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{{Infobox Individual
|alias             = Avan Tarklu, [[The Doctor]], Bish
|image             = Frobisher eats a worm.jpg
|species           = Whifferdill
|origin            = [[Xenon]]
|spouse            = Caralla
|first             = The Shape Shifter (comic story)
|appearances       = {{appears}}
|voice actor       = Robert Jezek
|other voice actor = [[Colin Baker]]
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'''"Frobisher"''' was the name taken by the [[Whifferdill]] [[companion]] of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] Doctors. While technically capable of turning into nearly any form, Frobisher ultimately found he preferred the shape of a small [[Penguin|penguin]], staying in that body for most of his life. He shared the Doctor's positive outlook on the [[universe]] as well as many of his other witticisms.

== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Frobisher began life as a street urchin in a [[slum]] on [[Xenon]] without much friendly company. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time-Lord]]'') He was married to another Whifferdill named [[Francine (The Maltese Penguin)|Francine]], who left him because she felt she was a better detective. He was a con man for the most part, using his abilities to make [[money]] regardless of the cost to others. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'') Being a private detective, Frobisher became used to being knocked unconscious to the point where he almost enjoyed it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

=== Travels with the Doctor ===
==== Joining the Doctor ====
Living as Avan Tarklu in the [[82nd century]], he came across the [[Sixth Doctor]] when [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]] placed a bounty on the [[Time Lord]]. Following the Doctor, he infiltrated his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], shifting into [[Time rotor|the central column]] and piloting it. However, instead of turning the Doctor in for the money (even though the TARDIS interested Dogbolter more), Tarklu decided that he liked the Doctor, and helped him escape. They stole the money which they split evenly. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'')

==== Early travels ====
Frobisher joined the Doctor on his journeys. He took the name of Frobisher because he felt that it sounded [[Great Britain|British]], thinking that the Doctor would like that. He also settled on the form of a [[penguin]]. Frobisher and the Doctor were assigned by [[Voyager]] to return his star charts.

Frobisher saved the Doctor from drowning in the sea by hoisting him onto a rock. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'') Frobisher helped [[Ivan Asimoff]] rescue [[Polly (Polly the Glot)|Polly]] the [[Zyglot]] from a circus. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Polly the Glot (comic story)|Polly the Glot]]'')

The Doctor defeated [[Plink]], whom he had encountered before, in battle. After the Doctor referred to their encounter as their "peripatetic perigrinations", Frobisher asked for a dictionary. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Death to the Doctor! (comic story)|Death to the Doctor!]]'') Later duing their travels, Frobisher met [[Peri Brown|Peri]], after the Doctor picked her up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]]'')

Sometime later, when the Sixth Doctor and Peri were out of the room, the [[Tenth Doctor]] appeared to Frobisher through the [[TARDIS control console]]; the same way that Frobisher had first appeared to him. The Doctor told him that he needed his help, and that he would also be helping himself and many other [[companion]]s.[[File:Ten_meets_Frobisher.jpg|thumb|The Tenth Doctor contacts Frobisher. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]'')]]
The Sixth Doctor landed in the year [[7214]], where a nature preserve was keeping the last [[Penguin]]s alive. The Doctor was captured by the local robotic officials, who believed him to be insane, and was locked in a mental institution. There he learned that the robots were under the control of {{Ainley}}, and that all of the staff in the prison were his [[Auton]] slaves. Frobisher and Peri broke into the prison, Frobisher shape shifting into a hospital staff member pretending to be escorting Peri. When they were discovered, the Auton staff attacked, Frobisher and Peri running away through the building.

