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|number         = [[Series 1 (K9)|1.25]]
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|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>[[Thorne]]</li></ul>
|series episode number = 25
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
|featuring      = June Turner
|featuring2    = Jixey
|featuring3    = Department Technician (Curse of Anubis){{!}}Technician
|featuring4    = Harry Pike
|enemy          = [[Inspector]] [[Thorne]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[2050]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[2050]]
|writer        =
|writer        = Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause
|producer      =
|director      = [[Mark DeFriest]]
|director      =
|producer      = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|broadcast date = <ul><li>[[6th November]] [[2010]] (United Kingdom)</li><li>[[28th June]] [[2010]] (Scandinavia)</li><li>[[18th September]] [[2010]] (Australia)</li></ul>
|broadcast date = 28 June 2010
|format        = 1 x 30 minute episode (Part 4 of 5)
|format        = 1 x 30 minute episode<br/>Part 4 of 5
|production code=
|production code = 1.25
|previous story= [[The Last Precinct]]
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
|next story= [[Eclipse of the Korven]]
|prev            = The Last Precinct (TV story)
}}{{TV stub}}
|next           = The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)
|epcount = 1}}'''''Hound of the Korven''''' was the twenty-fifth episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Shayne Armstrong]] and [[S. P. Krause]], and directed by [[Mark DeFriest]].
 
It began the first half of the series finale, but was also part four of five in a series of interconnected stories.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Thorne entices K9 to hand over his Regeneration Circuit in exchange for his missing memory chip. As a double cross the fake chip contains a sequence turning K9 into a bomb. Starkey is taken by an old enemy who has a few surprises for K9 and his friends too.
[[Thorne]] entices [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] to hand over his [[regeneration unit]] in exchange for his missing memory chip. It is a double cross. The fake chip contains a code turning K9 into a bomb. [[Starkey]] is taken by an old enemy who has a few surprises for K9 and his friends too.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
[[Darius Pike|Darius]] is sleeping inside [[Mariah]] when [[Thorne]] taps on the [[window]], frightening him. Thorne says Darius may want some news about his father. They enter [[virtual reality]], where Darius finds his father in a pure white prison, trembling in fear. Darius speaks to him, but his father can't hear him. This is [[Harry Pike]]'s world now, white, no corners and no detail to draw the eye or distract the mind. He will endure years of this. Darius asks Thorne what he wants. Thorne wants something from K9. K9 won't give it to him and he must have it.
 
Darius refuses to get it for him. Thorne says he wants a [[Regeneration unit|certain circuit]] from K9. Thorne says that K9 can function perfectly well without it and says it is the cybernetic equivalent of an appendix. Thorne uses his vid-com to transmit a high-pitched sound, putting Pike in agony. Darius gives in and they exit virtual reality. Darius says he will talk to K9 but he can't promise. Thorne assures him he has a deal for K9 too. He has something of K9's he thought lost forever, his memory disc, thought to have been destroyed when K9 came through the [[STM]].
 
As Darius and K9 move through the [[sewer]] tunnels, Darius sees no cameras and no cops. K9 calculates the likelihood of a double-cross is 99.99%. Darius admits they've had their differences. K9 says it is because of his tendency to be irritating. Darius says that he appreciates K9 doing this for him and his dad. K9 tells him that he isn't doing this exclusively for Harry. The prospect of having his memory restored is appealing. The chance his memory disc survived is remote, but still more than zero.
 
K9 and Darius are followed by Starkey and Jorjie, who report Gryffen. Starkey says they will be there to help Darius if it is a double-cross and if it's legit, they don't want to stop K9 getting his disc back. Starkey notices some foul-smelling slime on the wall: it's [[Jixen]].
 
Thorne and four CCPCs arrive. Darius asks Thorne why he needs the bodyguards. Thorne says there's not any length K9 wouldn't go to for what he's carrying. K9 spots the memory chip and asks him to return it. Thorne offers it to him, then reminds him of Darius' father. Thorne wants K9's regeneration unit in trade. Starkey and Jorjie interrupt. Starkey refuses to let K9 do it. Thorne asks if he has a deal. Starkey warns K9 that without his regeneration unit he will be as vulnerable as everyone else. Darius agrees. Thorne says he isn't doing it for Darius, but for his poor old dad. K9 agrees reluctantly and they make the trade.
 
