Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: In the opening, Holly gives an additional message saying "On our journey, we have encountered many strange and bizarre things. Only last month, we can across a moon which was shaped exactly like Felicity Kendal's bottom. We flew around that one a couple of times." Before Holly says "We flew around that one a couple of times", he can be seen about to say the line, but visibly hesitates, presumably waiting for his cue. (00:01:35)
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: 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: In the lift, when the woman in the video is explaining how the lift works, she mentions "a bag will drop containing sedatives and cyanide capsules", pointing upwards. The shot cuts to Lister, and the woman in the video can be seen to the left of shot, with her arms at her side. (00:08:35)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister walks through the Stasis Leak for the first time, his hands are up by his face and his locks are in front of his shoulders. In the next shot from the mirror, his arms are lowered and his locks are only over his right shoulder. (00:09:30)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister first walks through the Stasis Leak, his locks are over his left shoulder, then in the bathroom they are over both shoulders. (00:09:30)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When the crew go through the Stasis Leak for the first time, the Cat walks through, then Rimmer waits before jumping through. When they appear on the other side, they fade in together. (00:09:45)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Lister, the Cat and Rimmer are stood in the shower and the Cat keeps saying 'What is it?' he turns to Rimmer and brushes against his tie throughout the scene. (00:10:05)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: Rimmer, Lister and the Cat are not visible in the mirror when the crew member finds them in the shower. (00:10:25)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Petersen walks away from Lister with the cases, the two women follow him. In the next shot the women have swapped places. (00:17:45)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When the Cat gets jumped by the people in fancy dress, the red wall behind them wobbles. (00:17:50)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister puts his hand under his arm pit, his locks move from behind his back to over his right shoulder in one cut, and then back again. (00:18:00)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Rimmer hides under the table, he is not visible beneath the table when Lister and Rimmer walk in. (00:18:40)
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)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer is talking to the captain while he is dressed as a chicken, the blue bucket moves between camera cuts from being hung up on the large canister, to being on the floor next to Rimmer's bed. (00:20:35)
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)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Cat attacks the 'dog' in the hotel, between shots it changes position as he jumps on it. (00:22:20)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Cat and Lister look at the wedding photo at The End of the episode, Lister is holding the photo at the bottom left corner in some shots, and the bottom right in others. (00:23:10)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: At The End of the episode when Lister is talking to Holly on his watch, Lister's red sleeve is in line with the watch, but as the camera cuts to show Holly, the sleeve is gone. (00:24:10)
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister's double comes out of the bathroom, Lister's locks move from in front of his shoulders to behind his neck. (00:25:15)
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.