by Paul Giachetti
The British sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf has aired a total of 61 episodes throughout the past 25-plus years, with twelve more on the way as of this writing. Casual fans, however, may not be aware of the vast body of additional material, most of it available online. In an effort to keep fans up-to-date with all things Dwarf-related, I have compiled this list of books, websites, videos and other materials outside of the televised episodes. Some of these can be found on the show's DVDs, though not all of the DVD bonus materials are listed here—only the more popular ones.
Son of Cliché transcripts, including Dave Hollins, the inspiration for Red Dwarf
PUBLICATIONS
NOVELS
• Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
• Better Than Life
• Last Human
• Backwards
• Red Dwarf Omnibus
IN-UNIVERSE-STYLE BOOKS
• Red Dwarf Log No. 1996
• Red Dwarf Space Corps Survival Manual
• The Log: A Dwarfer's Guide to Everything
SCRIPT BOOKS
• Primordial Soup: The Least Worst Scripts
• Son of Soup: A Second Serving of the Least Worst Scripts
• Scenes from the Dwarf
• Red Dwarf VIII
QUIZ BOOKS
• Red Dwarf Quiz Book
• A Question of Smeg: 2nd Red Dwarf Quiz Book
DOCUMENTARIES, GUIDES, ETC.
• The Official Red Dwarf Companion
• The Making of Red Dwarf
• Red Dwarf Programme Guide (Third Revised Edition)
UNOFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
• Total Immersion: The Comprehensive Unauthorized Red Dwarf Encyclopedia
• Ganymede & Titan Presents: The Garbage Pod
• Stasis Leaked Complete: The Unofficial Behind the Scenes Guide to Red Dwarf
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
• Random Abstract Memory
• The Man in the Rubber Mask
THE ROLEPLAYING GAME
• Red Dwarf—The Roleplaying Game
• Red Dwarf—The Roleplaying Game: AI Screen with Extra Bits
• Red Dwarf—The Roleplaying Game: Series Sourcebook
MAGAZINES
• Smegazines: March 1992 to January 1994
• The Official Red Dwarf Fan Club magazine
VIDEOS
• The Story of Red Dwarf
• Red Dwarf mobisodes
• Kryten's YouTube Geek Week intros
• Red Dwarf Mars April Fool's Day spoof
• Red Dwarf/Hitchhiker's Guide BBC Advert
• Bill Pearson's Red Dwarf Xmas pitch video
• Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg cooking show
• Red Dwarf Universe Challenge
• Red Dwarf USA pilot #1
• Red Dwarf USA pilot #2
• Children in Need Red Dwarf sketch
• Comic Relief Red Nose Day promo
• Comic Relief Red Nose Day: Bohemian Rhapsody—brief appearance
• Amnesty 30th—brief appearance
• Tongue Tied—full video, plus making-of special
• BBC2 skutter idents
• The Best Ever Red Dwarf—introduction by Craig Charles
• Red Dwarf: A-Z
UNFILMED SCRIPTS
• "Identity Within"
• "Bodysnatcher"
• "Dad"
• "Infinity Patrol"
• "Lister's Dad"
• "Rimmer's Dummy"
• Bill Pearson's Red Dwarf Xmas—full script
• Bill Pearson's Red Dwarf Xmas—pitch video
ONLINE COMIC
• Prelude to Nanarchy
WEBSITES
• The Official Website
• The Official Red Dwarf Fan Club
• Ganymede & Titan
• Gazpacho Soup
• Red Dwarf Collectibles
• Red Dwarf Scripts
INTERACTIVE DVD GAME
• Beat the Geek
GEEK CHASE ONLINE PUZZLE GAME
• Androids (www.androids.tv)
• Diva-Droid (www.divadroid.info)
• Duane Dibbley (www.duanedibbley.co.uk)
• Crapola (www.crapola.biz)
• Geneticon (www.geneticon.info)
• Leisure World International (www.leisureworldint.com)
• Jupiter Mining Corporation (www.jupiterminingcorporation.com)
• A.I. Today (www.aitoday.co.uk)
• HoloPoint (www.holopoint.biz)
FAN FICTION
• "Homecoming"
• Other
For more details on these materials, visit Ganymede and Titan's Complete Guide to Almost Everything.
UPDATE: July 30, 2016 – Included Red Dwarf Collectibles website
UPDATE: October 26, 2016 – Added link to Smegazines
UPDATE: December 26, 2016 – Added Red Dwarf/Hitchhikers Guide advert to Videos
UPDATE: February 22, 2017 – Added Dave Hollins transcripts and Red Dwarf Scripts website