K9 accesses the memory disc and starts routing all power to his photon reactor, warning he will self-destruct in twenty seconds. As Thorne and the CCPCs leave, the kids try to get K9 to stop. The countdown is terminated, but K9 warns a destruct sequence has been built into the memory disc. An unknown target will trigger it when he comes in range. In the [[Department Mobile HQ]], the [[Department Technician (Curse of Anubis)|Department Technician]] informs June the Jixen is coming within range and the stun mines and gas canisters are ready. June tells him to delay the order. She asks Thorne if the tunnels have been cleared of civilians. June doesn't take Thorne's assurance and orders the technician to hold off the gas. She will supervise its deployment.
 
In the tunnels, Starkey assures the others that Gryffen will know what to do. A hovering stun mine arrives. It knocks Darius to the ground. Starkey hears a Jixen roar. K9 notes the Jixen will trigger his self-destruct. He moves to intercept it. Another stun mine appears. It shocks the Jixen, who takes another route. Darius notices the roar is getting closer. K9 speeds off. He cannot allow the Jixen to get close. His self-destruction will destroy every nearby lifeform. Starkey races off to stop him. Darius follows, but is stopped by yet another stun mine. Starkey tries to find K9 but finds another stun mine. He turns back to see a gas canister. The tunnels are gassed. Starkey collapses and is dragged away.
 
June and four CCPCs are nearby. She orders one to drop the final canister. The CCPC spots two citizens in the tunnels. June has the CCPCs get them out to discover who they are. They are taken to Department Mobile HQ. Darius warns that Starkey is still in the tunnels. June asks if he has K9 with him and says he should be fine and that the gas is a sleeping agent. His main problem is the Jixen. Darius eyes the exits. Jorjie says she knows about the Jixen and that Starkey could be vaporised by a bomb. Darius fools the CCPCs and races out. Jorjie tries to follow him but is stopped.
 
Thorne contacts June. He wants a comment on reports the operation has stalled. June says it is suspended on her authority and that she doesn't answer to him. Thorne warns her that like him, she answers to [[British government|those above]]. When June refuses, she is contacted by [[Lomax]], who asks if the orders are not clear. She tells him that the orders need clarifying in light of new information. Lomax says she doesn't need to understand to obey. Thorne was acting in the best interests of the Department. June wants to argue, but Lomax insists that she perform her duty.
 
At the mansion, Gryffen calls K9 to say he has been trying to get through to him for ages. K9 suggests the stun mines, the Department's attempt to corral the Jixen, have interfered. He is en route to deal with it as part of his new programming imperative. As soon as he is in range of the Jixen, he will initiate self-destruct. Gryffen warns K9 that without his regeneration unit, he will be destroyed. K9 says that as it is his programming imperative, he is destined to self-destruct to destroy the Jixen. K9's sensors indicate the Jixen is in the tunnel.
 
Starkey awakens with his face in a pile of books inside the Jixen's lair. The Jixen moves towards him. Starkey is shocked when the Jixen says his clothes are marked with his scent. The Jixen has been learning English. He becomes frustrated when Starkey corrects his mistakes and warns he may forget his duties as a horse. Darius moves through the tunnels calling out for Starkey. When Starkey spots a book entitled, ''[[Land of the Lost]]'', the Jixen says it tells his story, a peaceful emissary from another time protecting an ignorant people from the monster living among them. He was the emissary's guard and he failed to protect him from the machine, his enemy, Starkey's friend, K9. Starkey says the Jixen started smashing up the mansion when they came through the STM, K9 came and protected him, giving his previous life to save his. The Jixen says that he is the one confused as he was protecting the emissary.
 
