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== References ==
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* Gryffen's residence, an old police station with the [[Space-Time Manipulator|space-time manipulator]] in the middle, is reminiscent of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the form of a [[police box]] with the console in the middle.
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* [[Channel 8]] is television news.
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{{Infobox Story SMW <!-- Testing infobox: please do not change the infobox or use this infobox on other pages. -->
|image          = RegenerationFoursome.jpg
|season number  = Series 1 (K9)
|series episode number = 1
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
|featuring      = June Turner
|enemy          = [[Jixen 1]]
|setting        = [[Gryffen Manor]], [[London]] [[2050]]
|writer          = Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause
|director        = [[David Caesar]]
|producer        = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|broadcast date  = 31 October 2009
|format          = 1 x 30 minute episode<br/>Part 1 of 3
|production code = 1.1
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
|next            = Liberation (TV story)
|fullvid        = K-9 Season 1 Episode 1 - Regeneration (Full Episode)
|epcount = 1|featuring2=K9 Mark I{{!}}K9 Mark I
}}{{dab page|Regeneration (disambiguation)}}
'''''Regeneration''''' was the first episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'', the [[Australia]]n-produced spin-off series featuring [[K9 Mark 2]]. It was written by [[Shayne Armstrong]] and [[S.P. Krause]], and directed by [[David Caesar]] and [[Mark DeFriest]].
 
The episode first aired in the [[UK]] as a special preview on [[31 October (releases)|31 October]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref>https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2009/10/k9-to-launch-this-weekend.html</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=371272061587&set=pb.100041806755178.-2207520000..</ref> It was notable for featuring the original [[K9 Mark I]], and his ultimate destruction and subsequent "[[Regeneration unit|regeneration]]" into his Mark 2 body. Though the Mark I model was a nod to the classic ''Doctor Who'' series, licencing issues would prove responsible for its regeneration into a different model, and henceforth, references to the classic series would be limited to avoid these issues.
 
== Synopsis ==
In [[2050]] [[London]], [[Starkey]] and [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] are trying to escape [[CCPC|the police]]. They take refuge in a large detached house, the residence of reclusive scientist [[Professor]] [[Alistair Gryffen]] and a robot dog named [[K9 Mark I|K9]]. After the [[battle]] with the [[Jixen]], K9 performs a costly sacrifice that forces him to regenerate into a brand new body, but his [[mind]] may not have weathered the process.
 
== Plot ==
Two men arrive at the [[Gryffen Manor|home and laboratory]] of Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] to give him a case. The case holds technology from a "[[fallen angel]]", a downed [[alien]] craft. They tell him [[the Department]] wants a full report in twenty-four hours.
 
Elsewhere, a teenage boy named [[Starkey]], who operates under the pseudonym of "Stark Reality," is by an outdoor public display board terminal. He hacks in to post a dissident message. As he finishes, a teenage girl named [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] arrives and proposes, once again, working together. Starkey refuses. When she refers to him as Starkey he is surprised she knows his real name. She says she hacked his [[criminal]] activity file. She admires his work and wants to help. [[CCPC]]s arrive and the two take off together. They end up in an alley with police at each end. They try doors until they find one unlocked.
 
Inside they find Gryffen's laboratory. They hide in the shadows and watch as he experiments with the [[Space-Time Manipulator|space-time manipulator]]. When the youngsters try to leave, Starkey accidentally kicks the power plug from the wall and the machine goes haywire. Instead of the professor's lost family, four reptilian warriors come through the STM's beam. Starkey is hit with their mucus-like secretion. As Jorjie and the professor turn to aid him, a fifth being comes through the beam. It is a [[K9 Mark I|dog-like robot]] who, after distracting the aliens to allow Starkey to escape, informs the humans his power is running low and he must self destruct to destroy the four creatures. Starkey and Jorjie flee the building as Gryffen stays just outside the door, saying he suffers from a condition. Because the dog saved them, Starkey tries to help him, but is pulled back by Gryffen as an explosion rocks the room. They look inside to see the robot's parts strewn across the floor.
 
Starkey picks up an [[Regeneration unit|oval, palm-sized object]] that seems to be active. The surviving alien goes down the stairs. A boy arrives and asks what's going on. He notices Jorjie and introduces himself as [[Darius Pike]], personal assistant and supplier of ordered goods, a delivery boy as Jorjie puts it. She introduces herself. Starkey warns her not to use real names so she calls him "Stark Reality". Darius comforts the distraught Gryffen and quietly places a call to the authorities while Starkey apologises to the professor. Just then the palm sized ovoid pulses and floats into the air. The parts of the robot dog are reintegrated and refashioned into a new, but still recognisable, design. The robot introduces himself as [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] and begins to recalibrate his systems, including his new flight system.
 
