Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When Lister, the Cat and Kryten figure out how to escape, Kryten says 'precisely' and raises his right hand. In the next shot, both of his hands are raised. (00:22:15)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode Kryten has crashed Starbug 1 onto the psi-moon. Lister and the Cat rescue him in Starbug 2, yet when the crew search for Rimmer in the swamp, they are in Starbug 1. (00:06:10 - 00:19:45)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: The cutting torch Kryten uses to cut his hand off appears from nowhere. (00:02:20)
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)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When we first see Kryten, there is no long grass anywhere near him. When Lister rescues him, it has appeared from nowhere. (00:01:35 - 00:06:10)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When Lister and the Cat type into the computer, the words are out of synch with the key tapping. (00:05:15)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Revealing mistake: At the start of the episode, Kryten's real wrist can be seen just before he removes his hand. (00:02:30)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: After the crew fire at the Self-loathing Beast and the room fills with dust, the Cat's left hand is up in the air. In the next shot he is holding the bazooka with both hands. (00:17:00)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When the crew finds the charm gravestone, Kryten looks at the Cat. Then in the next shot, Kryten looks at the Cat again. (00:14:25)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer gets his robe torn off, he is looking forwards. In the next shot he is looking down. (00:11:00)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Lister and the Cat type into the computer, in the shots of their reflections, the lens of the camera can be seen reflected between them. (00:05:00)
Terrorform - S5-E3
Continuity mistake: When Kryten cuts off his hand, all of the fingers on the hand are straight and level with each other, but when he goes to attach his eye to one of the fingers, the middle finger is suddenly raised. (00:02:35)
Answer: It's Queen Victoria, someone any Englishman would recognize, and needed no introduction.
Kryten was introducing the "people" to Rimmer. Rimmer isn't an Englishman; he's not even from Earth; he's from Io.