18 - ”The Last Day” with Dulcé Sloan

That’s right. Dulcé Sloan off The Daily Show is a lifelong Red Dwarf fan! She and her family have loved the show since she was a kid, when it first aired in the USA on PBS. Dulcé has great insights all over the place - from why the US remake was doomed to fail, to the genius of Backwards. Which member of the crew did she have a crush on? Is continuity even a thing in Red Dwarf? And is Robert Llewellyn really doing a Canadian accent? We tackle it all.

Unpicking series 3 episode 6, The Last Day, Dulcé shows us how it’s done…Planned obsolescence. Master-servant dynamics. Crises of faith. What to do when you’ve got a day left to live. And the implied bleak history of mechanoid rebellion…Turns out this ep is incredibly rich in thematic content! Listen to the end for a very dark graphic novel idea, free to any artistic listener who’s unconcerned about copyright infringement.

Smoke us a kipper, we’ll be back soon with series 4.

SO WHAT IS IT?

Better Than Life is the pod where comedians talk Red Dwarf, the greatest sci-fi sitcom, one episode at a time. With a fresh guest every ep, we’re your perfect podcast companion for a first watch or a rewatch. Be warned: spoilers!

Hosted by Fergus (huge fan) and John (lapsed fan).

Production, artwork and insights by Alex Watson.

FANCY SOME LINKS?

For tour dates, videos, podcasts and much more, visit the official Dulcé Sloan website.

Grab Dulcé’s new book, Hello, Friends! wherever you buy books. Trevor Noah calls it, “A heartfelt story of joy, sorrow, and unbelievable resilience” - so, what are you waiting for?!

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