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{{Infobox K9
|image           = FearItself.jpg
|image         = FearItself.jpg
|series episode number = 6
|name    = Fear Itself
|season number   = Series 1 (K9)
|series         = [[K9 (TV series)|K9]]
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
|season number         = [[Series 1 (K9)|1]]
|featuring      = [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]]
|featuring      = [[K9 Mark 2]]<br />[[Starkey]]<br />[[Jorjie Turner]]<br />[[Darius Pike]]<br />[[Alistair Gryffen|Professor Alistair Gryffen]]
|enemy           = [[Fear (entity)|Fear]]
|enemy         = [[Fear (entity)|Fear]]
|setting         = [[London]], [[2050]]
|setting       = [[London]], [[2050]]
|writer         = Everett DeRoche, Graeme Farmer
|writer         = [[Everett DeRoche]], [[Graeme Farmer]]
|director        = [[Karl Zwicky]]
|producer       = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|producer       = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|director      = [[Karl Zwicky]]
|broadcast date = 15 February 2010
|broadcast date = [[15 February]] [[2010]]
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode
|production code = 1.6
|production code= 1.6
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
|prev = Sirens of Ceres (TV story)
|prev           = Sirens of Ceres (TV story)
|next = The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)
|next           = The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)
}}
|epcount = 1
:''For the novel featuring the Eighth Doctor, see [[Fear Itself (novel)]].''
}}{{you may|Fear Itself (novel)|n1=the novel featuring the Eighth Doctor}}
'''''Fear Itself''''' was the sixth episode of [[Series 1 (K9)|Series 1]] of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It featured [[K9 Mark 2|K9]]'s curiosity about emotions.
'''''Fear Itself''''' was the sixth episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Everett DeRoche]] and [[Graeme Farmer]], and directed by [[Karl Zwicky]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[London]] is out of control. Riots erupt due to a strange, irrational fear that fills the air. The focal point of the paranoia is in an old junkyard where a strange [[alien]] consciousness is at work.
[[London]] is out of control. [[Riot]]s erupt because of a strange, irrational [[fear]] that fills the air. The focal point of the paranoia is in an old [[junkyard]] where a strange [[alien]] [[consciousness]] is at work.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[Darius Pike|Darius]] is in a [[junkyard]] when he is approached by two strange vagrants. They say the junkyard belongs to them and tell Darius to leave, then lock him in a wardrobe. He grabs onto a bar in the wardrobe and finds himself holding on for his life over a bottomless pit. Back at the [[Gryffen Manor|mansion]], [[Gryffen]] and [[Starkey]] are frightened for no clear reason. They are not the only ones feeling this. There are news reports of mass stampedes and riots across London. Darius arrives at the mansion, terrified after his ordeal.
[[Darius Pike|Darius]] is in a [[junkyard]] when he is approached by two strange vagrants. They say the junkyard belongs to them and tell him to leave, then lock him in a wardrobe. He grabs onto a bar in the wardrobe and finds himself holding on for his life over a bottomless pit. Back at the [[Gryffen Manor|mansion]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]] and [[Starkey]] are frightened for no clear reason. They are not the only ones feeling this. There are news reports of mass stampedes and riots across London. Darius arrives at the mansion, frightened after his ordeal.


Darius is shocked to find the junkyard is on the news and the two vagrants are being interviewed. Drake interrupts the interview when they start talking about a monster. Darius says there is an alien in the hole. K9, Darius, Starkey and Jorjie go to the junkyard, only to find [[CCPC]]s are patrolling it. K9 distracts the CCPCs by alerting them to a violation of Department Regulation 29d: use of unapproved [[sandwich]]es at a picnic.
Darius is shocked to find the junkyard is on the news and the two vagrants are being interviewed. Drake interrupts the interview when they start talking about a monster. Darius says there is an alien in the hole. K9, Darius, Starkey and Jorjie go to the junkyard, only to find [[CCPC]]s patrolling it. K9 distracts the CCPCs by alerting them to a violation of Department [[Regulation 29d]]: use of unapproved [[sandwich]]es at a [[picnic]].


