Trivia / Red Dwarf Season VIII "Back in the Red - Part 2"

• Deleted Scene: Scenes cut from the episode:
  • The original version of the scene in Hollister's office did not include the famous, extra-long Rimmer Salute. It was re-shot, in part, to better begin the episode. The original version has Rimmer being even more weaselly. Hollister asks Rimmer to take his nose out of the captain's behind, as Rimmer tells him that he will tell his grandchildren about being in the office, and is standing on the actual carpet that Hollister himself stands on. Since Rimmer has access to the crew's confidential files, Rimmer also knows it is Hollister's anniversary to his wife Martha Rimmer presents the captain with a cake to mark the occasion. It is a tangerine sponge cake, just like Martha used to make, and it makes the captain emotional.
  • Two extensions to the scene where Kryten sits with Kris Kochanski on her bed in her bunk, and discusses the fact that he's been reclassified as a woman. Kryten reveals that his new name is "Kristen", which he thinks sounds like the title of an Ed Wood movie. When he says that he has no "meat and two veg", to which Kris replies that she knew it was "a meal with loads of calories". Kris says that, as a woman, Kryten will now have to start being selfless, overprotective, never stop working, and constantly complain about guys' poor aim round the toilet bowl. She then realises he's already nearly there.
• What Could Have Been: With Kryten having been defaulted to his factory settings, posh English accent and all, it was considered that David Ross could make a return. In the end Robert Llewellyn impersonated the accent.

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