Tish, pshaw, nonsense!

Chris Barrie is returning to the world of Red Dwarf, as he's set to narrate the audiobook of new spin-off novel, Red Dwarf: Titan.

The actor, who played Rimmer in the beloved sci-fi comedy, will be the voice of the new book, written by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall.

Barrie said: "I am finding Red Dwarf: Titan to be a very entertaining read. Recording any audiobook is always a challenge with so many characters to cover, but Red Dwarf: Titan, loaded as it is with laugh-out-loud lines and situations, is simply a joy!"

Marshall added: "I’m delighted that the portrayer of Arnold J Rimmer himself, the fabulous multi-voiced Chris Barrie will be reading the audiobook of Red Dwarf Titan, and I’m certain that Rob would be too. In fact we would be noisily competing as to whom was the most delighted. Currently that’s me."

The audiobook is out the same day as the physical book - 16/07/26. 10 hours long and unabridged.

Before his death earlier this year, Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant completed his final project: the spin-off novel Red Dwarf: Titan.

Now, Grant's co-author Andrew Marshall has opened up about his hopes for the beloved band of comedy characters as they return in the alternate reality novel – including a more fleshed out Dave Lister (who was played by Craig Charles in the TV series), and more developed female characters.

"Rob wanted Lister to show a little bit more maturity by the end than we usually see, which I think makes an interesting part," Marshall explained to Radio Times. "I was very interested in showing there's a tiny speck of something in Rimmer that he might just be saveable."

He added that Grant "was very keen – as was I – to develop the female characters a little bit more".

"So Kochanski has a much, much bigger role in this, and there's also a couple of other new female characters for you to have a look at," he continued.

"So that's that was quite interesting, and certainly creating a sort of nemesis/weird romance character for Rimmer was also an interesting challenge, and you'll see how we got around that."

Asked whether the show needed updating for a modern audience, Marshall added: "Yeah, it did need updating a little bit. That's the way we looked at it, anyway. It's just bringing it more into line with how things are these days, but it was very interesting.

BUT man oh man, when it comes to the show. they get older anyway. they keep going! and rimmer may not need to age but he ages anyway right alongside lister. they become middle-aged together side by side in space still sharing a fucking bunkbed.