The CCPCs are gone when Drake arrives. They decide to hide in the wardrobe anyway. Darius refuses because of his earlier experience. They understand his fears when he again holds onto the bar and nearly falls. K9 saves him. Drake agrees with K9, asking them if they saw the alien. As they leave, Drake shouts to the alien, refusing to acknowledge his fear. Back at the mansion Gryffen shows the team news items about the spread of fear. Gryffen tells the team that Darius is claustrophobic.
When Drake arrives to find the CCPCS gone, they decide to hide in the wardrobe anyway. Darius refuses because of his earlier experience. They understand his fears when he again holds onto the bar and nearly falls. K9 saves him. Drake agrees with K9, asking them if they saw the alien. As they leave, Drake shouts to the alien, refusing to acknowledge his fear. Back at the mansion Gryffen shows the team news items about the spread of fear. Gryffen tells the team that Darius is claustrophobic.


At Department HQ, Drake tells June about the alien in the wardrobe. Back at the mansion, Starkey and Jorjie futilely try to scare K9 to make him understand fear. At the junkyard, June finds nothing in the wardrobe. Drake insists there is an alien. When Starkey investigates the wardrobe, he determines, "Your own fear makes you see the hole". He is taken away by two CCPCs to a cell where he is met by Drake, who starts to show signs of paranoia though still refusing to acknowledge his fear.
At Department HQ, Drake tells June about the alien inside the wardrobe. Back at the mansion, Starkey and Jorjie try futilely to scare K9 to make him understand fear. At the junkyard, June finds nothing in the wardrobe. Drake insists there is an alien. When Starkey investigates the wardrobe, he determines, "Your own fear makes you see the hole". He is taken away by two CCPCs to a cell. He is met by Drake, who show signs of paranoia though still refusing to acknowledge his fear.


K9 decides they have go to the junkyard and prove the fear isn't real. K9 goes to the hole and finds nothing, but Starkey and Gryffen temporarily lose contact with K9. He sees a [[Jixen]] but registers no data; Starkey tries to convince him it's not real. Drake decides to arm a bomb and destroy the wardrobe. K9 believes the Jixen is not real, and it vanishes. Starkey and Jorjie return to the mansion to warn Gryffen to tell K9 to get out, but they feel the explosion. K9 escapes. Drake tells the creature he has won and destroys the wardrobe with his mechanical hand.
K9 decides they have go to the junkyard and prove the fear isn't real. K9 goes to the hole and finds nothing, but Starkey and Gryffen temporarily lose contact with K9. He sees a [[Jixen]] but registers no data; Starkey tries to convince him it's not real. Drake decides to arm a [[bomb]] and destroy the wardrobe. K9 believes the Jixen is not real and it vanishes. Starkey and Jorjie return to the mansion to warn Gryffen to tell K9 to get out, but they feel the explosion. K9 escapes. Drake tells the creature he has won and destroys the wardrobe with his mechanical hand.


K9 reveals he felt the bomb was coming, and Jorjie congratulates him on experiencing a feeling. The team have a group hug.
K9 reveals he felt the bomb was coming and Jorjie congratulates him on experiencing a feeling. The team have a group hug.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[K9 Mark 2]] - [[John Leeson]]
* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
* [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
* [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
* [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
* [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
* [[Professor]] [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
* Voice of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
* [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]
* [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]
* [[Drake]] - [[Connor Van Vuuren]]
* [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] - [[Connor Van Vuuren]]
* [[Tramp 1]] - [[Brian Vaughan]]
* [[Tramp 1]] - [[Brian Vaughan]]
* [[Tramp 2]] - [[Nick Nelid]]
* [[Tramp 2]] - [[Nick Nelid]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]], [[Dane Paltman]], [[Eugen Bekafigo]] and [[Jason McNamara]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Dane Paltman]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Eugen Bekafigo]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Jason McNamara]]
* [[Jixen]] - [[Tarek Beheiry]]
* [[Jixen]] - [[Tarek Beheiry]]


== Production crew ==
''Robert Moloney, Keegan Joyce, Philippa Coulthard, Daniel Webber and John Leeson are all credited in the opening of the episode and not the closing credits. With the exception of Leeson's credit, they are credited only by their name and not with their respective character's name attached. Additionally, on the DisneyXD broadcast, the credits for the CCPCs and the Jixen were omitted.''
 
