John Frobisher

John Frobisher
Place of origin:	Earth
Appearances:	TW: Children of Earth: Day One TW: Children of Earth: Day Two TW: Children of Earth: Day Three TW: Children of Earth: Day Four TW: Children of Earth: Day Five
Main actor:	[[actor::Peter Capaldi|Peter Capaldi]]

John Frobisher was the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office and Torchwood 3's liaison to the British government. (TW: Day Two) He was later appointed informal ambassador to the 456. Passionate and driven, his job became increasingly difficult when all around him began to shirk any responsibility for the disaster that was unfolding.

Profile

Biography

Earlier career

John Frobisher started working for the Civil Service in 1970, according to his service biography; he worked in various departments before he joined the Home Office in the 90's; he was previously Director of Crime Control Policy before he was promoted to become Permanent Secretary to the Home Office in 2003.

Personal life

Frobisher had a wife named Anna and two daughters, Holly and Lilly. (TW: Children of Earth: Day One) His assistant Bridget Spears seemed to imply that he had had extramarital affairs, though she may possibly have spoken truthfully. (TW: Children of Earth: Day Three)

456 incident

As a civil servant, he followed the Prime Minister's orders. In 2009, then-Prime Minister, Brian Green considered Frobisher a tool to use to absolve himself of personal blame. He considered Frobisher considered "expendable" and made no secret of his lack of concern for his well-being. Based on his comments made to UNIT's Colonel Oduya, he had prior experience with aliens. In order to keep secret the 1965 deal with the 456, Frobisher ordered a "white paper" assassination order against everyone involved with the deal, including Jack Harkness. This led to the bombing of the Hub situated under Cardiff Bay by Johnson and her team. (TW: Children of Earth: Day One)

The British government believed, at that time, incorrectly, that the Hub somehow enabled Jack to die and come back to life. Therefore, they thought that they must destroy the Hub in order to deal with him.

Brian Green persuaded representatives to allow Frobisher (a unelected civil servant) to serve as Earth's representative to the 456. (Green wanted a scapegoat in case events went badly.) (TW: source?) Frobisher witnessed the 456 coming to Earth in Thames House along with Dekker. He was the first Human since 1965 known to speak with them. (TW: source?)

During an emergency meeting of COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room A) to determine the handover of 10% of British children, Green gave Frobisher the task of the selection and transport for the children, although the method by which children were selected was decided by the Cabinet. Frobisher invented the cover story suggesting the children would be inoculated against 456 control while the government in fact took them to hand over to the 456. (TW: Children of Earth: Day Four)

The next day, he was informed by the Prime Minister to publicly defend his children over for 'inoculation,' in an attempt by the government to portray themselves as victims in order to reassure the public regarding their cover story and to implicate the 456 as the true villains. Frobisher threatened to reveal to the press the true nature of the inoculations. Green persuaded him against this, noting that Frobisher's children would then know their fate. Knowing this, he decided to murder his family and commit suicide. He kissed his ever-loyal PA Bridget Spears on the cheek as they met for the final time. Spears, realising Frobisher's intentions, made clear to Lois Habiba, that "John Frobisher was a good man," and that, "It wasn't his fault." Spears then proceeded to record incriminating evidence against Green. (TW: Children of Earth: Day Five

Trivia

It is interesting to note that the sixth Doctor had a shapeshifting companion who was also named Frobisher.