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Red Dwarf: Series X

6 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 2012 Updated Oct 30, 2026

Red Dwarf X is the tenth series of the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. The series was broadcast on the UK television channel Dave between 4 October 2012 and 8 November 2012. It consists of six episodes and marks the first full series of Red Dwarf since 1999. The series follows the continued adventures of the idiosyncratic characters marooned on a space ship three million years into deep space, featuring the

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Season 10 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series centers on the adventures of the last human alive and his friends stranded three million years into deep space.
  • ⚡ The main character is third technician Dave Lister, who awoke aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf three million years after the demise of humanity following a period of suspended animation for smuggling his pet cat.
  • ⚡ Dave Lister is joined by fellow survivors including second technician Arnold J Rimmer, a sneering yet inept hologram.
  • ⚡ The show is a half-hour comedy and science fiction sitcom about an idiosyncratic group of characters marooned on a spaceship.
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Season overview

Red Dwarf X is the tenth series of the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. The series was broadcast on the UK television channel Dave between 4 October 2012 and 8 November 2012. It consists of six episodes and marks the first full series of Red Dwarf since 1999. The series follows the continued adventures of the idiosyncratic characters marooned on a space ship three million years into deep space, featuring the last human alive and his fellow survivors.

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Season 10 Episodes

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S10·E1 Mytharc

Trojan

Oct 4, 2012 · 30 min

The Dwarfers' mining ship is still creaking through the wastelands of unchartered deep space, but the posse soon stumble upon the mysteriously abandoned SS Trojan. As they inspect

S10·E2 Core

Fathers & Suns

Oct 11, 2012 · 30 min

Lister grapples with the problem of being his own father.

S10·E3 Core

Lemons

Oct 18, 2012 · 30 min

The posse find themselves marooned in 23 AD where they encounter a famous historical figure with a beard.

S10·E4 Core

Entangled

Oct 25, 2012 · 30 min

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

S10·E5 Mytharc

Dear Dave

Nov 1, 2012 · 29 min

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

S10·E6 Mytharc

The Beginning

Nov 8, 2012 · 30 min

The series final episode finds the boys surrounded by a Simulant War Cruiser and its fleet of attack ships. Armed with only two forks and a pencil sharpener, the Dwarfers begin to

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