History Trivia / RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper

* ContestWinnerCameo: Fan and competition winner Cara Williams was also present as an extra; wearing green to left of the Good Knight.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: The episode was a favorite of Creator/ChrisBarrie because he enjoyed the doing the Film/JamesBond style opening sequence which Ace Rimmer does battle with the Nazi and rescues Princess Bonjella.

** An extended opening scene, trimmed for time and pacing purposes, when Ace Rimmer emerges from his bonds and into the cockpit of the Nazi plane. Ace says "Sorry, chaps, dying is not on today's itinerary", whilst throwing his cigar at them. After shooting the pilot and the Nazi with glasses, taking his gun and pointing it at Captain Voorhese. Ace says to him "Don't usually shoot an unarmed man, Voorhesey. Not cricket. But in your case, I'm prepared to make an exception." Voorhese says "I'm touched", before throwing Snappy at Ace.
** As Ace lands Snappy's jaws on Voorhese's head in mid-air, Ace says "Mind if I borrow this?" as he takes Voorhese's parachute. As Voorhese falls, Ace says "I'll be sure to return it as soon as you hit the ground." The blue-screen was never completed for additional dialogue.
** The original take of the medieval shoot in the Camelot Game was re-shot on a sunny day, as during the original take it was overcast, windy, wet and drizzling. The original take is seen here in full, including extended dialogue between Lister of Smeg and the King of Camelot. As Lister says that he wants a "night and a day in the bed of your good lady", the crowd of common-folk behind are notably more aggravated, shouting traitor. The King says that it is the most extraordinary request he's ever heard. Lister thinks he doesn't understand, and so reiterates that he means he wants to have sex with her in a "24 hour love fest". The Queen immediately accepts the challenge.
** With Lister and Kryten pulled out of the game early to notice that the red, green and blue alert signs of Starbug are all flashing, Kryten says "We are either under attack or we're having a disco." Lister then says "You can discount the second option, Rimmer banned discos when he saw how I danced the Funky Chicken."
** Extra moments of Arnold and Ace. Arnold seems happy that Ace is on his way out. Ace tells him that he wants Arnold to become the next Ace, going off on a trans-dimensional quest to defend the weak, and that he wishes he'd made it to a dimension where he was made of studier stuff. During the AR training, Ace says it's good to be in high places so you can get the big picture. Arnold says to look down girl's cleavages.
** The new Ace Rimmer reveals his origins to Lister. In his dimension the divergent point was fairly recent, from Lister's viewpoint. He stole the Time Drive on the Gemini 12 and left his crew for dead. He wound up in Napoleonic times, hiding as a woman in a dress and working in a florists to avoid conscription. The prior Ace approached him to pass on the flame. He uses it as an example of how they "all start out as caterpillars and end up butterflies".

* RealLifeRelative: Doug Naylor's son, Richard Naylor, who was just a boy at the time, was an extra in the crowd. He would later go on to himself become a producer of the series after ''Recap/RedDwarfBackToEarth'' and during Series X, XI and XII.
* WorkingTitle: The original title of the episode was ''Natural Born Rimmers'', but this was altered due to the negative connotations this could imply.

** The new Ace Rimmer reveals his origins to Lister, saying in his dimension the divergent point was fairly recently, from Lister's viewpoint, when stole the Time Drive on the Gemini 12 and left his crew for dead. He wound up in Napoleonic times, hiding as a woman in a dress and working in a florists to avoid conscription, before the prior Ace before him approached him to pass on the flame. He uses it as an example of how they "all start out as caterpillars and end up butterflies".

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: The episode was a favorite of Chris Barrie because he enjoyed the doing the Film/JamesBond style opening sequence which Ace Rimmer does battle with the Nazi and rescues Princess Bonjella.

As Ace lands Snappy's jaws on Voorhese's head in mid-air, Ace says "Mind if I borrow this?" as he takes Voorhese's parachute. As Voorhese falls, Ace says "I'll be sure to return it as soon as you hit the ground." The blue-screen was never completed for additional dialogue.

* ActorAllusion: Ken Morley who played Captain Voorhese also played General Flockenstuffen in ''Series/AlloAllo''.

* WorkingTitle: The original title of the episode was ''Natural Born Rimmers'', but this was altered due to the negative connotations this could imply.