The picture in 1985 was nominated for 1 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for director of photography Ray Argall but lost out to Peter James for 'Rebe' (1985).
Joey Kennedy for this Australian film in 1985 was the Winner of the Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival. She was not nominated for that year's AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Actress.
The movie was produced with the assistance of Film Victoria.
The film is allegedly the first part of an unofficial trilogy of films. The titles are [in order]: Panic Station (1982), Wrong World (1985) and The Prisoner of St. Petersburg (1989).
The picture in 1985 was selected to screen in competition for the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival but lost out to a tie between David Hare's 'Wetherby' and Rainer Simon's 'Die Frau und der Fremde'.