The Britons' beverages are coffee rather than tea since General Foods sponsored the episode.
Talking about censorship from sponsors, in a late-1959 interview with Mike Wallace, Rod Serling said, "...in 18 scripts [in the 1st Season], Mike, we've had one line changed, which again was a little ludicrous but of insufficient basic concern within the context of this story not to put up a fight. On the bridge of a British ship, the sailor calls down to the Galley and asks - in my script - for a pot of tea, because I believe it's constitutionally acceptable in the British Navy to drink Tea. One of my sponsors [General Foods] happens to sell Instant Coffee and he took great umbrage, or at least minor umbrage anyway with the idea of saying 'tea'. Well, we had a couple of swings back and forth - nothing serious - and we decided to 'ask for a tray to be sent up to the bridge'! But in 18 scripts, that's the only conflict we've had."
Talking about censorship from sponsors, in a late-1959 interview with Mike Wallace, Rod Serling said, "...in 18 scripts [in the 1st Season], Mike, we've had one line changed, which again was a little ludicrous but of insufficient basic concern within the context of this story not to put up a fight. On the bridge of a British ship, the sailor calls down to the Galley and asks - in my script - for a pot of tea, because I believe it's constitutionally acceptable in the British Navy to drink Tea. One of my sponsors [General Foods] happens to sell Instant Coffee and he took great umbrage, or at least minor umbrage anyway with the idea of saying 'tea'. Well, we had a couple of swings back and forth - nothing serious - and we decided to 'ask for a tray to be sent up to the bridge'! But in 18 scripts, that's the only conflict we've had."
In 1959 Ben Wright was also in the MGM film The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959), whose sets were used to represent the Queen of Glasgow in this episode.
French title: La nuit du jugement.