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This article is about the Doctor Who character. For the television series, see K-9 (TV series). K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer For other uses, see K9.
Doctor Who universe character
K-9
Affiliated with Fourth Doctor
Sarah Jane Smith
Race Robot
Home planet Bi-Al Foundation, on an asteroid near Titan
Home era 51st century, later 20th-21st century
First appearance Mark I
The Invisible Enemy
Mark II
The Ribos Operation
Mark III
"A Girl's Best Friend"
Mark IV
"School Reunion"
Last appearance Mark I
The Invasion of Time
Mark II
Warriors' Gate
Mark III
"School Reunion"
Portrayed by John Leeson
David Brierley (voices)

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A new television series starring K-9, K-9, is currently in development and is planned to air in 2008. K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer

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Fictional character biography

Debuting in the 1977 serial The Invisible Enemy, the first K-9 was the creation of Professor Marius, a scientist working for the Bi-Al Foundation which was built on an asteroid near Titan in the year 5000. The Invisible Enemy is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Titan (ˈtaɪtən, or as A mobile computer, K-9 was constructed in the shape of a dog as a substitute for the one Marius had left back on Earth. Highly intelligent, with an extensive database and equipped with sophisticated sensors as well as a laser weapon built into its nose, K-9 was instrumental in helping the Fourth Doctor and Leela defeat a sentient virus. A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission. Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable At the end of the story, Marius suggested that K-9 join the Doctor on his travels. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in

All the K-9s referred to whoever owned them as "Master" or "Mistress" depending on their gender. The units were programmed to be both loyal and logical, with a penchant for taking orders literally, almost to a fault. The Fourth Doctor would often use a glib remark to disarm those who were surprised by K-9's appearance; in The Stones of Blood he said, "They're all the rage in Trenton, New Jersey. The Stones of Blood is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Trenton is the Capital of the US state of New Jersey and the County seat of Mercer County. " The Tenth Doctor defended its less-than-streamlined design (". The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running . . so disco!") to Rose Tyler, remarking that it was cutting edge in the year 5000. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who

Models

To date, four different versions of K-9 have appeared in the series:

K-9 Mark I continued to travel with and aid the Doctor and Leela until The Invasion of Time, when the Doctor left it on the planet Gallifrey to accompany Leela, who elected to remain behind on the Time Lord homeworld. Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Invasion of Time is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' However, once inside the TARDIS, the Doctor produced a box labelled "K-9 Mark II". The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the

K-9 Mark II was more mobile than its predecessor, and exhibited the ability to sense and warn others of danger. It was with the Doctor and Romana when they were shunted into the parallel universe of E-Space, and was severely damaged by time winds during the events of Warriors' Gate. Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a Fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Warriors' Gate is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four The damage was such that K-9 could only function in E-Space, and when Romana decided to stay and forge her own path, the Doctor gave K-9 to her. Due to a bout of laryngitis — which the Fourth Doctor was baffled as to how the robotic dog could have contracted — the voice of K-9 Mark II changes around the time of Romana's regeneration, only to revert some time later (in reality, this was due to voice actor Leeson temporarily leaving the series at the start of the 1979–80 season and being replaced by Brierley; Leeson returned for the 1980–81 season). Laryngitis is an Inflammation of the Larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the Vocal folds

K-9 Mark III was a gift from the Doctor to Sarah Jane Smith, and appeared with her in the pilot episode of the aborted spin-off series K-9 and Company as well as briefly in the 20th anniversary television movie The Five Doctors. Sarah Jane Smith is a Fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science fiction series Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced In the original outline to K-9 and Company, it would have been eventually revealed that K-9 Mark III was actually sent by and under the control of the Master, but this element never made it to the screen. The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. K-9 Mark III's final appearance was in the second series of the new Doctor Who with David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, alongside Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith in the episode "School Reunion". David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British " School Reunion " is the third episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. In the episode K-9 appears more run-down and worn, echoing Sarah's inability to repair it in the spin-off stories (see below). It died heroically, sacrificing itself by using the last of its energy reserves to set off an explosion.

