Back To Reality Ten

The Fan Club magazine hits double digits.

19 August, 2016

For various reasons, it's been an up-and-down few years for The Official Red Dwarf Fan Club's magazine. Back to Reality - the replacement for the long-running Better than Life - relaunched in 2009, but various production issues meant that for its first few years, there were only a handful of issues released. Happily, however, since getting a revamp in 2014 as a digital-only mag, the team have been able to put the 'zine out on a more regular schedule, with issues now landing twice each year.

As such, we're delighted to congratulate the team on reaching their tenth issue - as the latest mag makes its way to members' inboxes just in time to capitalise on all that pre-Red Dwarf XI excitement. Issue ##10, of course, rounds up all the latest news about the series - but as ever, the team have gone above and beyond in delving into the nitty-gritty of Red Dwarf past, present and future. So there's also an in-depth feature on the very episode that gives the mag its title, and yet more analysis - following the extensive article last issue - of Lister's jacket, along with wise words from two cosplayers who've made excellent replicas of our favourite slob's beloved garment.

In addition, there's a lengthy interview with the thoroughly charming Series VII, VIII and Space Corps Survival Manual writer Paul Alexander, and a look back at Rob Grant's post-Dwarf sitcom, The Strangerers. And there's even room, as ever, for fan-written fiction and comic strips.

To get your hands on Back to Reality, there's only one thing you can do: join the Fan Club! It costs £15 for four issues of BTR (at current schedule, that's around two years of membership) and you also get the regular Psi-Scan email newsletter, access to an archive of old BTR and BTL fanzines, an exclusive members' only chat forum, special competitions, and a discount on the registration fee for Dimension Jump, the fan club convention next taking place in April 2017.

To find out more and join up, head to the Fan Club section!