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|story name    = Liberation
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|series        = [[K9 (TV series)|K9]]
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|number         = [[Series 1 (K9)|1.2]]
|image           = CreatureFromLiberation.jpg
|featuring      = <ul><li>[[K9 Mark 2]]</li><li>[[Starkey]]</li><li>[[Jorjie Turner]]</li><li>[[Darius Pike]]</li><li>[[Alistair Gryffen|Professor Alistair Gryffen]]</li></ul>
|season number   = Series 1 (K9)
|enemy         = <ul><li>[[Jixen]]</li><li>[[Meron]]s</li></ul>
|series episode number = 2
|setting       = [[London]], [[2050]]
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
|writer         = <ul><li>[[Shayne Armstrong]]</li><li>[[S.P. Krause]]</li></ul>
|featuring      = June Turner
|director       = <ul><li>[[David Ceaser]]</li><li>[[David Napier]]</li></ul>
|enemy           = [[Jixen 1]], [[Thorne]]
|producer       = <ul><li>[[Penny Wall]]</li><li>[[Richard Stewart]]</li><li>[[Simon Barnes]]</li></ul>
|setting         = [[London]], [[2050]]
|broadcast date = <ul><li>TBA (United Kingdom)</li><li>[[18th January]] [[2010]] (Scandinavia)</li><li>[[10th April]] [[2010]] (Australia)</li></ul>
|writer         = Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode (Part 2 of 3)
|director       = {{il|[[David Caesar]]|[[David Napier]]}}
|production code=
|producer       = {{il|[[Penny Wall]]|[[Richard Stewart]]|[[Simon Barnes]]}}
|previous story = [[Regeneration (TV story) | Regeneration]]
|broadcast date = 18 January 2010
|next story    = [[The Korven]]
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode<br/>Part 2 of 3
}}{{TV stub}}
|production code = 1.2
 
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
'''Liberation''' was the second episode of [[Series 1 (K9)|Series 1]] of [[K9 (TV series)|K9]] and resolved the issue of the surviving [[Jixen]] and [[Dauntless Prison]] shown in the [[Regeneration (TV story)|first episode]].
|prev            = Regeneration (TV story)
|next           = The Korven (TV story)
|epcount        = 1
|featuring2=Drake (Liberation)}}
'''''Liberation''''' was the second episode of the ''Doctor Who'' spinoff ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Shayne Armstrong]] and [[S.P. Krause]], and directed by [[David Caesar]] and [[David Napier]]. It resolved the issue of the surviving [[Jixen]] and [[Dauntless Prison]] shown in the [[Regeneration (TV story)|first episode]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Having been tagged by Jixen slime, Starkey is in hiding from The Department and the Jixen Warrior who survived K9’s blast. Jorjie tells Starkey that the Department is imprisoning Aliens and K9 flies off to investigate. Jorjies’s mother is Department inspector June Turner and there is a confrontation as the youngsters and K9 try to help release the innocent aliens. The Jixen have a battle with their sworn enemies the Merons who have infiltrated the Department Starkey confronts the Jixen with dire consequences!
[[Starkey]] goes into to hiding from [[the Department]] and the surviving [[Jixen]] warrior. [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] finds out that the Department has imprisoned innocent [[alien]]s, so [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] and the team break into the Department's prison to set them free.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[File:Darius and Starkey.PNG|200px|thumb|left|Darius tells Starkey to leave after they are finished]]
At the [[Gryffen Manor|mansion]], Gryffen watches a recording of his wife and children. Darius doesn't like Starkey staying, but K9 insists that he must or the Jixen will tear him asunder. Starkey asks why can't he just get the Jixen before it gets him. K9 states the odds aren't in his favour. Starkey becomes alert when someone knocks at the door. Jorjie arrives and talks about travelling through time via the [[Space-Time Manipulator|space-time manipulator]]. Darius says it's too dangerous and anything could come through like [[dinosaur]]s. Suddenly the STM activates and sends a couple of black rats through, which scares Darius. K9 tells Gryffen that the Jixen is alive and on the move.
At the mansion Gryffen is watching a recording of his wife and children. Darius doesn't like Starkey staying however K9 insists that he must or the Jixen will find him and tear him limb from limb. Starkey asks why can't he just get the Jixen before it gets him, K9 explains that the odds aren't in his favour. Starkey becomes on his guard when someone knocks at the door, Darius explains that enemies normally burst through the door. Jorjie arrives and talks to the others about travelling through time via the [[Space-Time Manipulator]], Darius argues that its too dangerous and anything could come through. Suddenly the STM activates and sends a couple of Black rats through, scaring Darius. K9 informs Gryffen that the Jixen is alive and on the move.
 
