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  • Acting for Two: The main cast played their regular selves and the Highs. The Lows were played by others (Lister and Kryten by the same guys who doubled for them in The Inquisitor, with the latter also doubling for Rimmer here).
  • Creator Backlash: The cast didn't particularly like this episode, largely due to the large amount of time spent in makeup.
  • Deleted Scene:
    • The opening scene was one of several later re-written and re-shot by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. The dialogue remains similar, although extended with additional exposition on the Triplicator and a few extra jokes.
    • A number of jokes removed for pace. As Starbug is about to crash into the Red Dwarf hangar bay doors, a disrupted Holly says that "cargo bay doors" is not in her lexicon, and that she is very "furry".
    • After Red Dwarf has blown up, Lister takes charge of the situation ordering Kryten to scan the wreckage for anything useful, and turn Rimmer's hologram down to minimum power. The Cat jokes that, if Lister had a different start in life, he could have been Flash Gordon.
    • More time with the 'High' crew. High Cat discusses meditation and selflessness, which the ordinary Cat scoffs at. Lister asks the High Lister for a beer, to which High Lister says that it dulls the mind and alters perception of reality, and Lister says that he is counting on it.
    • As the High crew do their play and "express themselves artistically", Cat says that he is going to flush himself out of an airlock. Rimmer says that he doesn't believe there is any part of him that wants to dance like the Highs.
    • An extension of the arrival aboard the 'Low' Dwarf. There are piles of maggots in the cargo bay, but they remain unnoticed. The High Kryten spends a bit longer getting shot whilst blessing his assailants, and then he spends a little more time with High Cat discussing how pretty and wonderful the fuse is on the bomb that blows them up, saying that its sparkling gives them "hope for the future".
    • Lister attacking the others whilst under the influence of the Lows was another section that was filmed again later to improve the feel of the scene ...and the bazookoid blasting.
  • Out of Order: This was supposed to Open Series V. Technical problems pushed it back.
  • Troubled Production: This was the first episode directed by newcomer to the show Juliet May. This was not a particularly easy episode to start on, as it involved many complications, including a lot of split-screen techniques. In editing it turned out that not one of the split-screen effects was usable, resulting in this being shuffled back to the second-last slot in the series. May quickly realized the show wasn't for her, but soldiered on until about halfway through the season, when Rob Grant and Doug Naylor took over the role.
  • Working Title: High and Low.

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