K9 exits the building for a test flight as the police arrive. They arrest Starkey, informing him of a sentence of six months in [[virtual reality]] (VR) detention. As everyone leaves the lab, the lone surviving reptile warrior, which K9 called a [[Jixen]], sneaks off into the shadows.
 
Professor Gryffen works with K9. K9 informs him his memory has been scrambled and he does not recall who he is. He also says the Jixen mucus is used to mark their enemies for tracking. Any Jixen that smells Starkey will recognise him as their enemy. In response to K9's question, the Professor says the space-time manipulator was built from parts found in a fallen angel.
 
Starkey is in a barren room wearing [[VR goggles]]. He sees a plain white room with no details. Jorjie appears, having used her own goggles to communicate with him. With the computer system she shows him images of aliens locked up and experimented on in a secret Department facility. He says some of them might deserve it. She tells Starkey the reason she wanted to work with him was to expose this facility to the public. Starkey points out that he is in detention and can't help her.
 
Gryffen works on K9 and activates a piece of music which K9 doesn't recognise; the damage to his memory is too great. He tells Gryffen he retains only fragments. He asks why the space-time travel device is here. Gryffen says the Department wants him to get it operating properly. Gryffen explains the ability to travel through space and time is enormously valuable. There is no limit to where you could go or whom you could bring. K9 asks whether he will be able to return where he came from if Gryffen fixes the device. Gryffen hopes he will. As Gryffen works on K9, the robot makes a sound. K9 explains he was in his remote identification system. Once a sound is imprinted, he can hear it across dimensions.
 
Soon after, an [[intruder alert]] level 5 goes off in the detention facility. They trigger the end of the VR session and Starkey turns to see the Jixen enter his cell. After he is again sprayed with the Jixen's mucus, a CCPC enters and is attacked by the Jixen. This allows Starkey to escape.
 
Back at Gryffen's lab, Darius is tuning up [[Mariah]], the professor's antique car. As Darius and the Professor discuss K9 and letting him stay there, Starkey enters the lab, covered with Jixen mucus. K9's still-repairing systems identify him as a Jixen warrior. Only the professor's protestations and Starkey's repeating some of the first words he said to K9 cause K9 to stop and reconsider his actions.
 
As this crisis is averted, [[June Turner]], Gryffen's primary contact with the Department, arrives to discuss the explosion in the lab and the robot "dog" seen in the vicinity. She asks if the professor has seen Starkey since his escape. June makes it clear that capturing the robot "dog" is a Department priority and she expects the Professor to find him and bring him in for study. If he fails or refuses, his funding for the STM project will be ended. It will be dismantled and given to a more co-operative researcher. Gryffen tells her there is no need to do that. After she leaves, Starkey and K9 come out of their hiding place and Starkey thanks Gryffen.
 
After June leaves, Starkey tells Darius that no one has ever stuck up for him like Professor Gryffen has. Darius agrees that the professor is a great guy. Starkey also thanks Darius for not turning him in. Darius tells Starkey there will be other chances. As Jorjie enters, K9 tells her about nearly "neutralising" Starkey. To apologise, K9 gives Starkey a special whistle that will call K9 to wherever Starkey is.
 
== Cast ==
* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
* [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
* [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
* Voice of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
* [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]
* [[Department Field Officer 1]] - [[Rob Horton]]
* [[Department Field Officer 2]] - [[Michael Thompson]]
* [[CCPC]] #1 - [[Josh Norbido]]
* [[CCPC]] #2 - [[Jason McNamara]]
* [[CCPC]] #3 - [[Eugen Bekafigo]]
* [[CCPC]] #4 - [[Michael Donnet]]
* [[CCPC]] #5 - [[Tyler Rostedt]]
* [[Jixen 1|Jixen #1]] - [[Janardan Kewin]]
* [[Jixen 2|Jixen #2]] - [[Brennan Koryzma]]
* [[Jixen 3|Jixen #3]] - [[James Smith (actor)|James Smith]]
* [[Alien]]s - [[George Pikusa]], [[Jessica Field]], [[Nick Burgess]], [[Amy Verwayen]], [[Hayley McFarlane]], [[Vince Holland]], [[Billy Shannon]], [[Cathey Burgess]]
''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.''
 
