Red Dwarf XII may have only wrapped up last night (November 16), but XIII has pretty much been confirmed already. Smegging great news!

While the gang previously told Digital Spy that Dave wanted more episodes, writer Doug Naylor has now confirmed – as much as he can, anyway – that series 13 is on its way.

Talking to RadioTimes.com, Doug revealed that he'd already started work on the scripts for XIII, and that anything further is simply a formality.

"The chances are high to certain," he said of a new series. We'll take that.

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Are the cast into the idea of another series, though? Absolutely. "I think we'd like to do as many as we possibly could," Craig Charles admitted.

And why stop at XIII? This is a sci-fi series, after all. Joking that he'd be up for another 30 years of the series, Craig revealed he had a solution to keeping the sitcom going for as long as possible.

"Maybe they could CGI us in. In the future, anything is possible," he added.

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Yesterday's finale saw the long-awaited return of Norman Lovett as our favourite inept computer Holly, who's finished drying out after Lister's over-run bath from series eight.

It may have been four series since we last saw him, but we're happy to report that he hasn't changed a bit – and that includes not being qualified to run the ship.

Red Dwarf airs on Dave.

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