#ch: polly wright

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ANNEKE WILLS & MICHAEL CRAZE as Polly Wright and Ben Jackson

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The War Machines (1966)

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For the week of 5 May 2019

Quick Bits:

Age of Conan: Bêlit #3 throws a few road bumps in the way of Bêlit’s plans as the Kushites renege of their deal and her drunken “Captain” continues being a jerk. I’m really liking this exploration of Bêlit’s early days from Tini Howard, Kate Niemczyk, Scott Hanna, Jason Keith, and Travis Lanham.

| Published by Marvel

Archie #704 throws some roadblocks in the way of Archie and Sabrina’s relationship through the form of a “Bachelor”-like charity programme set up by Cheryl. I love the even more stylized pastel colour palette from Matt Herms.

| Published by Archie Comics

Batman & The Outsiders #1 is an entertaining debut from Bryan Hill, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini, Clayton Cowles. I’ve not read the arc in Detective Comics that feeds into this, but this first issue provides enough information for new readers now to be lost and gives good incentive to check out what’s come before. Great art from Soy and Gandini, with an interesting look inside a team and a compelling start to a mystery about the last survivor from a metahuman generating factory.

| Published by DC Comics

Bettie Page #4 concludes the QE2 aliens caper. Love the art from Julius Ohta, Ellie Wright, and Sheelagh D.

| Published by Dynamite

Bronze Age Boogie #2 continues the strangest Doom Patrol story as the Martian invasion angle has taken hold in the future and a motley crew of heroes bands together to try to stop them. Stuart Moore, Alberto Ponticelli, Giulia Brusco, and Rob Steen are playing with some interesting cross-media influences to tell a highly entertaining tale. It’s rounded out with the usual goodies in the form of prose, letters, and what’s probably my favourite of the back-up strips so far, Major Ursa, from Tyrone Finch, Mauricet, Lee Loughridge, and Rob Steen.

| Published by Ahoy

Conan the Barbarian #6 sees Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matthew Wilson, and Travis Lanham tell a story of Conan’s frustrations as a mercenary in the skirmishes between Turan and Stygia. People constantly underestimating Conan is always a fun story.

| Published by Marvel

Deadly Class #38 sees Marcus and Maria return to King’s Dominion. It’s kind of messed up seeing the new status quo, but at the same time the tension that Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Jordan Boyd, and Rus Wooton build here between to old Legacy kids and Marcus & Maria feels like it’s going to explode, suggesting something even worse for the characters is coming soon. It’s very captivating.

| Published by Image / Giant Generator

Detective Comics #1003 reveals the identity of the Arkham Knight. It’s not really anyone you could have possibly guessed, but an interesting addition to Batman’s rogues gallery. Also the cult surrounding the Arkham Knight is certifiably insane. Gorgeous artwork again from Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Nathan Fairbairn.

| Published by Marvel

The Empty Man #7 goes full Clive Barker as we get an explanation for what the Empty Man really is and how he continues to manifest himself upon reality. I know I keep saying it, but the body horror brought about in the art from Jesús Hervás and Niko Guardia just can’t be stressed enough. Every issue they seem to outdo themselves with creepy and intriguing designs.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Eve Stranger #1 looks to be another winner for Black Crown. This first issue sets up the titular character as a secret agent who seems to need to reboot her memory every week. Why, exactly, is left unknown, but that’s part of the fun. David Barnett, Philip Bond, Eva de la Cruz, and Jane Heir do a wonderful job here with the action and intrigue. Also it’s great to see Bond doing more espionage tinged action, his art always looks so great telling these kinds of stories.

| Published by IDW / Black Crown

Excellence #1 is a thoroughly excellent debut from Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez, and Deron Bennett. The world and character building in this first issue is impeccable and the art from Randolph and Lopez will just blow you away. Incredible development of a magic-based society and the class structure therein.

| Published by Image / Skybound

The Flash #70 begins “Year One” promising new insight and occurrences during Barry’s origin story. Given that the last time this happened his mother was murdered, changing the timeline and resulting down the line in Barry trying to fix it with Flashpoint, anything’s possible. The real draw, though, is the stunning artwork from Howard Porter and Hi-Fi. Porter is really giving this his all and it shines through wonderfully.

| Published by DC Comics

Hawkman #12 brings Bryan Hitch’s tenure on the series to an end with the conclusion to “Cataclysm”. This is an excellent, action-packed final confrontation between the legion of Hawkmen and the Deathbringers, setting up a whole Hawkman for possibly the first time and hints as to worse things waiting on the horizon.