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Everett DeRoche]], [[Graeme Farmer]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Everett DeRoche]], [[Graeme Farmer]]
* [[Director]] - [[Karl Zwicky]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Karl Zwicky]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
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* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]]
* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]]
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]]
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]]
* Puppeteer - [[David Pawsey]]
* [[Puppeteer (crew)|Puppeteer]] - [[David Pawsey]]
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]]
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]]
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]]
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]]
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* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]]
* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]]
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]]
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]]
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee]]
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee (post-production)|John Lee]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* K9's greatest fear is the [[Jixen]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{K9 discontinuity}}
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{K9 discontinuity}}
* A wooden box that is [[Dimensional transcendentalism|bigger on the inside]] in a London junkyard is reminiscent of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in [[76 Totter's Lane]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* A wooden box that is [[Dimensionally transcendental|bigger on the inside]] in a London junkyard is reminiscent of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.
* [[Alistair Gryffen]] refers to the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
* A [[Jixen]] last appeared in [[K9TV]]: ''[[The Bounty Hunter]].''
* [[Alistair Gryffen]] refers to the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[September]] [[1666]]. Unbeknownst to him, it was caused by the overloading of a [[Terileptil]] weapon. The resulting explosion destroyed a bakery in [[Pudding Lane]], triggering the fire. The [[Fifth Doctor]] played a major role in these events. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'') The Doctor had visited London during the Great Fire on two earlier occasions in his personal timeline. During the Doctor's [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], the TARDIS had materialised in London, specifically outside the burning house of [[George Mortimer]], shortly after the Great Fire began. The First Doctor proceeded to rescue George, his wife [[Helen Mortimer|Helen]] and their children [[Ida Mortimer|Ida]] and [[Alan Mortimer|Alan]] and took them on a trip to the [[Andromeda (galaxy)|Andromeda Galaxy]] in the [[far future]]. ([[DWAN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space]]'') Arriving shortly before his future self's departure, the [[Fourth Doctor]], in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]], was wrongly accused of having starting the fire. It is possible that, for a brief period after the First Doctor's arrival in 1666, that there were three separate incarnations of the Doctor co-existing in the same time frame and in close proximity to one another. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', [[ST]]: ''[[The Republican's Story]]'') The Doctor's involvement in the fire remained a source of embarrassment for him in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Point of Entry]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
[[File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|thumb|right|Official Boxset Cover.]]
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
* This episode is featured in the Series One complete box set, released in Australia on [[29 September]] [[2010]]. [http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html]
* Series One complete box set, released in Australia on [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. [http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html]
* This episode is featured in a "vanilla" DVD called ''The Bounty Hunter'', containing ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''[[Liberation]]'', ''[[The Korven]]'', ''[[Sirens of Ceres]]'' and ''Fear Itself'', released in Australia on [[29 September]] [[2010]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-dvd-complete-series-bounty-hunter/]
* A "vanilla" DVD called ''The Bounty Hunter'', containing ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''[[Liberation (TV story)|Liberation]]'', ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'', ''[[The Bounty Hunter (TV story)|The Bounty Hunter]]'', ''[[Sirens of Ceres (TV story)|Sirens of Ceres]]'' and ''Fear Itself'', released in Australia on [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-dvd-complete-series-bounty-hunter/]
* This episode was released along with episodes 1–5 and 7–12 as "K-9: Series 1: Volume 1" on [[31 January]] [[2011]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/]
* ''K9: Series 1: Volume 1'', containing episodes 1–12, released in the UK on [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] and in the US on [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/], [http://www.amazon.com/K9-Series-1-Vol/dp/B004EJ006M/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_b]
* ''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]
 
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File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia)
File:Dvd-k9bounty.jpg|''The Bounty Hunter''<br />(Region 4, Australia)
File:K9 Series 1 Vol 1 DVD.jpg|Series 1, Volume 1<br />(Region 0, sold in UK and US)
File:K9 Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD.jpg|"Ultimate Collectors Edition"<br />(Region 2, UK)
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9/episodes/ TheDoctorWhoSite.co.uk]
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9/episodes/ TheDoctorWhoSite.co.uk]
* [http://www.k9official.com/episodes.html Official K9 web site]
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You may be looking for the novel featuring the Eighth Doctor.

