Stoke Me a Clipper is the second episode in Series VII of Red Dwarf. It is the thirty-eighth episode overall. The episode marks the final appearance of Arnold Rimmer as one of the Boys from the Dwarf in Series VII, who leaves in an attempt to become Ace Rimmer. Rimmer would reappear sporadically in flashbacks, dreams, and virtual reality simulations through the remainder of series VII, and the character would come back permanently in the next series.