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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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During Anneke Wills’s tenure as companion, episodes of Doctor Who were filmed a week ahead of transmission. So while her children were at home watching the newest episode with their father (actor Michael Gough), Anneke was in the studio filming the next week’s episode. If Polly had an encounter with a monster that week, the situation at home could become a little uncertain…

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Goodbyes

Polly: (realizing the date is when they first left with the Doctor) That means it's as if we've never been away!

The Doctor: You really want to go, don't you?

Ben: Well we won't leave Doctor if you really need us...

Polly: The thing is, it's our world.

The Doctor: Yes I know. You're lucky, I never got back to mine. All right then off you go! Now go on. Ben can catch his ship and become and Admiral, and Polly you can look after Ben.

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