This is the first episode in which Kevin Dobson (Mack MacKenzie) does not appear since Living Dangerously (1982), the episode before his debut. His absence from this episode ended a streak of 281 episodes which lasted from A Brand New Day (1982) to Some Like It Hot (1993). The only actor to appear in more consecutive episodes is Michele Lee (Karen Fairgate MacKenzie), who appears in all 344 episodes.