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]]s - [[Shayne Armstrong]], [[S.P. Krause]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]]s - [[David Caesar]], [[Mark DeFriest]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
* [[Associate producer]]s - [[Bob Baker]], [[Paul Tams]]
* Executive producer, Network Ten Australia - [[Cherrie Bottger]]
* Supervising producer - [[Dale Bradley]]
* Co-Executive producer - [[Mark Blythe]]
** With thanks to [[Sam Tromans]]
* Line producer - [[Pam Collis]]
 
==== Key creatives ====
* VFX Director - [[David Napier]]
* Series [[Production Designer]] - [[Jon Dowding]]
* Episodic Designer - [[Adam Head]]
* [[K9 Mark 2|New K9]] Design by - [[Paul Tams]], [[Alex Kubalsky]]
* Series Director of Photography - [[Ben Nott]]
* Episodic Director of Photography - [[Tony O'Loughlan]]
* Music by - [[Christopher Elves]]
* K9 theme music by - [[Michael Lira]]
* [[Editor]] - [[Russell Maggs]]
 
==== Casting ====
* Casting - [[Faith Martin]] and associates
* Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]]
* Drama/Dialogue coach - [[Peter Kent]]
 
==== Scripting ====
* Story Producer - [[Victoria Madden]]
* Script Editor - [[Anthony Morris]]
 
==== Crew Department Heads ====
* Production Accountant - [[Pru Donovan]]
* 1st Assistant Director - [[Peter McLennan]]
* Script Supervisor - [[Sue Ketchington]]
* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]]
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]]
* [[Puppeteer (crew)|Puppeteer]] - [[David Pawsey]]
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]]
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]]
* B Camera Operator - [[Dan Maxwell]]
* Gaffer - [[Steve Monk]]
* Key Grip - [[Billy Harmer]]
* Safety Supervisor/Stunt Coordinator - [[Danny Baldwin]]
* Transport Manager - [[Alister Ward]]
* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]]
 
==== Special Thanks ====
* Space Furniture, ShredX, J. Barbour and Sons Ltd., Heath Williams at Firefly Lighting, VideoPro
 
==== Post Production ====
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]]
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee (post-production)|John Lee]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]
* Sound Mix - [[Ben Vlad]]
* K9 Theme Music Recorded - [[Supersonic]]
* THE PostWORKS - [[Bob Blasdall]]
 
==== Legal & Financial Services ====
* Marshalls & Dent Lawyers - [[Shaun Miller]], [[Bryce Menzies]]
* Completion Guarantor - [[First Australian Completion Bond Company Pty Ltd]]
 
''Cutting Edge Group in association with AirEdel.''
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jorjie asks Starkey if he is a [[lone wolf]].
* Jorjie found Starkey's real [[name]] by [[hacking]] his [[criminal activity file]].
* [[K9 Mark 1]] was one of the operational systems available to K9 Mark 2.
* [[Channel 8]] broadcasts [[television]] news.
* K9 describes himself to Gryffen as a [[cybernetics|cybernetic]] construction containing [[quantum consciousness]].
* K9 also boasts of being "capable of logical [[deduction]] to within 1.47593 [[gigaflop]]s".


