Kochanski

The musician plays one of the most beautiful violins in history, the famous "Kochanski," a Stradivarius that was stolen from him in 1987, and then miraculously recovered and returned to Amoyal four years later by the Italian police.

The St. Petersburg Times 2010

I didn't used to like Kochanski, but she did begin to grow on me by the time I got to the end of the series.

Thoughts on Red Dwarf julieandrews 2009

Instead we just get a storyline in which Lister tries to get Kochanski to evade accident and Rimmer tries to save himself.

Red Dwarf: Season II Adam Whitehead 2009

The third episode, Ouroboros, re-introduces Kochanksi (or rather, a version of Kochanski from an alternate reality) and sees Lister's ex-wife (from Emohawk) showing up again.

Red Dwarf VII Adam Whitehead 2009

Kochanski got a couple cameos in over the years, through time travel and hallucinations and such, and they always reinforced the idea that Lister was the Last Human Alive, still desperately in love with someone he could never ever have.

ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

Two of these scenes, the crew fleeing for their life through a Chinatown market and the appearance of Kochanski as Rachael, were also beautifully filmed.

Archive 2009-04-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

Kochanski had appeared in several previous episodes in Seasons 1, 2 and 6 played by Clare Grogan, but with Grogan unavailable the role was recast with Chloe Annett.

Red Dwarf VII Adam Whitehead 2009

The delectable Clare Grogan the one true Kochanski.

Is RED DWARF cursed? | Obsessed With Film 2009

The addition of Kochanski to the cast also works surprisingly well, somewhat better than I think most people were expecting at the time.

Red Dwarf VII Adam Whitehead 2009

Two of these scenes, the crew fleeing for their life through a Chinatown market and the appearance of Kochanski as Rachael, were also beautifully filmed.

Do mechanoids dream of electric skutters? Sci-Fi Gene 2009