K-9 Mark IV was a parting gift to Sarah Jane from the Doctor, appearing at the end of "School Reunion". It stated that the Doctor "rebuilt" it after the Mark III's sacrifice, implying that it had the same mind as the Mark III, but also confirmed it was a "brand new model", hence having the name Mark IV. Its systems were improved over those of its predecessor, including "omniflexible hyperlink facilities" and the ability to teleport. This model of K-9 also appeared briefly in "Invasion of the Bane", the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, where it was shown sealing off an artificially created black hole. "Invasion of the Bane" is the first episode of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created The real-world purpose of this is to remove K-9 from subsequent episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures, in which he will not appear because of the concurrent development of K-9. K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer K-9 reappeared once more in the series one finale to assist Sarah Jane against the series' villain. The Lost Boy is the sixth story of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. According to the official website for The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Doctor stored several presents for Sarah inside K-9, including a "sonic lipstick" and a watch to scan for alien life. sonic screwdriver is a Fictional Tool in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Conceptual history

K-9 was the brainchild of writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin. Bob Baker (born in Bristol, England in 1939 is an accomplished television and film writer Dave Ralph Martin (born in Birmingham, England, January 1 1935 &ndash March 30 2007) was an accomplished television and Its purpose was to have a character that could narrate while the miniaturised clones of the Doctor and Leela were inside the Doctor's body during the events of The Invisible Enemy. Martin's own dog had also been recently run over by a car, and K-9 was a car-proof tribute to it.

K-9 was not originally intended to be a companion, but producer Graham Williams liked the concept so much that the decision was made to retain it as a regular character. Graham Williams was a British Television producer and Script editor, whose best known work was on the BBC Science fiction Television The original name for the character was "FIDO" — apparently from "Phenomenal [sic] Indication Data Observation" unit — but it was eventually named K-9 (a play on "canine"). Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" "so" "as such" or "just as that" The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order

The initial idea for realising K-9 was to use a small actor inside a robotic Dobermann costume, but that was rejected in favour of a radio-controlled prop, designed by Tony Harding and made by the BBC Visual Effects Department. Radio control (often abbreviated to R/C or simply RC) is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device The robot suffered from numerous technical problems during its time in the series, often malfunctioning because the radio controls interfered with the cameras and vice versa. On location, K-9 also proved unable to traverse uneven terrain, and shots had to be conceived with this in mind. Workarounds included using a concealed piece of twine to pull the character along, or laying wooden planks on which it could roll.

K-9 Mark III as it appeared in the 2006 series, showing wear and tear.
K-9 Mark III as it appeared in the 2006 series, showing wear and tear.

K-9's innards were redesigned twice more over the course of the series, firstly in collaboration with a company called Slough Radio Control. It allowed one of its employees, Nigel Brackley, to be seconded to the series semi-permanently to supervise the prop. Brackley, who has since gone on to a career in the movie industry, controlled K-9 for many of its studio appearances. Eventually, there came a point where the dog's inherent liabilities were outweighing its assets, and the internal mechanisms were completely rebuilt by designer Charlie Lumm. The wheels were enlarged and given independent drives for power and better manoeuvrability, and the radio controls were switched from the AM to the FM band to resist interference. Amplitude modulation ( AM) is a technique used in electronic communication most commonly for transmitting information via a Radio Carrier wave However, by the time the improved model made its debut in State of Decay, the first story recorded for Season 18, the decision had already been made to write the character out of the series in the adventure Warriors' Gate. State of Decay is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four Warriors' Gate is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four

K-9 was a popular enough character to warrant an attempt to spin it off into its own series, as mentioned above. In addition to K-9 dolls, there were also talking K-9 toys produced by Palitoy, the speech provided by a miniature record inside the body of the toy. John Leeson provided the voice for K-9 in all its appearances, except for Season 17 (which included the unfinished Shada) when it was voiced by David Brierley. John Leeson (born March 1943 in Leicester, England) is a British Actor who although having had a varied stage and television career spanning For the Arabic emphasis sign see Shadda; for the village in Azerbaijan see Şada. When Shada was remade by Big Finish Productions, Leeson provided its voice. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and

The practical challenges of working with the K-9 prop have accompanied the robotic pooch in his return to Doctor Who. Producer Russell T. Davies told SFX magazine, "Yes, just as we expected, multiple takes [were required] when he bumped into a door or veered off to the left. Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer SFX is a British Magazine devoted to Science fiction and Fantasy subjects especially media-related topics but not containing fiction Lis Sladen did warn us, and she was right!"[1]

Other appearances

Popular culture

In 1990, an unspecified K-9 unit appeared with Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace in an episode of the children's education programme Search Out Science entitled Search Out Space, which was included as an extra on the release of the Doctor Who story Survival by the BBC. Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962) is an English actress and Television presenter, best known for her portrayal of The Ace (given name Dorothy) is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series Survival is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three parts Another unspecified K-9 unit also appeared in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time. Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and

A modern day K9 Doctor Who toy.
A modern day K9 Doctor Who toy.

