I've been a
massive RD fan ever since Psirens first aired in '93. I spent most of my teenage years obsessively quoting whole episodes with my mates. In year 9, we performed Justice in drama (just watching that on Dave now, actually)... I played Kryten. I can still quote his long courtroom scene. I own all the books (including novels, scripts, biogs, and random unrelated comedy by the cast and writers). I have all the DVDs, including both original and remastered Series I - III. I've got rid of all the VHS tapes now, except Smeg Ups and Smeg Outs. I've never met anyone yet who can beat me in a "quote off". I have the DVD game "Beat The Geek". I've worked in TV for almost 12 years, met thousands of famous people, yet only been "star struck" twice... one of those times was when Craig Charles walked past me. And our mutual love of 'Dwarf is one of the things that brought me and Kelpie together.
... So It's fair to say I'm a big fan.
Like most people, I was very disapointed with Back To Earth. I feared the worst when I heard about Series X. But Trojan was a
brilliant episode. It felt like classic Series V / VI style Dwarf, as if the abominations of Series VII / VIII and BTE never happened.
I've still got a massive grin on my face. I've litterally waited half my life to see a
good new episode of 'Dwarf. It was worth the wait.
Edit to add:
Adam James said:
One thing that seemed a bit pushed was the laughter audio, however I'm not sure if it was canned or a live audience. Either way, the reboot has quite abit of potential.
This series was shot with a live audience, probably composed entierly of geeky fans, so the laughs were real. (Even when it wasn't in Series VII, they still showed the edited episodes to an audience and recorded their reaction, but of course, the cast couldn't react to them).
But you are right, the level of the laugh track seemed rather high. Maybe that is just a reflection on how hard the audience was laughing?
The longest ever laugh in the show was in Polymorph, when Rimmer walked in on Kryten helping Lister remove his "boxers".
Rimmer's line,
"Well I can't say I'm
totally shocked. You'll bonk anything, won't you Lister?"
has a huge pause after "shocked", where Barrie had to wait for the laughter to die down to finish his line.