A Red Dwarf egy 5 km hossz�, sok-sok emelet magas tiszta piros �rhaj�. A legt�bb r�sz azzal kezd�ik, hogy a kamera v�gig fut a v�r�s haj�n. Az els� �vad r�szei pedig azzal hogy egy ember  �rruh�s ruh�ban fest egy n�la magasabb v�r�s falat, amir�l k�s�bb - a kamera t�volod�s�val - kider�l, hogy a Red Dwarf  felirat 'F' j�nek a sz�ra. A felirat a haj� 'orr�n' ill. ink�bb az elej�n van, szinte el is t�nik a haj� m�reteihez k�pest. Teh�t ILYEN nagy a Red Dwarf.  A 'Red Dwarf omnibus' k�nyvben igy irj�k le:

"Lister's window was filled with red.

And red.

And red.

He couldon't see where it started and he couldn't see where it finished. But it was big. No, it was BIG.

A big, red, red, big clenhed fist of metal. 

(...)

'The Dwarf', he said in a Danish accent,

'The what?' Lister tried not to inhale.

'Red Dwarf'.

How big is it?

' It could eat Coppenhagen,' said the Dane 'and have Helsingor for afters.'

(...)

Lister squinted out of the window again. 'And God, is it ugly!'

'Ugly as my mother.' Petersen smiled through bar-brawl broken teeth. 'First trip?'..."