The Jixen were winning the war against the [[Meron]] until new energy weapons cost them their home. The Jixen tells Starkey these weapons were supplied by the [[Korven]]. Starkey confirms he knows the name. The Jixen says they were the peaceful emissaries. Humanity was the ignorant people and the Korven were the monsters. The Jixen tells him that the information was lost with the emissary, destroyed by the Korven agent, K9. The Jixen knows the Department has been infiltrated by the Korven and Starkey will lose his home as he lost his. Starkey says that then he needs to get out of here and alert the world.
 
The Jixen shows him the way out. As Darius searches for Starkey, the Jixen becomes increasingly uncertain about Starkey's plan for him to meet K9. Starkey believes K9 and the Jixen should be on the same side, as the both want to save the ignorant humans. The "cybernetic beast" can understand him. They soon bump into Darius. Darius is shocked to find a friendly Jixen. The Jixen assures him he is his alibi and gets angry when Darius says he means ally.
 
Starkey says they need to find K9 and explain to him that the Jixen isn't his enemy. Darius suggests that they do it fast ask K9 has arrived. K9 prepares his self-destruct sequence as the Jixen prepares to protect himself. Starkey stands between them and tells them to stop threatening each other and talk. Starkey says that "[[Jixey]]" is a friend. K9 continues his countdown. Darius wants to run, but Starkey says they are going to sort this out. He tells K9 that the program Thorne put in him was Korven tech and he has to fight it. His sensors got it wrong and the Korven are losing him. The Korven wanted the Jixen destroyed because the Jixen came here to warn the humans about them.
 
June arrives with Jorjie and threatens the Jixen. As K9's countdown reaches zero, Starkey shouts stay. K9 reroutes his circuits. He has overwritten the program and is no longer being controlled by the Korven. Back at the mansion, Gryffen takes a look at the chip. June cannot believe the Jixen is an ally of humanity and calls it a remarkable development. Jorjie notes it isn't the only remarkable development. She told Lomax to "stick it". June says she didn't use those exact words. Jorjie is proud June refused to let the gas be dropped in the tunnels. June informs Darius that she has checked on his father. He's safe in a minimum security environment. Darius is pleased that his dad is safe, the Jixen got away and K9 didn't blow up everyone. Gryffen says they haven't quite stopped the Korven plan. K9 agrees with the Professor. A significant part of their plan seems to be for Thorne to get his regeneration unit, which succeeded. Gyrffen asks what he wants it for.
 
As they speak, Thorne is at a Department base. He hands the regeneration unit to an [[Trojan (The Eclipse of the Korven)|unknown force]].
 
== 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]]
* [[Thorne]] - [[Jared Robinsen]]
* [[Harry Pike|Pike]] - [[Chris Betts]]
* [[Jixey]] - [[Jandardan Kewin]]
* [[Department Technician (Curse of Anubis)|Department Technician]] - [[Steven Sourris]]
* [[CCPC]] - [[Josh Norbido]], [[Jason McNamara]], [[Eugen Bekafigo]], [[Michael Donnet]], [[Tyler Rostedt]], [[Jarod Grodecki]]
* [[Lomax]] - [[Peter Kent]]{{Fact}}


==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.''
*[[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]]


==Production crew==
== Crew ==
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* [[Writer]] - [[Shayne Armstrong]], [[S.P. Krause]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[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]]
* 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]] - [[Patrick Stewart (editor)|Patrick Stewart]]
* 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 ==
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== Story notes ==
== Notes ==
*Unlike [[Doctor Who]] and [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]] titles, in which if the title of an episode contains the name of an alien, said alien appears in the episode. The title of this episode solely refers to K9, the titular ''Hound of the Korven'' and the [[Korven]] make no appearance, although they are mentioned.
* In ''[[Doctor Who]], [[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', if the title of an episode contains the name of an alien, that alien appears in the episode. The title of this episode solely refers to K9, the titular "Hound of the Korven"; The [[Korven]] themselves make no appearance, although they are mentioned. [[Lomax]] is silhouetted, though he was not known to be a Korven at the time of broadcast.