Sometime later, when K9 detects what direction it is heading in, Gryffen asks what would it find of interest in that area. Starkey says it must be heading for the Department's [[Dauntless Prison|prison]]. Gryffen asks what prison, Jorjie explains that the Department keeps captured aliens there and they are given no rights and inhumane treatment. Starkey argues so are they, Jorjie says it isn't fair and no-one knows what they're doing to the prisoners. Darius asks why the Jixen would go to an alien prison, he suggests to give himself up. K9 says only one word, [[Meron]], which Darius interprets as Moron. Jorjie tells him he said Meron and asks what it is. Gryffen explains it's an enemy of the Jixen and highly dangerous. Starkey decides that they go to the prison and get the Jixen before it gets him, K9 says that isn't a good idea as the last thing they'd want to get caught in is battle between the Merons and the Jixen, whole planets have been wiped out.
 
Jorjie is called by her mother, Gryffen asks K9 to go to the prison and track the Jixen, K9 says he will but with great discomfort. While Darius is with [[Mariah]], Starkey says that they should be helping K9 find the Jixen. Darius says that K9 can look after him self and that Gryffen said no way, Starkey accuses him of being "chicken" as he is scared of a little rat. He asks him what he actually does for Gryffen, he says that he protects him from idiots like Starkey. Starkey tells him that Jorjie would go with him, Darius asks what he gets out of this. Starkey asks what does he want. Darius agrees but only with the promise that Starkey will leave and not come back after they stop the Jixen. Darius and Starkey get into Mariah and go for a drive. Gryffen tracks K9 through the monitor and tells him to be careful he's not detected, he suggests that he backs off. While moving towards the Prison K9 is detected by the Department. Starkey is angry that instead of driving right to the prison instead of parking it so far away they have to walk a mile, Darius explains that you don't park at the front door when you're trying to sneak in the back door. K9 enters the Department exclusion zone and Inspector Drake orders that it is excluded. K9 is attacked by the Department's [[Department Defence Robot|defense robots]] which disable him and he falls in a dustbin that Starkey and Darius walk by.
 
[[File:K-9 Disabled.PNG|200px|thumb|left|K9 Disabled.]]
 
Gryffen is shocked to see K9 disabled in the dustbin. Starkey and Darius climb down a ladder where they meet a locked door, Starkey tries to unlock it. Starkey argues with Darius that the tunnels could take them anywhere as they go on forever, Darius says it's better than Starkey's idea which was nothing. Starkey decides to not waste any more of his time, Darius wishes him good luck on getting out as he walks into a brick wall which breaks. Darius stumbled upon the entrance to the building. They spot two scientists taking a sample from an alien on the other side of the corridor as they are apprehended by the [[CCPC]]s. Starkey contacts K9 using his [[Dog Whistle]], Gryffen detects this as a sign that he is in trouble and asks K9 to wake up, as Starkey and Darius see the alien prisoners Gryffen begs K9 to respond. As they look at the alien prisoners Starkey notes that there's a lot they don't know about the Department.
 
[[File:Inspector Thorne.PNG|200px|thumb|right|Thorne, Governor of Dauntless Prison]]
 
They are met by [[Thorne]] the governor of the prison who throws them in a cell with an alien called [[Wiffy|Mr Wiffy]]. Darius argues that he can't keep them in here with no charges, June comes in and says he can. She is surprised to see Starkey "The boy who everyone is looking for". She says they're not to be harmed, Thorne asserts his authority as governor, she challenges his with the authority of a Department inspector in charge of alien threats. As she suggests he searches his prisoners before he "blabs his face off" she takes Darius's communications device and contacts Gryffen who demands to know why the Department is imprisoning aliens. She says they need to be catalogued to look out for others of their species and if the species commit a crime they'll know what they are looking for, Gryffen argues if the aliens are innocent but she argues that they can't be allowed to wander around London. Gryffen says they should be sent back home, she says they have tried but insists it's the only way and closes contact.
 
[[File:Gryffen.PNG|200px|thumb|left|Gryffen tries to convince K9 to wake up.]]
 
She warns Starkey that he will be returned to Virtual detention where his sentence will be reset to day one plus an extra six months for escaping, unless he tells her where she can find K9. She says if he does they will both be released, Darius agrees but Starkey refuses to tell her. She leaves them to stay until the guards arrive to bring him to virutal detention. Gryffen waits for K9 to wake up, when he thinks of his family he tells K9 that if he survives and they don't he'll never forgive himself, he'll never get past that he wasn't there for them. When K9 doesn't respond Gryffen has a thought, he creates a sound that K9 is familar with, dropping a ball over and over again. K9 reactivates, he explains that his living metal frame required down time to repair from the Department's weaponary and his combat conditioning shielding has now done it's job, K9 then makes his way to Dauntless prison.


