Emohawk: Polymorph II story
Starbug is attacked by an advanced Space Corps enforcement probe, for looting from derelict ships. The crew manage to escape by entering GELF space but Starbug crashes on a moon. Lister must marry the GELF chieftain's daughter in exchange for an oxygen breathing unit. The crew escape with the engine part during Lister's honeymoon, but the GELF chieftain sends his pet, a polymorph, after them to retrieve his new son-in-law. Directed by: Andy de Emmony. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
14 total · 4 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat is a main character. |
| humanoid robot | major | The humanoid robot Kryten is a main character. |
| shapeshifter | major | A dangerous shapeshifting creature ran amok aboard the Starbug. |
| virtual person | major | The Rimmer hologram is a main character. |
| astrology | minor | Lister asserted that things would never work out between himself and the GELF chieftain's daughter on account that they were both Aires'. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | The GELF chieftain's daughter tried to force herself upon Lister. |
| habitable moon | minor | The crew crash-landed on a moon inhabited by a GELF tribe. |
| marriage ceremony | minor | Lister was married to the GELF chieftain's daughter against is will. |
| newlywed couple | minor | Lister escape from new GELF bride shortly after the pair retired to their honeymoon hut. |
| punishment as a deterrent to crime | minor | Kryten opined that harsh sentencing, death in particular, needed to be applied in frontiers regions to maintain order. |