=== Ratings ===
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===Production errors===
=== Production errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{K9 discontinuity}}
* [[Harry Pike]] has been sent to a [[Virtual reality detention facility]] like the one [[Starkey]] was in at the beginning of [[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}. Pike was sent there for his part in [[the Last Precinct]]'s taking of [[Gryffen Manor]] in the preceding episode, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}}.
One of the Jixen Warriors who was supposed to have been destroyed when K-9's predecessor self-destructed is revealed to have survived and learned (pretty poorly though) English. He reveals to Starkey that they were the good guys and were winning the war against the Merons until the Korven supplied them with energy weapons. K-9 was working for the Korven while four of the Jixen planned to visit Earth and warn them of the brain-sucking parasites coming to bring about the end of days just as they had to the Jixen home-world. They hired Ahab to take out The Zanthus Pia because he was a petty obstacle, chasing K-9, their nemesis, hound of the Korven through a space-time portal generated by the malfunctioning STM. K-9 blew himself up while one of the Jixen survived and tried to reason with Starkey only to be vanquished with a self-destructing force-field generator. The sole surviving Jixen learned the native tongue so he could communicate with Starkey and become friends with mankind. Meanwhile, Thorne, a Meron spy in disguise, abandoned by his partner who fled in cowardice back to the Meron home-world has stolen K-9's regeneration circuit and given K-9 a nasty computer ship that will cause him to self-destruct upon encountering the Jixen, thus preventing him from warning mankind and getting rid of any proof of the Korven's forthcoming invasion. K-9 is saved and the Jixen gets his message across to The Department while Thorne still has the circuit, K-9's elixir of life. LOMAXX may also be a cyborg.
* [[Thorne]] is still after [[K9 Mark 2|K9]]'s [[regeneration unit]], and alludes to his previous attempt to steal it in [[TV]]: {{cs|Robot Gladiators (TV story)}}.
* Starkey finds [[Jixen]] mucus in the sewers as he did in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}}, and then encounters the surviving Jixen from the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}, whom he names [[Jixey]]. Jixey gives his perspective on the fight with [[K9 Mark I]] from the same episode.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
This episode is featured in the Series One complete boxset.[http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html] [[File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|thumb|250px|Official Cover.]]
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]
* ''K9: Series 1: Volume 2'', containing episodes 13–26, released in the UK and US on [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[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]


==See also==
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File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia)
File:K9 Series 1 Vol 2 DVD.jpg|Series 1, Volume 2<br />(Region 0, sold in UK and US)
File:K9 Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD.jpg|"Ultimate Collectors Edition"<br />(Region 2, UK)
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==External links==
== External links ==
[http://www.k9official.com/episodes.html]
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9/episodes/ TheDoctorWhoSite.co.uk]
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Hound of the Korven was the twenty-fifth episode of K9. It was written by Shayne Armstrong and S. P. Krause, and directed by Mark DeFriest.

It began the first half of the series finale, but was also part four of five in a series of interconnected stories.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thorne entices K9 to hand over his regeneration unit in exchange for his missing memory chip. It is a double cross. The fake chip contains a code turning K9 into a bomb. Starkey is taken by an old enemy who has a few surprises for K9 and his friends too.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Darius is sleeping inside Mariah when Thorne taps on the window, frightening him. Thorne says Darius may want some news about his father. They enter virtual reality, where Darius finds his father in a pure white prison, trembling in fear. Darius speaks to him, but his father can't hear him. This is Harry Pike's world now, white, no corners and no detail to draw the eye or distract the mind. He will endure years of this. Darius asks Thorne what he wants. Thorne wants something from K9. K9 won't give it to him and he must have it.

Darius refuses to get it for him. Thorne says he wants a certain circuit from K9. Thorne says that K9 can function perfectly well without it and says it is the cybernetic equivalent of an appendix. Thorne uses his vid-com to transmit a high-pitched sound, putting Pike in agony. Darius gives in and they exit virtual reality. Darius says he will talk to K9 but he can't promise. Thorne assures him he has a deal for K9 too. He has something of K9's he thought lost forever, his memory disc, thought to have been destroyed when K9 came through the STM.

