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I loved hearing Frobisher in The Holy Terror, so I was happy to here that there was this audio here that focuses on his PI work. The Doctor appears occasionally, even admitting that he’s lonely and would like for Frobisher to travel with him again, which is quite touching. But Frobisher wants to commit himself to a case, mentally narrating some noir cliches (accompanied by typical noir music) along the way. He disguises himself in the form of The Doctor, so Colin Baker does get to play around a
Great fun audio featuring Frobisher the Whifferdill. A great parody of hard boiled detective fiction by Rob Shearman.
An amusing noir and my first exposure to Frobisher the penguin, though I was aware of his existence prior.
A pastiche of The Maltese Falcon with the 6th Doctor's shape-shifting penguin companion? What else could it be? It's silly, ridiculous, and Colin Baker's hard-boiled accent is something to behold. It's not one of the better Big Finish stories, but it did give me a good laugh or two: perfect for the current times.
Hilarious.Also sad.Also fun.
Hilarious! Maybe I have a "bad" sense of humor, but this is one of my favorites from Big Finish. I wish Frobisher was in more than just the two audios...
this reminds me of that episode of Community that Chang was trying to be a detective and talked to himself all the time in the middle of a conversation :))))
Frobisher is employed as a Private Eye to investigate Alicia Mulholland's fiancé, Arthur Gringax. As a penguin detective would be somewhat conspicuous, he instead chooses to disguise himself ... as the Doctor!
I liked this a lot. I don't know if Robert Jezek, who voices the 6th Doctor's penguin-companion, Frobisher, is American or not but his drawling accent has just the right dash of guilelessness to put me in the mood to accept such a preposterous character. This is a neat adventure in which the Doctor is only a peripheral character, as Frobisher tries to solve a mystery on his own. Lots of mock-noir touches and the fact that humour is the one thing that can spell the beginning of the end of a corpo...
this was, um, interesting. kinda weird.
Ugh. I'm not a fan of Howard The Duck, I mean Frobisher the Penguin. Pointless, cartoonish bullshit. I zoned out long before the end and didn't care.
This has some goofy accents, noir quotes, and a bit of Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet impressions, plus we get to meet Frobisher's ex-wife. Perhaps not the best story, but certainly entertaining.
Audio adventure with Frobisher and the sixth Doctor. Lighthearted homage to hard-boiled detective stories. Occasionally a bit hard to tell exactly what's going on.
This sparkling little script is a morsel of fun -- provided of course you realize you're not getting any significant Doctor in this Doctor Who story. One star taken away for the horribly distracting wandering of (I think it was) Colin Baker's accent. Seriously, it was so distracting and wandering it sounded like a different person was speaking every time er, that particular character opened his mouth. Anyway, that's just me complaining, don't let that keep you away from this fun little special.
This was so fun.
Lots of fun. Truly had me laughing my head off. SpoilersTook me a minute to realize Colin Baker was doing Frobisher (too) because - Frobisher had disguised himself in the Doctor's humanoid shape.
A fun light-hearted spoof of hard-boiled detective fiction. Nothing particularly deep or startlingly original, but good fun.
This story is not for everyone. I never really cared for the Forbrisher character when he was a regular in the comic strips. But, he is kind of amusing here in the audio format.He is much beter here than in the comic strips. I am also a fan of the old hard boliled detective novels and related films and this is a spoof of some of the classics. I enjoyed the Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Bogart, and other spoofs and in references to that genre. Colin Baker was clearly having a great time. The
Features the Sixth Doctor and his penguin-shaped companion Frobisher from the comic strips, in a spoof of The Maltese Falcon which won't mean a lot unless you are a) a fan of the original film and/or b) remember the original Six/Frobisher comic strips with some affection. I fall into neither category and it left me rather cold.
