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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Red Dwarf Season 9 Episode 1 - Back to Earth (1)
    6.3/10(1747 votes)

    #1 - Back to Earth (1)

    S9:E1

    Nine years later the Red Dwarf crew are older but still none the wiser. Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer is interrupted by the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's mile-deep water tank.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  2. Red Dwarf Season 9 Episode 2 - Back to Earth (2)
    6.3/10(999 votes)

    #2 - Back to Earth (2)

    S9:E2

    Rimmer's replacement, Katerina, is determined to guide Lister back to his home planet. But Earth in 2009 is not everything the boys had expected, and Rimmer has no intention of being replaced.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  3. Red Dwarf Season 12 Episode 3 - Timewave
    6.4/10(508 votes)

    #3 - Timewave

    S12:E3

    The boys from the Dwarf discover a ship where all forms of criticism are illegal.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  4. Red Dwarf Season 9 Episode 3 - Back to Earth (3)
    6.6/10(998 votes)

    #4 - Back to Earth (3)

    S9:E3

    When Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer was interrupted by the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's mile-deep water tank, transporting the crew back to Earth, all Lister's dreams appear to be coming true.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  5. Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 4 - Duct Soup
    6.9/10(885 votes)

    #5 - Duct Soup

    S7:E4

    Fearing he'll someday be replaced by Kristine Kochanski, a jealous Kryten "accidentally" shuts down the Starbug's engine.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  6. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 7 - Pete (2)
    6.9/10(820 votes)

    #6 - Pete (2)

    S8:E7

    In an attempt to bring Pete the sparrow back to life, the Red Dwarfers inadvertently cause him to devolve into a tyrannosaur that stalks the ship.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

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  7. Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 6 - Beyond a Joke
    7.0/10(855 votes)

    #7 - Beyond a Joke

    S7:E6

    The crew reluctantly explores the works of Jane Austen when Kristine Kochanski takes them on a virtual reality tour of Pride and Prejudice World.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, Robert Llewellyn

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  8. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 6 - Pete (1)
    7.0/10(820 votes)

    #8 - Pete (1)

    S8:E6

    After infecting the prison guards' basketball team with a sexual-enhancement virus, Lister and Rimmer are sent to the hole.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

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  9. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 3 - Back in the Red (3)
    7.2/10(825 votes)

    #9 - Back in the Red (3)

    S8:E3

    After being slapped with a two-year prison sentence for committing crimes against the Space Corps, the Red Dwarfers are desperate to escape.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  10. Red Dwarf Season 12 Episode 2 - Siliconia
    7.2/10(511 votes)

    #10 - Siliconia

    S12:E2

    A ship full of rogue androids who broke their programming want to help Kryten do the same. The M.I.L.F can only spell trouble for the remainder of the crew.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  11. Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 3 - Ouroboros
    7.3/10(900 votes)

    #11 - Ouroboros

    S7:E3

    The Red Dwarfers pick up a new crew member -- Lister's old flame, Kristine Kochanski -- when they encounter a wormhole.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  12. Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 8 - Nanarchy
    7.3/10(831 votes)

    #12 - Nanarchy

    S7:E8

    After losing his arm in a battle with the Epideme virus, Lister enlists the help of nanobots to reconstruct his mangled body.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, James Hendrie, Paul Alexander

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  13. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 8 - Only the Good...
    7.3/10(832 votes)

    #13 - Only the Good...

    S8:E8

    The series concludes as a mysterious life form invades the Red Dwarf courtesy of an escape pod and starts eating away at the ship.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  14. Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 7 - Epideme
    7.4/10(841 votes)

    #14 - Epideme

    S7:E7

    After being seduced by a 3-million-year-old corpse, Lister discovers he's contracted a deadly STD.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

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  15. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 5 - Krytie TV
    7.4/10(899 votes)

    #15 - Krytie TV

    S8:E5

    After being cornered and reprogrammed by restless, sex-starved prisoners, Kryten launches his own television station called Krytie TV.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander

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  16. Red Dwarf Season 10 Episode 4 - Entangled
    7.4/10(765 votes)

    #16 - Entangled

    S10:E4

    Kryten and Cat become quantum entangled forcing them to do everything in unison.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  17. Red Dwarf Season 11 Episode 1 - Twentica
    7.4/10(644 votes)

    #17 - Twentica

    S11:E1

    The Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech savvy underground and try to bring down the authoritarian regime.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  18. Red Dwarf Season 12 Episode 4 - Mechocracy
    7.4/10(470 votes)

    #18 - Mechocracy

    S12:E4

    The machines of Red Dwarf go on strike. Kryten and Rimmer campaign against each other for their votes in an election to represent them.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  19. Red Dwarf Season 1 Episode 4 - Waiting for God
    7.5/10(1160 votes)

    #19 - Waiting for God

    S1:E4

    When Holly, the ship's computer, reports a mysterious pod floating in space, Rimmer insists on capturing the capsule.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writers:Rob Grant, Doug Naylor

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  20. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 1 - Back in the Red (1)
    7.5/10(851 votes)

    #20 - Back in the Red (1)

    S8:E1

    Thanks to the nanobots, the Red Dwarf is back in business with its original crew on board, which means Rimmer is alive and well.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  21. Red Dwarf Season 8 Episode 2 - Back in the Red (2)
    7.5/10(826 votes)

    #21 - Back in the Red (2)

    S8:E2

    Armed with a stash of confidential files, Rimmer proceeds to brown-nose Capt. Hollister in hopes of receiving officer status.

    Director:Ed Bye
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  22. Red Dwarf Season 10 Episode 5 - Dear Dave
    7.5/10(753 votes)

    #22 - Dear Dave

    S10:E5

    Lister gets involved in a love triangle with snack dispensers 23 and 34.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  23. Red Dwarf Season 11 Episode 5 - Krysis
    7.5/10(513 votes)

    #23 - Krysis

    S11:E5

    Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from Mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try and show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid from his old fleet.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  24. Red Dwarf Season 12 Episode 1 - Cured
    7.5/10(582 votes)

    #24 - Cured

    S12:E1

    The crew stumble on a science centre where vile historical figures have been 'cured' of evil.

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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  25. Red Dwarf Season 12 Episode 5 - M-Corp
    7.5/10(464 votes)

    #25 - M-Corp

    S12:E5

    A long overdue software update spells trouble for the crew when they discover that the Jupiter Mining Corp has been sold!

    Director:Doug Naylor
    Writer:Doug Naylor

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Back to Earth (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Red Dwarf". It scored 6.3/10 based on 1747 votes. Directed by Doug Naylor and written by Doug Naylor, it aired on 4/10/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Back to Earth (2)".