Some ten minutes of footage were cut from "Space Mutiny" for its use on "MST3K". Much of the edited footage featured space battle scenes taken from the original television series of "Battlestar Galactica". The version of the film featured in the episode was, in essence, consistent with the full version; the discontinuities apparent in the episode were all present in the 1988 film. Mike Nelson and the robots did not comment on the reused "Battlestar Galactica" footage. Series writer Paul Chaplin acknowledged this omission, but did not provide an explanation.