Quarantine - S5-E4
Revealing mistake: As pointed out by Danny John Jules on the DVD Commentary, during the 'Feckles, Heckles, Hackles, Schmeckles' argument, Cat pushes his face right against Kryten's, leaving a brown makeup smear on Kryten's forehead. The mark is gone in the next shot. (00:19:45)
Quarantine - S5-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When the Cat tries to attack Rimmer in Quarantine, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen. (00:16:45)
Character mistake: After the crew realise that the matter paddle has made 2 copies of Red Dwarf, Kryten says something along the lines of, "When I threw the machine in reverse...", but it wasn't actually him who threw the machine in reverse, it was Lister. (00:06:55)
Continuity mistake: Just before Kryten chloroforms Lister, Lister's locks jump from behind his back to over his left shoulder between shots. (00:23:40)
Quarantine - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: After Lister gets the luck injection for the first time, he is holding his hat. In the next shot the hat is gone. (00:12:15)
Audio problem: When Kryten says 'Excuse me, could I just distract you for a brief second?' his lips are out of sync with the dialogue and continue to move after he has finished speaking. (00:23:35)
Continuity mistake: During the Higher Cat and Rimmer's dance when Kryten says 'and agony in torment' his arms are by his sides. In the next shot, his right arm is raised. (00:11:40)
Revealing mistake: The low Cat's teeth move and wobble in ways they should not be able to when he is first seen. (00:14:10)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: Just after one of the hooded legions reads from the scroll, he manages to turn around and face the opposite direction in one camera cut. (00:10:45)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Visible crew/equipment: A boom mic shadow can be seen along the bottom of the screen when the crew have to leave Starbug and walk. (00:11:25)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Lister, Cat and Kryten leave the cockpit with the plan to make Rimmer feel good about himself to escape, a boom mic can be seen in the top left corner of the screen. (00:22:45)
Continuity mistake: Lister says his ID code is Lister-D-00169, yet in Furture Echoes he gave it as RD-52169. (00:14:55)
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the episode, when Lister and Kryten talk about Lister's comic, a boom mic shadow can be seen on Kryten's head. (00:02:10)
Continuity mistake: After Rimmer and Nirvanah have sex, as they're getting out of bed, Nirvanah ties her robe twice. In the next shot as she's standing, the robe is open again. (00:14:00)
Answer: It's Queen Victoria, someone any Englishman would recognize, and needed no introduction.