Darius tries to convince Starkey to give K9 up, he warns him that if the Jixen is here he's trapped and done for. Suddenly someone arrives, Jorjie. Starkey asks how she found them, she says she tracked Mariah's autodrive and followed here and then followed the sound of bickering through through the tunnels. Jorjie meets Starkey and Darius in their cell and asks how can she get them out of here, Starkey says there is no way but Darius gives her a keycard against the keypad up the corridor. Darius explains to Starkey that in his little performance with Mr Wiffy he picked Thorne's pocket. She unlocks all the cells in the corridor, all CCPC units are ordered to the cells. K9 goes through the prison scanning for the Jixen, as the kids and the aliens run Starkey looks behind to see if they are being followed but he is attacked by the Jixen.
Some time later, K9 detects the direction the Jixen is heading. Starkey says it must be heading for [[Dauntless Prison]]. Jorjie says the Department keeps captured aliens prisoner there. They have no rights and are treated inhumanely which isn't fair. Darius asks why the Jixen would go to an alien [[prison]] and suggests Starkey give himself up. K9 says one word, "[[Meron]]", which Darius hears as "moron". Jorjie corrects him and asks what it means. Gryffen explains it's an enemy of the Jixen and very dangerous. Starkey decides they should go to the prison and get the Jixen before it gets him. K9 says that isn't a good idea. The last thing they'd want would be to get caught in is battle between the Merons and the Jixen: whole planets have been wiped out.


It corners him but K9 shoots the Jixen, however he has used up all he's got and his energy levels don't have time to reboot. He recommends "rapid movement in the opposite direction of the Xenomorph", in other words run. Starkey and K9 lure the Jixen to the cells, Starkey puts his jacket (which contains the Jixen tracking slime) in a cell which the Jixen finds. Starkey then locks the cell, as they taunt the Jixen one of the scientists walks in. He morphs into his true Meron form and attacks K9, as he advances on Starkey the Jixen emits a loud scream which makes the Meron retreat. In Thorne's office, June is shocked to hear the Jixen's scream as Thorne locks the door saying it's best they stay here. June spots Starkey K9 on a camera and she suggests they go and capture him, Thorne refuses saying they don't know what's going on down there. K9 isn't in good shape, saying his immunity levels are down to 19% he reroutes energy reserves to critical systems, K9 tells Starkey to leave him. K9 can't go as his power levels are critical, Starkey tells him to try.
Jorjie's mother calls her. Gryffen asks K9 to go to the prison and track the Jixen. K9 says he will, but with great discomfort. While Darius is with [[Mariah]], Starkey says they should help K9 find the Jixen. Darius agrees but only with the promise that Starkey will leave and not come back after they stop the Jixen. They get into Mariah and go for a drive. Gryffen tracks K9 through the monitor. On his way to the prison, K9 is detected by the Department. K9 enters the Department exclusion zone. The Department's [[Department Defence Robot|defence robots]] attack and disable K9. He falls in a dustbin that Starkey and Darius walk by.


[[File:K-9 Firing.PNG|thumb|right|K9 futilely tries to stop the Jixen.]]
Starkey and Darius climb down and find a locked door, which Starkey tries to unlock. Darius wishes him good luck on getting out and walks into a brick wall which breaks. He has stumbled upon the entrance. They spot two scientists taking a sample from an alien on the other side of the corridor and are apprehended by the [[CCPC]]s. Starkey calls K9 with his [[dog whistle]]. Gryffen takes this as a sign he is in trouble and asks K9 to wake up. As Starkey and Darius see the alien prisoners, Gryffen begs K9 to respond. They look at the alien prisoners. Starkey notes there's a lot they don't know about the Department.