The Doctor broke out of his cell, and ran into Frobisher, who was disguised as Peri, as the Tenth Doctor had instructed. They were chased into a room by the Autons, but the Doctor was able to stop them by melting the plastic inside them. When he turned around, though, he saw Peri, actually Frobisher, captured by a [[Adam Mitchell|cloaked figure]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]'')

Now in the same cell system that the cloaked figure had used to capture the Doctor's other companions, Frobisher escaped his cell- designed to hold Peri rather than himself- and began exploring. After the true culprit had explained his plans to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and the Doctor had summoned his other ten selves to assist him, Frobisher made his move. He disguised himself as a remote control that would have ended the lives of all the Doctor's companions minus one, only revealing the switch to Adam Mitchell when Adam tried to use it in response to the Doctors' presence. With some instruction from the Second Doctor, Frobisher masqueraded as an Auton and freed all of the Doctor's companions so that they could help the Doctors hold off the Autons until [[Rose Tyler]], the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]], Tenth and Eleventh Doctors could convince Adam that he was wrong. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]'')

==== Illness ====
Frobisher became ill with [[mono-morphia]], trapping him in the form of a penguin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis! (comic story)|Genesis!]]'') He travelled back to prehistoric [[Earth]] and went swimming, trying to catch a fish. A reptile in the sea began chasing him, but Frobisher was unable to change due to his illness.

The Doctor was forced to throw some waste from the future at it. This set history on the course it was intended to follow. Peri joined them on their travels again after she watched a baseball match. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb (comic story)|Time Bomb]]'')

Frobisher began to recover from the mono-morphia. He battled a [[Kymbra Chimera]] after it infiltrated the TARDIS, his powers holding out long enough for the Doctor to have it sucked out. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'')

==== Later travels ====
The Doctor promised to take them to [[Arcadia (planet)|Arcadia]], but instead, they landed on a spaceship called the ''[[Mayflower]]''. There, they met [[Kara McAllista]], and helped her repel the [[Profiteer of Ephte]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Profits of Doom! (comic story)|Profits of Doom!]]'')

They attended the [[Lorduke of Zazz]]'s party on the [[planet]] [[Zazz]]. There, Frobisher danced and performed for the guests. He helped prepare Professor [[Strut]]'s rocket to deliver a plague of [[self-replicating robot]]s to the planet's [[moon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')

==== Second batch of travels ====
Frobisher eventually left the Doctor, and returned to work as a detective. The Doctor visited him to see if he wanted to resume travelling; Frobisher declined. [[Alicia Mulholland]] approached him and asked him to follow her husband, [[Arthur Gringax]], to see if he was cheating on her. Frobisher performed part of this mission in the Doctor's shape, in order to remain inconspicuous.

Frobisher followed Gringax to an inn. There he was taken prisoner by [[Elric Chandler]] and delivered to Josiah W. Dogbolter. He escaped, but was soon recaptured. The economy broke down after the workers read a joke and became imaginative as a result. Dogbolter then escaped. Alicia revealed herself to be Francine, and told Frobisher that he should leave with the Doctor, as he would later regret staying with her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

The TARDIS "went on strike" after Frobisher harmed a [[Gumblejack]] created by the [[dimensional stabiliser]]. She took them to [[Eugene's World|a medieval-style castle]]. Upon emerging, the people were fascinated by "a talking bird" and believed Frobisher to be the Doctor's master.

After the current "[[god]]", [[Pepin VII]], abdicated from his rule, he proclaimed Frobisher as his successor and the new god. Frobisher attempted to improve life for the inhabitants of the bizarre and dictatorial world, but he and the Doctor learned this was a simulation: they were in a prison designed to punish [[Eugene Tacitus]], which came under attack from the apparition of Eugene's murdered son. Frobisher was horrified to see all the inhabitants killed before him, unable to save them. Eugene had his son kill him, removing the threat, and the Doctor and Frobisher left in the recovered TARDIS. Frobisher was left upset by his failure as he knew the simulated people had believed themselves to be real. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

After [[Peri Brown|Peri]] had left the TARDIS, Frobisher and the Doctor visited her descendants several times. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Chaos (comic story)|The Age of Chaos]]'') He greatly missed her.

After the Doctor regenerated into [[Seventh Doctor|his seventh form]], Frobisher found the journeys less fun without Peri and that he wasn't needed as much anymore. To cheer him up, the Doctor took him to the luxury planet [[A-Lux]] where they encountered [[Arryx]] and his [[Ice Warrior]]s, who had sabotaged the planet's weather controls, turning it into a snowy wilderness. Frobisher hooked up with the A-Lux resistance under [[Korr (A Cold Day in Hell!)|Korr]] and, despite his reluctance, risked his life to find destroy the weather control machines. He was left dismayed to find the Doctor had already reprogrammed them and was gently needling him for planning to just destroy them, ignorant of the risks Frobisher had took.

