The Crazed Astro was an unnamed astro aboard an unknown Deep Space spaceship that was lured onto an asteroid by Psirens.

Biography

The scouter of Starbug blasted its way into the wreck of the ship and found the Black Box. The contents were replayed on a video screen to the Boys from the Dwarf, showing the Crazed Astro frantically eating a burger with tomato sauce everywhere, saying that "they are all over the ship."

The Psiren emerged and evidently pretended to be a beautiful woman to the Astro, who struggled to see through the illusion. The Psiren then killed him, emerging covered in brains. Watching the footage caused Arnold Rimmer to faint with fear. ("Psirens")

Noteworthy Dialogue

• "They're closing in. They're all over the ship. I know I'm next. It's only a matter of time before..."

• "Oh, God! You're beautiful! I can't resist you. Have to be strong. I know what you want! No, you don't want to love me. You want to suck out my brains with that straw, like you did the rest of them!"

• "Get away from me! (Red gunk hits the video screen) What have you done to me, you evil harlot! You've squeezed the ketchup out of my burger! Now what? No! Get that straw out of my ear!" (There is squelching and groaning, before the Psiren emerges covered in the Astro's brains)

Behind the Scenes

• The Crazed Astro was played by British actor Richard Ridings.
• The Crazed Astro's scene was originally longer, but cut down for time reasons. The full scene appears in the deleted scenes on the special features of the Series VI DVD, and the script appears in the Red Dwarf script book Primordial Soup. In the full scene, the Crazed Astro talks of his fellow crew members who have already fallen victim to the Psirens, and that he found the brains or intestines of most of them on their bunks.