June grabs Thorne's locking device and promises he'll never darken the prison's doors again and he's finished, Thorne vows revenge one day. Starkey and K9 meet up with the others and Darius manages to unlock the door, but they are met by June who tells them they are blocked by a forcefield and orders the aliens to return to their cells. Darius calls her a monster, she says that the system works but Starkey argues she's imprisoning innocent aliens. She says she's doing this for the future, so their children's children will be safe. Starkey asks about her children, she says any child of hers isn't his business. Jorjie then reveals to her that she helped the aliens, June is shocked to see Jorjie here, just as Jorjie is to find she works for the Department. The Jixen arrives and attacks Starkey and June, K9 tries to fight it but exhausts his firepower. June gives Jorjie the forcefield device and tells her to arm it to self-destruct. Darius grabs it and June tells him to attach it to the Jixen. When the Jixen advances on him he throws it to Starkey who manages to attach it to the Jixen, killing it. Jorjie says they make quite a team, Darius agrees. Starkey asks K9 what he thinks, he calls the assessment logical, amusing the kids. Starkey then faints.
They are met by [[Thorne]], the prison governor, who throws them in a cell with an alien called [[Wiffy|Mr Wiffy]]. Darius complains he can't keep them in here with no charges. June comes in and says he can. She is surprised to see Starkey, "the boy everyone is looking for". She says they're not to be harmed. Thorne asserts his authority as governor, but she challenges this as a department inspector in charge of alien threats. She suggests he searches his prisoners before he "blabs his face off". She takes Darius's communications device and contacts Gryffen, who asks why the Department is imprisoning aliens. She says they need to be catalogued to look out for others of their species and if the species commit a crime, they'll know what they are looking for. They can't be allowed to wander around London. Gryffen says they should be sent back home. She says they have tried, but insists it's the only way and ends the call.


[[File:Ready for Action.PNG|thumb|250px|left|"Ready for Action, Young Master."]]
June warns Starkey he will be returned to virtual detention, where his sentence will be restarted, plus an extra six months for escaping, unless he tells her where she can find K9. If he does, they will both be released. Starkey refuses. She leaves them. Gryffen waits for K9 to wake up. He thinks of his family and tells K9 if he survives and they don't he'll never forgive himself. He'll never get past that he wasn't there for them. When K9 doesn't respond, Gryffen creates a sound that K9 knows, dropping a ball over and over. K9 reactivates. He says his living metal frame required down time to repair from the Department's weaponry and his combat conditioning shielding has now done its job. K9 starts to make his way to Dauntless Prison.


That night, he wakes up in Gryffen's House, he calls the K9 and Gryffen shows him that he's been waiting by his side. He asks K9 how he got away from June, Darius explains that all the aliens did as someone leaked what the Department was doing to the media, the prison's being shut down. K9 confirms to Gryffen that the Jixen is gone and as one problem is solved another one presents itself. Gryffen reports bad news about the rats as they multiply every ten seconds. He says he knows that the machine needs more work before he tampers with it, Starkey then gets up. Gryffen asks where he's going, he says he has a job to do and he had an deal with Darius, Jorjie's gone home and the Jixen's dead. Starkey thanks K9 for saving him from "termination before he leaves. Later, Starkey hacks into the display board terminal again but is met by two CCPCS, K9 moves to protect him and they both run away.
Darius tries to convince Starkey to give K9 up. Suddenly, Jorjie arrives. Asked how she found them, she says she tracked Mariah's autodrive and then followed the bickering. Darius gives her a [[key card]] for the keypad up the corridor that he picked from Thorne's pocket. Jorjie unlocks all the cells in the corridor. All CCPC units are ordered to the cells. K9 goes through the prison, scanning for the Jixen. As the kids and aliens run, Starkey looks behind to see if they are being followed when he is attacked by the Jixen.


==Cast==
The Jixen corners him, but K9 shoots it. However, he has used up all his power and his energy levels don't have time to reboot. He recommends they run. Starkey and K9 lure the Jixen to the cells. Starkey puts his jacket, covered in the Jixen tracking slime, in a cell which the Jixen finds. Starkey locks the cell. As they taunt the Jixen, one of the scientists walks in. He morphs into his true Meron form and attacks K9. As he advances on Starkey, the Jixen emits a loud scream which makes the Meron retreat. In Thorne's office, June hears the Jixen's scream. Thorne locks the door, saying it's best they stay here. June spots Starkey and K9 on a camera and suggests they go capture him. Thorne refuses, saying they don't know what's going on down there. K9 isn't in good shape. Saying his immunity levels are down to 19%, he reroutes energy reserves to critical systems and tells Starkey to leave. K9 can't go as his power levels are critical. Starkey tells him to try.
*[[K9 Mark 2]] - [[John Leeson]]
*[[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
*[[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
*[[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
*Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
*[[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]
*[[Drake]] - [[Connor Van Vurren]]
*[[Thorne]] - [[Jared Robinsen]]
*[[Department Field Officer #1]] - [[Rob Horton]]
*[[Department Field Officer #2]] - [[Micheal Thompson]]
*[[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]]
*[[CCPC]] - [[Jason McNamara]]
*[[CCPC]] - [[Micheal Donnet]]
*[[CCPC]] - [[Edgen Bekafigo]]
*[[CCPC]] - [[Tyler Rosteot]]
*[[Meron #1]] - [[Rob Horton]]
*[[Meron #2]] - [[Micheal Thompson]]
*[[Jixen (Liberation)|Jixen]] - [[Janardan Kewin]]
*[[Lochnessy Alien]] - [[Simon Preston-Barnes]]
*[[Mr. Wiffy]] - [[Noel Sheridan]]
*[[Mr. Wiffy]] - [[Paul Tams]]
*[[Geisha Alien]] - [[Leah Tinley]]
*[[Geisha Alien]] - [[Sam Tromans]]
*[[Alien]] - [[George Pikusa]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Jessica Field]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Nick Burgess]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Amy Verwayen]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Hayley McFarlane]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Vince Holland]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Billy Shannon]]
*[[Alien]] - [[Cathey Burgess]]


