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	"'''Duct Soup'''" is the fourth episode of [[science fiction]] [[sit-com]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VII and the 40th in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC2]] on 7 February 1997.<ref name="BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP">{{cite web \| url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMYJ414E \| title =BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP \| publisher =BBC \|access-date =2007-12-12}}</ref> It was written by [[Doug Naylor]] and directed by [[Ed Bye]].		"'''Duct Soup'''" is the fourth episode of [[w:science fiction\|science fiction]] [[w:sit-com\|sit-com]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VII and the 40th in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[w:BBC2\|BBC2]] on 7 February 1997.<ref name="BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP">{{cite web \| url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMYJ414E \| title =BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP \| publisher =BBC \|access-date =2007-12-12}}</ref> It was written by [[w:Doug Naylor\|Doug Naylor]] and directed by [[w:Ed Bye\|Ed Bye]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	[[Kristine Kochanski]] ([[Chloë Annett]]) is having a hard time on ''Starbug'' with no bath, poor food, and squeaking pipes in her sleeping quarters. [[Dave Lister]] ([[Craig Charles]]) arranges for her to have a bath in his quarters, and finds some extra clothing for her – gestures that worry [[Kryten]] ([[Robert Llewellyn]]) considerably. But before she can bathe, an engine failure leaves the crew trapped in Lister's quarters, and the ship is on a collision course with a [[meteor shower]]. The only way to re-fire the backup generator is by going through the service ducts.		[[Kristine Kochanski]] ([[w:Chloë Annett\|Chloë Annett]]) is having a hard time on ''Starbug'' with no bath, poor food, and squeaking pipes in her sleeping quarters. [[Dave Lister]] ([[w:Craig Charles\|Craig Charles]]) arranges for her to have a bath in his quarters, and finds some extra clothing for her – gestures that worry [[Kryten]] ([[w:Robert Llewellyn\|Robert Llewellyn]]) considerably. But before she can bathe, an engine failure leaves the crew trapped in Lister's quarters, and the ship is on a collision course with a [[w:meteor shower\|meteor shower]]. The only way to re-fire the backup generator is by going through the service ducts.

	As they navigate through the narrow ducts, Kochanski helps Lister with his [[claustrophobia]], while Kryten and [[Red Dwarf characters#Cat\|Cat]] ([[Danny John-Jules]]) look for any hatches that they can use to get back into ''Starbug''. After dealing with water flushing through the vents, and hurricane-force winds to dry the ductways, Kryten admits that he planned the whole situation. He adjusted the thermosettings so it would overload and locked them in Lister's quarters. They eventually exit the ducts but end up back in Lister's quarters. Kryten makes another admission – the doors to Lister's quarters aren't locked after all; he excluded them from the shutdown override in case anything happened. Lister goes off to steer the ship away from disaster, while Kochanski asks Kryten to repeat the squeak noises that the pipes make while repeatedly hitting his head with a spanner (which she had been doing earlier to the squeaking pipes).		As they navigate through the narrow ducts, Kochanski helps Lister with his [[w:claustrophobia\|claustrophobia]], while Kryten and [[w:Red Dwarf characters#Cat\|Cat]] ([[w:Danny John-Jules\|Danny John-Jules]]) look for any hatches that they can use to get back into ''Starbug''. After dealing with water flushing through the vents, and hurricane-force winds to dry the ductways, Kryten admits that he planned the whole situation. He adjusted the thermosettings so it would overload and locked them in Lister's quarters. They eventually exit the ducts but end up back in Lister's quarters. Kryten makes another admission – the doors to Lister's quarters aren't locked after all; he excluded them from the shutdown override in case anything happened. Lister goes off to steer the ship away from disaster, while Kochanski asks Kryten to repeat the squeak noises that the pipes make while repeatedly hitting his head with a spanner (which she had been doing earlier to the squeaking pipes).

