 The name "Stoke Me A Clipper" came from Ace Rimmer's catch phrase, "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast", but because of Rimmer's incompetence he says it wrong and it comes out as the title.There is also a very clear reference to the James Bond film "Goldfinger" in a conversation similar to the one when James Bond is on Goldfinger's trap.In the scene, Bond asks Goldfinger "You expect me to talk?"