Steven Williams guests stars in this episode. He was a regular on the series 21 Jump Street (1987) along with Peter DeLuise who directs, produces, and writes much of the SG-1 series. At one point in this episode, Michael Rooker's character calls for two marines, calling "Hansen! Penhall!". These are names of two main characters on 21 Jump Street (1987), one of whom (Doug Penhall) is played by Peter DeLuise.
This is the first appearance of the character of Chaka being played by another actor than Dion Johnstone, who played him in all previous appearances. Due to the change in actor and also perhaps the shift from Showtime to the Sci-fi channel between Beast of Burden (2001) (Chaka's most recent appearance) and this episode, the facial prosthetics for Chaka and the other Unas are also clearly redesigned.
This episode and the following episode Space Race (2003) were aired in reverse order in every airing in Sweden, for no apparent reason, since the production codes of the two episodes are according to original airing. The TV listings sent out by the channel TV6 have never indicated the reverse order. It instead incorrectly lists both episodes according to original order.