As Darius and K9 move through the sewer tunnels, Darius sees no cameras and no cops. K9 calculates the likelihood of a double-cross is 99.99%. Darius admits they've had their differences. K9 says it is because of his tendency to be irritating. Darius says that he appreciates K9 doing this for him and his dad. K9 tells him that he isn't doing this exclusively for Harry. The prospect of having his memory restored is appealing. The chance his memory disc survived is remote, but still more than zero.

K9 and Darius are followed by Starkey and Jorjie, who report Gryffen. Starkey says they will be there to help Darius if it is a double-cross and if it's legit, they don't want to stop K9 getting his disc back. Starkey notices some foul-smelling slime on the wall: it's Jixen.

Thorne and four CCPCs arrive. Darius asks Thorne why he needs the bodyguards. Thorne says there's not any length K9 wouldn't go to for what he's carrying. K9 spots the memory chip and asks him to return it. Thorne offers it to him, then reminds him of Darius' father. Thorne wants K9's regeneration unit in trade. Starkey and Jorjie interrupt. Starkey refuses to let K9 do it. Thorne asks if he has a deal. Starkey warns K9 that without his regeneration unit he will be as vulnerable as everyone else. Darius agrees. Thorne says he isn't doing it for Darius, but for his poor old dad. K9 agrees reluctantly and they make the trade.

K9 accesses the memory disc and starts routing all power to his photon reactor, warning he will self-destruct in twenty seconds. As Thorne and the CCPCs leave, the kids try to get K9 to stop. The countdown is terminated, but K9 warns a destruct sequence has been built into the memory disc. An unknown target will trigger it when he comes in range. In the Department Mobile HQ, the Department Technician informs June the Jixen is coming within range and the stun mines and gas canisters are ready. June tells him to delay the order. She asks Thorne if the tunnels have been cleared of civilians. June doesn't take Thorne's assurance and orders the technician to hold off the gas. She will supervise its deployment.

In the tunnels, Starkey assures the others that Gryffen will know what to do. A hovering stun mine arrives. It knocks Darius to the ground. Starkey hears a Jixen roar. K9 notes the Jixen will trigger his self-destruct. He moves to intercept it. Another stun mine appears. It shocks the Jixen, who takes another route. Darius notices the roar is getting closer. K9 speeds off. He cannot allow the Jixen to get close. His self-destruction will destroy every nearby lifeform. Starkey races off to stop him. Darius follows, but is stopped by yet another stun mine. Starkey tries to find K9 but finds another stun mine. He turns back to see a gas canister. The tunnels are gassed. Starkey collapses and is dragged away.

June and four CCPCs are nearby. She orders one to drop the final canister. The CCPC spots two citizens in the tunnels. June has the CCPCs get them out to discover who they are. They are taken to Department Mobile HQ. Darius warns that Starkey is still in the tunnels. June asks if he has K9 with him and says he should be fine and that the gas is a sleeping agent. His main problem is the Jixen. Darius eyes the exits. Jorjie says she knows about the Jixen and that Starkey could be vaporised by a bomb. Darius fools the CCPCs and races out. Jorjie tries to follow him but is stopped.

Thorne contacts June. He wants a comment on reports the operation has stalled. June says it is suspended on her authority and that she doesn't answer to him. Thorne warns her that like him, she answers to those above. When June refuses, she is contacted by Lomax, who asks if the orders are not clear. She tells him that the orders need clarifying in light of new information. Lomax says she doesn't need to understand to obey. Thorne was acting in the best interests of the Department. June wants to argue, but Lomax insists that she perform her duty.

At the mansion, Gryffen calls K9 to say he has been trying to get through to him for ages. K9 suggests the stun mines, the Department's attempt to corral the Jixen, have interfered. He is en route to deal with it as part of his new programming imperative. As soon as he is in range of the Jixen, he will initiate self-destruct. Gryffen warns K9 that without his regeneration unit, he will be destroyed. K9 says that as it is his programming imperative, he is destined to self-destruct to destroy the Jixen. K9's sensors indicate the Jixen is in the tunnel.