==Production crew==
June grabs Thorne's locking device and promises he'll never darken the prison's doors again. He's finished. Thorne vows revenge. Starkey and K9 meet up with the others and Darius unlocks the door. Through the door, they are met by June, who tells them they are blocked by a force field and orders the aliens to return to their cells. Darius calls her a monster. She says that the system works but Starkey argues she's imprisoning innocent aliens. She says she's doing this for the future, so their children's children will be safe. Jorjie tells her that she helped the aliens. June is shocked to see Jorjie here, just as Jorjie is to find she works for the Department. The Jixen arrives and attacks Starkey and June. K9 tries to fight it but exhausts his firepower. June gives Jorjie the force field device and tells her to arm it to self-destruct. Darius grabs it and June tells him to attach it to the Jixen. When the Jixen advances on him, he throws it to Starkey, who attaches it to the Jixen, killing it. Jorjie and Darius agree they make quite a team. K9 calls the assessment logical, amusing the kids. Starkey faints.
*[[Writer]]s - [[Shayne Armstrong]], [[S.P. Krause]]
*[[Director]]s - [[David Ceaser]], [[David Napier]]
*[[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 producers - [[Mark Blythe]], [[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 - [[Victoria Madden]]
*Script Editor - [[Victoria Madden]], [[Anthony Morris]]
*Script Adaption - [[Michaelet O'Brien]]
*Production Accountant - [[Pru Donovan]]
*1st Assistant Director - [[Peter McLennan]], [[Wade Savage]]
*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 Recored - [[Supersonic]]
*The Postworks - [[Bob Blasdall]]
*Marshalls and Dent Lawyers - [[Shaun Miller]], [[Bryce Menzies]]
*Completion Gurantor - [[First Australian Completion Bond Company Pty Ltd]]
*Executive producer Network Ten Australia - [[Cherrie Bottger]]
*Head of Children's Drama Network Ten - [[Cherrie Bottger]]


== References ==
That night, Starkey wakes up in Gryffen's house. He calls for K9 and Gryffen shows him that the robot dog has been waiting by his side. Starkey asks K9 how he got away from June. Darius says that all the information about the aliens and the prison was leaked to the media. The prison is being shut down. K9 confirms the Jixen is gone.


===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Food and Beverages]]===
As one problem is solved, another presents itself. Gryffen reports bad news about the rats. They multiply every ten seconds. He says he knows the machine needs more work before he tampers with it. As Starkey gets up, Gryffen asks where he's going. Starkey says he has a job to do and he had a deal with Darius. Jorjie's gone home and the Jixen's dead. Starkey thanks K9 for saving him from "termination" before he leaves. Later, Starkey hacks into the display board terminal again but is met by two CCPCs. K9 moves to protect him and they both run away.
*Darius complains that Starkey ate all the Biscuits.
*Darius mentions that he likes Italian food.
*When K9 is disabled by [[Dauntless Prison]]'s defenses. He falls into a dustbin, some of the rubbish contained in it is baked beans.


