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Dave Hollins: Space Cadet is a series of five sketches that aired in the BBC Radio 4 series Son of Cliché, produced by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor in 1984. The popular BBC sci-fiction comedy television show Red Dwarf was based on these radio sketches. The sketches centered around Dave Hollins (voiced by Nick Wilton), a hapless space traveler that is marooned in space far from earth. His only steady companion is the computer Hab (voiced by Chris Barrie).
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. They changed some elements from the sketches: The 7 trillion year figure was first changed to 7 billion years and then to 3 million and the characters of Arnold Rimmer and the Cat were created. The name Dave Hollins was changed to Dave Lister when a football player called Dave Hollins became well-known, and Hab was replaced by Holly. One of the voice actors from Son of Cliché, Chris Barrie went on to portray Arnold Rimmer in the Red Dwarf TV series.
Episodes of Dave Hollins can be found on the 2 disc Red Dwarf DVD sets starting with series 5 and ending with series 8.
References
- Sim, Krystal. "RED DWARF CO-CREATOR DOUG NAYLOR ON THE BIRTH OF THE SHOW". Sci-Fi Now. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- Lavery, David (2009). The Essential Cult TV Reader. University Press of Kentucky. p. 209. ISBN 9780813173658.
- McMullen, Marion. "The Origins Of Red Dwarf". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- Turner, Fliss. "Q&A with Rob Grant". Nouse. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- "Interview: RED DWARF Writer / Co-Creator DOUG NAYLOR". Starburst Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- Davis, Laura (10 April 2009). "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". Daily Post (subscription required). Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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