Starkey awakens with his face in a pile of books inside the Jixen's lair. The Jixen moves towards him. Starkey is shocked when the Jixen says his clothes are marked with his scent. The Jixen has been learning English. He becomes frustrated when Starkey corrects his mistakes and warns he may forget his duties as a horse. Darius moves through the tunnels calling out for Starkey. When Starkey spots a book entitled, Land of the Lost, the Jixen says it tells his story, a peaceful emissary from another time protecting an ignorant people from the monster living among them. He was the emissary's guard and he failed to protect him from the machine, his enemy, Starkey's friend, K9. Starkey says the Jixen started smashing up the mansion when they came through the STM, K9 came and protected him, giving his previous life to save his. The Jixen says that he is the one confused as he was protecting the emissary.

The Jixen were winning the war against the Meron until new energy weapons cost them their home. The Jixen tells Starkey these weapons were supplied by the Korven. Starkey confirms he knows the name. The Jixen says they were the peaceful emissaries. Humanity was the ignorant people and the Korven were the monsters. The Jixen tells him that the information was lost with the emissary, destroyed by the Korven agent, K9. The Jixen knows the Department has been infiltrated by the Korven and Starkey will lose his home as he lost his. Starkey says that then he needs to get out of here and alert the world.

The Jixen shows him the way out. As Darius searches for Starkey, the Jixen becomes increasingly uncertain about Starkey's plan for him to meet K9. Starkey believes K9 and the Jixen should be on the same side, as the both want to save the ignorant humans. The "cybernetic beast" can understand him. They soon bump into Darius. Darius is shocked to find a friendly Jixen. The Jixen assures him he is his alibi and gets angry when Darius says he means ally.

Starkey says they need to find K9 and explain to him that the Jixen isn't his enemy. Darius suggests that they do it fast ask K9 has arrived. K9 prepares his self-destruct sequence as the Jixen prepares to protect himself. Starkey stands between them and tells them to stop threatening each other and talk. Starkey says that "Jixey" is a friend. K9 continues his countdown. Darius wants to run, but Starkey says they are going to sort this out. He tells K9 that the program Thorne put in him was Korven tech and he has to fight it. His sensors got it wrong and the Korven are losing him. The Korven wanted the Jixen destroyed because the Jixen came here to warn the humans about them.

June arrives with Jorjie and threatens the Jixen. As K9's countdown reaches zero, Starkey shouts stay. K9 reroutes his circuits. He has overwritten the program and is no longer being controlled by the Korven. Back at the mansion, Gryffen takes a look at the chip. June cannot believe the Jixen is an ally of humanity and calls it a remarkable development. Jorjie notes it isn't the only remarkable development. She told Lomax to "stick it". June says she didn't use those exact words. Jorjie is proud June refused to let the gas be dropped in the tunnels. June informs Darius that she has checked on his father. He's safe in a minimum security environment. Darius is pleased that his dad is safe, the Jixen got away and K9 didn't blow up everyone. Gryffen says they haven't quite stopped the Korven plan. K9 agrees with the Professor. A significant part of their plan seems to be for Thorne to get his regeneration unit, which succeeded. Gyrffen asks what he wants it for.

As they speak, Thorne is at a Department base. He hands the regeneration unit to an unknown force.

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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.

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  • In Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, if the title of an episode contains the name of an alien, that alien appears in the episode. The title of this episode solely refers to K9, the titular "Hound of the Korven"; The Korven themselves make no appearance, although they are mentioned. Lomax is silhouetted, though he was not known to be a Korven at the time of broadcast.

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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.

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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]
  • K9: Series 1: Volume 2, containing episodes 13–26, released in the UK and US on 18 April 2011. [2], [3]
  • K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition, containing the full first series, was released in the UK on 11 June 2012. [4]
  • Complete Boxset (Region 4, Australia)

    Complete Boxset
    (Region 4, Australia)

  • Series 1, Volume 2 (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

    Series 1, Volume 2
    (Region 0, sold in UK and US)

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

    "Ultimate Collectors Edition"
    (Region 2, UK)

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