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* Before his "regeneration", the K9 seen is identical to the models originally used on ''Doctor Who''. According to K9 creator [[Bob Baker]], this is meant to be [[K9 Mark I]], last seen on screen on [[Gallifrey]] with [[Leela]]. This implies that K9 Mark I survived the [[Last Great Time War]]. However, K9 Mark I was destroyed in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]: [[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]]'', which is set prior to the events of the Time War. If that story is to be reconciled with this one, it is possible that [[Romana]] rebuilt Leela's K9 unit against her wishes.
* The day before this episode was broadcast in the UK, [[K9 Mark IV]] appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
[[File:Regeneration unit signature.jpg|thumb|right|Writing on K9's regeneration unit, resembling [[Old High Gallifreyan]].]]
* ''Regeneration'' is the first part of a trilogy of episodes, followed by ''[[Liberation (TV story)|Liberation]]'' and ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]''.
* The regeneration unit has writing on it which reads, in part, "δ³Σx²". In the 1972 behind-the-scenes book ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], "δ³Σx²" was given as [[the Doctor]]'s name. Thus, the writing on the unit would seem to indicate that the Doctor installed it in K9.
* Before his "regeneration", the K9 seen is identical to the models originally used on ''Doctor Who''. According to K9 creator [[Bob Baker]], this is meant to be [[K9 Mark I]], last seen on screen on [[Gallifrey]] with [[Leela]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]''.
* K9 informs Professor Gryffen that much of his memory was damaged in his self destruction. K9 no longer seems to remember the Doctor. Whether he remembers his former mistress, Leela, or Romana and her K9 model, the Mark II, is yet to be seen.
* The regeneration unit has writing on it which reads "[[∂³Σx²]]" and "Ø>¯<Δ". In the 1972 behind-the-scenes book ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], "∂³Σx²" was given as [[the Doctor]]'s name. Thus, the writing on the unit would seem to indicate that the Doctor installed it in K9.
* When Professor Gryffen triggers a piece of music stored in K9's memory, K9 informs the professor he cannot name the tune. The three notes played are the first three notes of the ''Doctor Who'' theme song.
* When Professor Gryffen triggers a piece of music stored in K9's memory, K9 informs the professor he cannot name the tune. The three notes played are the first three notes of the ''Doctor Who'' [[[[Doctor Who theme|theme song]].
* The day before this episode was broadcast, another [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] appeared in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
* This episode was originally to be rebroadcast on [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] to start the series. However, for an unknown reason, ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'' was broadcast instead.{{What?}}
* This episode was originally to be rebroadcast on [[3 April]] [[2010]] to start the series. However for an unknown reason ''[[The Korven]]'' was broadcast instead.
* On its broadcast on the Channel 10 Network in Australia and [[Disney XD]] in the UK, June is the only supporting character to be credited. However, on its broadcast on Five, the supporting cast is credited as well.
* On its broadcast on Network 10 in Australia and [[Disney XD]] in the UK, June is the only character to be credited. However, on its broadcast on Five, the supporting cast is credited as well.
* Professor Gryffen's laboratory and home is in a disused police station which still bears the exterior appearance of its former purpose, such as a police lamp next to the front door, signage, and inter alia; the building is shown in ''[[The Cambridge Spy (TV story)|The Cambridge Spy]]'' to have been an active police station as recently as 23 November 1963. This parallels the TARDIS' exterior appearance as a 1963 police box.
* Professor Gryffen's laboratory and home is in a disused police station which still bears the exterior appearance of its former purpose (police lamp next to the front door, signage, inter alia); the building is shown in ''The Cambridge Spy'' to have been an active police station as recently as 23 November 1963. This parallels the TARDIS' exterior appearance as a 1963 police box.


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
''to be added''
{{K9 discontinuity}}
* When K9 gives Starkey the special whistle, he says to Starkey that it will "call you to my side.". The line should be "call ''me ''[K9] to ''your ''[Starkey] side."


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{K9 discontinuity}}
* Gryffen receives a STM component from the [[Korven fallen angel|fallen angel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Angel of the North (TV story)|Angel of the North]]'')
* The first K9 is an alternative to the [[K9 Mark I]] that first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]''.
* Gryffen is trying to recover his lost family. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)|The Fall of the House of Gryffen]]'')
* ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'' is the first of three parts, the second being ''[[Liberation]]'' and the third being ''[[The Korven]]''.
* K9 Mark I dies by self-destruction to kill hostile aliens and save humans in London; [[K-9 Mark III]] met his end in a similar fashion in [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
* K-9 informs Professor Gryffen that much of his memory was damaged in his self destruction. K-9 no longer seems to remember the Doctor. Whether he remembers Romana and Leela is yet to be seen.
* K9's [[regeneration unit]] is labelled with [[∂³Σx²]], which is stated in one account top be [[the Doctor]]'s real name. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Trial of Doctor Who (short story)|The Trial of Doctor Who]]'')
* K-9 Mark I dies by self-destruction to kill hostile aliens and save humans in London; K-9 Mark III met his end in a similar fashion in [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
* 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]].<ref>http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html</ref>
* A "vanilla" DVD called ''The Bounty Hunter'', containing ''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 (TV story)|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'', ''[[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 (TV story)|Fear Itself]]'', released in Australia on [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].<ref>http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-dvd-complete-series-bounty-hunter/</ref>
* ''K9: Series 1: Volume 1'', containing episodes 1–12, released in the UK on [[31 January]] [[2011]] and in the US on [[30 March]] [[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: 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]].<ref>http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.com/K9-Series-1-Vol/dp/B004EJ006M/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_b</ref>
* ''K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition'', containing the full first series, scheduled for release in the UK on [[11 June]] [[2011]]. [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]
* ''K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition'', containing the full first series, released in the UK on [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].<ref>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</ref>
* Series One complete box set, released in North America on [[7 May (releases)|7 May]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] by Shout! Factory.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/K-9-Complete-Robert-Moloney/dp/B00BCMSZPC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1417539199&sr=1-1&keywords=k9+completel</ref>


