John Considine who here plays Aaron Sandler, would write the script for the next one to be broadcast, "Blind Faith".
Doc claims he can read 2,000 words per minute with 100% retention. In 1990, the year before this episode was released, Guinness Book of World Records recognized Howard Berg as the world's fastest reader. Berg can read more than 25,000 words per minute, or approximately 80 pages per minute - a record he still holds in 2022. The average person can read roughly 235 words per minute, if reading silently. If reading aloud, the rate drops to 183 words per minute.
Guest star Marie Stillin as Rachel would later co-star as Tollan High Chancellor Travell with Richard Dean Anderson in Stargate SG-1.
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver) would later appear in an episode of Stargate SG-1 (1997) with a very similar title: There But for the Grace of God (1998).