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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | |range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | ||
|number in range = 26 | |number in range = 26 | ||
|image = PollyTheZyglot.jpg | |image = PollyTheZyglot.jpg | ||
|series =[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Frobisher]] | |companions = [[Frobisher]] | ||
|featuring = [[Ivan Asimoff]] | |featuring = [[Ivan Asimoff|Asimoff]], [[Astrolabus]] | ||
|enemy = [[Akker]]s | |||
|setting = [[Galena ( | |setting = [[Galena (planet)|Galena]], [[Ringway Carnival]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steve Parkhouse | ||
|editor = [[Alan McKenzie]] | |editor = [[Alan McKenzie]] | ||
|artist = [[John Ridgway]] | |artist = [[John Ridgway]] | ||
|letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]] | |letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 95]]-[[DWM 97|97]] | |publication = [[DWM 95]]-[[DWM 97|97]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 8 November 1984 - 10 January 1985 | ||
|publisher = Marvel Comics UK | |publisher = Marvel Comics UK | ||
|reprint= Doctor Who Collected Comics | |reprint = Doctor Who Collected Comics | ||
|reprint3= Voyager (2007 graphic novel) | |reprint3 = Voyager (2007 graphic novel) | ||
|reprint4= | |reprint4 = DWCS3 2 | ||
|reprint5=Doctor Who Classics Volume 6 | |reprint5 = Doctor Who Classics Volume 6 | ||
|reprint6=Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2 | |reprint6 = Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2 | ||
|format = Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|prev = Voyager (comic story) | |epcount = 3 | ||
|next = Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story) | |prev = Voyager (comic story) | ||
|next = Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Polly the Glot''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and the second consecutive story about [[Astrolabus]]. It was notable for the reappearance of [[Ivan Asimoff]] and the [[Zyglot]]s. | '''''Polly the Glot''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and the second consecutive story about [[Astrolabus]]. It was notable for the reappearance of [[Ivan Asimoff]] and the [[Zyglot]]s. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part 1 === | === Part 1 === | ||
At Terminal L.X. 116/R.M, a space terminal for passengers to transfer between space ships, | At Terminal L.X. 116/R.M, a space terminal for passengers to transfer between space ships, [[Ivan Asimoff|Dr Ivan Asimoff]] tries to get to his flight when he sees [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Happy to see it, he runs towards it but bumps into [[Frobisher]], who walks out of it. After meeting him, he explains to Frobisher that he thought it was the Doctor's TARDIS, when the Doctor comes out. Dr Asimoff is taken aback since this is another Doctor [[Fourth Doctor|than the one he met first.]] After realising it is the Doctor, Dr Asimoff asks for his help. Before he can explain what the problem is, he realises that he has to catch his flight. He gives the Doctor a card with the co-ordinates of the organisation he works for: the [[Zyglot trust|Save the Zyglot trust]]. | ||
At that time, in space, the [[Akker]]s are busy capturing a [[Zyglot]] for the [[Ringway Carnival]]. On his flight, Asimoff dreams of the Carnival, where he saw Polly and fell in love with her. He decides to rescue her. When his flight docks into another space ship, he worries what he will tell at the meeting of the trust, since Zyglots are still being captured and the trust is lacking the necessary funds. Arriving, he sees the TARDIS and is directly taken by Frobisher in disguise who points a gun at him. Asimoff asks what the meaning of this is, which the Doctor responds by saying that he is being kidnapped. | At that time, in space, the [[Akker]]s are busy capturing a [[Zyglot]] for the [[Ringway Carnival]]. On his flight, Asimoff dreams of the Carnival, where he saw Polly and fell in love with her. He decides to rescue her. When his flight docks into another space ship, he worries what he will tell at the meeting of the trust, since Zyglots are still being captured and the trust is lacking the necessary funds. Arriving, he sees the TARDIS and is directly taken by Frobisher in disguise who points a gun at him. Asimoff asks what the meaning of this is, which the Doctor responds by saying that he is being kidnapped. | ||
=== Part 2 === | === Part 2 === | ||
At a news-stand in a space-station, Frobisher in disguise takes a paper that reports the kidnapping and brings it to the Doctor. The Doctor goes to Dr Asimoff, explaining what the meaning of the kidnapping is. Because the trust is broke and can pay the ransom to free Asimoff, the public will donate to the trust. Realising that it is a publicity stunt, Asimoff tells the Doctor that the president of the trust, | At a news-stand in a space-station, Frobisher in disguise takes a paper that reports the kidnapping and brings it to the Doctor. The Doctor goes to Dr Asimoff, explaining what the meaning of the kidnapping is. Because the trust is broke and can pay the ransom to free Asimoff, the public will donate to the trust. Realising that it is a publicity stunt, Asimoff tells the Doctor that the president of the trust, [[Astrolabus|Professor Astro Labus]], will be furious. Upon hearing the name, the Doctor faints and gets a nightmare of a giant head of Astrolabus eating him. At the meeting of the trust, the news that Asimoff has been kidnapped came through and Astrolabus starts to suspect that the Doctor has had something to do with it. | ||
In the TARDIS, the Doctor wakes up, suggesting that he is under the influence of post-hypnotic suggestion. He then decides to take matters into his hands by going to the space ship of the Akkers. Upon arriving, Asimoff, armed with a stun gun, and the Doctor try to infiltrate the ship, while Frobisher splits from the group. He encounters some Akkers, who see him and start sounding the alarm. The captain of the ship employs the Defender, the ship's robot. The Doctor and Asimoff encounter the big robot, who hits the Doctor with a mop. Asimoff then threatens the robot to shoot him. | In the TARDIS, the Doctor wakes up, suggesting that he is under the influence of post-hypnotic suggestion. He then decides to take matters into his hands by going to the space ship of the Akkers. Upon arriving, Asimoff, armed with a stun gun, and the Doctor try to infiltrate the ship, while Frobisher splits from the group. He encounters some Akkers, who see him and start sounding the alarm. The captain of the ship employs the Defender, the ship's robot. The Doctor and Asimoff encounter the big robot, who hits the Doctor with a mop. Asimoff then threatens the robot to shoot him. | ||
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* [[Polly (Polly the Glot)|Polly]] | * [[Polly (Polly the Glot)|Polly]] | ||
* [[Astrolabus]] | * [[Astrolabus]] | ||
* [[Gordon (Polly the Glot)|Gordon]] | |||
* [[Baz (Polly the Glot)|Baz]] | |||
* The [[Defender (Polly the Glot)|Defender]] | |||
* [[Akker captain (Polly the Glot)|Akker captain]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The ''[[Daily Nebulous]]'' reported on | * The ''[[Daily Nebulous]]'' reported on Asimoff's disappearance. | ||
* [[ | * Asimoff is an authority on the life of the [[Sigman Sand-worm]]. | ||
* | * Asimoff travels on a [[PG Trips]] spacecraft. | ||
* The [[Akker]]s are the dullest race in existence. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Astrolabus quotes lyrics from the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody". | * Astrolabus quotes lyrics from the Queen song "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]". | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[ | * [[Astrolabus]] reappears, having made his debut in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Voyager (comic story)}}. He escapes the [[Sixth Doctor]] once again at the end of this story, leading into their final confrontation in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)}}. | ||
* Having previously visited the edge of the Galaxy in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Voyager (comic story)}}, the Doctor here elects to journey into its centre. | |||
* The Doctor leaves Ivan the [[ | * The Doctor leaves Ivan the [[mazuma]]s he and [[Frobisher]] stole from from [[Intra-Venus, Inc.]] in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Shape Shifter (comic story)}}. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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