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- Subject: GUIDE TO ALT.TV.RED-DWARF DOCUMENTS
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- Summary: A list of all the reference docs created for, or on, the newsgroup.
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- Last-modified: 2000/02/10
- Version: 1.1
- URL: http://www.smegweb.co.uk/atvrd/
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- Maintainer: Tafka <docguide@[-nospam-]smegweb.co.uk>
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- GUIDE TO ALT.TV.RED-DWARF DOCUMENTS
- ===================================
-
- * Everything you always wanted to know about Red Dwarf *
- * but were too scared to ask! *
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This is a list of all of the reference documents created on the
- newsgroup alt.tv.red-dwarf or for the newsgroup.
- It also serves up portions of explanations of the type of Red Dwarf
- information that they contain. If you have a question, there's a good
- chance that one of the documents listed below can answer it for you.
- Yay! :-)
-
- This Documents Guide is posted on a Thursday (or at least when it is
- Thursday in Britain).
-
- * LAST UPDATED: June 30th 2000
-
- | Marks new since last update.
-
- Note that the web-displayed documents are not necessarily the most
- recent versions.
-
- 1) THE PRIMER.
- ---------------
-
- Status : Back and kicking bottom!
- Maintained/edited by : Ang
- WHAT IT IS : An introduction to life in
- alt.tv.red-dwarf.
- *Essential reading for anyone new to atvrd!*
- Approximate size : 9K.
- Latest version : ??
- Last updated : ??
- Posting frequency : Weekly
- Web location : http://www.smegweb.co.uk/atvrd/
- Newsgroupers' input : No, thanks anyway
- Special input details : N/A.
- CONTACT : ang@ermitang.co.uk
-
-
- 2) THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST (FAQ).
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Pat Berry.
- WHAT IT IS : Answers to general, commonly-asked
- questions about Red Dwarf.
- *Essential reading for anyone new to atvrd!*
- | Approximate size : 59K. (text)
- | Latest version : 5.34
- | Last updated : 31st March 2000
- Posting frequency : Every 30 days.
- | Web location : http://home.interpath.net/pat/rd/faq.html
- To obtain by email : mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- ... with this in the message body
- send /pub/usenet/news.answers/tv/red_dwarf-faq
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Please include the original source of the
- information.
- | CONTACT : pat@interpath.com
-
- 3) WELCOME TO ALT.TV.RED-DWARF.
- ---------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Tafka
- WHAT IT IS : Find out more about the atvrd community
- with
- info on news docs, POTM, web sites etc.
- Approximate size : 7K.
- | Latest version : 1.8
- | Last updated : 30th June 2000
- Posting frequency : Every 14 days, Wednesdays
- | Web location : http://www.smegweb.co.uk/atvrd/
- | http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/red-dwarf/welcometo/
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Only corrections or suggestions please
- CONTACT : welcometo@smegweb.co.uk
-
-
- 4) THE PLOT INCONSISTENCIES PROJECT (PIP).
- -------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Comatose (was: Current, ongoing)
- Maintained/edited by : Damone and Annette.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of, and explanations for, all of the
- plot inconsistencies within the Red Dwarf
- TV series. Also lists production errors.
- Approximate size : Two parts (text), ??K & ??K
- Latest version : 7.1
- Last updated : 6th January 1997
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web location :
- http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~bjev/pip/pip_text.html
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Please read *carefully* the contribution
- criteria found in the PIP.
- CONTACT : damone@idt.net (??)
-
-
- 5) THE BOOK PLOT INCONSISTENCIES PROJECT (BPIP).
- -------------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete"
- Maintained/edited by : Annette
- WHAT IT IS : A list of, and explanations for, all of the
- plot inconsistencies within the four Red
- Dwarf novels.
- Approximate size : 44K.
- Latest version : 2.00.
- Last updated : 7th June 1996.
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web location : ??
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Please read *carefully* the contribution
- criteria found in the BPIP.
- CONTACT : mcintosh@netlink.com.au
-
-
- 6) THE ALT.TV.RED-DWARF BIRTHDAY LIST.
