Rob Grant and Doug Naylor received a letter from a student who was inspired by this episode to study harder and go to university. The letter was framed and hung in their office as a reminder of just how rewarding their job can be sometimes.
The idea for this episode came as a result of Chris Barrie asking Rob Grant and Doug Naylor for the chance to play someone heroic. Barrie was also playing another arrogant character in The Brittas Empire (1991) and said that he was suffering from what he described as "git overload".
This is Chris Barrie's favorite episode out of all the episodes of "Red Dwarf", because it gave him the opportunity to play both Ace Rimmer and Arnold Judas Rimmer.
This is the only time we see the rest of Hattie Hayridge's body. The scene in the same episode with Holly fainting at Ace's good looks was Hayridge's idea.