It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere…
I met Craig Charles of Red Dwarf fame in a shop I was working in 11 years ago. He was really friendly and seemed happy to chat to me. He asked how Robert Llewellyn’s book The Man On Platform 5 was selling and bought a copy when I told him that none had sold. I have to say that selling Lister a book written by Kryten is the crowning moment of my life. Sad isn’t it.

I asked him what he had been up to recently; I was hoping he was going to say, “We have just filmed a new series of Red Dwarf, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor got back together to write it and it’s the best series yet, here, have an advance copy…” What he actually said was “I’ve just finished filming the new series of Robot Wars”. To my complete shame I said “…oh…” in the most disappointed voice heard to mankind since Captain Smith informed the passengers of the Titanic that their arrival in New York would be delayed due to the wrong kind of ice in the hull.

In my defence, the first couple of series of Robot Wars was like watching badly built remote control cars bump into each other for half an hour.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 16:15, Reply)