Series VII of Red Dwarf aired between January and March 1997. It starred Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer for the initial two episodes and cameos in another two, Craig Charles as Dave Lister, Danny John-Jules as the Cat, Robert Llewellyn as Kryten, and introduced Chloë Annett as Kristine Kochanski beginning in the third episode. Norman Lovett reprised his role of Holly at the end of the final episode as a prelude for his full-time return in Series VIII. For this and Series VIII, the number of episodes increased from six to eight.