Red Dwarf fans are used to having to wait between series, and the gap between X and XI has been tougher than biting into a space weevil.

But spin our nipple nuts and send us to Alaska - the waiting is almost over as as Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and Cat will be back in 2016 for a brand new run. Here's everything you need to know about the small rouge one.

Red Dwarf series 11: When is it back?

Dave has confirmed that Red Dwarf XI will land on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 9pm.

The whole episode will also be made available to stream the week before on September 15 on UKTV Play.

Red Dwarf cast: Who's coming back?

The core four of Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn and Danny John-Jules are all back on board as Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and Cat, respectively.

It has yet to be announced if any other former cast members including Norman Lovett or Chloe Annett could be making a comeback.

Co-creator Doug Naylor is once again back as its chief writer, and Steve Coogan's company Baby Cow will handle the production this time around.

Red Dwarf XI plot details: What are the episode titles?

Here you go:

In June, the official Red Dwarf website revealed the first details of the show's storylines.

You can expect the following storylines:

Twentica - The Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech savvy underground and try to bring down the authoritarian regime.

Samsara - When the Dwarfers investigate a crashed ship at the bottom of an ocean moon, Lister and Cat become trapped together and Lister's nightmare begins. Meantime Rimmer and Kryten discover the ship is controlled by a dark force.

Give and Take - After an altercation with a deranged droid Lister has his kidneys organ-napped. The only solution is to ask Cat, the most selfish creature in the universe, to give him one of his.

Officer Rimmer - After a scandalous piece of good fortune Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed Captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an Officer. He immediately opens an Officer's club, which is out of bounds to the lower orders, and uses the bio-printer to fill it with versions of himself.

Krysis - Kryten has a mid-life crisis and changes his body cover from Mech grey to Ferrari red. The posse try and show him how much he's achieved in life by taking him to visit a mechanoid from his old fleet.

Can of Worms - Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall head over heels in love with a lady Cat with a big secret.

It remains to be seen whether Holly will make a comeback, as the boys are now back in their mothership and the Skutters have surely finished drying him out after Lister left a bath running.

They have also teased a scene from the opening episode via this intriguing storyboard. It seems Rimmer is being his usual goit self.

Today's sneak peek at #RedDwarfXI is an exclusive storyboard, by the brilliant Nik Afia! pic.twitter.com/DmF05LyQ6x — Dave (@davechannel) July 15, 2016

Red Dwarf XI photos: Are there any teasers?

Yes, plenty in fact. Feast your eyes on these ace shots:

(Bazookoids? Bazookoids.)

(With a head like a novelty ice cube)

(And we thought simulants were bad.)

(Our resident boys from the Dwarf.)

(Just Alexander the Great's chief eunuch and a John Wayne enthusiast.)

(Buggin')

Filming began in October

Read through meeting for RD XI. pic.twitter.com/k8Fq14AR6y — Robert Llewellyn (@bobbyllew) October 12, 2015

Red Dwarf will shoot two brand new series back-to-back, starting back in October 2015. Series XII is expected to follow on Dave in 2017.

Robert Llewellyn confirmed that the cast had reunited for first read-through on October 12, but judging from the photo above, they've forgotten who's who.

Kryten himself later revealed that series 12 began shooting on January 20.

Will we finally find out what happened at the end of series VIII?

Who knows? Doug Naylor may make this a running gag from now on just to troll us. In case you forgot, Rimmer apparently saved everyone from a ship-eating microbe (but not before kicking Death himself in the balls).

To make matters more confusing, we don't know which version of Rimmer it is. The current Rimmer could be the original version that went on to become Ace Rimmer in series VII, as he has an 'H' symbol, while the Rimmer that saved the day in series VIII was the one that the nanobots recreated. Or could the nanobot Rimmer have died in the incident - and the original is still Ace somewhere? More to the point, is anyone still with us?

So which Rimmer is it? What actually happened to Kochanski? Hopefully we'll finally get told so we can stop blathering on about it.

Will they fix Kryten's dodgy nose?

It appears so! For some reason or another, Kryten seemed to have a very strange facelift in series X, but judging from Richard Naylor's tweet, this wrong looks to have been righted.

First day of #RedDwarfXI pre-production tomorrow, rubber at the ready. pic.twitter.com/OJGh0sGmRw — Richard Naylor (@RichardDGNaylor) September 27, 2015

Digital Spy has been on set and it looks amazing

We can't reveal much yet, but trust us when we say that we were like a giddy schoolboy upon seeing the impressive set and all the classic Red Dwarf props that any smeghead would desire.

Keep an eye out on the site for our look around the set in the lead-up to the new series.

Danny John-Jules told us it will go back to the "old school"

The Cat superstar told Digital Spy that Series XI will go back to its early series roots. He said: "It's going back to the old school, the four guys and loads of banter. That's what we want."

Danny also teased a potential future storyline that may see Cat finally find love and get laid. Even Rimmer has seen more action. "The Cat's a virgin! Let's just say that gets explored. The whole thing about his standing in the world of reproduction is definitely touched on."

The official logo has been unveiled

First revealed on the official Red Dwarf website, the Series XI logo has truly gone old school.

The logo and font are very similar to the early series, further hinting that it will hark back to the Porridge-in-space feel of old episodes.

They've gone back to impressive model shots

The crew has posted several images of various models including the Dwarf and Starbug, showing that they're moving away from the dodgy CGI days:

Who says size doesn't matter? Red Dwarf Model 2.0. #RedDwarfXI pic.twitter.com/mbs2ahqy1N — Richard Naylor (@RichardDGNaylor) January 22, 2016

The bazookoids are coming back

Richard Naylor tweeted a few props from the series, including two new huge bazookoids which we haven't seen for a while.

Hopefully this will mean the boys will be going up against some new terrifying humanoids or simulants, perhaps the Polymorph could be making a comeback?

Are there any video teasers out there yet?

It's not very exciting, but this will have to do for now:

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The boys from the Dwarf are still best buds

Just look at this beautiful picture:

On set of red dwarf today pic.twitter.com/SzTnTY8pXX — Craig Charles (@CCfunkandsoul) February 3, 2016

Craig Charles left Coronation Street to focus on the Dwarf

Proving his loyalty to the show that helped launch his career, Charles departed Corrie earlier this year so that he could film the sitcom and spend time with his family.

Back in May, he announced: "I feel I owe it to my colleagues on Red Dwarf to join them in filming the new series and finding out what is in store for Lister and the others. I would love to return to Coronation Street at some point in the future."

At least this means there won't be any more ill-judged scenes at the Rovers Return ever again.

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