What Is Red Dwarf Really About?

You probably think it’s a light-hearted comedy.

From left to right: Cat, Lister, Rimmer and Kryton. Source: Youtube (Fair use)

Red Dwarf is a British science-fiction comedy TV show with a cult following. It also aired in the US.

It centered on Dave Lister, the last human survivor on a deep space mining ship, following a catastrophic radiation leak, and the holographic recreation of his antagonistic former supervisor, Arnold…