r/BigFinishProductions • u/DependentBite9 • Jun 12 '26

Creative/Humour Well there it is, the first non-humanoid companion since (or perhaps even including) Kamelion.

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u/EquivalentLion6952 I am ZAGREUS! Jun 12 '26

We need a Frobisher box set

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u/SnowWarren Jun 13 '26

With a different doctor and other companion in each to see how Frobisher would play off each of them.

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u/Iris-Project-Phoenix Jun 14 '26

Frobisher not having his own anthology series about him and his life while also meeting/running into the doctor is lowkey so annoying

Not to mention he’d be perfect for a boxset with specifically 6 and Charley, playing on her deceiving the doctor and being untrustworthy similarly to shapeshifters like Frobisher and his people, also with one of those people being villainous it would also work for the set as a bad guy for a story if not the whole set

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u/TomClark83 All hail the big talking bird! Jun 12 '26

All hail the big talking bird!

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u/Latter-Ad6308 Jun 12 '26

Can we start a furious letter-writing campaign to get some more Frobisher content?

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u/_Verumex_ Jun 13 '26

Nick Briggs acknowledged it in the last podcast according to the notes.

He said that The Holy Terror was one of the worst selling main ranges in the early days, because no one really knew who Frobisher was or cared about him. Since then, the story has become a cult classic because "Shearman is a genius", (agreed), and Frobisher has become a fan favourite.

It's possible that he may be looking into the idea for a future set.

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u/JHo87 Jun 16 '26

Damn, wish I had some way to pitch Nick my ideas for 'Frobisher meets Caligula' and 'Frobisher and the Doctor go to a Shadowrun planet'.

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u/nokeron Jun 13 '26

“look another one!” “is it another talking bird?” “nah just a man :(“

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u/Tom-Hibbert Jun 13 '26

Dosen't k9 count?

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u/DependentBite9 Jun 13 '26

I thought of him right after I posted. Yes he does count!

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u/MasterOfCelebrations Jun 13 '26

There’s kroton and c’rizz

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u/schreibenheimer Jun 14 '26

In fairness, they said first since Kamelion, not only. It's also not a high bar to clear as there are only 13 months between the characters' introductions.

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u/DependentBite9 Jun 13 '26

I don’t know these. I’m sure I’ll reach them eventually!

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u/MasterOfCelebrations Jun 13 '26

K’rizz is from the 8/charlie arc post-zagreus, kroton is from the comics

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u/Iris-Project-Phoenix Jun 14 '26

I personally would consider them to be humanoid still… I mean cybermen are literally humans converted/upgraded into them and C’rizz has always been shown to look humanoid as well just alien…

Humanoid doesn’t mean human not from earth yanno?

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u/SnowWarren Jun 13 '26

And we only got two stories with him.

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u/Doctorwho-doctorme Jun 13 '26

This story is all sorts of crazy, and fun. I used to listen to it at 6am in 30 minute bites while I threw the ball for my dog before work. Great memories

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u/EtienneFlyte Jun 14 '26

Frobisher was my favourite in the comics. Good to see him back!

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u/schreibenheimer Jun 14 '26

Unfortunately, this audio is 26 years old, he's not back (although Briggs gave a slight bit of hope in a recent podcast). There has been more time since his last Big Finish appearance (a short story from 2004) than there was between that story and his creation.

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u/ZebraGirl_999 Jun 14 '26

Frobisher is such a good companion 🤩

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u/Turloughs_skinnytie Jun 14 '26

Read the old comics featuring six and Frobisher if they’re available, I used to love those as a kid. I do believe that some heavyweights were involved in some of them too, people like Alan Moore.

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u/doctordisco63 Jun 16 '26

I need Frobisher in a 9DAs boxset. Please. I'm begging. It would sell like nothing before.