Prelude to Nanarchy
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Prelude to Nanarchy is a webcomic produced in 2005 by Grant Naylor Productions and Across the Pond Comics, based on artwork and story concept created by Damion Waldbrunn and Adam Jewell of Studio Hubris.
It set between the fifth and sixth series of BBC science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf
. It was published online at a page a day on the official Red Dwarf website. The last page was posted on 4 November 2005.
It follows immediately from the end of Back to Reality
and sets key plot points for developments in the final three series of the show. The comic was produced 6 years after the then-most-recent episode of Red Dwarf was produced.
decide they have had enough of simply repairing Kryten's body and have ambitions to see the Universe. They leave Kryten's body in the form of a red ear wax which Kryten unwittingly flicks out of his ear. The wax then squirms away out through a grate into the next room where they begin to tunnel out of the ship. The hull breach causes a vacuum - the crew are thrown about the ship.
Holly
reports that there is a hull breach a moment too late. When the crew complain about this lapse in the computer's attention, she reports that the breach is aboard Red Dwarf itself. She then changes her mind, but her image flickers off of the screen and they are unable to recall it. They discover that Red Dwarf is speeding away at a phenomenal speed and Kryten stipulates that in order to catch up the rest of the crew will need to go into Deep Sleep
.
Meanwhile, aboard a newly formed sand planet not too far away, a computer monitor aboard a junk pile flickers into life and the image of the original incarnation of Holly, albeit slightly balder, appears on the screen. He calls for them to come back, but Starbug cannot hear him.
It set between the fifth and sixth series of BBC science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...
. It was published online at a page a day on the official Red Dwarf website. The last page was posted on 4 November 2005.
It follows immediately from the end of Back to Reality
Back to Reality (Red Dwarf episode)
"Back to Reality" is the sixth, and final, episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series V and the 30th in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 26 March 1992, written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and directed by Juliet May & Grant Naylor. The episode...
and sets key plot points for developments in the final three series of the show. The comic was produced 6 years after the then-most-recent episode of Red Dwarf was produced.
Story
Following Starbugs escape from the ocean world where they encountered the Despair Squid, the Nanobots inside KrytenKryten
Kryten is a fictional character in the British science fiction situation comedy Red Dwarf. Kryten's registration code on Red Dwarf is "Kryten additional 001". The name Kryten is a reference to the head butler in the J.M...
decide they have had enough of simply repairing Kryten's body and have ambitions to see the Universe. They leave Kryten's body in the form of a red ear wax which Kryten unwittingly flicks out of his ear. The wax then squirms away out through a grate into the next room where they begin to tunnel out of the ship. The hull breach causes a vacuum - the crew are thrown about the ship.
Holly
Holly (Red Dwarf)
Holly is the ship's computer on the science fiction situation comedy Red Dwarf.The character is played by Norman Lovett in Series I and II and, following a "head sex change" to look like his parallel universe alter ego "Hilly", played by Hattie Hayridge in the series 3 episode Backwards, is female...
reports that there is a hull breach a moment too late. When the crew complain about this lapse in the computer's attention, she reports that the breach is aboard Red Dwarf itself. She then changes her mind, but her image flickers off of the screen and they are unable to recall it. They discover that Red Dwarf is speeding away at a phenomenal speed and Kryten stipulates that in order to catch up the rest of the crew will need to go into Deep Sleep
Psirens
"Psirens" is the first episode of science fiction sit-com Red Dwarf Series VI and the 31st in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 7 October 1993. Written by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and directed by Andy de Emmony...
.
Meanwhile, aboard a newly formed sand planet not too far away, a computer monitor aboard a junk pile flickers into life and the image of the original incarnation of Holly, albeit slightly balder, appears on the screen. He calls for them to come back, but Starbug cannot hear him.
External links
- Prelude to Nanarchy Web Comic - The full comic on the official Red Dwarf homepage
- Red Dwarf homepage