[[File:Dauntless Prisoner 1.jpg|170px|thumb|right|Imprisoned alien resembling [[Zephon]] ]]
== Cast ==
===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
*K9 states the Mermaids of [[Gorgol XIII]] can eat dinner through their Nostrils.
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
*The Jixen and Merons have been at war for hundreds of years.
* [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
*Many aliens have been imprisoned in [[Dauntless Prison]] including a foul smelling creature known as [[Mr. Wiffy]], an alien resembling an [[Axon]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'') and an alien resembling [[Zephon]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
* Voice of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
* [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]]
* [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] - [[Connor Van Vuuren]]
* [[Thorne]] - [[Jared Robinsen]]
* [[Meron 1|Department Field Officer]] - [[Rob Horton]]
* [[Meron 2|Department Field Officer]] - [[Michael Thompson]]
* [[CCPC]]s - [[Josh Norbido]], [[Jason McNamara]], [[Michael Donnet]], [[Edgen Bekafigo]], [[Tyler Rostedt]]
* [[Meron 1]] - [[Rob Horton]]
* [[Meron 2]] - [[Michael Thompson]]
* [[Jixen 1|Jixen]] - [[Janardan Kewin]]
* [[Lochnessy Alien]] - [[Simon Preston-Barnes]]
* [[Wiffy|Mr Wiffy Alien]] - [[Noel Sheridan]], [[Paul Tams]]
* [[Geisha Alien]] - [[Leah Tilney]], [[Sam Tromans]]
* [[Alien]]s - [[George Pikusa]], [[Jessica Field]], [[Nick Burgess]], [[Amy Verwayen]], [[Hayley McFarlane]], [[Vince Holland]], [[Billy Shannon]], [[Cathey Burgess]]


===[[:Category:History|History]]===
''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.''
*Jorjie thinks about using the STM to travel to the [[Dark Ages]] or [[London]] [[2010]].


===[[:Category:Earth creatures|Earth creatures]]===
== Crew ==
*Darius uses the [[Dinosaur]]s as an example of a dangerous creature that could come through the STM, however when it activates it only sends a couple of Black [[Rat]]s.
* [[Writer]]s - [[Shayne Armstrong]], [[S.P. Krause]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]]s - [[David Caesar]], [[David Napier]]
* [[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 producers - [[Mark Blythe]], [[Sam Tromans]]
* Line producer - [[Pam Collis]]
* [[Visual effects|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 - [[Victoria Madden]]
* Script Editor - [[Victoria Madden]], [[Anthony Morris]]
* Script Adaption - [[Michaeley O'Brien]]
* Production Accountant - [[Pru Donovan]]
* 1st Assistant Director - [[Peter McLennan]], [[Wade Savage]]
* 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]]
* 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]]
* Head of Children's Drama Network Ten - [[Cherrie Bottger]]


===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]===
== Worldbuilding ==
*[[Dauntless Prison]] is protected by hovering robots which resemble Orange spheres.
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Darius complains that Starkey ate all the [[Best (brand)|Best]] [[biscuit]]s.
* Darius likes [[Italian]] food.
* The dustbin into which K9 falls in has baked [[bean]]s in it.


=== Species ===
* K9 states the [[Mermaid]]s of [[Gorgol XIII]] can eat dinner through their [[nostril]]s.


=== History ===
* Jorjie thinks about using the STM to travel to the [[Dark Ages]] or [[London]] in [[2010]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
*Although it was reported Liberation would air on [[4th April]] on Disney XD. Strangely, ''[[The Korven]]'' was broadcast instead of the reported rebroadcast of ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'' and ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'' aired in Liberation's place. This episode is yet to be broadcast in the UK. [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/k9-australian-launch-date.html]
* Although it was reported ''Liberation'' would air on [[4 April (releases)|4 April]] on Disney XD, ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'' was broadcast instead of the reported rebroadcast of ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'' and ''[[The Bounty Hunter (TV story)|The Bounty Hunter]]'' aired in ''Liberation''{{'}}s place. ''Liberation'' wouldn't be broadcast for six months until it finally aired on Disney XD on [[9 October (releases)|9 October]]. [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/k9-australian-launch-date.html]
* In Dauntless Prison, a prison corridor door is labelled [[D84]], the same name as a [[Kaldor android]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''.
* K9 recommends "rapid movement in the opposite direction of the [[xenomorph]]", a reference to the ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' film franchise, whose titular aliens are known as xenomorphs.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
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===Production errors===
=== Production errors ===
*When Thorne throws Darius into the cell with the alien he calls "Mr. Wiffy", Darius' reply of "You're not wrong" is obviously dubbed, as his mouth doesn't move when he says it.
{{K9 discontinuity}}
 
* When Thorne throws Darius into the cell with the alien he calls "Mr Wiffy", Darius' reply of, ''"You're not wrong"'', is obviously dubbed, as his mouth doesn't move when he says it.
[[File:Dauntless Prisoner 2.jpg|170px|thumb|right|Imprisoned alien resembling an [[Axon]] ]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{K9 discontinuity}}
* Starkey is still hiding from the Jixen hunting him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'')
*An alien resembling [[Zephon]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''), or possibly the early stage of the [[Krynoid]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]''), is seen as one of the prisoners. Another alien resembles an [[Axon]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'')
* Starkey remembers Jorjie telling him about [[Dauntless Prison]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'')
*In Dauntless Prison, a prison corridor door is labeled [[D84]].
* [[Zephon (Liberation)|A Zephon]] is held in Dauntless Prison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
*Jorjie considers the possibility using the Space-Time Manipulator to have Time-Travel adventures. Time-Travel adventures are the main feature of [[Doctor Who]].


