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'Red Dwarf' Q&A: "The Cat is a virgin"  When the long-awaited
tenth series of Red Dwarf debuted on Dave in September, it was
greeted by huge ratings and positive feedback from fans, many of
whom appreciated the episodes' return to character-based comedy
and a live studio format.  Digital Spy spoke to three of the
show's four core players just before the series debuted, and
this week we caught up with the Cat himself, Danny John-Jules,
to take a look back on Series X.  Red Dwarf X: Cat  © Joel
Anderson  Red Dwarf X: Kryten, Lister, Cat and Rimmer  © Joel
Anderson  You've all been playing these roles for over 20 years
– how easy is it to slip back into character? "We know the
characters so well, and at this point we don't really worry
about the script, because we just know Doug [Naylor]'s going to
come up with good writing. Series X went down so well, but Doug
was literally hamstrung with writing the scripts because of
budgetary problems. Dave… it'