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Red Dwarf: Series XI

6 episodes Premiered Sep 22, 2016 Updated Oct 6, 2026
Previously on Red Dwarf

Season 11 Lore Primer

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

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Red Dwarf Season 10.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 11 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 11: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S11·E1 Mytharc

Twentica

Sep 22, 2016 · 28 min

The Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech-savvy un

S11·E2 Core

Samsara

Sep 29, 2016 · 30 min

When the Dwarfers investigate a crashed ship at the bottom of an ocean moon, Lister and Cat become trapped together and Lister's nightmare begins. Meantime Rimmer and Kryten discov

S11·E3 Core

Give & Take

Oct 6, 2016 · 29 min

After an altercation with a deranged droid, Lister has his kidneys organ-napped. The only solution is to ask Cat, the most self-absorbed creature in the universe, to donate one of

S11·E4 Core

Officer Rimmer

Oct 13, 2016 · 28 min

After a scandalous piece of good fortune, Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an officer. He immediately open

S11·E5 Mytharc

Krysis

Oct 20, 2016 · 27 min

Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try to show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid f

S11·E6 Mytharc

Can of Worms

Oct 27, 2016 · 29 min

Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall head-over-heels in love with a female cat with a big secret.

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