- ---------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing
- | Maintained/edited by : Lister
- WHAT IT IS : A list of birthdays of members of atvrd, as
- per Space Corps Directive 7713.
- | Approximate size : ? < 10k.
- | Latest version : ??
- Last updated : Monthly
- Posting frequency : Monthly
- | Web location : None
- | CONTACT : Lister
-
-
- 5) THE RED DWARF ACRONYM LIST.
- -------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Dave The Scouser
- WHAT IT IS : A list of acronyms pertaining to Red Dwarf
- used in discussions. Or something similar..
- Approximate size : 5Kb
- Latest version : 2.00
- Last updated : 8th May 1999
- Posting frequency : When updated, sporadically.
- Web location : http://www.sierro.freeserve.co.uk
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : None
- CONTACT : dave@sierro.deleteme.co.uk
-
-
- 6) THE QUIETLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST (QAQ).
- -------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Jim Shaw.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of the other acting roles of the
- stars and guest actors of Red Dwarf.
- Approximate size : 94K.
- Latest version : V1.5.0
- Last updated : 16th October 1998.
- Posting rarity : Very much so
- Web location : http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/
- Arcade/7567/qaq.html
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : N/A.
- CONTACT : jimshaw@newscientist.net
-
-
- 7) THE RED DWARF REFERENCES LIST (TV) or RDRL (TV).
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Comatose (was: Current, ongoing)
- Maintained/edited by : Annette.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of, and explanations for, all
- references to books, movies, famous people,
- quotes etc made in Red Dwarf (TV series).
- Approximate size : ??K.
- Latest version : 2.55
- Last updated : December 1997
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web location : http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~tj_/rdrltv.html
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Please read the RDRL contribution criteria
- carefully.
- CONTACT : mcintosh@netlink.com.au
-
-
- 8) THE RED DWARF REFERENCES LIST (BOOK) or RDRL (BOOK).
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete"
- Maintained/edited by : Annette.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of, and explanations for, all
- references to books, movies, famous people,
- quotes etc made in Red Dwarf (books).
- Approximate size : ??K.
- Latest version : 2.00
- Last updated : August 1996
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web location : http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~tj_/rdrlbook.html
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Please read the RDRL contribution criteria
- carefully.
- CONTACT : mcintosh@netlink.com.au
-
-
- 9) THE ATVRD MEMBERS WEB SITES LIST.
- -------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Martin Jones
- WHAT IT IS : A compilation of websites created by
- subscribers of
- alt.tv.red-dwarf; the newsgroup.
- Approximate size : ??
- Latest version : ??
- Last updated : ??
- Posting frequency : Not in a long while
- Web location :
- http://members.wbs.net/homepages/m/a/m/mamit/index.html
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : None
- CONTACT : mamit@eudoramail.com
-
-
- 10) THE RED DWARF TIME LINE.
- ----------------------------
-
- Status : Comatose (was: Current, ongoing)
- Maintained/edited by : ??
- WHAT IT IS : A time line of the Red Dwarf universe (as
- complete and accurate as possible).
- Approximate size : ??K.
- Latest version : ??
- Last updated : ??
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web location : www.smegweb.co.uk - Reference | Documents
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Be *specific*. Incident can be named (eg.
- 2180) or conjectured (eg. 10 years ago...).
- CONTACT : ??
-
-
- 11) THE RARELY ASKED QUESTIONS (RAQ).
- -------------------------------------
-
- Status : Dormant
- Maintained/edited by : Raz and Sea.
- WHAT IT IS : An indexed list of general episode
- information; common questions, actor
- listings, trivia and behind-the-scenes.
- Approximate size : ~40K HTML.
- Latest version : N/A
- Last updated : 5 April 98.
- Posting frequency : As updates/requests warrant.
- Web location : N/A
- Newsgroupers' input : No point at the moment!
- Special input details : For any episode- or book-specific questions
- and
- answers, this is the place to go.
