K9's Question Time (TV story)

K9's Question Time
Main character(s):	K9
Main setting:	Unnamed planet, Earth
Key crew
Director:	Stephen Neal
Producer:	Alan Holland
Release details
Number of parts:	3
Premiere broadcast:	8 January - 10 January 2013
Premiere network:	BBC Two
Format:	Cutaway segments

K9's Question Time is a three-part story broadcast within three episodes of Stargazing Live: Back to Earth. It featured the return of John Leeson as K9. The series featured a weekly title card.

The narrative storytelling device was K9 was now a part of the hosting team of Stargazing Live, he is even referred to as a "new member of [the] team" and "quizmaster", he'd then be talking to “Master Dara”, of course Dara being Dara O’Briain who hosted the main part of Stargazing Live, and his guests through a pre-filmed report in the form of a question posed to he guests of the show. The guests would then have time to answer before cutting back to a filmed K9 segment where he gives the answer to the question. The live scenes remain entirely fiction in the way it treats K9 as a real person.

Dara O'Briain states, while still treating K9 as a real person, that K9 is the only BBC television star you can safely book on the show these days. This is a reference to Operation Yewtree which involved the investigation into several BBC stars regarding historic sex offences.

Official synopsis

K-9 returns to our screens this week as part of the new series of Stargazing LIVE. The Doctor’s faithful metal friend will be appearing in all three ‘Back to Earth’ shows as the new question master, posing a ‘space brainteaser’ to a number of special guests…

Plot

Segment one

Live intro

Dara O'Briain announces that Stargazing Live: Back to Earth has a new member of the team who is an interstellar icon who has travelled through space and time, and now he's a brand new quiz master. He then says it's over to K9's Question Time.

Question

K9 zooms across a rocky planet then greets “Master Dara” and gives his name. He then states he has an ordinary jar of salted peanuts which rests on a tray on his back. K9 then asks what people peanuts like those played in the launch of Mars Rover Curiosity. He then says "answer well".

Live discussion

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Answer

to be added

Segment two

to be added

Segment three

to be added

Cast

Pre-filmed

• K9 - John Leeson

Live

• Dara O'Briain - himself
• Brian Cox (physicist) - himself
• David Baddiel - himself

Crew

• Director - Stephen Neal
• Producer - Alan Holland

Worldbuilding

• Dara O'Briain says that K9 is the new quiz master of Stargazing Live: Back to Earth.
• K9 mentions salted peanuts.

Story notes

• The story was broadcast throughout the Back to Earth segments of the third series of Stargazing Live.
• The first segment begins in the timestamp 14:47 into the 8 January 2013 episode.
• The K9 prop was the K9 Mark IV model first used in School Reunion.

External links

• K9’s Question Time at the official Doctor Who website