Bodysnatcher was a partly finished script that was written but unused for the first series of the BBC sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool Star, of the Main sequence, either late K

History

Bodysnatcher was one of the scripts to be handed around during the interview process for the main casting, although at this point it was unnamed. It was allegedly this script that caught the attention of Peter Risdale-Scott, the commissioner for BBC Manchester that he read on the train bound for BBC London. Alfred Molina and Alan Rickman, who were auditioning for Rimmer and Lister respectively, performed their audition from this script. Alfred Molina (born 24 May 1953 is a Tony Award -nominated British / American Actor. Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born 21 February 1946 is a Tony Award - nominated English Film, Television and stage actor One of Cat's lines:

"I've eaten five times, I've slept six times, and I've made a lot of things mine. Tomorrow, I'm gonna see if I can't have sex with something!"

. . . was originally in this episode's script, but was moved to Confidence and Paranoia when the original script was dropped. " Confidence and Paranoia " is the fifth episode from series one of the Science fiction Sit-com Red Dwarf.

Inconsistencies

Because this script was conceptualized and part-written at a very early stage of development, many areas of the script do not gel with the other episodes of Series I. For example, the Cat does not speak to anyone but himself. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic The characters underwent minor development and back story elements were changed throughout Series I, and so the unnamed script would have had to undergo major changes to fit in with the rest of the series and the canon in general. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series

Deletion

The unnamed and unfinished script was dropped in favour of Me². " Me² " is the sixth and last episode from series one of the Science fiction Sit-com Red Dwarf, which was first broadcast on The original series finale involved Lister resurrecting Kochanski's hologram from the projection disc he found with Confidence.

However, when the unnamed script was dropped Me² was written to compensate for the missing episode and the ending of Confidence and Paranoia was similarly changed, so the disc in Kochanski's box was in fact Rimmer's. " Me² " is the sixth and last episode from series one of the Science fiction Sit-com Red Dwarf, which was first broadcast on " Confidence and Paranoia " is the fifth episode from series one of the Science fiction Sit-com Red Dwarf.

DVD release

To headline the release of Red Dwarf Remastered on DVD in the Autumn, the same audio story board process used in recreating the lost episode of Series VII, Identity Within, has been used to create the Bodysnatcher episode. Red Dwarf Remastered was an attempt in the mid-1990s to bring the first three series of TV Comedy Red Dwarf up-to-date Identity Within is described as a "lost episode" of the British Science fiction Comedy Television series '''Red Dwarf''' When the script was retrieved from the vaults of Grant Naylor offices, it was found to be without an ending. Grant Naylor was the collective name used by writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor for their collaborative work particularly the television series The writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who went their separate ways during pre-production on the ITV series The 10%ers in 1996, collaborated on bringing the script into line with the series' continuity and giving it an end. Robert Grant is a British Comedy writer and Television producer, who was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool Doug Naylor is a British Comedy writer Science fiction writer and Television producer. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

Bodysnatcher became the title feature of the DVD release, due in part to its name and the potentially misleading quality of the "remastered" moniker (as the remastering was done in 1998, not 2007). The DVD set was then entitled "Red Dwarf: The Bodysnatcher Collection".