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|setting       = [[London]], [[2050]]
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
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|featuring      = [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]]
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|enemy           = [[Fear (entity)|Fear]]
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|setting         = [[London]], [[2050]]
|broadcast date =  
|writer         = Everett DeRoche, Graeme Farmer
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode
|director        = [[Karl Zwicky]]
|production code=
|producer        = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|previous story= [[Sirens of Ceres]]
|broadcast date = 15 February 2010
|next story= [[Fall of the House of Gryffen]]
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode
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|production code = 1.6
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
|prev            = Sirens of Ceres (TV story)
|next           = The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)
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'''''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 ==
''to be added''
[[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 ==
''to be added''
[[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 patrolling it. K9 distracts the CCPCs by alerting them to a violation of Department [[Regulation 29d]]: use of unapproved [[sandwich]]es 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 ==
* 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]]
* [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] - [[Connor Van Vuuren]]
* [[Tramp 1]] - [[Brian Vaughan]]
* [[Tramp 2]] - [[Nick Nelid]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]], [[Dane Paltman]], [[Eugen Bekafigo]] and [[Jason McNamara]]
* [[Jixen]] - [[Tarek Beheiry]]


==Cast==
''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.''
*[[K-9 (2050)]] - [[John Leeson]]
*[[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
*[[Jorjie]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
*[[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
*Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
*[[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]


==Production crew==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
* [[Writer]] - [[Everett DeRoche]], [[Graeme Farmer]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Karl Zwicky]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
* [[Associate producer]]s - [[Bob Baker]], [[Paul Tams]]
* Supervising producer - [[Dale Bradley]]
* Co-Executive producer - [[Mark Blythe]]
* With special thanks - [[Sam Tromans]]
* Line producer - [[Pam Collis]]
* 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 - [[Faith Martin]] and associates
* Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]]
* Drama/Dialogue coach - [[Peter Kent]]
* Story Producer - [[Greg Walters]]
* 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 (crew)|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 (post-production)|John Lee]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]


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


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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=== Filming Locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
''to be added''
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=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{K9 discontinuity}}
''to be added''
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* 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]]'')
* [[Alistair Gryffen]] refers to the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
 
== Home video releases ==
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
* 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 (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/]
* ''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]
 
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" widths="170">
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>


== DVD and Other releases ==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9/episodes/ TheDoctorWhoSite.co.uk]
{{elx|page url=http://www.k9official.com/episodes.html|page name=Episode Guide|website name=K9 website}}


==See also==
{{K9TV}}
''to be added''
{{TitleSort}}


==External links==
[[Category:K9 television stories]]
''to be added''
[[Category:2010 television stories]]
[[Category:Jixen stories]]
[[Category:Series 1 (K9) stories]]

Latest revision as of 00:24, 22 October 2024

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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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