Fear Itself was the sixth episode of K9. It was written by Everett DeRoche and Graeme Farmer, and directed by Karl Zwicky.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

London is out of control. Riots erupt because of a strange, irrational fear that fills the air. The focal point of the paranoia is in an old junkyard where a strange alien consciousness is at work.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Darius is in a junkyard when he is approached by two strange vagrants. They say the junkyard belongs to them and tell him to leave, then lock him in a wardrobe. He grabs onto a bar in the wardrobe and finds himself holding on for his life over a bottomless pit. Back at the mansion, Gryffen and Starkey are frightened for no clear reason. They are not the only ones feeling this. There are news reports of mass stampedes and riots across London. Darius arrives at the mansion, frightened after his ordeal.

Darius is shocked to find the junkyard is on the news and the two vagrants are being interviewed. Drake interrupts the interview when they start talking about a monster. Darius says there is an alien in the hole. K9, Darius, Starkey and Jorjie go to the junkyard, only to find CCPCs patrolling it. K9 distracts the CCPCs by alerting them to a violation of Department Regulation 29d: use of unapproved sandwiches at a picnic.

When Drake arrives to find the CCPCS gone, they decide to hide in the wardrobe anyway. Darius refuses because of his earlier experience. They understand his fears when he again holds onto the bar and nearly falls. K9 saves him. Drake agrees with K9, asking them if they saw the alien. As they leave, Drake shouts to the alien, refusing to acknowledge his fear. Back at the mansion Gryffen shows the team news items about the spread of fear. Gryffen tells the team that Darius is claustrophobic.

At Department HQ, Drake tells June about the alien inside the wardrobe. Back at the mansion, Starkey and Jorjie try futilely to scare K9 to make him understand fear. At the junkyard, June finds nothing in the wardrobe. Drake insists there is an alien. When Starkey investigates the wardrobe, he determines, "Your own fear makes you see the hole". He is taken away by two CCPCs to a cell. He is met by Drake, who show signs of paranoia though still refusing to acknowledge his fear.

K9 decides they have go to the junkyard and prove the fear isn't real. K9 goes to the hole and finds nothing, but Starkey and Gryffen temporarily lose contact with K9. He sees a Jixen but registers no data; Starkey tries to convince him it's not real. Drake decides to arm a bomb and destroy the wardrobe. K9 believes the Jixen is not real and it vanishes. Starkey and Jorjie return to the mansion to warn Gryffen to tell K9 to get out, but they feel the explosion. K9 escapes. Drake tells the creature he has won and destroys the wardrobe with his mechanical hand.

K9 reveals he felt the bomb was coming and Jorjie congratulates him on experiencing a feeling. The team have a group hug.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Robert Moloney, Keegan Joyce, Philippa Coulthard, Daniel Webber and John Leeson are all credited in the opening of the episode and not the closing credits. With the exception of Leeson's credit, they are credited only by their name and not with their respective character's name attached. Additionally, on the DisneyXD broadcast, the credits for the CCPCs and the Jixen were omitted.

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • K9's greatest fear is the Jixen.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:

  • Complete Boxset (Region 4, Australia)

    Complete Boxset
    (Region 4, Australia)

  • The Bounty Hunter (Region 4, Australia)

    The Bounty Hunter
    (Region 4, Australia)

  • Series 1, Volume 1 (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

    Series 1, Volume 1
    (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

  • "Ultimate Collectors Edition" (Region 2, UK)

    "Ultimate Collectors Edition"
    (Region 2, UK)

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

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