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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Red Dwarf]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 6
| episode = 4
| director = [[Andy de Emmony]]
| writer = Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
| airdate = {{Start date|1993|10|28|df=yes}}
| guests =
* [[Ainsley Harriott]] as Gelf Chief
* [[Steven Wickham]] as Gelf Bride
* Martin Sims as Gelf
* [[Hugh Quarshie]] as Computer
| prev = [[Gunmen of the Apocalypse]]
| next = [[Rimmerworld]]
| episode_list = List of Red Dwarf episodes
}}

"'''Emohawk: Polymorph II'''" is the fourth episode of the British [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] [[television show|TV show]] ''[[Red Dwarf|Red Dwarf VI]]'' and the 34th in the series run.<ref name="British Sitcom Guide - Red Dwarf - Series 6">{{cite web | url = http://www.sitcom.co.uk/red_dwarf/series6.shtml | title =British Sitcom Guide - Red Dwarf - Series 6 | publisher =sitcom.co.uk |access-date =2008-01-23}}</ref><ref name="TV.com - Emohawk: Polymorph II summary">{{cite web | url = http://www.tv.com/red-dwarf/emohawk---polymorph-ii/episode/10978/summary.html | title =TV.com - Emohawk: Polymorph II summary | publisher =tv.com |access-date =2008-01-23}}</ref> It was first broadcast on [[BBC2]] on 28 October 1993.<ref name="British Sitcom Guide - Red Dwarf - Series 6"/> Written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] and directed by Andy de Emmony, the episode features the crew again being hunted by a [[GELF#The Polymorph|polymorph]]. The first appearance of these creatures was in the series III episode "[[Polymorph (Red Dwarf episode)|Polymorph]]".<ref name="Red Dwarf Smegazine: Survey">Red Dwarf Episode Survey, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603</ref> Also returning in this episode are Duane Dibbley from ''[[Back to Reality (Red Dwarf)|"Back to Reality"]]'' and Ace Rimmer from [[Dimension Jump (Red Dwarf episode)|"Dimension Jump"]].

==Plot==
''Starbug'' finds itself being hounded by a computer-controlled Space Corps enforcement vessel that soon scans the ship. [[Dave Lister]], [[Arnold Rimmer]], [[Kryten]] and [[Cat (Red Dwarf)|Cat]] find themselves charged with looting derelict spaceships and sentenced to death under frontier law. The crew escape, but crash-land on a [[GELF]] moon. Needing a new oxygen generator for the ship, they search for a GELF tribe who might be willing to trade with them. The group meet the Kinitawowi tribe, and begin negotiations, only for Lister to discover he must marry the daughter of the tribe's chief in exchange for the oxygen generation unit. Scared of his wife's advances, Lister flees back to ''Starbug'', forcing the others to escape as well with the parts.

Angered at their actions upsetting his daughter, the chief sends his pet, a domesticated [[GELF#The Polymorph|polymorph]], after them. The polymorph manages to get aboard ''Starbug'' undetected before it leaves the moon. While Lister and Kryten work to install the new parts, the polymorph attacks the others, draining them each of a character trait and morphing them into an alternate persona – Cat loses his cool and morphs into [[Red Dwarf characters#Dwyane Dibbley|Duane Dibbley]], while Rimmer loses his bitterness and becomes [[Red Dwarf characters#Ace Rimmer|Ace Rimmer]]. When the others are trapped by Rimmer in the cargo hold and learn that he is preparing to sacrifice himself and Cat to get rid of the polymorph via an airlock, Lister and Kryten break free and convince him to track down the creature and freeze it. Rimmer agrees, whereupon the group successfully neutralize the polymorph. Rimmer politely asks that he spends a few days as Ace before he is changed back, while Cat asks to be changed back immediately fearing his persona's clumsiness; his fears are justified when he accidentally freezes the others a few seconds later.

==Production==
[[File:Red Dwarf Kinitawowi.jpg|thumb|right|[[Steven Wickham]] as [[Dave Lister]]'s Kinitawowi bride]]
Both the characters Ace Rimmer and Duane Dibbley were huge fan favourites, as was the ''Red Dwarf III'' episode "[[Polymorph (Red Dwarf episode)|Polymorph]]", and the writers crammed in a sequel to all these aspects with "Emohawk: Polymorph II". The title was originally the other way around, "Polymorph II: Emohawk" until someone suggested that it sounded like a football score.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VI Writing">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/writing.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VI Writing |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |access-date=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013131/http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_6/writing.html |archive-date=4 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[GELF]] settlement was a re-dressed medieval village set which had been created for the aborted British/American television series ''[[Covington Cross]]''.<ref>Chris Howarth, Steve Lyons, (1997), ''Red Dwarf: programme guide - Part 4'', page 126</ref> [[Ainsley Harriott]] played the role of the GELF chief.<ref name="IMDb Crew">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684155/fullcredits |publisher=[[IMDb]]|title="Red Dwarf" Emohawk: Polymorph II (1993) - Full cast and crew |access-date=2007-12-31}}</ref> Harriott later became a celebrity chef and hosted the television shows ''[[Can't Cook, Won't Cook]]'' and ''[[Ready Steady Cook]]'' for the BBC. Later, in 1998, Harriott presented a special edition of ''Can't Cook, Won't Cook'' called ''Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg'' for the 10th anniversary of ''Red Dwarf'' with the cast cooking a meal while remaining in character (Harriott's role was actually addressed during part of the episode). The Tribal chief's daughter, Hackhackhack Ach Hachhachac, is played by [[Steven Wickham]]<ref name="IMDb Crew" /> (who, 19 years later, would play the BEGG chief in the episode ''[[Entangled (Red Dwarf)|Entangled]]''). [[Hugh Quarshie]] also played a Computer and Martin Sims also played a GELF.<ref name="IMDb Crew" />

==Reception==
The episode was originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 28 October 1993 in the 9:00 pm evening slot.<ref name="BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - EMOHAWK, POLYMORPH II">{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NMRE274F |title=BBC - Programme Catalogue - RED DWARF VI - EMOHAWK, POLYMORPH II |publisher=BBC |access-date=2007-12-12 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The episode received mixed reactions, as had Series VI as a whole.<ref name="Red Dwarf Series VII Writing">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html |title=Red Dwarf Series VII Writing |publisher=Red Dwarf.co.uk |access-date=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022124350/http://reddwarf.co.uk/deck05/series_7/writing.html |archive-date=22 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Some felt the re-introduction of Ace, Duane Dibbley and the polymorph was a wasted opportunity.<ref name="Red Dwarf Episode Guide: Series VI">{{cite web | url=http://www.reviewsbygavrielle.com/dwarf6.shtml | title =Red Dwarf Episode Guide: Series VI | publisher =Perry, Gavrielle |access-date =2008-01-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Red_Dwarf#.22Emohawk_Polymorph_II.22|Emohawk: Polymorph II}}
*{{BBC episode|p00bplkm}}
*{{IMDb episode|0684155}}
*[http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/guide/index.cfm?seriesID=6 Series VI episode guide at www.reddwarf.co.uk]

{{Red Dwarf episodes}}

[[Category:Television episodes about genetic engineering]]
[[Category:Red Dwarf VI episodes]]
[[Category:1993 British television episodes]]

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