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==Characters and actors== {{Main|List of Red Dwarf characters}} [[File:Red dwarf cast series 10.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|From left to right: [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|Cat]], [[Arnold Rimmer|Rimmer]], [[Kryten]], and [[Dave Lister|Lister]] as they appeared in Series 10 (2012)]] * [[Craig Charles]] as [[Dave Lister|David "Dave" Lister]]:<br />A third-class technician on the ''Red Dwarf'', who was the lowest-ranking of the 169 original crew members,{{efn|Later revised to 1,169 crew members in the 1991 episode "[[Justice (Red Dwarf)|Justice]]" and "over a thousand" in the 2017 episode "[[Timewave (Red Dwarf)|Timewave]]".}} and alone survived the accident due to being in stasis as punishment for smuggling an unquarantined cat on board. A [[Scouser]] and self-described "bum" who has a good heart but is also very lazy, he has a long-standing desire to return to Earth and start a farm and/or diner on [[Fiji]] (which is under three feet of water following a [[volcanic eruption]]), but is left impossibly far away by the accident, which renders him the last known surviving member of the human race.<ref name="Howarth & Lyons 1993 p. 19-24">Howarth & Lyons (1993) pp. 19β24.</ref> * [[Chris Barrie]] as [[Arnold Rimmer|Arnold Judas Rimmer]]:<br />A second-class technician on the ''Red Dwarf'' who is Lister's bunkmate and direct superior. The second-lowest-ranking member of the original crew, he is responsible for the accident that killed the entire crew except for Lister; although Rimmer himself did not survive, Holly, considering him to be the person most likely to keep Lister sane, selects him to be the ship's one available hologram, recreating Rimmer's appearance and personality as he was before his death.<ref>Howarth & Lyons (1993) pp. 24β30.</ref> Now the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the ''Red Dwarf'', he is despised by the rest of the crew due to his fussy, [[bureaucracy|bureaucratic]], [[neuroticism|neurotic]], insecure, and cowardly personality, and has a particularly abrasive relationship with Lister. During Series VII, Rimmer leaves the dimension shared by his crewmates to become his swashbuckling dimensional counterpart, Ace Rimmer. However, pre-hologram Rimmer, along with the rest of the original crew, is resurrected by nanobots at the start of Series VIII; after coming face to face with [[Personifications of death|Death]] at the end of the series, whom he kicks in the groin, he is once again a hologram from Series IX onwards, although the circumstances that led to this are never fully explained. * [[Danny John-Jules]] as [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|the Cat]]:<br />A humanoid creature with cat-like teeth who evolved from the offspring of Lister's smuggled pet cat Frankenstein. The Cat or simply "Cat" (who is never given an actual name) is self-centered and concerned with little other than sleeping, eating, and fawning over his appearance, and tends not to socialise with other members of the crew in early episodes. Over time, he grows closer to his crewmates and becomes a useful part of the crew. Unlike his human companions, he has a "cool" sounding pulse, six nipples, and colour-coordinated internal organs.<ref>Howarth & Lyons (1993) pp. 30β34.</ref> * [[Norman Lovett]] (regular series I-II, VIII, ''The Promised Land''; guest series VII, XII) and [[Hattie Hayridge]] (guest series II; regular series III-V) as [[Holly (Red Dwarf)|Holly]]:<br />The ship's computer who appears on screens as a floating head and originally has a functional [[IQ]] of 6000 but, as a result of remaining alone without any maintenance during the three million years Lister is in stasis, develops "computer senility". Although Holly is male during the first two series, they become female between series 2 and 3, taking the voice and appearance of Hilly, an alternative version of themselves encountered in the [[Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf)|Series II finale]] and with whom they had fallen in love.<ref>Howarth & Lyons (1993) pp. 35β38.</ref> Following an unexplained absence in Series VI, male Holly returns in the [[Nanarchy|Series VII finale]]. Between Series VIII and IX, Lister's bath overflows and the water gets into Holly's circuitry, causing them to malfunction and go offline. In ''The Promised Land'', the discovery of a backup drive allows the return of male Holly, originally with their memory and IQ rebooted, but eventually back to their usual dysfunctional self. * [[David Ross (actor)|David Ross]] (guest series II) and [[Robert Llewellyn]] (regular series IIIβ''The Promised Land'') as [[Kryten|Kryten 2X4B-523P]]:<br />A [[sanitation]] [[Android (robot)|android]] rescued by the crew from the crashed spaceship ''Nova 5'' in the [[Kryten (Red Dwarf episode)|first episode of series 2]], after having spent countless years continuing to serve the ship's crew without realising they had been long dead; bound by his "behavioural protocols", he is taught independent thinking by Lister and leaves the ''Red Dwarf'' on a space bike to enjoy his newfound freedom. Between series II and III, he is rescued by the crew after his space bike crashed on an asteroid and has become part of the ''Red Dwarf'' crew; however, the accident led to his face appearing permanently different.<ref>Howarth & Lyons (1993) pp. 38β42.</ref> Categorised as a "series 4000 service mechanoid",<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Dimension Jump |episode-link=Dimension Jump (Red Dwarf episode) |series=Red Dwarf |first=Rob |last=Grant |author-link=Rob Grant |first2=Doug (writers) |last2=Naylor |author-link2=Doug Naylor |first3=Ed (director) |last3=Bye |author-link3=Ed Bye |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC2]] |date=14 March 1991 |series-no=IV |number=5 }}</ref> he keeps on maintaining the ''Red Dwarf'', while also showing himself very resourceful due to his proficiency with technology and encyclopedic knowledge of the universe; he maintains a strong friendship with Lister throughout the series. * [[Clare Grogan]] (recurring series I; guest series II, VI) and [[ChloΓ« Annett]] (regular series VII-VIII; guest series IX) as [[Kristine Kochanski]]:<br />A navigation officer in the original ''Red Dwarf'' crew whom Lister had a crush on (later [[retcon]]ned to be his ex-girlfriend) and whose memory he had cherished ever since.<ref name="Howarth & Lyons 1993 p. 19-24"/> After appearing in several episodes following her death, once directly due to Lister time travelling and later as various individuals impersonating her, an alternate version of Kochanski from a universe in which she, not Lister, is the last living human, joins the series' main universe and the ''Red Dwarf'' crew in the series VII episode "[[Ouroboros (Red Dwarf)|Ouroboros]]". As part of the crew, she progressively gets closer to Lister, while struggling to overcome her past romantic relationship with her original universe's Lister, and has a conflictual relationship with Kryten, who is jealous of the interest Lister has for her.<ref name="Series VII review at DVD Active"/> Between series VIII and IX, she is no longer part of the crew, and is believed by Lister to be dead; it is later revealed that she had actually fled the ship when it became clear Lister's complete lack of self-respect and indulgence on excesses was slowly killing him, which greatly depressed her; Kryten, the only one aware of her departure, pretended to have witnessed her death to avoid hurting Lister's feelings even more. After learning the truth, Lister hopes to reunite with her one day.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Trojan |episode-link=Trojan (Red Dwarf) |series=Red Dwarf |first=Doug (writer/director) |last=Naylor |author-link=Doug Naylor |network=[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]] |date=4 October 2012 |series-no=X |number=1 }}</ref> In addition to Grogan and Annett, [[Suzanne Rhatigan]] and [[Anastasia Hille]] portray false versions of Kochanski in episodes of [[Camille (Red Dwarf)|series 4]] and [[Back to Reality (Red Dwarf)|series 5]] respectively, while [[Holly Earl]] portrays a younger version of her in [[Pete (Red Dwarf)|an episode of series 8]].
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