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
[[File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Official Boxset Cover.]]
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:
*This episode is featured in the Series One complete boxset which is due to be released in Australia in [[29th September]] [[2010]], UK release is unknown. [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]
[[File:Dvd-k9bounty.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The Bounty Hunter'' Official Cover.]]
* A "vanilla" DVD called ''The Bounty Hunter'', containing ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''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]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-dvd-complete-series-bounty-hunter/]
*This episode is featured in a "vanilla" DVD called ''The Bounty Hunter'' along with ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''[[The Korven]]'', ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'', ''[[Sirens of Ceres]]'' and ''[[Fear Itself (TV story)|Fear Itself]]'', which is due to be released in Australia in [[29th September]] [[2010]], UK release is unknown.[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, scheduled for release 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]


==See also==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" widths="170">
''[[K9 Live]]''
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/]
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9/episodes/ Official K9 web site]
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Liberation was the second episode of the Doctor Who spinoff K9. It was written by Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause, and directed by David Caesar and David Napier. It resolved the issue of the surviving Jixen and Dauntless Prison shown in the first episode.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Starkey goes into to hiding from the Department and the surviving Jixen warrior. Jorjie finds out that the Department has imprisoned innocent aliens, so K9 and the team break into the Department's prison to set them free.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

At the mansion, Gryffen watches a recording of his wife and children. Darius doesn't like Starkey staying, but K9 insists that he must or the Jixen will tear him asunder. Starkey asks why can't he just get the Jixen before it gets him. K9 states the odds aren't in his favour. Starkey becomes alert when someone knocks at the door. Jorjie arrives and talks about travelling through time via the space-time manipulator. Darius says it's too dangerous and anything could come through like dinosaurs. Suddenly the STM activates and sends a couple of black rats through, which scares Darius. K9 tells Gryffen that the Jixen is alive and on the move.

Some time later, K9 detects the direction the Jixen is heading. Starkey says it must be heading for Dauntless Prison. Jorjie says the Department keeps captured aliens prisoner there. They have no rights and are treated inhumanely which isn't fair. Darius asks why the Jixen would go to an alien prison and suggests Starkey give himself up. K9 says one word, "Meron", which Darius hears as "moron". Jorjie corrects him and asks what it means. Gryffen explains it's an enemy of the Jixen and very dangerous. Starkey decides they should go to the prison and get the Jixen before it gets him. K9 says that isn't a good idea. The last thing they'd want would be to get caught in is battle between the Merons and the Jixen: whole planets have been wiped out.

Jorjie's mother calls her. Gryffen asks K9 to go to the prison and track the Jixen. K9 says he will, but with great discomfort. While Darius is with Mariah, Starkey says they should help K9 find the Jixen. Darius agrees but only with the promise that Starkey will leave and not come back after they stop the Jixen. They get into Mariah and go for a drive. Gryffen tracks K9 through the monitor. On his way to the prison, K9 is detected by the Department. K9 enters the Department exclusion zone. The Department's defence robots attack and disable K9. He falls in a dustbin that Starkey and Darius walk by.

Starkey and Darius climb down and find a locked door, which Starkey tries to unlock. Darius wishes him good luck on getting out and walks into a brick wall which breaks. He has stumbled upon the entrance. They spot two scientists taking a sample from an alien on the other side of the corridor and are apprehended by the CCPCs. Starkey calls K9 with his dog whistle. Gryffen takes this as a sign he is in trouble and asks K9 to wake up. As Starkey and Darius see the alien prisoners, Gryffen begs K9 to respond. They look at the alien prisoners. Starkey notes there's a lot they don't know about the Department.

They are met by Thorne, the prison governor, who throws them in a cell with an alien called Mr Wiffy. Darius complains he can't keep them in here with no charges. June comes in and says he can. She is surprised to see Starkey, "the boy everyone is looking for". She says they're not to be harmed. Thorne asserts his authority as governor, but she challenges this as a department inspector in charge of alien threats. She suggests he searches his prisoners before he "blabs his face off". She takes Darius's communications device and contacts Gryffen, who asks why the Department is imprisoning aliens. She says they need to be catalogued to look out for others of their species and if the species commit a crime, they'll know what they are looking for. They can't be allowed to wander around London. Gryffen says they should be sent back home. She says they have tried, but insists it's the only way and ends the call.