After the planet was saved, Frobisher decided he would stay behind in [[41st century]] A-Lux; he wanted a quiet life now and the locals needed him in a way the Doctor did not. The two parted, the Doctor telling him not to apologise for leaving as the penguin's happiness was what mattered. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'')

=== Life after the Doctor ===
[[File:Frobisher Morphs.jpg|thumb|right|Frobisher morphs back into a Penguin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')]]
Frobisher eventually took on a human form, calling himself "Bish". He came to run a bar, [[Bish's]], where he eventually met the [[Eighth Doctor]], though neither recognised the other due to both having changed their appearance since they'd parted ways. He talked with the Doctor, trying to find out why he looked so sad. When a robot called [[Zalda]] entered the bar, threatening to blow herself up, the Doctor talked her out of it. Frobisher then called for drinks on the house. When everyone had left the bar apart from his wife [[Caralla]], who worked there, he morphed back into his penguin form. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')

An image of Frobisher appeared on one of the [[Knowsall]] screens displaying the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s memories. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'')

[[File:Dogbolter and Chiyoko.jpg|thumb|left|Frobisher pretends to be [[Chiyoko]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')]]
As part of the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s plan to bring down Dogbolter, Frobisher disguised himself as one of the Doctor's old opponents, [[Chiyoko]]. As "Chiyoko", Frobisher pretended that he had suspended the inhabitants of [[Stockbridge]] in time in the year [[2016]] to lure the Doctor there so that Dogbolter could take his TARDIS; in reality the Doctor had done this to keep the villagers safe as ''the Doctor'' lured Dogbolter into a trap. When the Doctor and [[Maxwell Edison]] arrived at [[St Justinian's Church]], Frobisher revealed his identity and knocked out Dogbolter's henchmen. However, anticipating that Frobisher might show up again, the [[robot]] [[Hob]] blocked his powers. When Dogbolter tried to kill the Doctor, Max saved the Doctor's life, and [[Izzy Sinclair]] arrived at the church to knock Dogbolter out. [[Sharon Davies|Sharon Allen]] ultimately broadcast Dogbolter's confession to murder in his own century, and Dogbolter was arrested, with his assets seized.

[[File:The Stockbridge Showdown.jpg|thumb|right|Frobisher dances with [[Sharon Davies|Sharon]] at [[Maxwell Edison]]'s birthday party. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')]]
Frobisher joined the Doctor and some of the Doctor's friends at Max's sixtieth birthday party in the city of [[Cornucopia]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')

=== With Iris Wildthyme ===
The renegade [[Time Lord]] [[Iris Wildthyme]] (who had a habit of claiming that various of the Doctor's adventures had happened to her, not him) once said that she travelled with a mouthy shape-shifter [[companion]] who liked to stay in the shape of a penguin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'')

== Personality ==
Frobisher was known to speak in an [[United States of America|American]] dialect, even defaulting to an American accent when using the shape and voice of someone who didn't normally speak with one. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

Frobisher, like the Doctor, made light of threatening situations and tended to make jokes at these and other inappropriate times. Despite this, he became a loyal and trustworthy companion to the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'')

Frobisher once cited his wish to say, "Follow that cab!" as the reason he'd joined the private eye business. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

He had no qualms about killing, shooting guards at Dogbolter's estate ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'') and being unconcered about the tactics used against Ice Warriors on A-Lux. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'') Frobisher was not picky in his eating habits. He ate an [[earthworm]] that was offered to him by [[Brock (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Brock]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time-Lord]]'')
[[File:Frobisher and the Doc.jpg|right|thumb|Frobisher plays the [[piano]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')]]

He did not seem to fully understand penguin physiology. At one point he believed himself to have laid an egg. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb (comic story)|Time Bomb]]'')

