 This episode was planned to air fourth in the series run, but was eventually placed fifth, after "".This had the added bonus of tying up continuity - Lister refers to the Simulant ship they shot down "a couple of weeks back" (meaning time for the crew had passed at the same rate as it had for the audience), the equipment used in the previous episode is said to have broken down, Cat wears the same outfit twice (although he unconvincingly claims the one in this episode is slightly different) and the final scene about something terrible happening to Lister foreshadows his future self appearing in "Out of Time".The process of terraforming the planet from desolation to verdant paradise over the course of six days mimics the Genesis creation narrative.