Co-running Ganymede & Titan gives you a certain insight into the world. Like how whilst you may surround youself with friends who utter the word "cunt" every other sentence, a lot of people still find it offensive. How, despite information about DVD release dates being ridiculously easy to find on the net, people will still post in forums asking "WHN WILL SERIS 8 B RELESED". How a lot of people just know the Dwarf Movie won't be made, despite them having no knowledge of how the industry works whatsoever.

But the thing that surprises me most about it is this: the lack of current fansites dedicated to the show. There's G&T, of course. Then, there's Observation Dome, erm, founded by a member of G&T. Then there's The White Hole, which does have occasional updates (with Cappsy doing some sterling work on Wrinkles). As for the rest of the sites linked to the front of OD, they're not updated much at all - the work going towards OD, or sites like this. And beyond them, there's not very much at all.

Indeed, there have been some serious discussions - including on OD and the Official Webboard - at how imbalanced this makes coverage of certain aspects of the show. G&T has never been about simply providing facts, even in its news stories. I don't think this is unhealthy - I think the dangerous thing is when you've got bias that isn't explicitly stated (indeed, like most daily newspapers). We report the story, give the proper facts, and then give our opinions - we're not trying to hide anything from it. And there's a comments section if you disagree with what we're saying. Perfectly healthy and acceptable. We're talking about a fansite discussing Red Dwarf, here, not the BBC discussing the Middle East - you are allowed opinion in certain types of news stories.

Nonetheless, when we're one of the few people actually writing about Dwarf, things can look unbalanced. Neither me nor my co-conspirator Ian are fans of the last two series - so, by jingo, that's what we keep shouting. Of course, people will stick up for the series in the comments, and we keep inviting people to write articles giving the opposite point of view (and have published one) - but it does mean that a certain voice of the Dwarf fan community - those who loved the last two series - isn't represented as well as it should be.

That's not our fault, of course. And certainly not a reason to stop writing how we write. In fact, whose fault it is is pretty clear - it's those people who love the last two series, but don't go off and write about it. Again, it's the old apathy thing - people just aren't spending their time writing about the show on the internet.

Now, this is Red Dwarf. If you were going to make a list of shows you think would be well-served by fansites, it would be pretty near the top of the list. Why the apathy?

Well, it goes beyond Red Dwarf - and that's the reason I'm publishing this here, rather than on G&T itself. Because the same thing applies to so many programmes. Where's something decent about The Young Ones? The Fast Show? Rutland Weekend Television? Spitting Image? Look Around You? Alexi Sayle's Stuff? Sure, there's stuff about those programmes - but not the in-depth, nitty-gritty stuff. No proper reviews of episodes, for starters.

That's just TV comedy shows. Just imagine the same thing applied across every single topic imaginable, and you can see why the myth that "the internet contains everything" is just that: a myth. And yet, time and time again, I hear things like "Oh, I'd start a website, but I don't know what I'd talk about/all the stuff I'd do has been done/my dog ate my web browser, miss."

So, here's a challenge. If you don't run a website - pick a topic you like. It could be a TV programme, it could be a band you love, it could be an old computer game from 1982. Hell, it could be Red Dwarf, if you want. Have a look round on the net, and see if the kind of stuff you would have written about the subject has been done. If not: write it. Stick it on the net somewhere. Send it in to us perhaps, but if you want something of your own, it's not hard to start a website - you could even just get a free blog somewhere, and start posting on it. If you decide later that you want to restructure it into a different kind of website, fine - you can do that. But just get out there and start writing, start researching, start doing something. It doesn't take long - it's amazing what you can get done if you just put aside a couple of hours a week.

Start off simple, if you like. Take The Fast Show, for instance - build up an episode guide. Then write some reviews. Look around for interviews in papers. Or, heaven help us, try and get some interviews yourself. (Another thing I've learnt from G&T: getting interviews is a lot easier than you'd think.) Before you know it, you could be researching contemporary reactions from the show in a pile of old Radio Times listings, and have a website to be proud of, packed with stuff that's nowhere else on the web. It's just so gratifying to have people mail you and say "love what you're doing". Before you know it, you'll end with with a knightmare.com on your hands.

The web is a wonderful place. Go on - help make it even more wonderful, for all of us.