Polly the Glot (comic story)

Polly the Glot
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Frobisher
Main enemy:	Astrolabus Akkers
Main setting:	Galena Ringway Carnival
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Marvel Comics UK]]
Editor:	Alan McKenzie
Writer:	Steve Parkhouse
Artist:	John Ridgway
Letterer:	Annie Halfacree
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 95-97
Release date:	December 1984 - February 1985
Reprinted in:	[[reprint::Doctor Who Collected Comics|'Doctor Who Collected Comics']], [[reprint::Voyager (2007)|Voyager (2007 graphic novel)'', [[reprint::DWC S3 2|DWC S3 2]], [[reprint::Doctor Who Classics Volume 6|'Doctor Who Classics Volume 6']], [[reprint::Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2|'Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2']]
Format:	Comic - 3 parts (24 pages)
DWM comic stories
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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 Zyglots.

Summary

Meeting his old friend Ivan Asimoff again, the Sixth Doctor is roped into helping free Polly, a captive Zyglot. Who is behind her imprisonment?

Plot

To be added

Characters

• Sixth Doctor
• Frobisher
• Ivan Asimoff
• Polly
• Astrolabus
• Akkers

References

• The Daily Nebulous reported on Ivan's disappearance.
• Mazumas are used as currency.

Notes

The colour reprint of the above frame.

to be added

Continuity

• Ivan Asimoff meets the Doctor for the second time. He last appeared in COMIC: The Fabulous Idiot.
• Zyglots last appeared in COMIC: The Moderator.
• The Doctor leaves Ivan the money he and Frobisher stole from from Intra-Venus, Inc. in COMIC: The Shape Shifter.

External links

• Polly the Glot at the Doctor Who Reference Guide