After the end of series VII, there were many questions on the lips of Red Dwarf fans, such as "why is the ship so big?", "will Lister be that ripped in series VIII", and "how will Doug manage to work another lucrative official book release into all this?" The answers: nanobots, no, and by making it a behind-the-scenes series VIII tie-in, of course. Released 04.11.99, this large, glossy-paged, hardbacked book contains scripts from series VIII, as well as storyboard sketches, photographs and plenty more bonus material.