When Holly marches in to the theme of High Noon (1952), the theme is sung by the show's composer, Howard Goodall.
This is the first episode in which Chris Barrie, a skilled impressionist, is given a chance to impersonate other members of the cast. His impersonation of Craig Charles is particularly accurate. He later put these skills to use when he recorded audio book versions of some of the spinoff novels.
Charles Augins was brought in to choreograph the Tongue Tied sequence for the next episode Parallel Universe (1988), but the writers were so impressed that they offered him the role of Queeg as well.
Scenes cut from the episode:
- An extended sequence of a malfunctioning Rimmer impersonating many more of the dead Red Dwarf crew outside the Holographic Projection Suite. Whilst Rimmer begs for help his voice and actions imitate Holly (saying that he is mad); Captain Hollister (asking Lister for his cat); a deep-voiced Scottish man; a Brummie (Birmingham accent); a begging and praying animated Italian man; and a woman with a high-pitched London accent.
- The full length '6am wake-up call' discussion between Rimmer and Queeg was cut for time.