When Cat (Danny John-Jules) finds them, Rimmer offers him a deal to return them in exchange for getting all the fish he wants from the food dispensers.
[7] The story was written as pure sitcom at the request from the BBC who didn't want the show to be too heavy on science fiction elements.
[9] Returning Red Dwarf crew members, and Lister's drinking buddies, included Paul Bradley as Chen, David Gillespie as Selby and Mark Williams as Petersen.
[3] "Balance of Power" was originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 28 February 1988 in the 9:00pm evening time slot.
[11] Changes throughout the series included replacement of the opening credits,[12] giving the picture a colour grade and filmising,[13] computer generated special effects of Red Dwarf[14] and many more visual and audio enhancements.
[15] A music cue has been added to scenes of Rimmer, when using Kochanksi's hologrammatic body, trying to distract Lister during his chef's exam.