Costumes

Not for the first time, mid-shoot the hunt was on for one of the Cat's teeth. Danny John-Jules had, in the past, lost his legendary fangs in his food, but on this occasion one tooth simply dropped out. Picture the scene as the entire Bennett family - plus casting director Linda Glover - scoured the grass for the molar just as a gazebo was blown up on the other side of the lake!

Howard Burden's biggest costume dilemma came when the scripts called for flashbacks to the 'Dwarf pre-accident. The designer had not been involved with the early seasons and the original costumes were no longer around (though even if they had been, it's unlikely that a cast now ten years older would have still fit them!). The option to slavishly recreate the old look was abandoned (with the sets as well as the costumes) and instead blue uniforms with 3M reflective piping were created.

Kochanski's modern look was new, too. The red outfit included PVC trousers - which, it has to be said, didn't last very long. Chloë was unimpressed with the level of comfort - and the rising temperatures - the PVC provided, and pretty soon alternatives were provided. In Blue Kochanski was seen running up her own new trousers, but she's also pinched some odds and ends from Lister's wardrobe - including a pair of combat trousers. Plus there was always that sparkly red dress...

Speaking of hot costumes, though, Robert Llewellyn saw one Kryten ensemble destroyed by the Duct Soup flooding. And as the GELFs reappeared, so did the season VI costumes - enabling new GELFs, but also allowing the Dwarfers to dress up themselves. No wonder they were so convincing!

The Kryten armour was built up by the effects department, and aside from a new version of the main outfit (actually more silver this season than before) another, gold version was made. Eventually this was used twice - first for Kryten's classier dimensional counterpart, then later (and sprayed green) for Kryten's brother, Able. (All versions, of course, were played by Robert Llewellyn - which was just as well, given that the suits were moulded specifically to his body.) One script draft had featured a flashlight beam emanating from Kryten's chest monitor, although this was eventually discarded.

A naked Kryten suit was also moulded and made, but despite the effort that went in - both to its construction, and to getting Robert into the damn thing (which was eventually done with a little holding of breath and a lot of talcum powder!) - the suit eventually went unseen. The suit, made in two parts and originally designed to be worn with Bermuda shorts for Kryten's 'Builder's Bottom Mode', had its colour matched to Kryten's usual gloves. But this turned out to differ drastically from the rubber mask (which looked several shades darker). Recolouring was planned, but time was short and the scene was rewritten.