Trivia: There is a scene in this episode where Starbug flies up a rat's backside. In the original script it wasn't a rat at all, but Frankenstein, Lister's pet cat and mother to all of the Cat People. However, for technical and budgetary reasons, it proved quicker and cheaper to use GCI (Computer-Generated Imaging) to create a rat rather than a cat.
Trivia: Red Dwarf's producer/director Ed Bye was taken seriously ill on the day of the studio recording of the episode "Dimension Jump". Paul Jackson, who was in 1990-91 effectively Ed Bye's boss, stepped in to cover, although he hadn't directed a TV show for about 7 years. But look at the credits for this episode...no one bothered to update or change them, and Paul Jackson was never credited for his work. The credits still say "Produced and directed by Ed Bye" even though on this one occasion, they weren't.
Trivia: When the crew of Starbug have to decide which of the two "Dave Listers" aboard is the real thing, they line both up for a test of their guitar playing ability. One "Dave Lister" plays a blistering, dazzling, guitar solo; the other plays dreadfully. The rest of the crew immediately know that the one that played the guitar brilliantly is the 'fake'. (Dave Lister only THINKS he can play guitar well - in fact he's hopeless at it.). The hands that we see playing the 'brilliant' guitar solo belong to "Roxy Music" guitarist Phil Manzanera. (Grant Naylor had originally wanted to get 'Queen' guitarist Brian May to play the solo, but he wasn't available).
Trivia: The episode "Tikka To Ride" was released on video as an "X-tended" version with a different ending to the one broadcast on TV. In the revised ending, Lister gets his supplies of curry and lager, and they are loaded aboard Starburg. But Rimmer tricks Lister into operating a switch that splits off the rear section of Staburg - casting Lister and his curries into space.
Trivia: In Greek mythology, the God Apollo fell in love with Cassandra and gave her the gift of telling the future. Despite this, she refused to return her love to him, so Apollo declared no-one would believe Cassandra's prophecies. In this episode, Cassandra is a computer who predicts the future and Rimmer does not believe her.
Trivia: Rob Grant and Doug Naylor originally tried to get Brian May to film the guitar solo scene, but he was unavailable. However, Anita Dobson (May's wife) asked if there was a part for her, and she was given the part of Captain Tau. The writers have since said if they'd known she was interested they would have written her something more substantial.
Trivia: In the entire run, the Cat says Lister's name only twice, in "Parallel Universe" and "The Inquisitor".
Trivia: When Lister is trying to explain that he knows Rimmer, he mentions "Your middle name is Judas but you tell everybody it's Jonathan" This is a fun-fact because Chris Barrie's (who plays Rimmer) middle name is, in fact, Jonathan.
Answer: It's Queen Victoria, someone any Englishman would recognize, and needed no introduction.