Janet Street-Porter, then a BBC executive, read the script and said it was impossible to shoot. She wanted the producers to discard the script and write a different one. She was then informed that the episode had already wrapped the day before.
This episode won an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy.
While filming the scene where Kryten makes him come out of AR, Craig Charles injured his groin by forgetting to remove the groinal attachment before walking away. This blooper is on the Series VI DVD.
The Vindaloovian names 'Tarka Dahl' and 'Bhindi Bhadji' are the names of a lentil curry and an okra curry, respectively.