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|season number = Series 1 (K9) | |||
|series episode number = 5 | |||
|season number | |main character = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]] | ||
|main character = [[K9 Mark 2 | |featuring = [[June Turner|June]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Inspector]] [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[London]], [[2050]] | ||
|writer | |writer = Deborah Parsons | ||
|producer | |director = [[Daniel Nettheim]] | ||
|producer = {{il|[[Penny Wall]]|[[Richard Stewart]]|[[Simon Barnes]]}} | |||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 8 February 2010 | ||
|format | |format = 1 x 30 minute episode | ||
|production code= 1.5 | |production code = 1.5 | ||
|prev = The Bounty Hunter (TV story) | |series = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' | ||
|next | |prev = The Bounty Hunter (TV story) | ||
|next = Fear Itself (TV story) | |||
'''''Sirens of Ceres''''' was the fifth episode of [[ | |epcount = 1}} | ||
'''''Sirens of Ceres''''' was the fifth episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Deborah Parsons]], and directed by [[Daniel Nettheim]]. K9's role was smaller in this episode as it was focused on other characters, in particular [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
When [[Jorjie]] hits one of the [[robot]] [[ | When [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] hits one of the [[CCPC|robot police]] with a [[stone]], her [[June Turner|mother]] punishes her by sending her to the private school [[Magdalene Academy]]. But [[the Department]] are testing an [[alien]] [[mineral]] weapon, which they can use to control students in the academy. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Vibeka]], an activist, is protesting [[CCPC]] violence when she is apprehended by two of them. [[K9 Mark 2|K9]], [[Starkey]] and [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] witness the arrest and Starkey records it to "publicise the violence". Jorjie decides to take action and despite Starkey's warning she throws a stone at one of the CCPCs. The three run as Inspector [[Drake]] arrives and takes Vibeka away. Two CCPCs corner them and a third confiscates Starkey's recording. Drake orders the CCPCs to use an unknown device, the [[Inhibitor]], into which the CCPC puts an alien substance. The device fails, destroying the CCPC and sending K9 flying. Drake is angered at this and | [[Vibeka]], an activist, is protesting [[CCPC]] violence when she is apprehended by two of them. [[K9 Mark 2|K9]], [[Starkey]] and [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] witness the [[arrest]] and Starkey records it to "publicise the violence". Jorjie decides to take action and despite Starkey's warning, she throws a stone at one of the CCPCs. The three run as Inspector [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] arrives and takes Vibeka away. Two CCPCs corner them and a third confiscates Starkey's recording. Drake orders the CCPCs to use an unknown device, the [[Inhibitor]], into which the CCPC puts an alien substance. The device fails, destroying the CCPC and sending K9 flying. Drake is angered at this and crushes the top off his cane. | ||
At Jorjie's house, June is shocked to learn that Jorjie threw a stone at a CCPC. She is even angrier that Jorjie | At Jorjie's house, June is shocked to learn that Jorjie threw a stone at a CCPC. She is even angrier that Jorjie dismisses her concerns by complaining of a headache. Jorjie says the CCPC was using a [[Inhibitor|strange weapon]]. | ||
Back at the [[Gryffen Manor|mansion]], Gryffen repairs K9 and lectures Starkey on his "tomfoolery." | Back at the [[Gryffen Manor|mansion]], Gryffen repairs K9, and lectures Starkey on his "tomfoolery." In the [[Department Mobile HQ]], Drake suggests June send Jorjie to [[Magdalene Academy]]. Two weeks later. Jorjie arrives at the Academy, where she meets Vibeka, who warns Jorjie not to put on the [[Cerulium bracelet|bracelets]] worn by several of the students; they change people's behaviour. Jorjie takes her advice and doesn't join [[Melaina]]'s study group. When she goes to the mansion and complains about the school, Starkey and Gryffen don't agree with her. | ||
Gryffen analyses video playback of the explosion and finds the strange substance vaporises under pressure. K9 says the CCPCs used it to try to take control of him and it is an alien substance. When Jorjie returns to the academy, she finds Vibeka now wears a bracelet. She tells Starkey, who comes to Magdalene to investigate. Vibeka flirts with him. | Gryffen analyses video playback of the explosion and finds the strange substance vaporises under pressure. K9 says the CCPCs used it to try to take control of him and it is an alien substance. When Jorjie returns to the academy, she finds Vibeka now wears a bracelet. She tells Starkey, who comes to Magdalene to investigate. Vibeka flirts with him. | ||
Gryffen discovers the alien substance is [[cerulium]]. K9 describes the planet [[Ceres]], and how lack of free will destroyed its civilisation. At the Academy the girls give Jorjie a bracelet and persuade her to wear it. She falls under its influence almost immediately and returns to the mansion, where she flirts with | Gryffen discovers the alien substance is [[cerulium]]. K9 describes the planet [[Ceres]], and how lack of free will destroyed its civilisation. At the Academy the girls give Jorjie a bracelet and persuade her to wear it. She falls under its influence almost immediately and returns to the mansion, where she flirts with Darius while K9 identifies the bracelet as cerulium. Starkey tells her to take off the bracelet, but she refuses until K9 destroys it with his laser cannon. | ||
