The voice of The Starship Avalon belongs to voiceover artist Emma Clarke, who is also one of the iconic 'Mind the Gap' voices on London Underground.
The bar room is inspired by the bar room from Stanley Kubrick's Shining (1980). In both films, the bartenders are dressed in red tuxedos, carry themselves in a sophisticated manner, have a strange friendship with the lead male, are not concerned with payment and are unable to leave. In addition, the primary light source in the bar and lounge shines from below rather than above. Finally, a variation on the iconic orange and red carpet design from Overlook Hotel hallways can be seen in the seating area.
The touchscreen interfaces that the characters interact with on various computers were developed on the Unity gaming engine. This eliminated the need of adding those interfaces in post-production.
According to production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, the inspiration for the ship's rotary design came from observing the seeds of maple trees, and how they spin like tiny helicopters as they fall.
Similar to the technique used in 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968), scenes where the characters had to walk inside the centrifuge were shot hamster-wheel style. The set spun underneath them as they stepped forward.