Season guide

Red Dwarf: Series VI

6 episodes Premiered Oct 7, 1993 Updated Oct 6, 2026

Previously on Red Dwarf

Season 6 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 5.
⚡ 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.

Season 6 Episodes

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S6·E1 Mytharc

Oct 7, 1993 · 29 min

After realizing that the Red Dwarf has been stolen, Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and Cat go looking for the missing ship.

S6·E2 Core

Oct 14, 1993 · 28 min

With the Starbug running low on supplies, the crew goes hunting for rations and finds an abandoned spaceship with a wish-granting being on board.

S6·E3 Core

Oct 21, 1993 · 29 min

The crew heads to the Wild West when Kryten contracts a deadly computer virus.

S6·E4 Core

Oct 28, 1993 · 28 min

When the Starbug crashes on a planet inhabited by a devastatingly ugly GELF tribe, Lister is forced to marry the chief's homely daughter.

S6·E5 Mytharc

Nov 4, 1993 · 28 min

Rimmer finds himself on a strange planet where the only other inhabitants are the clones he's made of himself.

S6·E6 Mytharc

Nov 11, 1993 · 29 min

After experimenting with an abandoned time drive, the crew of the Red Dwarf comes face-to-face with an exact replica of the ship.