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file:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia)
File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia)
file:Dvd-k9bounty.jpg|''The Bounty Hunter''<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 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)
File:K9 Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD.jpg|"Ultimate Collectors Edition"<br />(Region 2, UK)
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== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.k9official.com/episodes.html Official K9 web site]
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You may wish to consult Regeneration (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Regeneration was the first episode of K9, the Australian-produced spin-off series featuring K9 Mark 2. It was written by Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause, and directed by David Caesar and Mark DeFriest.

The episode first aired in the UK as a special preview on 31 October 2009.[1][2] It was notable for featuring the original K9 Mark I, and his ultimate destruction and subsequent "regeneration" into his Mark 2 body. Though the Mark I model was a nod to the classic Doctor Who series, licencing issues would prove responsible for its regeneration into a different model, and henceforth, references to the classic series would be limited to avoid these issues.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2050 London, Starkey and Jorjie are trying to escape the police. They take refuge in a large detached house, the residence of reclusive scientist Professor Alistair Gryffen and a robot dog named K9. After the battle with the Jixen, K9 performs a costly sacrifice that forces him to regenerate into a brand new body, but his mind may not have weathered the process.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Two men arrive at the home and laboratory of Professor Alistair Gryffen to give him a case. The case holds technology from a "fallen angel", a downed alien craft. They tell him the Department wants a full report in twenty-four hours.

Elsewhere, a teenage boy named Starkey, who operates under the pseudonym of "Stark Reality," is by an outdoor public display board terminal. He hacks in to post a dissident message. As he finishes, a teenage girl named Jorjie arrives and proposes, once again, working together. Starkey refuses. When she refers to him as Starkey he is surprised she knows his real name. She says she hacked his criminal activity file. She admires his work and wants to help. CCPCs arrive and the two take off together. They end up in an alley with police at each end. They try doors until they find one unlocked.

Inside they find Gryffen's laboratory. They hide in the shadows and watch as he experiments with the space-time manipulator. When the youngsters try to leave, Starkey accidentally kicks the power plug from the wall and the machine goes haywire. Instead of the professor's lost family, four reptilian warriors come through the STM's beam. Starkey is hit with their mucus-like secretion. As Jorjie and the professor turn to aid him, a fifth being comes through the beam. It is a dog-like robot who, after distracting the aliens to allow Starkey to escape, informs the humans his power is running low and he must self destruct to destroy the four creatures. Starkey and Jorjie flee the building as Gryffen stays just outside the door, saying he suffers from a condition. Because the dog saved them, Starkey tries to help him, but is pulled back by Gryffen as an explosion rocks the room. They look inside to see the robot's parts strewn across the floor.

Starkey picks up an oval, palm-sized object that seems to be active. The surviving alien goes down the stairs. A boy arrives and asks what's going on. He notices Jorjie and introduces himself as Darius Pike, personal assistant and supplier of ordered goods, a delivery boy as Jorjie puts it. She introduces herself. Starkey warns her not to use real names so she calls him "Stark Reality". Darius comforts the distraught Gryffen and quietly places a call to the authorities while Starkey apologises to the professor. Just then the palm sized ovoid pulses and floats into the air. The parts of the robot dog are reintegrated and refashioned into a new, but still recognisable, design. The robot introduces himself as K9 and begins to recalibrate his systems, including his new flight system.

K9 exits the building for a test flight as the police arrive. They arrest Starkey, informing him of a sentence of six months in virtual reality (VR) detention. As everyone leaves the lab, the lone surviving reptile warrior, which K9 called a Jixen, sneaks off into the shadows.

Professor Gryffen works with K9. K9 informs him his memory has been scrambled and he does not recall who he is. He also says the Jixen mucus is used to mark their enemies for tracking. Any Jixen that smells Starkey will recognise him as their enemy. In response to K9's question, the Professor says the space-time manipulator was built from parts found in a fallen angel.

Starkey is in a barren room wearing VR goggles. He sees a plain white room with no details. Jorjie appears, having used her own goggles to communicate with him. With the computer system she shows him images of aliens locked up and experimented on in a secret Department facility. He says some of them might deserve it. She tells Starkey the reason she wanted to work with him was to expose this facility to the public. Starkey points out that he is in detention and can't help her.