| Published by DC Comics

Infinite Dark #6 amplifies the terror and chaos as the dead-ish things exposed to the void start spreading fear and panic throughout the station. Ryan Cady, Andrea Mutti, K. Michael Russell, and Troy Peteri ratchet up the horror here.

| Published by Image / Top Cow

Invaders #5 raises more questions after we thought some things were coming into focus in the previous issue, as Chip Zdarsky, Carlos Magno, Butch Guice, Alex Guimarães, and Travis Lanham continue “War Ghosts”. The tension here on the brink of all out war between the US and Atlantis is incredible, and there are more interesting twists that suggest something far more sinister occurring.

| Published by Marvel

Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens #2 features a gorgeous adaptation of the story of Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, by Chan Chau with letters by Jim Campbell. The artwork is amazingly beautiful supporting a very sweet tale.

| Published by Boom Entertainment / Archaia

Justice League Odyssey #9 opens up an interesting thread that Starfire, Cyborg, and Azrael may be unduly under the influence of Darkseid. Dan Abnett is setting up some simmering conflict between Jessica Cruz and the rest of the team here, along with quite a few occult catchphrases thrown in to help amplify the mood.

| Published by DC Comics

Lodger #5 is the end to this excellent crime drama from the Laphams and it is all kinds of messed up. We learn what really happened to Ricky’s family and...yeah. This has been a strange, at times disturbing, ride and they stuck the landing.

| Published by IDW / Black Crown

Murder Falcon #8 is the epic conclusion to this series as Jake and Murf take on Magnum Khaos. Between this series and Extremity, Daniel Warren Johnson has proven himself time and again as a master storyteller and it shines through with the heartrending end to this story. This one goes up to eleven.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Red Sonja & Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica #1 is an interesting mash-up of the three properties from Amy Chu, Maria Sanapo, Vinicius Andrade, and Taylor Esposito. Some nice fish out of water humour as Sonja and Vampirella acclimate to Riverdale.

| Published by Dynamite

Savage Sword of Conan #5 concludes “The Cult of Koga Thun” from Gerry Duggan, Ron Garney, Richard Isanove, and Travis Lanham. Some interesting twists in this finale of what has been a highly entertaining adventure.

| Published by Marvel

She Could Fly: The Lost Pilot #2 sees Martín Morazzo cut loose again with some of the designs and presentation for Luna’s dreams and schizophrenic episodes.

| Published by Dark Horse / Berger Books

Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Boba Fett #1 features some incredibly rich artwork from Marc Laming and Neeraj Menon. Great detail throughout this story spotlighting Boba Fett’s cold, silent amorality.

| Published by Marvel

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #32 begins “Unspeakable Rebel Superweapon” as Aphra and her young protege steal the titular MacGuffin. There’s some interesting flashbacks to Aphra’s youth and it’s great to see Caspar Wijngaard doing more Star Wars art, even if just the flashbacks.

| Published by Marvel

These Savage Shores #4 is a sumptuous feast. Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone, and Aditya Bidikar are elevating the artform of comics which each subsequent issue. The epistolary narrative, the horror and mythological themes, the plays upon the nine-panel grid, the shadowy character designs, the lush and spooky colours, the overlap with historical events, the unique approach and detail in each character’s missive...just one of these elements would result in an entertaining tale, this comic mixes all of them into a superlative package. You’re doing yourself a disservice if you’re not reading this series.

| Published by Vault

The Unstoppable Wasp #7 throws Nadia a birthday party, wherein she learns of her relations to what seems like half of the Marvel universe. Also, issues a death threat to Tony Stark. It’s cute, from Jeremy Whitley, Alti Firmansyah, Espen Grundetjern, and Joe Caramagna.

| Published by Marvel

War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1 sets up the conflict in the Pacific with Sindr while introducing a swath of new international characters to the Marvel universe. Also, Amadeus Cho continues to be a massive idiot, even at his shrunken size. Great art from Gang Hyuk Lim and Federico Blee.

| Published by Marvel

Wonder Twins #4 sets up the twins with a pair of dates, allowing for some hilarious misadventures. Also, Polly seems to have a weird obsession with testicular cancer. Mark Russell, Stephen Byrne, and Dave Sharpe continue the fun, even though this one kind of takes us away from all ages material.

| Published by DC Comics / Wonder Comics

Wyrd #3 opens up the messy can of worms of Wyrd’s past further as a figure out of the past he can’t remember emerges for a “meet”. Great tone and atmosphere for this story from Curt Pires, Antonio Fuso, Stefano Simeone, and Micah Myers.