Frobisher was keen to party when arriving on Zazz. This led to some conflict between him and the [[Lorduke of Zazz|Lorduke]]. He also annoyed Professor [[Strut]], a hater of music, by performing a rendition of ''[[Fireball XL5]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')

Frobisher left the Doctor for some time as he felt he was playing second fiddle, with the Doctor always saving the day. He believed the Doctor "cramped his style". Although Frobisher felt bad at leaving the Doctor, he surmised that he needed to work solo. He came to realise that he was better suited to rescuing [[cat]]s than saving the day. His second departure was also over the fact the Doctor did not need him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'')

Frobisher stated that the loss of Francine had hurt him deeply. He theorised that no one should ever get too close to another. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'') When Pepin VII told him not to get married, he replied that he had tried it, in reference to Francine. However, he "was no longer the [[Ogron]] she fell in love with". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

Frobisher preferred to catch his food, choosing to hunt [[Gumblejack]] over eating canned [[tuna]]. He stated that it had been so long since he heard his real name that he sometimes forgot what it was.

Frobisher did not believe in heaven. However, he reminded others not to take his word as gospel. Frobisher was reluctant to rule upon his proclamation as a god. He began introducing basic government principals to them, such as free will and voting.

Frobisher told the Doctor that, despite only existing in [[Eugene's World]], the inhabitants were still people. The Doctor compared this to Frobisher's claim that the Gumblejack wasn't real so Frobisher learned his lesson. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

=== Abilities ===
Frobisher had a good knowledge of mechanics and other technological aspects. He was able to play the [[piano]] and was also a capable singer. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')

Frobisher was able to use the TARDIS. He used the [[dimensional stabiliser]] to create some [[Gumblejack]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

Frobisher could shapeshift. ([[COMIC]]: [[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]], [[AUDIO]]: [[The Holy Terror]], [[AUDIO|AUDIO:]] [[The Maltese Penguin]].)  This was definitely the most memorable bit about him, considering that in an adventure with the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, the Doctor references a friend, Frobisher, who could shapeshift. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Death's Deal (audio story)|Death's Deal]])[[File:Frobisher with top hat.jpg|right|thumb|Frobisher dances with a cane and top hat. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb (comic story)|Time Bomb]]'')]]
=== Clothing ===
Frobisher usually remained solely in penguin form, undressed. A number of his forms involved dress but these were part of his body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[War-Game (comic story)|War-Game]]'') As a disguise he once morphed a pair of glasses, moustache and false nose (extended to accommodate his beak). ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'') He once wore a black [[top hat]] and carried a cane. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb (comic story)|Time Bomb]]'') On occasion he donned headgear and glasses. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'') On [[Marinus]], the [[Worldshaper]] caused Frobisher to moult quickly. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'') He once claimed to be wearing black and white [[trousers]] whilst in penguin form. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

=== Forms ===
Frobisher used the form of a pale yellow [[humanoid]], three to four feet in height, with an egg-shaped featureless head, wearing spectacles. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'') He once told the Doctor he spent fourteen years in the form of a [[supermarket]] till. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'') While with Francine, Frobisher used the form of an [[Ogron]], at least upon occasion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'')

He assumed the form of a [[pigeon]] on at least one occasion to allow himself to fly. Inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], he morphed to change into the [[time rotor]] of the [[TARDIS console]]. He then took on the Doctor's form so as to trick his captors. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'')

[[File:ShapeShifter.jpg|left|thumb|Frobisher takes the form of the [[time rotor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'')]]
After Francine left him, Frobisher adopted the form of a [[penguin]] as she had been fond of that shape. He did this to remember her. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'') He temporarily took on the form of the [[Sixth Doctor]] once more in order to investigate a murder because, as he explained, "A penguin detective would be shocking." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

On two occasions he morphed to extend his arms to perform strong punches. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'', ''[[Frobisher's Story (comic story)|Frobisher's Story]]'')

He temporarily turned into a muscular barbarian-style [[humanoid]] on the primitive [[planet]] [[Actinon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[War-Game (comic story)|War-Game]]'')

Frobisher took on the form of a [[Pantachian Rock Skipper]] to scale a steep wall. In this form he was able to hoist others up by a rope. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Frobisher's Story (comic story)|Frobisher's Story]]'')

[[File:Doc and Bish.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and Frobisher chat, neither knowing the other's identity. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')]]
Frobisher later developed [[mono-morphia]], which prevented him from shape-changing for some time, leaving him stuck in the form of a penguin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis! (comic story)|Genesis!]]'')

