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|featuring      = [[June Turner|June]], [[Jixey]], [[Harry Pike|Harry]]

|enemy          = [[Thorne]], [[Lomax (The Bounty Hunter)|Lomax]]

|writer        = [[Shayne Armstrong]], [[S.P. Krause]]

|broadcast date = [[28 June (releases)|28 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]

|epcount = 1}}'''''Hound of the Korven''''' was the twenty-fifth episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Shayne Armstrong]] and [[S. P. Krause]], directed by [[Mark DeFriest]] and featured [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Keegan Joyce]] as [[Starkey]], [[Philippa Coulthard]] as [[Jorjie Turner]], [[Daniel Webber]] as [[Darius Pike]] and [[Robert Moloney]] as [[Alistair Gryffen]].

K9 accesses the memory disc and starts routing all power to his photon reactor, warning he will self-destruct in twenty seconds. As Thorne and the CCPCs leave, the kids try to get K9 to stop. The countdown is terminated, but K9 warns a destruct sequence has been built into the memory disc. An unknown target will trigger it when he comes in range. In the [[Department Mobile HQ]], the [[Department Technician (Curse of Anubis)|Department Technician]] informs June the Jixen is coming within range and the stun mines and gas cannisters are ready. June tells him to delay the order. She asks Thorne if the tunnels have been cleared of civilians. June doesn't take Thorne's assurance and orders the technician to hold off the gas. She will supervise its deployment.

June and four CCPCs are nearby. She orders one to drop the final cannister. The CCPC spots two citizens in the tunnels. June has the CCPCs get them out to discover who they are. They are taken to Department Mobile HQ. Darius warns that Starkey is still in the tunnels. June asks if he has K9 with him and says he should be fine and that the gas is a sleeping agent. His main problem is the Jixen. Darius eyes the exits. Jorjie says she knows about the Jixen and that Starkey could be vaporised by a bomb. Darius fools the CCPCs and races out. Jorjie tries to follow him but is stopped.

Thorne contacts June. He wants a comment on reports the operation has stalled. June says it is suspended on her authority and that she doesn't answer to him. Thorne warns her that like him, she answers to [[British government|those above]]. When June refuses, she is contacted by [[Lomax (The Bounty Hunter)|Lomax]], who asks if the orders are not clear. She tells him that the orders need clarifying in light of new information. Lomax says she doesn't need to understand to obey. Thorne was acting in the best interests of the Department. June wants to argue, but Lomax insists that she perform her duty.

* [[K9 Mark 2]] - [[John Leeson]]

* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]

* [[Harry Pike]] - [[Chris Betts]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Jason McNamara]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Eugen Bekafigo]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Michael Donnet]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Tyler Rostedt]]

* [[CCPC]] - [[Jarod Grodecki]]

* [[Director]] - [[Mark DeFriest]]

* [[Editor]] - [[Patrick Stewart]]

== References ==

* In ''[[Doctor Who]], [[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', if the title of an episode contains the name of an alien, that alien appears in the episode. The title of this episode solely refers to K9, the titular "Hound of the Korven", and the [[Korven]] make no appearance, although they are mentioned and Lomax is silhouetted, though he was not known to be a Korven at the time of broadcast.

* Thorne gives the regeneration unit to [[Trojan (The Eclipse of the Korven)|Trojan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)|The Eclipse of the Korven]]'')

*''K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition'', containing the full first series, was released in the UK on [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/K9-Complete-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B0076WI3C2/ref=sr_1_4?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1339049905&sr=1-4]