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|species          = Robot
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|affiliation      = Josiah W. Dogbolter
|affiliation      = Josiah W. Dogbolter
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|first cs          = The Moderator (comic story)
|first             = The Moderator (comic story)
|appearances      = {{appears}}
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|voice actor       = Wayne Forester
|appearances      = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'', ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|The Incomplete Death's Head]]'', ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Quantum Possibility Engine (audio story)|The Quantum Possibility Engine]]''
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|actor             = Wayne Forester
'''Hob''' was the loyal [[robot]] servant of [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Moderator (comic story)}}, {{cs|Time Bomb! (comic story)}})
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}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the loyal [[robot]] servant of [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Moderator (comic story)|The Moderator]]'', ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'')


In anticipation of Dogbolter meeting [[Frobisher]] again, Hob was installed with a [[null-beam]] to block Frobisher's shapeshifting [[Whifferdill]] abilities. After Dogbolter was broadcast on the [[Galactic Broadcasting Corporation]] confessing to murder, Hob offered his resignation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')
== Biography ==
According to one account, Hob was flung into the [[Time Vortex]] after the [[Dogbolter Temporal Rocket]] exploded, and was heavily rebuilt into a gigantic, green, monstrous spider-like figure, with his head extending out of a cavernous jaw.


According to another account, Hob was flung into the [[Time Vortex]] after the [[Dogbolter Temporal Rocket]] exploded, and was heavily rebuilt into a gigantic, green, monstrous spider-like figure, with his head extending out of a cavernous jaw.
[[File:Hob TIDH 10.jpg|thumb|left|Hob on [[Maruthea]] after being rebuilt. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)}})]]
[[File:Hob TIDH 10.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Hob on [[Maruthea]] after being rebuilt.]]
Hob ended up on [[Maruthea]], where he built a database over three million years, dedicated to the life of [[Death's Head]]. He did this to track down Death's Head and force him to find his lost master, whom he faithfully swore to locate across space and time. He became enraged at and denied any suggestion Dogbolter had perished in the explosion. After viewing the database, two versions of Death's Head and [[Tuck (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Tuck]] incapacitated him with the help of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)}})
Hob ended up on [[Maruthea]], where he built a database over three million years, dedicated to the life of [[Death's Head]]. He did this to track down Death's Head and force him to find his lost master, whom he faithfully swore to locate across space and time. He became enraged at and denied any suggestion Dogbolter had perished in the explosion. After viewing the database, two versions of Death's Head and [[Tuck (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Tuck]] incapacitated him with the help of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|The Incomplete Death's Head]]'')
 
He still served Dogbolter by the time he became [[President of the Solar System]] and [[Melanie Bush]] delivered him [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], who{{who}} was suspicious of him{{who}}. He told Mel of the consequences of reneging on her deal. He used the technology created from the Gallifreyan knowledge to wipe the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]], and [[Narvin]] out of time. Mel's back door into Dogbolter's system allowed her to control Hob. He told her about the [[Quantum Possibility Engine]]. He fell into the [[hot tub]] in Dogbolter's suite, and remained there until Dogbolter used it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Quantum Possibility Engine (audio story)}})
 
In anticipation of Dogbolter meeting [[Frobisher]] again, Hob was installed with a [[null-beam]] to block Frobisher's shapeshifting [[Whifferdill]] abilities. After Dogbolter was broadcast on the [[Galactic Broadcasting Corporation]] confessing to murder, Hob offered his resignation. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201126020646/https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Hob_(Earth-5556) '''Hob'''] at [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/ Marvel Database] (archived)
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Hob was the loyal robot servant of Josiah W. Dogbolter. (COMIC: The Moderator [+]Loading...["The Moderator (comic story)"], Time Bomb! [+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to one account, Hob was flung into the Time Vortex after the Dogbolter Temporal Rocket exploded, and was heavily rebuilt into a gigantic, green, monstrous spider-like figure, with his head extending out of a cavernous jaw.

Hob on Maruthea after being rebuilt. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head [+]Loading...["The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)"])

Hob ended up on Maruthea, where he built a database over three million years, dedicated to the life of Death's Head. He did this to track down Death's Head and force him to find his lost master, whom he faithfully swore to locate across space and time. He became enraged at and denied any suggestion Dogbolter had perished in the explosion. After viewing the database, two versions of Death's Head and Tuck incapacitated him with the help of the Seventh Doctor. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head [+]Loading...["The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)"])

He still served Dogbolter by the time he became President of the Solar System and Melanie Bush delivered him the Doctor's TARDIS, who[who?] was suspicious of him[who?]. He told Mel of the consequences of reneging on her deal. He used the technology created from the Gallifreyan knowledge to wipe the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and Narvin out of time. Mel's back door into Dogbolter's system allowed her to control Hob. He told her about the Quantum Possibility Engine. He fell into the hot tub in Dogbolter's suite, and remained there until Dogbolter used it. (AUDIO: The Quantum Possibility Engine [+]Loading...["The Quantum Possibility Engine (audio story)"])

In anticipation of Dogbolter meeting Frobisher again, Hob was installed with a null-beam to block Frobisher's shapeshifting Whifferdill abilities. After Dogbolter was broadcast on the Galactic Broadcasting Corporation confessing to murder, Hob offered his resignation. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Showdown [+]Loading...["The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jamie Anderson, who had to cast the character for The Quantum Possibility Engine audio, which he directed, was searching for someone who could channel Peter Lorre, the actor portraying Joel Cairo in the movie The Maltese Falcon. (The Big Finish Podcast, 21 October 2018.)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]