June warns Starkey he will be returned to virtual detention, where his sentence will be restarted, plus an extra six months for escaping, unless he tells her where she can find K9. If he does, they will both be released. Starkey refuses. She leaves them. Gryffen waits for K9 to wake up. He thinks of his family and tells K9 if he survives and they don't he'll never forgive himself. He'll never get past that he wasn't there for them. When K9 doesn't respond, Gryffen creates a sound that K9 knows, dropping a ball over and over. K9 reactivates. He says his living metal frame required down time to repair from the Department's weaponry and his combat conditioning shielding has now done its job. K9 starts to make his way to Dauntless Prison.

Darius tries to convince Starkey to give K9 up. Suddenly, Jorjie arrives. Asked how she found them, she says she tracked Mariah's autodrive and then followed the bickering. Darius gives her a key card for the keypad up the corridor that he picked from Thorne's pocket. Jorjie unlocks all the cells in the corridor. All CCPC units are ordered to the cells. K9 goes through the prison, scanning for the Jixen. As the kids and aliens run, Starkey looks behind to see if they are being followed when he is attacked by the Jixen.

The Jixen corners him, but K9 shoots it. However, he has used up all his power and his energy levels don't have time to reboot. He recommends they run. Starkey and K9 lure the Jixen to the cells. Starkey puts his jacket, covered in the Jixen tracking slime, in a cell which the Jixen finds. Starkey locks the cell. As they taunt the Jixen, one of the scientists walks in. He morphs into his true Meron form and attacks K9. As he advances on Starkey, the Jixen emits a loud scream which makes the Meron retreat. In Thorne's office, June hears the Jixen's scream. Thorne locks the door, saying it's best they stay here. June spots Starkey and K9 on a camera and suggests they go capture him. Thorne refuses, saying they don't know what's going on down there. K9 isn't in good shape. Saying his immunity levels are down to 19%, he reroutes energy reserves to critical systems and tells Starkey to leave. K9 can't go as his power levels are critical. Starkey tells him to try.

June grabs Thorne's locking device and promises he'll never darken the prison's doors again. He's finished. Thorne vows revenge. Starkey and K9 meet up with the others and Darius unlocks the door. Through the door, they are met by June, who tells them they are blocked by a force field and orders the aliens to return to their cells. Darius calls her a monster. She says that the system works but Starkey argues she's imprisoning innocent aliens. She says she's doing this for the future, so their children's children will be safe. Jorjie tells her that she helped the aliens. June is shocked to see Jorjie here, just as Jorjie is to find she works for the Department. The Jixen arrives and attacks Starkey and June. K9 tries to fight it but exhausts his firepower. June gives Jorjie the force field device and tells her to arm it to self-destruct. Darius grabs it and June tells him to attach it to the Jixen. When the Jixen advances on him, he throws it to Starkey, who attaches it to the Jixen, killing it. Jorjie and Darius agree they make quite a team. K9 calls the assessment logical, amusing the kids. Starkey faints.

That night, Starkey wakes up in Gryffen's house. He calls for K9 and Gryffen shows him that the robot dog has been waiting by his side. Starkey asks K9 how he got away from June. Darius says that all the information about the aliens and the prison was leaked to the media. The prison is being shut down. K9 confirms the Jixen is gone.

As one problem is solved, another presents itself. Gryffen reports bad news about the rats. They multiply every ten seconds. He says he knows the machine needs more work before he tampers with it. As Starkey gets up, Gryffen asks where he's going. Starkey says he has a job to do and he had a deal with Darius. Jorjie's gone home and the Jixen's dead. Starkey thanks K9 for saving him from "termination" before he leaves. Later, Starkey hacks into the display board terminal again but is met by two CCPCs. K9 moves to protect him and they both run away.

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]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Darius complains that Starkey ate all the Best biscuits.
  • Darius likes Italian food.
  • The dustbin into which K9 falls in has baked beans in it.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Although it was reported Liberation would air on 4 April on Disney XD, The Korven was broadcast instead of the reported rebroadcast of Regeneration and The Bounty Hunter aired in Liberation's place. Liberation wouldn't be broadcast for six months until it finally aired on Disney XD on 9 October. [1]
  • In Dauntless Prison, a prison corridor door is labelled D84, the same name as a Kaldor android from TV: The Robots of Death.
  • K9 recommends "rapid movement in the opposite direction of the xenomorph", a reference to the Alien film franchise, whose titular aliens are known as xenomorphs.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

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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.
  • When Thorne throws Darius into the cell with the alien he calls "Mr Wiffy", Darius' reply of, "You're not wrong", is obviously dubbed, as his mouth doesn't move when he says it.

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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