| Published by Dark Horse

X-Force #7 begins “The Counterfeit King” from Ed Brisson, Dylan Burnett, Damian Couceiro, Jesus Aburtov, and Joe Caramagna as past and present threaten to collide. Some nice character development for the team as they wait for Deathlok to do his thing.

| Published by Marvel

Other Highlights: Accell #20, Age of X-Man: Apocalypse & The X-Tracts #3, Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command #3, Betty & Veronica #5, Black Hammer: Age of Doom #10, By Night #11, Captain America #10, Captain Marvel #5, Catwoman #11, Curse Words #21, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6, Gunning for Hits #5, Hack/Slash vs. Chaos #5, Hit Girl: Season Two #4, House of Whispers #9, Ice Cream Man #12, James Bond: Origin #9, The Last Space Race #4, The Long Con #9, Marvels Annotated #3, Oberon #4, Ronin Island #3, Section Zero #2, Shadow Roads #7, Six Days, Spider-Man/Deadpool #50, Star Wars Adventures #21, Supergirl #30, Symbiote Spider-Man #2, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #44, Unnatural #9, Vindication #4, War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #2, Wasted Space #9, Waves, Wonder Woman #70

Recommended Collections: Accell - Volume 4: Slipstream Dream, Beyonders - Volume 1, Blackbird - Volume 1, Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor - Volume 1, The Freeze - Volume 1, Justice League - Volume 2: Graveyard of the Gods, Pearl - Volume 1, Quantum & Woody! - Volume 2: Separation Anxiety, Red Sonja/Tarzan, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider - Volume 1: Spider-Geddon, Star Wars: Age of Republic - Villains, Thor by Jason Aaron: Complete Collection - Volume 1, The Woods: Yearbook Edition - Volume 1

d. emerson eddy feels like a frappuccino.

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2020 Masters Day THREE : Semi-Finalists Decided

Stuart Hardy reports

Pat Kirton has more National Masters titles than anyone.  18.  And a host of British Opens.  He showed his class today beating current World O80 Champion Lance Kinder in straight games.

Another prolific champion is the Men’s 75s.  Adrian Wright (YKS) is a four-time World Champion and has nine National titles.  He overcame a spirited challenge from John Robertson (DYS) winning in four and will meet Ken Johnson (NLD) who squeezed past Thomas Elves in an all North East clash.  In the other half British Open Champion Mike Clemson (YKS) will meet Scotland No 1 Ken Reid.

Top seed and former Open and National Champion Barry Featherstone (HPH) had a hard time against Jonathan Firth (CHS) in the Over 70s winning in four and now meets Ian Graham (SSX).  They have each won once this season.  The other semi will be between England captain Larry Grover (HPH) and Scotland No 1 Ian Ross, a former European Champion.

The top four seeds came through in the 65s.  Stuart Hardy (MDX) the Masters Chairman had another 3/2 win – this over Terry Belshaw (CBA) and now has the pleasure of a match with top seed and five-time champion Mark Cowley (MDX).  In the other half defending champion Steve Johnson (LNH) removed Geoff Redfern (WKS) in three close games and will play Simon Evenden (NHM) who proved too mobile for Paul Reader (HPH).

The match of the Men’s 60s was between a former champion Jeremy Goulding (AVN) and James Ockwell (MDX) back in his first event for five years.  In a match full of some great squash Goulding saved the fourth and held on for a 12/10 in the fifth for the win.  He meets Neil Harrison (DCL) in one semi while top seed and defending Champion Jon Evan (Wales) awaits.  He overcame Scotland No 1 Robin Ridley and now plays European Champion Allen Barwise (LNH) who got a revenge win over George Kousseff (HPH).

Hampshire’s Jon Foster continues to impress in the 55s and now meets Ray Burke (LNH) who has been frantically training since Christmas and given up alcohol.  It paid off as he saved match points and won a five-game thriller against Darren Withey (BUX).  In the other half Alex Betts (MDX) tamed the powerful Steve Calvert (NLD) and meets his season’s nemesis in former champion Eamonn Price (HFD).

Four times National Champion Yawar Abbas (DCL) gave another master class in the Mens 50s and sets up a semi with Steve McLoughlin (HPH) who won an all action match against Phil Yerby (BUX) the defending National Champion in five,  There was an upset in the other half as No 2 seed Dave Youngs (NOR) lost in four to Tim Clark (DCL) and he meets County colleague Andy Cross who made it three semi-finals out of four for Durham.