In the 1998 computer game Fallout 2, the Navarro base has a damaged robot dog known as K-9, which uses similar speech mannerisms to the Doctor Who character. Fallout 2 is a Computer role-playing game published by Interplay in 1998 If repaired, the cyberdog is willing to join the character's party as a companion.

In the 1999 television series Queer as Folk (written by current Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies), a K-9 model is given to the character Vince as a birthday present. Queer as Folk is a 1999 British Television series that chronicles the lives of three Gay men let loose in Manchester 's Gay village Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer The prop used was an original, operated — as occasionally in Doctor Who — by visual effects assistant Mat Irvine. Mat Irvine was born on 7 July 1948. He was a Technical Consultant and Visual Effects Designer who worked on Television, primarily for the

In the South Park episode "Go God Go XII", Eric Cartman, being trapped in the year 2546, has acquired a robot dog called "K-10", a parody of K-9. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Go God Go XII " is episode 1013 (#152 of Comedy Central 's South Park, which aired on November 8, 2006. Eric Theodore Cartman,commonly referred to by his Family name, Cartman, is one of the four main Fictional characters in the animated series Due to timeline alterations, he is replaced by robot cat "Kit-9" and later robot bird "Cocka-3".

Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center have dubbed two intelligent mobile robots designed to explore the surface of Mars "K-9" and "Gromit". The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program NASA Ames Research Center (ARC is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers 43 acres at the borders of the cities of Mountain View [2] NASA's K-9 is named after both Doctor Who's K-9 and Marvin the Martian's pet dog. Marvin the Martian (or Marvin Martian) is a Fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons [3]

In the second series of I'm Alan Partridge, the character of Alan Partridge recalls how his purchase of the rights to K-9 assisted in him mentally breaking down and driving to Dundee in his bare feet while gorging on Toblerone. I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC Situation comedy. Two series of six episodes were produced the first in 1997 and the second in 2002 Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional Television and Radio Presenter portrayed by English Comedian Steve Coogan. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Toblerone (ˈtoʊbləroʊn in English, and /toblɛˈʁone/ in Swiss German) is a Chocolate bar made by Kraft Foods Switzerland.

K-9 appeared on a 2007 Doctor Who special edition of The Weakest Link, but was voted out unanimously at the end of the first round. The Weakest Link is a television Game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August, 2000 Anne Robinson (whom K-9 addressed as "Mistress") said "I'm so sorry" before declaring him the weakest link. Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26 1944 is an English Television presenter and former Journalist, known for her assertive views and style

Audio plays

In the spin-off media, K-9 Mark II remained Romana's faithful companion for many years. In the early 2000s, John Leeson and Lalla Ward featured in a series of audio plays produced by BBV as K-9 and "The Mistress", detailing these characters' adventures in a parallel universe. Lalla Ward (born Sarah Ward 28 June 1951) also known as The Honourable Sarah Ward, is an English actress author and illustrator As neither Romana nor E-Space could be licensed, the aliases of the Mistress and the "pocket universe" were used instead.

When Romana eventually returned to her own universe, she brought K-9 Mark II with her (presumably having repaired it) and eventually became Lady President of Gallifrey. K-9 Mark II is first seen on Gallifrey in the Virgin New Adventures novel Lungbarrow by Marc Platt, alongside K-9 Mark I, which had remained with Leela. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Lungbarrow is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Marc Platt (born 1953 is a British writer He is most known for his work with the BBC Science fiction Television Both K-9 Mark I and Mark II appear, voiced by Leeson, in the Big Finish Productions audio adventure Zagreus and the Gallifrey audio series. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. Zagreus is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld Leela's K-9 (Mark I) was destroyed at the conclusion of the second Gallifrey series and only Mark II appears in the third series.

Webcast

In 2003, a webcast adaptation of the never-completed Shada serial was produced for the BBC's Doctor Who website, rewritten as an Eighth Doctor adventure and featuring the post-E-Space versions of Romana II and K-9 Mk II. A webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using Streaming media technology For the Arabic emphasis sign see Shadda; for the village in Azerbaijan see Şada.

