Series VII

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Episodes 3 Main Cast 4 Background Information

[edit] Summary

The crew return from their supposed deaths, saved by a time paradox. In fact they return better off, with more supplies and a bigger version of Starbug. However, by now they have lost all trace of their mother ship and instead they fly idly around through space. In this series the hologram version of Rimmer leaves and the crew is later joined by an alternate universe incarnation of our Kristine Kochanski. The series end also marks the return of Norman Lovett as Holly.

[edit] Episodes

Picture	Title	Original Airdate	Episode #
	Tikka To Ride	January 17, 1997	37
	In a desperate mission to find more curry, the Starbug crew travels back in time and end up inadvertently stopping Lee Harvey Oswald from assassinating U.S. president John F. Kennedy.
	Stoke Me A Clipper	January 24, 1997	38
	Arnold is recruited to be the new Ace Rimmer.
	Ouroboros	January 31, 1997	39
	The crew meet their doubles from a parallel universe, including a still-alive Kristine Kochanski and Lister discovers his origins.
	Duct Soup	February 7, 1997	40
	A power failure causes the crew have to travel through the substantial duct systems of the now enlarged Starbug, and the crew do some "venting" of their own...
	Blue	February 14, 1997	41
	Lister grows to miss Rimmer, until a virtual reality simulation by Kryten sets him straight.
	Beyond a Joke	February 21, 1997	42
	After the crew ignore Kryten's efforts to celebrate his anniversary of joining the crew, he literally blows his top.
	Epideme	February 28, 1997	43
	Lister gets infected with a deadly but charismatic virus.
	Nanarchy	March 7, 1997	44
	Trying to restore Lister to full health, the crew stumble upon the truth about what happened to Red Dwarf.

[edit] Main Cast

• Craig Charles as Dave Lister
• Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer
• Danny John-Jules as The Cat
• Robert Llewellyn as Kryten
• Chloë Annett as Kristine Kochanski

[edit] Background Information

• There was a four-year hiatus between Series VI and Series VII, the longest span between series (not counting the ten year gap between Series VIII and the Back to Earth mini-series).
• Series VII and, later, Series VIII were produced without Rob Grant as he had decided to move on to new projects by this time. These two series were written almost exclusively by Doug Naylor who has remained involved with the show and the attempted Red Dwarf movie. When Red Dwarf was resurrected in 2009, he wrote and directed the new adventure.
• Chris Barrie left the show after the episode Blue. According to the BBC Website, Barrie left because he felt "he had taken Rimmer as far as he wanted." Nevertheless, Barrie returned for Series VIII.
• Chloë Annett joined the cast as a parallel universe version of Kris Kochansky. According to several sources, Annett was not brought in to replace Chris Barrie but in order to have a female lead for the Red Dwarf movie to be more marketable in Hollywood.
• Norman Lovett briefly returns as Holly during the last episode of the series, Nanarchy. In Series VIII he comes back as a regular castmember.