The tunic-like garment Buck wears as a disguise was originally used in The Magnificent Warriors (1978), where it was worn by actor Eric Server, who provides the voice for Dr. Theopolis.
The sled used to transport Buck to the prison in the desert is the same vehicle used in the BattleStar Galactica episode, "Greetings From Earth".
Buck's alias of Val-Zhan is pronounced much like the name Val Jean, the wrongfully-accused hero of Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Miserables. As in joke, Buck nicknames the android "Hugo".
Working title: "Escape from Zeta"
In the middle of the necklace Buck is wearing is a symbol that looks like the one used for Star Trek's United Federation of Planets, except that Star Trek's is somewhat lopsided. It actually looks more like the symbol for the recently created U.S. Space Force.