Trivia / Red Dwarf Season VII "Duct Soup"

• Creator's Favorite Episode: Craig Charles and Robert Llewellyn named this among their favourite episodes.
• Deleted Scene: Scenes cut from the episode, some of which are restored in the Xtended cut:
  • Lister and The Cat spend more time watching and discussing Kochanski's laundry in the washing machine. As Lister pretends to be mature and uninterested, Cat teases him and gets his attention by describing a thong he has seen; "blue, like tooth floss".
  • As Lister shows Kochanski the hot bubble bath he has made for her out of an old rocket housing, he goes into more detail about the preparation including the bath oils he has made from fruit and spice extracts. It is also revealed that the wine he has given her is Urine Recyc Wine, although Kochanski doesn't know it.
  • Kryten's daydream of a future in which Lister and Kochanski are together is extended.
  • When the door seals on them, Lister suggests blasting them open. The Cat replies that the only thing in the room which could cause a deadly explosion is Lister's collection of pickled eggs.
  • More of Lister proclaiming to Kochanski reasons why he could not possibly be gay.
  • More of Lister telling The Cat about his embarrassing experience one time of being naked in front of theater full of people, including the reactions of people there.
  • More of Lister and the Cat being flushed down the tubes, and Lister breaking down in frustration and claustrophobia.
  • The scene of Kristine Kochanski telling the others about her youth in Glasgow is significantly extended, including previously unheard of detail regarding the Kochanski family. She didn't like her holidays at home away from "Cyber School" since the family were never around. Her father was a Space Corps archeologist, working off-world a lot, and her mother worked in advertising and was often also away, so she elected to stay in cyberspace during the holidays. In cyberspace, her family and pet horse Trumper were perfectly replicated for her. Upon coming out at age 18, and coming to the epiphany that none of it was real, she went off the rails and became a "retro-punk". She snogged Hell's Angels and was permanently "out of my head".
  • In the same scene, Lister relays a story from his days in the orphanage about a boy named "Squeaky" Gibson who Lister saved from an epileptic fit.
• Magnum Opus Dissonance: The cast really held this episode in high regards. The fans' response was...mixed.

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