Worlds

Lord of the Rings The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 was the final calendar in the series to include new, previously unpublished images made by Tolkien himself – most subsequent Middle-earth-related calendars feature illustrations made by other people, such as acclaimed artists John Howe and Alan…

Meltan is a curious Mythical Pokémon that seems to show an interest in all things. It has a soft body made from liquid metal – gallium – that gives it a very fluid shape. Its tail looks like a power cord or a plastic-coated copper wire with an exposed end.

Biologist Lena joins a science team that enters the mysterious Area X – a subtropical wilderness where an alien infestation is slowly encroaching behind an amorphous, iridescent, reality-shifting barrier known as the Shimmer.

Porygon is an artificial Pokémon made entirely out of programming code. Its inorganic body is made out of pink and blue polyhedra and prisms, which make it look like a bizarre digital cartoon bird.

What if animals evolved to human-levels of consciousness, intelligence, and civilisation? What if they lived in a world inhabited only by them? What would a city built by animals look like? These were the questions that inspired Walt Disney’s Zootopia.

Delibird carries a sack-like tail full of presents, it is decked out in festive colours, and it has a long white ‘beard’. If any Pokémon could be called a ‘Christmas Pokémon’, it would surely be this one.