Frobisher morphed into the forms of a big cat, a [[dinosaur]] and a [[robot]] to combat a [[Kymbra Chimera]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'') He stretched his penguin form to one similar to a hang-glider. He used this form to save [[Professor]] [[Strut]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'') and later, [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'')

While investigating Arthur Gringax, he used the form of the Doctor, so as to appear less conspicuous. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'')

When the Doctor suggested that Frobisher had gained weight, he defended himself saying he had changed form from a [[King penguin]] to an [[Emperor penguin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission: Impractical (novel)|Mission: Impractical]]'')

When Frobisher was running [[Bish's]], he used a humanoid form going by the name of Bish. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')

[[File:Frobisher takes the form of a kid.jpg|thumb|left|Frobisher takes the form of a kid. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]'')]]
While running away from the [[Red robot (Façades)|red robots]], Frobisher took the form of a [[merry-go-round]] horse. When the red robots weren't anywhere near he and Peri, Frobisher went back to the shape of a penguin, and the changed to the form of a kid, posing as Peri's child. After the Tenth Doctor contacted him, Frobisher used Peri's form. This way, when the [[Adam Mitchell|cloaked figure]] captured "Peri", he could help the Doctor from inside [[Adam Mitchell's fortress|the fortress]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]'')

He took the girl-like form of [[Chiyoko]] to lure Dogbolter into a trap on [[Earth]]. He later morphed his body to avoid laser fire, and took the form of a rocky humanoid figure with hammers for hands and a masked superhero with an "F" emblem on his chest, the latter two both wearing spectacles. When [[Hob]] blocked his powers with a [[null-beam]], Frobisher changed back into a penguin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')

== Behind the scenes ==
* "Avan Tarklu" is a play on the phrase "haven't a clue."
* The many of Frobisher's travels with the Doctor don't mesh easily with televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' continuity, other than [[Peri Brown|Peri]]'s reference in ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'' to having met [[Jamie McCrimmon]] in [[Spain]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''. ''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'' however, can be placed in a period when the [[Seventh Doctor]] has left Ace behind in [[Cretaceous]] times, as seen in ''[[Living in the Past (short story)|Living in the Past]]'' and ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]''.
[[File:DWM 318 Malt Penguine.jpg|thumb|"Frobisher" recording the audio drama ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]''. ([[DWM 318]])]]
* A mock interview with Frobisher appeared in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' after he had left the series. The article refers to various humorous "on-set" anecdotes, including Frobisher's unwelcome interest in [[Nicola Bryant]], which caused tension during production. The interview was reprinted in the graphic novel ''[[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|The World Shapers]]''. Years later, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 318|318]] would again show Frobisher as a real actor, displaying him recording a new audio drama for [[Big Finish Productions]] as a real person.
* In 2020, [[Robert Shearman]], writer of ''[[The Maltese Penguin (audio story)|The Maltese Penguin]]'' and ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'', stated that he had always believed that [[Wilfred Mott]] was Frobisher, partly because he considered [[Bernard Cribbins]] a good casting choice for the character, and partly because he thought that having a shapeshifting penguin grandfather made a great deal of sense for [[Donna Noble]] as a character.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ShearmanRobert/status/1245532259328950277 "I've always secretly thought he was Wilf. Partly because I love the idea that Bernard Cribbins secretly played Frobisher, and partly because Donna makes such sense as the descendant of a shapeshifting penguin."]</ref>
*In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Spiral Scratch (novel)|Spiral Scratch]]'' when [[Melanie Bush]] sees alternative versions of the Doctor, one of the versions is him travelling with Frobisher.

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