Novels and short stories

K-9's co-creator Dave Martin wrote a series of four children's books entitled The Adventures of K9, published by Sparrow Books in 1980. K-9 is travelling on his own in these stories for reasons not explained.

In 1985, a series of gamebooks featuring the Sixth Doctor were published by Severn House under the title Make your own adventure with Doctor Who in Britain and Find Your Fate — Doctor Who in the United States. A gamebook is a Book that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices that affect the course of the narrative which branches down various paths through the The Sixth Doctor is the name given to the sixth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, seen on screen in the long-running The long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has since its beginnings in the 1960s generated many hundreds of products related These books were actually written by scriptwriters for the television series. Martin wrote Search for the Doctor which takes place in the mid-21st century and features K-9 Mark III being reunited with the Sixth Doctor long after Sarah's death. The Sixth Doctor is the name given to the sixth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, seen on screen in the long-running

A short story, Moving On, in Virgin Publishing's Decalog 3: Consequences anthology and the Big Finish Productions-produced Sarah Jane Smith audio play Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre (both written by Peter Anghelides) indicate that K-9 Mark III broke down and Sarah was unable to repair it as the replacement circuits would not be invented for several centuries. Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book Publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally The Virgin Decalog books were collections of Short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the Television series Doctor Who Peter Anghelides is an author and dramatist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC television series Doctor Who.

Another short story, Tautology, by Glenn Langford (Doctor Who Magazine #194), suggests that K-9 Mark III's motherboard will be passed down through Sarah's descendants and eventually end up in the hands of Professor Marius, who will use it to build the first K-9, creating an ontological paradox. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television A motherboard is the central or primary Printed circuit board (PCB making up a complex electronic system such as a modern Computer or Laptop An ontological paradox is a paradox of Time travel that questions the existence and creation of information and objects that travel in time

Jealous, Possessive by Paul Magrs, the "Scorpio" story in Big Finish's anthology Short Trips: Zodiac features K-9 Mark I and Mark II relaying their exploits to each other, and their veiled put-downs to each other reveal that each considers the other to be the "inferior" version. Dr Paul Magrs (pronounced "Mars" born November 1969 in England) is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University Short Trips Zodiac is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction This attitude is also occasionally hinted at in the way the two units refer to each other in the Gallifrey audio series.

The Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Interference: Book Two by Lawrence Miles indicates that the Doctor built a Mark IV model sometime prior to the events of that book, but what happened to this unit is not stated. The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a Science fiction Author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for In the novel The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin, K-9 Mark II makes another appearance, having been trapped within the TARDIS since the events of The Ancestor Cell. The Gallifrey Chronicles is the title of two distinct books related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who Lance Parkin is a British Author, best known for writing Fiction and reference books for Television series, in particular Doctor Who The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the The Ancestor Cell is a Novel by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, based on the science fiction television series Doctor At the end of The Gallifrey Chronicles the Doctor sends K-9 on a secret mission to Espero, presumably to seek out his former companion, the living TARDIS known as Compassion. Compassion (or Laura Tobin) is a Fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British Science fiction

The canonicity of the spin-off stories is unclear, especially in light of K-9 and Sarah's return. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series

K-9 (TV show)

Main article: K-9 (TV series)

A proposed K-9 television series or special had been rumoured since the late 1990s, and images of a redesigned K9 were leaked. K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer [4] However, nothing became of this effort until 2006.

On April 24, 2006 The Independent, the Daily Star and The Times confirmed, following previous rumours, that K-9 would be featured in a 26-part children's series, K-9, to be written by Bob Baker. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. [5] The article in The Times also featured a picture of the redesigned K-9 for the animated series. [6] The series will be a blend of live-action and a CGI K-9. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics

Each episode will be 30 minutes long, made by Jetix Europe and London-based distribution outfit Park Entertainment. Jetix is a Children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. According to a report in Broadcast magazine, the BBC opted out of involvement in order to focus on their own Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood, meaning that BBC-owned characters are unlikely to appear in the series. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman A broadcast date for the series has not been officially announced, but a 2008 debut is planned. [7][8]

List of appearances

Television

Season 15
Season 16
Season 17
Season 18
K-9 and Company
20th anniversary special
30th anniversary special
Series 2
The Sarah Jane Adventures

Audio dramas

BBV
Big Finish Productions

Books

Sparrow Books
Severn House
Virgin Missing Adventures
Virgin New Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
Eighth Doctor Adventures

Short stories

Comics

References

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