Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild

Shipwrecked & Comatose: A Red Dwarf Podcast

Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf.

After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of 'proper' Red Dwarf content now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at in 2026, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering weird and wonderful stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom!

Welcome to the first of two episodes looking at the Ashens films. Stuart Ashen/Ashens is a British YouTuber who reviews tat with a cult following so high that he crowdfunded two satirical films, and we're going to take a look at both of them! What's the link to Red Dwarf? Robert Llewellyn, the actor who plays Kryten, is in both of them playing a character called The Professor.

This week, we're looking at Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild (2013) and Mark is your host alongside the host of 8- Bit Back Issues, Geoff Owen.

Host: Mark Adams

Guest: Geoff Owen

Editor: Mark Adams

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