Gryffen works on K9 and activates a piece of music which K9 doesn't recognise; the damage to his memory is too great. He tells Gryffen he retains only fragments. He asks why the space-time travel device is here. Gryffen says the Department wants him to get it operating properly. Gryffen explains the ability to travel through space and time is enormously valuable. There is no limit to where you could go or whom you could bring. K9 asks whether he will be able to return where he came from if Gryffen fixes the device. Gryffen hopes he will. As Gryffen works on K9, the robot makes a sound. K9 explains he was in his remote identification system. Once a sound is imprinted, he can hear it across dimensions.

Soon after, an intruder alert level 5 goes off in the detention facility. They trigger the end of the VR session and Starkey turns to see the Jixen enter his cell. After he is again sprayed with the Jixen's mucus, a CCPC enters and is attacked by the Jixen. This allows Starkey to escape.

Back at Gryffen's lab, Darius is tuning up Mariah, the professor's antique car. As Darius and the Professor discuss K9 and letting him stay there, Starkey enters the lab, covered with Jixen mucus. K9's still-repairing systems identify him as a Jixen warrior. Only the professor's protestations and Starkey's repeating some of the first words he said to K9 cause K9 to stop and reconsider his actions.

As this crisis is averted, June Turner, Gryffen's primary contact with the Department, arrives to discuss the explosion in the lab and the robot "dog" seen in the vicinity. She asks if the professor has seen Starkey since his escape. June makes it clear that capturing the robot "dog" is a Department priority and she expects the Professor to find him and bring him in for study. If he fails or refuses, his funding for the STM project will be ended. It will be dismantled and given to a more co-operative researcher. Gryffen tells her there is no need to do that. After she leaves, Starkey and K9 come out of their hiding place and Starkey thanks Gryffen.

After June leaves, Starkey tells Darius that no one has ever stuck up for him like Professor Gryffen has. Darius agrees that the professor is a great guy. Starkey also thanks Darius for not turning him in. Darius tells Starkey there will be other chances. As Jorjie enters, K9 tells her about nearly "neutralising" Starkey. To apologise, K9 gives Starkey a special whistle that will call K9 to wherever Starkey is.

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.

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Crew Department Heads[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Thanks[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Space Furniture, ShredX, J. Barbour and Sons Ltd., Heath Williams at Firefly Lighting, VideoPro

Post Production[[edit] | [edit source]]

Legal & Financial Services[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cutting Edge Group in association with AirEdel.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The day before this episode was broadcast in the UK, K9 Mark IV appeared in TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.
  • Regeneration is the first part of a trilogy of episodes, followed by Liberation and The Korven.
  • Before his "regeneration", the K9 seen is identical to the models originally used on Doctor Who. According to K9 creator Bob Baker, this is meant to be K9 Mark I, last seen on screen on Gallifrey with Leela in TV: The Invasion of Time.
  • The regeneration unit has writing on it which reads "∂³Σx²" and "Ø>¯<Δ". In the 1972 behind-the-scenes book The Making of Doctor Who by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, "∂³Σx²" was given as the Doctor's name. Thus, the writing on the unit would seem to indicate that the Doctor installed it in K9.
  • When Professor Gryffen triggers a piece of music stored in K9's memory, K9 informs the professor he cannot name the tune. The three notes played are the first three notes of the Doctor Who [[theme song.
  • This episode was originally to be rebroadcast on 3 April 2010 to start the series. However, for an unknown reason, The Korven was broadcast instead.[statement unclear]
  • On its broadcast on the Channel 10 Network in Australia and Disney XD in the UK, June is the only supporting character to be credited. However, on its broadcast on Five, the supporting cast is credited as well.
  • Professor Gryffen's laboratory and home is in a disused police station which still bears the exterior appearance of its former purpose, such as a police lamp next to the front door, signage, and inter alia; the building is shown in The Cambridge Spy to have been an active police station as recently as 23 November 1963. This parallels the TARDIS' exterior appearance as a 1963 police box.

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.
  • When K9 gives Starkey the special whistle, he says to Starkey that it will "call you to my side.". The line should be "call me [K9] to your [Starkey] side."

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)

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2009/10/k9-to-launch-this-weekend.html
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=371272061587&set=pb.100041806755178.-2207520000..
  3. ↑ http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html
  4. ↑ http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-dvd-complete-series-bounty-hunter/
  5. ↑ http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/K9-Series-1-Vol/dp/B004EJ006M/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_b
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/K-9-Complete-Robert-Moloney/dp/B00BCMSZPC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1417539199&sr=1-1&keywords=k9+completel

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