 Lister then blurts out "That's urine re-cyc", and the crew is left with foam moustaches.Several other endings were considered, including the crew finding "Red Dwarf" at the end, which had been the original idea (and would be used in "Nanarchy" in 1997, four years later), but it was decided it would be a better cliffhanger to kill everyone off – especially as the BBC had already said it wanted more "Red Dwarf".Nevertheless, due to a number of circumstances, viewers would be waiting three years for a resolution.