In a battle of the Nicks, the O45 top seed Nick Wall (YKS) survived by a slim 12/10 in the fifth against the talented Nick Staunton (IRE) the 2018 Champion.  He now meets Matt Stephenson (YKS) who stunned Devon’s Jon Gallacher in a power-hitting match.  The other half of the draw saw Ashley Bowling (OFE) book his semi-final with a 3/0 win over Wales No 1 Jonathan Davies and he plays defending champion Paul Boyle (BUX).

Former circuit pro Darren Lewis (LEC) stormed into the semi-finals of the Men’s 40s against Tim Burrell (BRK) and now plays local pro Nick Hargreaves who much to the delight of the home crowd came through against Nick Freer (MDX).  The other half had former champion Matt Marshall (BUX) take on the powerful Mick Biggs (MDX) and Biggs went two games up before Marshall struck back and survived match points in the fourth before taking it 20/18 and then clinched the fifth 11/9 in a thriller of high class squash.

In the Blue Riband event the Men’s 35s top seeds showed their class.  Top seed and Army Champion Sam Miller (WKS) beat Paul Stroud (LEC) and meets British Open Champion Phil Nightingale (SRY) who had too much for Keith Timms (HFD).  Another Surrey pro Phil Rushworth, the No 2 seed, despatched Norfolk champion Matt Bolt and will meet another Norfolk star in Jamie Goodrich who had too much game for Surrey’s Tony Webb.

The Women’s events moved into full action.  The 60s boasts three World Champions and two of them will meet in one semi as Julie Field (YKS) beat Scotland’s Eunice Bond while Jill Champion (MDX) won through against Lynne Davies of Wales.  Meanwhile Karen Hume (KNT) removed Susan Pynegar (NOT) and will meet the very skilful Sian Johnson (WAL) the No 2 seed.

The defending Champion in the 55s is Mandy Akin (KNT) and she progressed smoothly and will meet Jackie Gregory (ESX) who upset the seedings beating Isobel Smith (HFD) in five.  Meanwhile the woman with the most Regional titles, Fran Wallis (LCN), booked a semi-final against Hilary Kenyon (CHS) defeating Polly Woodward (CHS) while Kenyon beat Surrey’s Tammy Bennett.

European Champion Andrea Santamaria (YKS) is the one to beat in the Women’s 50s.  Dorset’s Bev Vatcher gave her all and took the first but was then pegged back and overpowered.  She plays Rackethon Champion Izzy Bramhall (NOT) who beat another Dorset player Sharmine Coleman.

The defending Champion in the Women’s over 45s is Rachel Woodward (NOT) and she had too much game for Zoe Shardlow (SSX) and now has a semi-final against Louisa Dalwood (HFD).  The seeds in the other half survived and Sarah Parr (BKS) edged home in four against Linda Pritchard (SPE) and meets England teammate Rachel Calver (LEC) for a place in the final.

The Women’s 35s seeds all meet in the semi-finals.  Sarah Campion (CHS) will meet county colleague Natalie Husdon.  She beat Reka Gay (CBE) in straight games.  Second seed Sarah-Jane Neller (ESX) proved too good for Elaine Radcliffe (SPE) and plays Sophie Beake (BRK) who defeated Gemma Barber (DOR) also in straight games.

The semi-finals will all be at Nottingham Squash Club on Saturday from 11 am.  Spectators are welcome.

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Do you have any cykesquill head canons for your harry potter AU?

 hope you know you’ve released the beast. this is your fault. what happens now is on you~

Everyone who follows me probably knows I’m shit for my own AU that I haven’t really posted anywhere but here on tumblr. you guys can find that stuff by looking up my tag on my page Apollo Justice: Ace Wizards, or AJ: AW, or my hp/aa au or just yunno asking abt it i fail im sorry i rlly am slowly working on it

i am made of complete shit

Athena is just a sweet bundle of joy and happiness and Simon is a cold, raven-haired box of darkness- courtesy of his family name. The two are basically bound to meet, the perfect foils of each other. 

though Cykesquill isn’t the main ship of this AU, as you can see in the title, it is a pretty big one, like Romione

Simon and Athena have the Slytherin/Hufflepuff buddy to relationship thing going on and I love it 100%

When Simon first meets Apollo, he scares the crap out of him.

Simon and Athena already know each even at this point

I have been writing everything very out of order, so everything I’m saying might not be 100% accurate or may just be ideas c:

As it stand now, at the beginning of their third year, Klavier runs out of morning DADA because his jerk legal guardian and Apollo and Athena follow him out of the building to get him to come to the Quidditch Pitch like he promised the night before.

