Complete Guide
Back in the Red - Part 2
Series VIII, Episode 2
Recorded: 28.09.1998, Shepperton Studios
First Broadcast: 25.02.1999 (BBC 2)
VHS Release: 01.11.1999 (BBCV 6842)
DVD Release: 27.03.2006 (BBCDVD 1693)
Blu-ray Release: 14.01.2019 (BBCBD 0441)
Written by Doug Naylor
Directed by Ed Bye
Synopsis
Rimmer is invited to dinner with the Captain and to make the evening go with a swing douses himself with the "Sexual Magnetism Virus" making himself irresistible to the female crew.
Cast
Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), Chloe Annett (Kochanski), Norman Lovett (Holly), Mac McDonald (Captain), Kika Mirylees (Doc Newton), Jemma Churchill (Panel Woman Officer), Andy Taylor (Dr. McClaren), Sue Kelvin (Second Woman Officer), Karl Gleen Stimpson (MP Thornton), Genevieve Swallow (Last Woman Officer), Geoffrey Beevers (Doctor), Kika Mirylees (Doc Newton), Jemma Churchill (Panel Woman Officer), Andy Taylor (Dr. McClaren), Sue Kelvin (Second Woman Officer), Karl Gleen Stimpson (MP Thornton), Genevieve Swallow (Last Woman Officer), Geoffrey Beevers (Doctor)
Did You Know?
Although not visible in the final episode, a door sign gave Geoffrey Beevers' doctor character the name of "Dr Legs Akimbo".
The voice Robert Llewellyn performs when Kryten is reset to factory settings is, of course, an impersonation of the role's previous incumbent, David Ross. This gives an in-universe explanation for his changed voice as having resulted from his crash and rebuild between Series II and III.
At one point it was actually under consideration to invite Ross to return to voice the role, but the plan was ultimately abandoned. Ross would instead eventually return to voice another previous character, as Talkie Toaster in Series XII's Mechocracy.
"Little Green Bag", the track that plays as the "Dibbley family" make their escape, is a 1969 hit by Dutch rock band The George Baker Selection. It was made famous by its use in the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, in a scene being directly aped here.
