Polymorph (Red Dwarf)

"Polymorph"
Red Dwarf episode
The crew are hunted down by a shape-changing genetic mutant
Episode no.Series 3
Episode 3
Directed byEd Bye
Written byRob Grant & Doug Naylor
Original air date28 November 1989 (1989-11-28)
Guest appearances
  • Frances Barber as Genny
  • Simon Gaffney as Young Rimmer
  • Kalli Greenwood as Mrs Rimmer
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"Polymorph" is the third episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series III,[1] and the fifteenth in the series run.[2] It premiered on the British television channel BBC2 on 28 November 1989. It is considered by some to be the series' best.[3] Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the episode has the crew fighting a shapeshifting, emotion-stealing creature. It is the only Red Dwarf episode to feature a pre-credits warning about the content. The episode was re-mastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998.

  1. ^ "British Sitcom Guide — Red Dwarf — Series 3". sitcom.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  2. ^ "TV.com — Polymorph summary". tv.com. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  3. ^ Readers Survey Results, Red Dwarf Smegazine, p. 27., issue 10, December 1992, Fleetway Editions Ltd, ISSN 0965-5603