The reason for this is that Simon is trying out for the Syltherin Quidditch team and the whole group were going to go to show their support~

Apollo and Klavier didn’t end up going because whoops- Kristoph is a horrible brother and human being overall

Athena parted ways with Apollo before he left the building and she left to find Juniper (a fellow Huffie) and Clay (Ravenclaw extraordinaire).

Clay was sad when he and Ema met up with Athena and there was no sign of Polly

Simon Blackquill did make the team and became a Slytherin Beater

unfortunately Daryan is Slytherin’s seeker and he sorta sucks as a person and a player so…. Sorry Simon..Simon did make the team better, though~

Simon is a captain of Dueling Club and excels at it

Athena helped him practice to get on the team 

she is a very skilled witch

Simon worked for Athena’s mother during the summers from when he was about 11 up until she died.

Metis worked with Muggle technology, hence the ‘Blood Traitor’ nickname Daryan gives Athena in Ch 5 of AW1

I just relized that I’ve beaten Daryan up a lot through out this series. oh will he ever learn?

Simon is often labeled a blood traitor as well since he still hangs around a Cykes’.

After Clay’s death, Ema opens up to a bunch of new people. She only really talked to Clay and Klavier because she’s stuck with him because of their parental ties

Ema, protecting Apollo, clashes with the group and that includes Simon and Athena, who know something is very, very wrong

Post Clay’s death, Athena, having highly Empathic abilities and Simon knowing a lot about human psychology from working his Metis, know something is wrong and convince Klavier to begin trailing Apollo

LOL Ema knew the whole time

Apollo is scared shitless that someone else he loves is next

Here, it is mentioned that Athena’s patronus is a Swallow 

Simon’s patronus is a Hawk

again, foils. what can i say?

Simon and Athena are the parents of their friend group

Simon furiously collects chocolate frog cards

Aura thinks it’s stupid and childish

Apollo and Nahyutah turn Simon into a comic book geek

“The pictures aren’t moving, how in the world do they do that?”

“Simon, it’s a Muggle book.”

“I know! How is it doing that?”

If Simon smelled Amortensia, he’d smell citrus, pine, and the Cykes’s welcoming home that is so different from his own. 

Athena’s favorite class is Defense Against the Darks Arts with Professor Phoenix Wright

Simon’s favorite class is Transfiguration with Professor Maya Fey

Simon’s and Aura’s reltionship is absurdly better than Klavier’s and Kristoph’s

Professor Franziska Von Karma of Slytherin house hates a lot of things

poor students

P, D, and T grades on her student’s OWLs and NEWTs

potions that destroy her classroom

kids that don’t do as they’re told

her brother’s isiotic husband

but one thing she can stand behind is how happy “that hufflepuff girl makes Mr. Blackquill.” Her words not mine. 

and basically everyone agree

Athena’s wand is Hazel with Unicorn hair, 12 inches and unyeilding

Simon’s wand is made from Fir, with a Dragon core, 14 inches

EDIT/ i almost forgot uhhh Clonco and Ponco are Simon’s and Athena’s owls!! because i honestly could not make them robots in the wizarding world…

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Stand by, Dodo, this looks like a rescue mission. The Navy's in trouble!

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The War Machines (1966)

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#if there's one thing ben and polly are going to do #it's fight through brainwashing to protect each other

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The War Machines (1966) | The Macra Terror (1967)

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MICHAEL CRAZE & ANNEKE WILLS as Ben Jackson and Polly Wright

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The Tenth Planet (1966)

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POLLY WRIGHT & BEN JACKSON

DOCTOR WHO The War Machines (1966) The Daleks in Colour (2023)

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POLLY WRIGHT & BEN JACKSON

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The War Machines (1966)

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endless list of pairings i love  →  polly wright + ben jackson (doctor who)

He hugged Polly closer. “Besides, Duchess, I don’t need you in my head when I have you here.” And he tapped his heart. “Always.”

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POLLY WRIGHT ↳ Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966)

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POLLY WRIGHT & BEN JACKSON

DOCTOR WHO ↳ The Tenth Planet (1966)

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POLLY WRIGHT & BEN JACKSON ↳ Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966)

GREEN: Do you know what has happened to [Ben]? Answer! POLLY: He escaped. GREEN: How do you know? POLLY: I saw him. GREEN: You saw him and you did not give the alarm? POLLY: No. GREEN: Why not? POLLY: I...don’t know. GREEN: You are working for the machines, you are an instrument only. You have no friends, no will of your own! POLLY: Friends... He was my friend...

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BEN JACKSON & POLLY WRIGHT ↳ Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966)

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But I can't make you understand, you're condemning us all to die, have you no heart?

POLLY WRIGHT + being 100% done with cybermen ↳ Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet (1966)

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