Red Dwarf Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List Part 7 of 7 _________________________________________________________________ The questions: 33. Are there Red Dwarf fan clubs? 34. Are there IRC channels for Red Dwarf fans? 35. Are there Red Dwarf mailing lists? 36. Are there Red Dwarf magazines? 37. Has Red Dwarf won any awards? 38. What other roles have Red Dwarf actors played? 39. Would anyone like any toast? _________________________________________________________________ 33. Are there Red Dwarf fan clubs? Yes, there are several. Here's a list: Official Red Dwarf Fan Club This club won the 1994 Cult TV award for Best U.K. Fan Club. It's based in England, but has addresses in several other countries (and also has a Web site at: http://www.jupitermining.com). Membership includes four issues of the club magazine Better Than Life, a badge, and a membership card. Membership rates (per year) are as follows: UK/BFPO: 10.00 Sterling Europe: 10.00 Sterling equivalent USA: US$20.00 Australia: A$36.00 New Zealand: A$42.00 Cash or cheques in your local currency are accepted, but take weeks rather than days to clear. If you prefer to send an International Money Order, the equivalent rates are shown above. Write to: UK/BFPO & Europe: Jupiter Mining Corporation 40 Pitford Road Woodley Reading RG5 4QF US & Canada: Jupiter Mining Company P.O. Box 13097 Coyote, CA 95013 Australia & New Zealand: Tom Marwede PO Box 1044 Bundoora 3083 Victoria Note: The address listed in the Red Dwarf Programme Guide is incorrect. Zed Shift PO Box 10104 Wellington New Zealand E-mail: enquiries@zed-shift.sf.org.nz WWW: http://www.zed-shift.sf.org.nz Zed Shift publishes a quarterly fanzine (Garbage Pod), operates a mail-order service for New Zealand members, and holds the occasional meeting. Members receive four issues of Garbage Pod, a guide to Red Dwarf, a membership card, and a hologram H. The cost of one year's membership is: New Zealand: NZ$15 Australia: NZ$20 Anywhere else: NZ$25 For a registration form, send an SAE or IRC. Better Than Life Sylvia Pranga Isolde-Kurz-Str. 145 (36) W-4400 Munster-Nienberge GERMANY This club publishes a newsletter (mostly in German) called Talkie Toaster (TM). Related clubs Some Red Dwarf cast members have their own fan clubs: Official Craig Charles Fan Club P.O. Box 10972 London SE11 5ZE ENGLAND E-mail: smegcorp@aol.com WWW: http://www.jupitermining.com/ccclub.htm Danny John-Jules Fan Club EM & M. Gilbert 73A Cressex Road High Wycombe Bucks HP12 4PS ENGLAND WWW: http://www.jupitermining.com/djjclub.htm _________________________________________________________________ 34. Are there IRC channels for Red Dwarf fans? Of course! In fact, there are Red Dwarf-related channels on several IRC networks. Dalnet: Regular get-togethers for Red Dwarf fans are held Sunday nights at 20:30 GMT and many other times during the week on the #atvrd channel. EFNet: Regular get-togethers at the same time as those on Dalnet (Sunday nights at 20:30 GMT and at other times during the week) on the #starbug channel. Undernet: Adam Jewell (who goes by "Krosis" on IRC) helps to run a #starbug channel with another guy who goes by "Humanless". There are no set times as of yet; email Krosis at atjewe01@homer.louisville.edu or Humanless at xhx@pix.net for more info on when they usually meet. This is a permanent "registered" channel, and anyone is welcome to drop in at any time. _________________________________________________________________ 35. Are there Red Dwarf mailing lists? Two Red Dwarf mailing lists are known to exist, one moderated and one unmoderated. Moderated list: Run by Holly5120@aol.com. To join, send her a note asking to be added to the list. Digests are sent out once a day. The moderator also sends out Red Dwarf sounds and chatlogs on request. A Web page for the moderated list can be found at: http://members.aol.com/holly5120/reddwarf.html. Unmoderated list: Distributed by the pipex.com list server. To subscribe, send email to LISTPROC@LISTS.PIPEX.COM with the following text as the body of the message: subscribe reddwarf Your Name _________________________________________________________________ 36. Are there Red Dwarf magazines? Red Dwarf Smegazine, the official magazine for the series, ceased publication with Volume 2 Issue 9 (January 1994). Some back issues are available from John McElroy and Star Tech. The Official Red Dwarf Fan Club publishes a quarterly magazine called Better Than Life. See "Are there Red Dwarf fan clubs?" Newsletters or fanzines (unofficial, fan-written magazines) are published by some Red Dwarf fan clubs and by individual fans. Refer to the Red Dwarf Fanzine List at: http://users.delta.com/pat/rd/fanzines.htm. _________________________________________________________________ 37. Has Red Dwarf won any awards? At the 1994 International Emmy Awards, the Red Dwarf episode "Gunmen of the Apocalypse," tied with Absolutely Fabulous (Series 2: "Hospital") in the Popular Arts category. The International Emmys are awarded by the International Council of the National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences. Red Dwarf was also nominated for International Emmys in 1987, 1989, and 1992. In 1991, Series 3 won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for "Best British Comedy." At the 1994 British Comedy Awards, Red Dwarf won Best BBC Situation Comedy. At Eastercon 1989 and 1992, Red Dwarf received the Best Dramatic Presentation award. At the Cult TV 1994 convention, awards were presented to Grant Naylor (Best Writers) and Red Dwarf (Best Show). _________________________________________________________________ 38. What other roles have Red Dwarf actors played? Too many to list here. For a comprehensive list, refer to the Red Dwarf Quietly Asked Questions List at: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/7567/qaq.html. _________________________________________________________________ 39. Would anyone like any toast? No. _________________________________________________________________ End of Red Dwarf Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ)