Master Sergeant Harriman receives his first name, Walter. During the scene in the old SGC briefing room, Richard Dean Anderson flubs his line and calls the former Master Sergeant "Walter", after Radar from M*A*S*H (1972), and the name sticks. The character's first name was supposed to be Norman.
The futuristic complex where the Stargate is located is actually the Plaza of the Nations located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
An allied alien race called the Aschen are seen developing a program to ignite Jupiter into becoming a star in order to use its moons as planets to be colonized, a homage to the movie and book 2010 (1984) which featured a similar climax.
In Sky's Top 10 Stargate Episodes, "2010" was voted into 8th place.
This episode takes place in July 2010 and 2000.