If this post got your attention, give the short-lived Hyperdrive a shot. It’s much more Trek than Red Dwarf and leans more comedy than sci-fi in similar ways. As a “normal people just working a job in space” show, it now watches like a BBC template for The Orville. Hey, it even has Nick Frost1 and Miranda Hart in it.
1 - Simon Pegg feels suspiciously absent, although he did land a part in an actual Trek movie not long after this.
If this post got your attention, give the short-lived Hyperdrive a shot. It’s much more Trek than Red Dwarf and leans more comedy than sci-fi in similar ways. As a “normal people just working a job in space” show, it now watches like a BBC template for The Orville. Hey, it even has Nick Frost1 and Miranda Hart in it.
1 - Simon Pegg feels suspiciously absent, although he did land a part in an actual Trek movie not long after this.
If it leans more comedy than sci-fi, wouldn’t it be more Red Dwarf than Trek?
It’s more red dwarf than trek, but it’s more trek than red dwarf.
Aaah, got it.
Good point.