- CONTACT : raz@matrixcity.org
-
-
- 12) THE SPACE CORPS DIRECTIVES LIST.
- -------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete".
- Maintained/edited by : ??
- WHAT IT IS : The collected Space Corps Directives,
- Rimmer Directives, Articles, and All-Nation
- Agreements.
- Approximate size : ??K.
- Latest version : ??
- Last updated : ??
- Posting frequency : As updates/requests warrant.
- Web locations : www.smegweb.co.uk - Reference | Documents
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : The Directives etc must be *official*, not
- fan made-up.
- CONTACT : ??
-
-
- 13) THE RED DWARF FISHLIST.
- ----------------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete".
- Maintained/edited by : Annette.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of all the references to fish ever
- made in Red Dwarf (TV series and books).
- Approximate size : 17K.
- Latest version : N/A.
- Last updated : 7th June 1999
- Posting frequency : As updates warrant.
- Web locations : www.smegweb.co.uk - Reference | Documents
- Newsgroupers' input : No, thanks anyway.
- Special input details : N/A.
- CONTACT : mcintosh@netlink.com.au
-
-
- 14) THE SMEGLIST.
- ------------------
-
- Status : Resting, deceased
- Maintained/edited by : N/A
- WHAT IT IS : A detailed list of all the instances of the
-
- word "smeg" (and its variations) used in
- the
- TV series of Red Dwarf. Only up to Series 5
- Approximate size : ??K.
- Latest version : 1.0.
- Last updated : August 1996.
- Posting frequency : Never
- Web location : www.smegweb.co.uk - Reference | Documents
- Newsgroupers' input : N/A
- Special input details : N/A.
- CONTACT : N/A
-
-
- 15) THE NO-ALIENS FAQ.
- -----------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete"
- Maintained/edited by : Annette.
- WHAT IT IS : A detailed FAQ to explain exactly why and
- how it is that there are *no* aliens in the
- Red Dwarf universe.
- Approximate size : 9K.
- Latest version : N/A.
- Last updated : May 1997.
- Posting frequency : N/A
- Web location : http://www.netcom.ca/~tj_/nafaq.html
- Newsgroupers' input : No, thanks anyway.
- Special input details : N/A.
- CONTACT : mcintosh@netlink.com.au
-
-
- 16) THE RED DWARF FOOD AND DRINK GUIDE.
- ----------------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, ongoing.
- Maintained/edited by : Denis Cage.
- WHAT IT IS : A list of all the foods and drinks in Red
- Dwarf, with some recipes included.
- Approximate size : 21K.
- Latest version : 1.4
- Last updated : 21st February 1998.
- Posting frequency : N/A.
- Web location :
- http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6061
- Newsgroupers' input : Yes, please.
- Special input details : Submission form available at web site.
- CONTACT : ??
-
-
- 17) THE RED DWARF WOMBAT LIST.
- ------------------------------
-
- Status : Current, "complete"
- Maintained/edited by : Jon Poole
- WHAT IT IS : This lists every reference to Wombats or
- appearance of Wombats in the tv show Red
- Dwarf.
- Approximate size : 1.3K
- Latest version : N/A
- Last updated : Series 7
- Posting frequency : N/A
- Web location : www.smegweb.co.uk - Reference - Documents
- Newsgroupers' input : N/A
- Special input details : N/A
- CONTACT : N/A
-
- Corrections/additions for this Documents Guide to:
- docguide@smegweb.co.uk
-
- Only documents of which a "circulating" version (ie. posted or
- maintained at a web site) exists will be advertised.
-
- Documents listed as "complete" generally will require no updating
- until new official Red Dwarf episodes/books/miscellany are available.
-
- This is a guide to *fact* and *information* documents only. Anyone who
- has created such a document and wishes it to be advertised here,
- please drop me an E. Works of fiction (eg. scripts), of opinion (eg.
- reviews and polls), or of arcade game scores (eg. meet reports)
- *cannot* be included. Sorry!
-
- Big thanks to all current advertisers/contributors/displayers. :-)
-