Polly the Glot ( 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 . 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 . Part 1 . At Terminal L . X . 116 / R . M , a space terminal for passengers to transfer between space ships , Dr Ivan Asimoff tries to get to his flight when he sees 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 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 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 . 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 , 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 . Part 3 . The robot , afraid Asimoff will shoot him , says he is not the Defender , but the janitor of the ship . He tells then where he can find the commander of the ship . On the bridge , the captain and an Akker are studying Frobisher and decide to sell him to the carnival . The Doctor and Asimoff enter and demand to release the Zyglots . The captain says they have only one , but then threatens to press a button which will tighten the gravity net that will crush the Zyglot . At that moment , the real Defender bursts in . In the confusion , Asimoff shoots the button which frees the Zyglot . The captain , held under gunpoint , reveals his boss to be the great swami Astral Arbus . Meanwhile , Astrolabus , as the swami on the carnival , looking into his crystal ball where he sees the captain saying it , hears the TARDIS . He packs his stuff and tries to flee , but he is stopped by Frobisher and Asimoff . Upon realising he can ' t go away , he kidnaps Frobisher and jumps into his cabinet . Asimoff tries to chase them and opens the cabinet but he sees no trace of them , only a star field . He runs to the Doctor to tell him the news , but he suggests that he and Asimoff take cover . The Doctor has meddled with Polly ' s cage , adjusted the gravity nullifiers so that Polly can be released into outer space . After the cage explodes , Polly is released and out of happiness blossoms into outer space . On the Carnival , Asimoff is depressed that Polly is gone and his love is unanswered . Meanwhile , the Doctor leaves him to go after Frobisher , but not without leaving him a case with money , which he stole from Dogbolter . On the case is a note , addressed to Asimoff , saying that the money is intended for the trust and that he always must look to the Future . Notes . " to be added "