Dave Lister — Red Dwarf Character Profile

About Dave Lister

Low-ranking technician and the last living human. He awakens from suspended animation after three million years to find himself alone on the mining spacecraft Red Dwarf.

Dave Lister — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Craig Charles

Appears in

Red Dwarf (1988)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Dave Lister — Tech Navigators — Holly (Hattie Hayridge)

  Technological exploration partnership.

• Dave Lister — Identity & Reality — Kochanski (Clare Grogan)

  Reality distortion tension.

• Dave Lister — Pranksters — Cat (Danny John-Jules)

  Playful antagonism.

• Dave Lister — Replacement Fears — Kryten (Robert Llewellyn)

  Mutual insecurity projection.

• Dave Lister — Memory Gaps — Katerina (Sophie Winkleman)

  Amnesia-driven tension.

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