	==Production==		==Production==

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	==Production==		==Production==
	The episode overran by three minutes, and had to be cut down. Rather than lose vital scenes, it was decided that the opening titles would be replaced by a caption slide, to save precious time. The scenes would be reinstated for the ''X-tended'' edition on VHS release. This is the third episode of ''Red Dwarf'' to forfeit the opening titles for the purposes of time and episode pacing (the others being series II closer "[[Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf)\|Parallel Universe]]" and previous series VII episode "[[Ouroboros (Red Dwarf ~~episode~~)\|Ouroboros]]").<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Production">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html \|title=Red Dwarf Series VII Production \|publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk \|access-date=2007-12-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124317/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html \|archive-date=22 October 2007 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}</ref>		The episode overran by three minutes, and had to be cut down. Rather than lose vital scenes, it was decided that the opening titles would be replaced by a caption slide, to save precious time. The scenes would be reinstated for the ''X-tended'' edition on VHS release. This is the third episode of ''Red Dwarf'' to forfeit the opening titles for the purposes of time and episode pacing (the others being series II closer "[[Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf)\|Parallel Universe]]" and previous series VII episode "[[Ouroboros (Red Dwarf)\|Ouroboros]]").<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Production">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html \|title=Red Dwarf Series VII Production \|publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk \|access-date=2007-12-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124317/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html \|archive-date=22 October 2007 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}</ref>

	Being the last episode written, and the fact that the series had stretched the budget at that point, "Duct Soup" turned out to be the '[[Bottle episode\|bottle show]]', a cheap production script that replaced the initially more expensive story that was written, [[Identity Within]].<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Writing">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html \|title=Red Dwarf Series VII Writing \|publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk \|access-date=2007-12-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124350/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html \|archive-date=22 October 2007 \|df=dmy }}</ref>		Being the last episode written, and the fact that the series had stretched the budget at that point, "Duct Soup" turned out to be the '[[w:Bottle episode\|bottle show]]', a cheap production script that replaced the initially more expensive story that was written, [[Identity Within]].<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Writing">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html \|title=Red Dwarf Series VII Writing \|publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk \|access-date=2007-12-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124350/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html \|archive-date=22 October 2007 \|df=dmy }}</ref>

	In Series 7's bonus features, [[Craig Charles]] mentions one word has been dubbed over in the scene where he tells his story about him developing [[claustrophobia]], as it turns out this word was left un-dubbed on the first VHS release of Series 7 and is, in fact, '[[Fuck]]'.		In Series 7's bonus features, [[w:Craig Charles\|Craig Charles]] mentions one word has been dubbed over in the scene where he tells his story about him developing [[w:claustrophobia\|claustrophobia]], as it turns out this word was left un-dubbed on the first VHS release of Series 7 and is, in fact, '[[w:Fuck\|Fuck]]'.

	==Cultural and historical references==		==Cultural and historical references==

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	Lister's claustrophobia is only mentioned one other time within the Red Dwarf series, in the episode "[[Confidence and Paranoia]]" when Lister and his Confidence are outside in space suits. Any other time, though, Lister is shown in closed spaces, without any fear. When the Cat questions Lister as to why he's never shown any signs of claustrophobia in other instances when they've been trapped in small places, Lister responds he only 'sometimes' suffers with it, thereby avoiding a continuity error. It is also alluded to in a deleted scene for "[[Krytie TV]]" wherein Lister is sneaking through a duct to get to Warden Ackerman's quarters.		Lister's claustrophobia is only mentioned one other time within the Red Dwarf series, in the episode "[[Confidence and Paranoia]]" when Lister and his Confidence are outside in space suits. Any other time, though, Lister is shown in closed spaces, without any fear. When the Cat questions Lister as to why he's never shown any signs of claustrophobia in other instances when they've been trapped in small places, Lister responds he only 'sometimes' suffers with it, thereby avoiding a continuity error. It is also alluded to in a deleted scene for "[[Krytie TV]]" wherein Lister is sneaking through a duct to get to Warden Ackerman's quarters.

	The title is a reference to the famous [[Marx Brothers]] comedy ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)\|Duck Soup]]''.		The title is a reference to the famous [[w:Marx Brothers\|Marx Brothers]] comedy ''[[w:Duck Soup (1933 film)\|Duck Soup]]''.

	==Reception==		==Reception==

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote\|Red Dwarf#Duct Soup\|Duct Soup}}~~
	*{{BBC episode\|p00bplvw}}		*{{BBC episode\|p00bplvw}}
	*{{IMDb episode\|0684154}}		*{{IMDb episode\|0684154}}

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"'''Duct Soup'''" is the fourth episode of [[science fiction]] [[sit-com]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Series VII and the 40th in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC2]] on 7 February 1997.<ref name="BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP">{{cite web | url = http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMYJ414E | title =BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - DUCT SOUP | publisher =BBC |access-date =2007-12-12}}</ref> It was written by [[Doug Naylor]] and directed by [[Ed Bye]].

