"Red Dwarf"
Meltdown (1991)

Director:

Ed Bye

Writers:

Rob Grant (creator) &
Doug Naylor (creator)

TV Series:

"Red Dwarf" (1988)

Original Air Date:

21 March 1991 (Season 4, Episode 6)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Red Dwarf crew travels to "Waxworld" an android theme park, when Kryten discovers a matter transmission device...

Plot Keywords:

Good Versus Evil | Red Dwarf | Star Trek Spoof | Anti Hero | Slacker

Cast

Chris Barrie	...	Arnold Rimmer
Craig Charles	...	Dave Lister
Danny John-Jules	...	The Cat
Hattie Hayridge	...	Holly
Robert Llewellyn	...	Kryten
Clayton Mark	...	Elvis Presley
Kenneth Hadley	...	Adolf Hitler
Martin Friend	...	Albert Einstein
Stephen Tiller	...	Pythagoras
Jack Klaff	...	Abraham Lincoln
Tony Hawks	...	Caligula
Michael Burrell	...	Pope Gregory
Forbes Masson	...	Stan Laurel
Roger Blake	...	Noel Coward
Pauline Bailey	...	Marilyn Monroe

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Kryten: In the normal course of things, it would take Starbug several billion years to reach it.
Lister: That wouldn't be so bad. Rimmer could finish his Risk story.

Movie Connections:

References The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Season 4

Season 4 is another great season of Red Dwarf although it feels more settled and less fresh than season 3. All the episodes are excellent but "Dimension Jump" stands out as a series classic and one of the best-written episode. "Meltdown" is probably one of the most fun episodes of the entire show with a unique concept and fun execution (the Elvis impersonator being quite impressive especially). Ed Bye, the director of this series, brings the various locations to life quite well.

Just a whole load of fun isn't it?

Series average based on ratings of all episodes: 8.83/10