Editing Red Dwarf (section)

==''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet''==
''Red Dwarf'' was originally based on ''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'', a series of five sketches that aired as part of the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[Son of Cliché]]'', produced by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/red-dwarf-co-creator-doug-naylor-on-the-birth-of-the-show |title=Red Dwarf Co-Creator Doug Naylor on the Birth of the Show |last1=Sim |first1=Krystal |date=3 October 2012 |website=Sci-Fi Now |access-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155955/http://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/red-dwarf-co-creator-doug-naylor-on-the-birth-of-the-show |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKcaI75I72AC&q=%22Dave+Hollins%3A+Space+Cadet%22&pg=PA209 |title=The Essential Cult TV Reader |last1=Lavery |first1=David |date=2009 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-81317-365-8 |page=209 |access-date=5 October 2020 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107224424/https://books.google.com/books?id=TKcaI75I72AC&q=%22Dave+Hollins%3A+Space+Cadet%22&pg=PA209 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The sketches recounted the adventures of Dave Hollins (voiced by [[Nick Wilton]]), a hapless space traveller who is marooned in space far from Earth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2012/10/the-origins-of-red-dwarf.html |title=The Origins Of Red Dwarf |last1=McMullen |first1=Marion |date=19 October 2012 |newspaper=[[Coventry Telegraph]] |access-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142154/http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2012/10/the-origins-of-red-dwarf.html |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> His only steady companion is the computer Hab (voiced by Chris Barrie).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2013/03/05/qa-with-rob-grant |title=Q&A with Rob Grant |last1=Turner |first1=Fliss |date=5 March 2013 |website=Nouse |access-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174227/http://www.nouse.co.uk/2013/03/05/qa-with-rob-grant |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

Grant and Naylor chose to use the ''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'' sketches as a base for a television show after watching the 1974 film ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/feature-articles/3546-interview-doug-naylor-writerco-creator-of-red-dwarf |title=Interview: Red Dwarf Writer / Co-Creator Doug Naylor |first=J. D. |last=Gillam |date=1 October 2012 |magazine=[[Starburst (magazine)|Starburst]] |access-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142022/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/feature-articles/3546-interview-doug-naylor-writerco-creator-of-red-dwarf |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> They changed some elements from the sketches:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Laura |date=April 10, 2009 |title=Cult show returns from outer space; The first Red Dwarf series in a decade begins tonight. Its co-writer, Doug Naylor, speaks to Laura Davis. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cult+show+returns+from+outer+space%3B+The+first+Red+Dwarf+series+in+a...-a0197533625 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>

The seven-trillion-year figure was first changed to seven billion years, and then to three million, and the characters of [[Arnold Rimmer]] and [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|the Cat]] were created. The name Dave Hollins was changed to [[Dave Lister (Red Dwarf)|Dave Lister]] when a [[Association football|football]] player called [[Dave Hollins (footballer)|Dave Hollins]] became well known, and Hab was replaced by [[Holly (Red Dwarf)|Holly]]. One of the voice actors from ''Son of Cliché'', Chris Barrie went on to portray Arnold Rimmer in the ''Red Dwarf'' TV show.

Episodes of ''Dave Hollins'' can be found on the two-disc ''Red Dwarf'' DVD sets starting with Series V and ending with Series VIII.