==Plot==
[[Kristine Kochanski]] ([[Chloë Annett]]) is having a hard time on ''Starbug'' with no bath, poor food, and squeaking pipes in her sleeping quarters. [[Dave Lister]] ([[Craig Charles]]) arranges for her to have a bath in his quarters, and finds some extra clothing for her – gestures that worry [[Kryten]] ([[Robert Llewellyn]]) considerably. But before she can bathe, an engine failure leaves the crew trapped in Lister's quarters, and the ship is on a collision course with a [[meteor shower]]. The only way to re-fire the backup generator is by going through the service ducts.

As they navigate through the narrow ducts, Kochanski helps Lister with his [[claustrophobia]], while Kryten and [[Red Dwarf characters#Cat|Cat]] ([[Danny John-Jules]]) look for any hatches that they can use to get back into ''Starbug''. After dealing with water flushing through the vents, and hurricane-force winds to dry the ductways, Kryten admits that he planned the whole situation. He adjusted the thermosettings so it would overload and locked them in Lister's quarters. They eventually exit the ducts but end up back in Lister's quarters. Kryten makes another admission – the doors to Lister's quarters aren't locked after all; he excluded them from the shutdown override in case anything happened. Lister goes off to steer the ship away from disaster, while Kochanski asks Kryten to repeat the squeak noises that the pipes make while repeatedly hitting his head with a spanner (which she had been doing earlier to the squeaking pipes).

==Production==
The episode overran by three minutes, and had to be cut down. Rather than lose vital scenes, it was decided that the opening titles would be replaced by a caption slide, to save precious time. The scenes would be reinstated for the ''X-tended'' edition on VHS release. This is the third episode of ''Red Dwarf'' to forfeit the opening titles for the purposes of time and episode pacing (the others being series II closer "[[Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf)|Parallel Universe]]" and previous series VII episode "[[Ouroboros (Red Dwarf episode)|Ouroboros]]").<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Production">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VII Production |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |access-date=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124317/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/production.html |archive-date=22 October 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>

Being the last episode written, and the fact that the series had stretched the budget at that point, "Duct Soup" turned out to be the '[[Bottle episode|bottle show]]', a cheap production script that replaced the initially more expensive story that was written, [[Identity Within]].<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Writing">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VII Writing |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |access-date=2007-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124350/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html |archive-date=22 October 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>

In Series 7's bonus features, [[Craig Charles]] mentions one word has been dubbed over in the scene where he tells his story about him developing [[claustrophobia]], as it turns out this word was left un-dubbed on the first VHS release of Series 7 and is, in fact, '[[Fuck]]'.

==Cultural and historical references==
Lister's claustrophobia is only mentioned one other time within the Red Dwarf series, in the episode "[[Confidence and Paranoia]]" when Lister and his Confidence are outside in space suits. Any other time, though, Lister is shown in closed spaces, without any fear. When the Cat questions Lister as to why he's never shown any signs of claustrophobia in other instances when they've been trapped in small places, Lister responds he only 'sometimes' suffers with it, thereby avoiding a continuity error. It is also alluded to in a deleted scene for "[[Krytie TV]]" wherein Lister is sneaking through a duct to get to Warden Ackerman's quarters.

The title is a reference to the famous [[Marx Brothers]] comedy ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''.

==Reception==
"Duct Soup" has received some mixed reviews. DVDActive complained that "the comedy is just not funny enough and, barring a few wonderful moments from the Cat, it's all a bit of a disappointment."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/red-dwarf-vii.html |title=Red Dwarf VII (UK – DVD R2) |publisher=www.dvdactive.com |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> Sci-Fi Online, on the other hand, called it "the best episode of the eight in this series" claiming that "as well as being a character study on a par with Series 3's [[Marooned (Red Dwarf)|Marooned]], it boasts loads of great lines."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sci-fi-online.com/reviews/dvd/05-11-07_RedDwarf7.htm |title=DVD Red Dwarf Series 7 |publisher=www.sci-fi-online.com |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red Dwarf#Duct Soup|Duct Soup}}
*{{BBC episode|p00bplvw}}
*{{IMDb episode|0684154}}
* [http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=7 Series VII episode guide at www.reddwarf.co.uk]

{{Red Dwarf episodes}}

[[Category:Red Dwarf VII episodes]]
[[Category:1997 British television episodes]]