Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red Dwarf (UK TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dave Lister/Arnold Rimmer Characters: Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer Additional Tags: Starbug Shuttle (Red Dwarf), hand holding, Hurt/Comfort, but Rimmer is pretty shit at it so y'know, Rimster Week 2026, Pre-Slash, food insecurity Summary:

Rimmer notices that Lister has been acting kind of weird since they’ve been on Starbug and supplies have started to dwindle

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.

I also haven't QUITE gone through it frame by frame enough to see if I can find a better one BUT I propose twentica

I also haven't QUITE gone through it frame by frame enough to see if I can find a better one BUT I propose twentica

I also haven't QUITE gone through it frame by frame enough to see if I can find a better one BUT I propose twentica

AND going back to lister is a full circle. ouroboros reference! it's all connected and i feel like there's something to be said about lister always being a whole living person and rimmer always finding his way back to lister even if he's not technically a living person . ooooooough