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Series
  
'Doctor Who'

Featuring
  
Sixth Doctor Frobisher

Directed by
  
Gary Russell

Release no.
  
33 ½

Written by
  
Robert Shearman

Produced by
  
Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery

The Maltese Penguin is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was initially made available as an exclusive bonus to Big Finish series subscribers and was not sold commercially, although it is now available to nonsubscribers.

Contents

Plot

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!

Cast

  • The Doctor — Colin Baker
  • Frobisher — Robert Jezek
  • Josiah W Dogbolter — Toby Longworth
  • Alicia Mulholland — Jane Goddard
  • Chandler — Alistair Lock

    • Continuity

  • Frobisher is a character from the Doctor Who Magazine comics. He first appeared in their first Sixth Doctor story "The Shape Shifters". His only other Big Finish story is The Holy Terror.
  • Dogbolter was also a character from the comics, also appearing in Shape Shifters, and before that, The Moderator.

    • References

    The Maltese Penguin Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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