 Doug Naylor claimed this episode was to play into the fans' beliefs that Rimmer was going to die and come back as a hologram.Mac McDonald appeared as Captain Hollister, Graham McTavish as Governor Ackerman, Geraldine McEwan as Cassandra, Jake Wood as Kill Crazy, Ian Soundy as Guard.In the DVD commentary to this episode, Danny John-Jules claims the name and appearance of Cassandra were homaged in the ""Doctor Who"" episode "The End of the World", as a joke.