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*** As is Kill Crazy, incidentally.
*** And now, so is Baxter.
** The US pilots had a ''ton'' of these -- Tom from ''[[Scary Movie]] 4'' played Lister, [[Frasier|Daphne Moon]] popped up as Holly, [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Jadzia Dax]] appeared as the second cat (the first was played by Hinton Battle, who isn't a particularly well-known actor but is pretty legendary in the world of dancing), and Kryten was played by... er, Robert Llewelyn, who was Kryten in the BBC series ''Red Dwarf''.
*** Apparently, Hinton Battle is a hero of Danny John-Jules. Battle apparently put a lot of work into his version of The Cat, making John-Jules something of an [[Ascended Fanboy]].
** And [[Harry Potter (
** [[Coupling|Susan]] is the queen in the medieval virtual reality game.
** Lister's confidence is personified by [[Craig Ferguson]]. Yep, [[The Late Late Show|same one]].
** Professor Mamet, Kryten's creator is played by [[Jenny Agutter]].
** The abandoned ship's computer in ''DNA'' is voiced by Richard Ridings - AKA [[Dungeon Keeper|The Mentor]], [[Quake III Arena
** The woman the Polymorph disguises itself as before sucking out the Cat's vanity would go on to play the eyepatch-wearing Madam Kovarian in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
** "Nicey" Ackerman is [[Rambo|Lewis]].
** In ''Parallel Universe'' Deb Lister (Lister's female equivalent) is [[Doctor Who/Recap/S26
* [[The Pete Best]]: Kryten first appeared in a one-off appearance in Season 2 where he was played by David Ross. The character proved popular and opened up more storytelling possibilities, so Grant and Naylor decided to bring him back as a regular -- Ross was unable to take the role due to scheduling commitments, however, so he was replaced by Robert Llewellyn (with a [[Hand Wave]] about how his appearance and personality was now different). Llewellyn proceeded to make the part his own.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The first two series' title music is very reminiscent of ''[[Also Sprach Zarathustra]]'', and the sequence is in line with scenes from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' that utilise said music. The name ''Holly'' is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''2001''{{'}}s HAL, too, as is the fact that Holly, or "Hol" as Lister sometimes calls him, refers to David Lister as "Dave." (In the radio sketch series ''Dave Hollins, Space Cadet'' on which the series is based, the computer was known as 'Hab'.)
** Speaking of music, Ace "What a guy!" Rimmer's theme in ''Dimension Jump'' could very well be a shout out to "Take My Breath Away" from ''[[Top Gun]]''. A different theme was used in ''Stoke Me A Clipper''.
** There's a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Die Hard|Die Hard 2: Die Harder]]'' in "DNA"; Lister exclaims "How can the same smeg happen to the same guy twice?" after he is [[Call Back|attacked yet again by his favorite foods]]. The Cat responds "Last time it was hors d'oeuvres, this time it's lunch!" referencing the film poster tagline for ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]''.
** Queeg's name (and most of his episode's plot) is a shout out to ''[[The Caine Mutiny]].''
** The episode "Backwards" mentions a mysterious bank robber named [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Michael Ellis.]]
** The in-universe TV show "Androids" has a theme song that sounds suspiciously like the long-running Australian soap drama, ''[[Neighbours]]''.
{{quote|''"Androids, everybody needs good Androids...."''}}
* [[Trope Namer]]:
** [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: Repeated to [[Overly Long Gag]] levels in the first episode.
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