The next day she returns to school with a fake bracelet, asking where she can | The next day she returns to school with a fake bracelet, asking where she can get another one for her mother, [[June Turner]]. Drake realises that his plot is uncovered and the girls attack her, but K9 arrives and destroys all the bracelets. Melaina is the only one remaining. When Drake deactivates her, Jorjie reveals to the other students that she is a [[robot]] similar to the CCPC. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[ | * 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]] | ||
* [[ | * 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]] | ||
* [[Vibeka]] - [[Sophia Emerson-Bains]] | * [[Vibeka]] - [[Sophia Emerson-Bains]] | ||
* [[Melaina]] - [[Cathy Tucker]] | * [[Melaina]] - [[Cathy Tucker]] | ||
* [[Hilena]] - [[Natalie Stephenson]] | * [[Hilena]] - [[Natalie Stephenson]] | ||
* [[Kalena]] - [[Britt Henderson]] | * [[Kalena]] - [[Britt Henderson]] | ||
* [[CCPC]]/[[School CCPC]] - [[Micheal Coglan]] | * [[CCPC|CCPC #1]]/[[CCPC (Sirens of Ceres)|School CCPC]] - [[Micheal Coglan]] | ||
* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norsend]] | * [[CCPC|CCPC #2]] - [[Josh Norsend]] | ||
* [[CCPC]] - [[Manuel Saubie]] | * [[CCPC|CCPC #3]] - [[Manuel Saubie]] | ||
* [[CCPC]] - [[David Pawsey]] | * [[CCPC|CCPC #4]] - [[David Pawsey]] | ||
* [[Teacher (Sirens of Ceres)|Teacher]] - [[Catarina Hibbard]] | * [[Teacher (Sirens of Ceres)|Teacher]] - [[Catarina Hibbard]] | ||
== | ''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]] - [[Deborah Parsons]] | * [[Writer]] - [[Deborah Parsons]] | ||
* [[Director]] - [[Daniel Nettheim]] | * [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Daniel Nettheim]] | ||
* [[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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* Music by - [[Christopher Elves]] | * Music by - [[Christopher Elves]] | ||
* K9 theme music by - [[Michael Lira]] | * K9 theme music by - [[Michael Lira]] | ||
* [[Editor]] - [[Patrick Stewart]] | * [[Editor]] - [[Patrick Stewart (editor)|Patrick Stewart]] | ||
* Casting - [[Faith Martin]] and associates | * Casting - [[Faith Martin]] and associates | ||
* Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]] | * Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]] | ||
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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]] | ||
* Sound Mix - [[Ben Vlad]] | * Sound Mix - [[Ben Vlad]] | ||
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* Executive producer Network Ten Australia - [[Cherrie Bottger]] | * Executive producer Network Ten Australia - [[Cherrie Bottger]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Upon seeing Jorjie in her academy uniform, Darius comments that she looks "[[manga]]". | * Upon seeing Jorjie in her academy uniform, Darius comments that she looks "[[manga]]". | ||
* Jorjie's class is taught about the [[Great Cataclysm]]. | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* | * This episode aired in the UK on the same day as the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]''. | ||
* Gryffen repairs K9 for most of the episode, similar to his appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' or ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
{{K9 discontinuity}} | {{K9 discontinuity}} | ||
' | * On the professor's screen Cerulium is instead written Cerilium. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== 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]]. [http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html] | ||
* 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'' 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 (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''[[Liberation (TV story)|Liberation]]'', ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'', ''[[The Bounty Hunter (TV story)|The Bounty Hunter]]'', ''Sirens of Ceres'' and ''[[Fear Itself (TV story)|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/] | ||
* ''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]]. [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, | * ''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> | </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] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 5 March 2024
Sirens of Ceres was the fifth episode of K9. It was written by Deborah Parsons, and directed by Daniel Nettheim. K9's role was smaller in this episode as it was focused on other characters, in particular Jorjie.
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
When Jorjie hits one of the robot police with a stone, her mother punishes her by sending her to the private school Magdalene Academy. But the Department are testing an alien mineral weapon, which they can use to control students in the academy.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Vibeka, an activist, is protesting CCPC violence when she is apprehended by two of them. K9, Starkey and Jorjie witness the arrest and Starkey records it to "publicise the violence". Jorjie decides to take action and despite Starkey's warning, she throws a stone at one of the CCPCs. The three run as Inspector Drake arrives and takes Vibeka away. Two CCPCs corner them and a third confiscates Starkey's recording. Drake orders the CCPCs to use an unknown device, the Inhibitor, into which the CCPC puts an alien substance. The device fails, destroying the CCPC and sending K9 flying. Drake is angered at this and crushes the top off his cane.
At Jorjie's house, June is shocked to learn that Jorjie threw a stone at a CCPC. She is even angrier that Jorjie dismisses her concerns by complaining of a headache. Jorjie says the CCPC was using a strange weapon.
