your ears and hum real loud if anyone tries to show you series 8 or the second half of this series, where it makes a bold leap from below par to excrutiatingly unfunny.

Chloe Annett. Doh!

P.S: I AM a HUGE FAN of the previous Six. Buy them. And Blackadder.