Continuity mistake: When the Cat is holding up the haddock, going through the people who have commited suicide, the shot changes and the haddock disappeares from his hand. Also after the shot changes, the Cat is then pointing at Kryten and smiling. (00:03:25)
Timeslides - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: In the pub, Lister gets a pint incredibly quickly after they arrive and has managed to drink half of it in a single camera cut. (00:11:50)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: In the hotel when the case moves past the Cat, the shot changes and the Cat has moved from the pink carpet to the blue carpet. (00:21:50)
Continuity mistake: When Lister and the Cat are talking to the original Rimmer in the cinema, the new Rimmer enters and argues with the original. The original Rimmer makes hand puppets, while the new Rimmer sits at the front. When Lister does the ippy-dippy, the Rimmers have swapped places. The new Rimmer says that he was there first, without complaint from the original. (00:23:30)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer and Lister leave their sleeping quarters, there are two pictures on the wall between the door and the window and a canister on the wall beside the beds. When they are next in the room the items are gone, and at The End of the episode they have all returned. (00:09:20 - 00:12:50)
Continuity mistake: In the bathroom when Kryten says he does not want his corrupted files repaired, he holds out his arms. In the next shot when the guards stun him, they are by his side. (00:15:00)
Continuity mistake: At The End of the episode when Lister, Kryten, the Cat and Kochanski are dressed as the Dibleys, they walk into the corridor in a line and Kochanski stops when she bumps into the Cat. In the next shot there is a suddenly a space between them. (00:26:40)
Continuity mistake: When Lister drags Kryten through a doorway by his groinal attachment, he is using one hand. In the next shot he is using both hands. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: During the Cat's dance scene with Blue Midget, we see one shot of Blue Midget doing the air guitar move, but in the next shot, his arms are not visible at all. It changes between these two differing shots throughout the closing end of the dance routine. (00:10:10)
Continuity mistake: When Bird-man loses his glasses, he is feeling his face. In the next shot both of his hands are on the floor. (00:25:40)
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)
Continuity mistake: After Lister and Ace do the 'awooga' dance, Lister locks change from being clumped together to being mostly behind his back. (00:21:40)
The Last Day - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: When Kryten packs his spare heads away, he places the first one in the case with his left hand. In the next shot it has moved to his right hand. (00:03:50)
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)
Continuity mistake: When Lister says 'We don't exist here anymore,' the way Kryten is facing changes between cuts. (00:15:10)
The Last Day - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: Lister's hands change position between cuts when Kryten walks out in the opening scene. (00:02:05)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: The second time we see the scene with Rimmer's head popping through the table, the line 'There, that wasn't too bad, was it?' is missed out. (00:04:40 - 00:19:20)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: The second time we see the hologramatic Rimmer pass Rimmer and Lister in the corridor, two other people have appeared walking past. (00:04:00 - 00:18:25)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer puts his head through the table, the magazines change position next to his head. (00:18:55)
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.