Back at the mansion, Gryffen repairs K9, and lectures Starkey on his "tomfoolery." In the Department Mobile HQ, Drake suggests June send Jorjie to Magdalene Academy. Two weeks later. Jorjie arrives at the Academy, where she meets Vibeka, who warns Jorjie not to put on the bracelets worn by several of the students; they change people's behaviour. Jorjie takes her advice and doesn't join Melaina's study group. When she goes to the mansion and complains about the school, Starkey and Gryffen don't agree with her.
Gryffen analyses video playback of the explosion and finds the strange substance vaporises under pressure. K9 says the CCPCs used it to try to take control of him and it is an alien substance. When Jorjie returns to the academy, she finds Vibeka now wears a bracelet. She tells Starkey, who comes to Magdalene to investigate. Vibeka flirts with him.
Gryffen discovers the alien substance is cerulium. K9 describes the planet Ceres, and how lack of free will destroyed its civilisation. At the Academy the girls give Jorjie a bracelet and persuade her to wear it. She falls under its influence almost immediately and returns to the mansion, where she flirts with Darius while K9 identifies the bracelet as cerulium. Starkey tells her to take off the bracelet, but she refuses until K9 destroys it with his laser cannon.
The next day she returns to school with a fake bracelet, asking where she can get another one for her mother, June Turner. Drake realises that his plot is uncovered and the girls attack her, but K9 arrives and destroys all the bracelets. Melaina is the only one remaining. When Drake deactivates her, Jorjie reveals to the other students that she is a robot similar to the CCPC.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Professor Alistair Gryffen - Robert Moloney
- Starkey - Keegan Joyce
- Jorjie Turner - Philippa Coulthard
- Darius Pike - Daniel Webber
- Voice of K9 - John Leeson
- June Turner - Robyn Moore
- Drake - Connor Van Vuuren
- Vibeka - Sophia Emerson-Bains
- Melaina - Cathy Tucker
- Hilena - Natalie Stephenson
- Kalena - Britt Henderson
- CCPC #1/School CCPC - Micheal Coglan
- CCPC #2 - Josh Norsend
- CCPC #3 - Manuel Saubie
- CCPC #4 - David Pawsey
- Teacher - Catarina Hibbard
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]]
- Writer - Deborah Parsons
- Director - Daniel Nettheim
- Producers - Penny Wall, Richard Stewart, Simon Barnes
- Executive producers - Jim Howell, Grant Bradley, Steve Robbins
- Associate producers - Bob Baker, Paul Tams
- Supervising producer - Dale Bradley
- Co-Executive producers - Mark Blythe, Sam Tromans
- Line producer - Pam Collis
- VFX Director - David Napier
- Series Production Designer - Jon Dowding
- Episodic Designer - Adam Head
- 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 - Patrick Stewart
- Casting - Faith Martin and associates
- Episodic casting - Lisa Maloney
- Drama/Dialogue coach - Peter Kent
- Story Producer - Greg Walters
- Script Editor - Anthony Morris
- Script Adaption - Michaeley O'Brien
- Production Accountant - Pru Donovan
- 1st Assistant Director - Peter McLennan
- Script Supervisor - Sue Ketchington
- Costume Designer - Joanne Thompson
- Makeup Designer - Sharon Robbins
- Puppeteer - David Pawsey
- Location Manager - Charles Boyle
- Sound Recordist - Ian Grant
- B Camera Operator - Dan Maxwell
- Gaffer - Steve Monk
- Key Grip - Billy Harmer
- Special thanks to - Space Furniture, Shredox, J. Barbour & Sons Ltd, Heath Williams at Firefly Lighting, Videopro
- Safety Supervisor/Stunt Coordinator - Danny Baldwin
- Transport Manager - Alister Ward
- Unit Manager - Graeme Suhr
- Post Production Facility - Cutting Edge Australia
- Head of Post Production - John Lee
- Sound Design - Warren Pearson
- Sound Mix - Ben Vlad
- K9 Theme Music Recorded - Supersonic
- The Postworks - Bob Blasdall
- Marshalls and Dent Lawyers - Shaun Miller, Bryce Menzies
- Completion Guarantor - First Australian Completion Bond Company Pty Ltd
- Executive producer Network Ten Australia - Cherrie Bottger
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Upon seeing Jorjie in her academy uniform, Darius comments that she looks "manga".
- Jorjie's class is taught about the Great Cataclysm.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This episode aired in the UK on the same day as the Doctor Who episode The Beast Below.
- Gryffen repairs K9 for most of the episode, similar to his appearances in Doctor Who or The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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.
- On the professor's screen Cerulium is instead written Cerilium.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
- Series One complete box set, released in Australia on 29 September 2010. [1]
- A "vanilla" DVD called The Bounty Hunter, containing Regeneration, Liberation, The Korven, The Bounty Hunter, Sirens of Ceres and Fear Itself, released in Australia on 29 September 2010. [2]
- 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. [3], [4]
- K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition, containing the full first series, was released in the UK on 11 June 2012. [5]
Complete Boxset
(Region 4, Australia)
The Bounty Hunter
(Region 4, Australia)
Series 1, Volume 1
(Region 0, sold in UK and US)
"Ultimate Collectors Edition"
(Region 2, UK)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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