Editing Red Dwarf (section)

===Hiatus===
{{timeline of release years
| 1988 = Series I and II
| 1989 = Series III
| 1991 = Series IV
| 1992 = Series V
| 1993 = Series VI
| 1997 = Series VII
| 1999 = Series VIII
| 2009 = ''Back To Earth''
| 2012 = Series X
| 2016 = Series XI
| 2017 = Series XII
| 2020 = ''The Promised Land''}}
Four years elapsed between Series VI and VII, partly due to the dissolving of the [[Grant Naylor|Grant and Naylor]] partnership, but also due to cast and crew working on other projects.<ref name="Series VI Aftermath"/> When the series eventually returned, it was [[film look|filmised]] and no longer shot in front of a live audience, allowing for greater use of four-walled sets, location shooting and [[Single-camera setup|single-camera]] techniques.<ref name="Red Dwarf series VII Production">{{cite web |url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=7&sectionID=behind-the-scenes&subsectionID=production |title=Red Dwarf series VII Production |website=RedDwarf.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421131818/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=7&sectionID=behind-the-scenes&subsectionID=production |archive-date=21 April 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> When the show returned for its eighth series two years later, however, it had dropped use of the filmising process and returned to using a live audience.<ref name="Red Dwarf series VIII Production">{{cite web |url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=8&sectionID=behind-the-scenes&subsectionID=production |title=Red Dwarf series VIII Production |website=RedDwarf.co.uk |access-date=18 December 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163605/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=8&sectionID=behind-the-scenes&subsectionID=production |archive-date=21 April 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The show received a setback when the BBC rejected proposals for a Series IX. Doug Naylor confirmed in 2007 that the BBC decided not to renew the series, as they preferred to work on other projects.<ref name="BBC rejects new 'Red Dwarf' series">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a76992/report-bbc-rejects-new-red-dwarf-series.html |title=BBC rejects new 'Red Dwarf' series |first=Ben |last=Rawson-Jones |date=4 October 2007 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=18 January 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112140038/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a76992/report-bbc-rejects-new-red-dwarf-series.html |archive-date=12 January 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A short animated Christmas special was, however, made available to mobile phone subscribers the same year.<ref name="Red Dwarf returns for new mobisodes">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a82173/red-dwarf-returns-for-new-mobisodes.html |title='Red Dwarf' returns for new 'mobisodes' |first=Ben |last=Rawson-Jones |date=22 December 2007 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=18 January 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125093550/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a82173/red-dwarf-returns-for-new-mobisodes.html |archive-date=25 January 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ultimately, however, fans had to wait a decade before the series finally returned to television.