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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:"Look, this is gonna sound nuts, but the whole crew died, including you. And you've all been resurrected by these microscopic little robots."]]
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4	In the wake of Kryten's nanobots rebuilding ''Red Dwarf'', the boys find themselves in for a huge shock when they learn that the nanobots restored the entire crew to life as well.
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6	!!This episode includes examples of:
7	* AssShove: ''Red Dwarf'' has been built far too large and is returning to normal size. ''Starbug'' encounters a [[RodentsOfUnusualSize huge rat]] and ends flying into its backside, propelling it along.
8	* BringMyBrownPants: Cat declares the opening Starbug crash a "Brown Alert".
9	* TheBusCameBack: Well, sort of. Chris Barrie returns as Rimmer but, as Lister quickly works out, it's a recreation of Rimmer from before the accident who lacks all the CharacterDevelopment that the Rimmer from series I-VII went through.
10	* CallBack: The Positive Viruses from "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine Quarantine]]" make a reappearance.
11	* ChickMagnet: Thanks to the sexual magnetism virus, Rimmer becomes this.
12	* CutAndPasteEnvironments: The episode goes out of its way to invoke this by accurately replicating the original bunk room from the first two series, right down to the awful painted wood look... for a scene that couldn't have lasted more than five minutes!
13	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Upon being arrested, Lister is asked if he requires any form of aid. He replies, "Yeah- lemonade and a really large scotch".
14	* PrisonRape: Rimmer shows his credentials on his re-introduction.
15	-->'''Lister:''' (ref. to his sentence) Two years without sex...\
16	'''Rimmer:''' You hope.
17	* RebuiltSet: This episode features a sequence set in a close recreation of the sleeping quarters from Series I, right down to the guitar and porthole. It's most likely be due to the fact that the timeline the ship is running on is set before the radiation leak and those were Rimmer and Lister's quarters at the time.
18	** The crew admitted they had forgotten the set from Series I and had to watch Series I in order to recreate it as accurately as possible.
19	* SilentSnarker: When Rimmer swigs some sexual magnetism virus, Holly pauses his image and flashes the caption:
20	--> Sick bags on standby.
21	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The first of three episodes almost entirely taking place in the past and setting up the change in venue.
22	* WrittenInAbsence: Mark Williams wasn't able to return for Season VIII, so Petersen's absence is explained as him being drunk.

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