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|story name    = Mind Snap
|season number   = Series 1 (K9)
|series        = [[K9 (TV series)|K9]]
|series episode number = 22
|number         = [[Series 1 (K9)|1]]
|main character  = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]]
|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>
|setting         = [[London]], [[2050]]
|enemy          =
|writer         = Bob Baker, Paul Tams
|setting       = [[London]], [[2050]]
|director        = [[David Napier]]
|writer         = <ul><li>[[Bob Baker]]</li><li>[[Paul Tams]]</li></ul>
|producer       = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
|producer       = <ul><li>[[Penny Wall]]</li><li>[[Richard Stewart]]</li><li>[[Simon Barnes]]</li></ul>
|broadcast date = 7 June 2010
|director      = [[David Napier]]
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode<br/>Part 1 of 5
|broadcast date = [[7 June]] [[2010]]
|production code = 1.22
|format         = 1 x 30 minute episode (Part 1 of 5)
|series          = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''
|production code= 1.22
|prev            = Robot Gladiators (TV story)
|previous story = [[Robot Gladiators]]
|next           = Angel of the North (TV story)
|next story    = [[Angel of the North]]
|epcount = 1}}
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'''''Mind Snap''''' was the twenty-second episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Bob Baker]] and [[Paul Tams]], directed by [[David Napier]] and was a {{w|clip show}}, the first of its kind in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise.
'''''Mind Snap''''' was the twenty-second episode of [[Series 1 (K9)|Series 1]] of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was a [[Wikipedia:Clip show|clip show]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
K9 is using the [[Space-Time Manipulator]] to try and rectify his memory loss of events prior to his arrival and regeneration. Gryffen and Starkey discover him linked to the machine which creates a feed-back and K9 loses all control of his memory and programming. He becomes a danger to everyone and starts his self destruct programme.
[[K9 Mark 2|K9]] is using the [[Space-Time Manipulator|space-time manipulator]] to try to recall events before his arrival and [[regeneration]]. [[Gryffen]] and [[Starkey]] discover him linked to the machine. This creates a feed-back and K9 loses all control of his [[memory]] and programming. He becomes a danger to everyone and starts his self destruct programme.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The STM is activated as K9 watches, Gryffen and Starkey walk in. Gryffen asks K9 what's going on, Starkey says the STM is doing something to K9 again. K9 tells them that he has been recalling scrambled information since this morning and collapses. Later on, Gryffen is working on K9, he warns that siphoning temporal power from the STM is highly dangerous. K9 says it's a calculated risk and that this event points to an even bigger connection between him and the STM than they previously thought. Starkey says there has to be some other way of finding the connection other than hooking him up to the STM. K9 says there's no other way and he has a bad feeling about his connection to the STM. Gryffen says he is doing this against his better judgement, K9 says that sometimes his judgement is totally illogical. Gryffen says that he's a scientist and he experiments, explaining that the nature of experimentation involves taking chances. K9 suggests he takes a chance now and initate full power to the STM, Gryffen does so. K9 suddenly warns them that he is entering attack mode. As they duck he fires, causing an explosion. Starkey and Gryffen are unharmed, they get up to see K9 is gone. He comes back up and warns them to stay back, Gryffen asks what's wrong. K9 detects an alien and fires at Gryffen, who manages to evade the shot. Starkey tells him it's Gryffen. Gryffen tells K9 to let him see what's gone wrong. When Starkey tells him to stay, K9 says he does not compute and warns him to retreat or he will be fired upon again.
The STM is activated as K9 watches. Gryffen and Starkey walk in. Starkey says the STM is doing something to K9 again. K9 has been recalling scrambled information since this [[morning]] and collapses.


Gryffen tells K9 his name and K9 searches for memory of Gryffen, he remembers when Gryffen worked on K9, imprinted the sound of a ball in his memory and played fetch. K9 identifies him as human and stands down, Starkey and Gryffen are relieved but are shocked to her him refer to himself as a dog rather than a unit, he says his archives are scrambled. Gryffen tells Starkey to get his [[VR goggles]] as this is more serious than he thought. As Starkey arrives holding his VR goggles Gryffen says those should be patched into his helmet which will allow them to witness K9's memories. Starkey almost walks off as Gryffen guides him to the chair. Gryffen gets ready to find out what the connection between him and the STM is after all, he gets him back online and descrambles his archives so he can jog his memory. K9 insists he does not jog, they start at the beginning when he first came through the STM when he was fighting the [[Jixen]] warriors and looked [[K9 Mark I|"a bit different"]] and "really like a dog". They see his battle with the Jixen and self-destruction. Starkey tells K9 that he self-destructed and saved him, Gryffen notes how he sustained no damage when he came through the portal but then changed. They see Jorjie and Starkey noting how he protected them and then K9 regenerating, Starkey says that's when he met him and Gryffen. K9 tries to remember Starkey and remembers when Starkey repeated his first words to him in order to convince him he wasn't a Jixen.
Later, Gryffen is working on K9. He says siphoning temporal power from the STM is very dangerous. K9 says it's a calculated risk and there is an even bigger connection between him and the STM than they thought. Starkey says there has to be some other way of finding the connection. After Gryffen activates the STM to full power, K9 warns he is entering attack mode. As Gryffen and Starkey duck, K9 fires, causing an explosion. Starkey and Gryffen are unharmed, but K9 is gone. He returns and warns them to stay back. He detects an alien and fires at Gryffen, who evades the shot. Starkey tells him it's Gryffen. K9 says he does not compute and warns him to retreat or he will fire again.


K9 recognises him as "young master" and asks for walkies, Gryffen tells Starkey it's best to play along until his memory returns. Starkey confirms he is his master but they aren't going for walkies now, he asks him who else he remembers. Gryffen asks about Jorjie or Darius, he remembers Jorjie and Darius finding him incapacitated by the [[Phosphane gas]] and Darius witnessing the [[Korven]] leeching Gryffen. They tried to get K9 to help. He tried to focus but engaged his self-protection protocol and shut down. As Gryffen cried out for his family Darius got angry and decided to take action. He went up to the Korven and got his attention by destroying his Phosphane tank, the Korven prepared to shoot Darius. As Darius struggled with him Starkey told K9 to fire his photon beam, K9 shot and killed the Korven. K9 starts acting strange, Starkey asks what's happening but Gryffen doesn't know. Starkey asks K9 whats going on. He is remembering when he encountered a hallucination of a Jixen. K9 warns Gryffen to keep back or he will incapacitate him, he tells him that whatever he is experiencing is not real and is like a dream. K9 argues dogs don't dream, Starkey reminds him he's had his fair share of "puppy dreams". He remembers the time when he fought the [[Bodach]], he tried to destroy the Obelisk however June (possessed by the Bodach) was too close and put the second eye in. K9 tried to ram into the Obelisk but it was protected by a shield that he bounced off. Jorjie decided to take action and put on the helmet and went into the Dreamworld. She showed June a fake love tattoo for Darius, this outraged June who woke up. K9 told June to remove the Eye and leave, K9 was then able to destroy the Obelisk.
K9 remembers when Gryffen worked on K9, imprinted the sound of a ball in his memory and played fetch. K9 identifies him as human and stands down. Starkey and Gryffen are relieved until he refers to himself as a dog rather than a unit. K9 says his archives are scrambled. Gryffen has Starkey get his [[VR goggles]] as this is more serious than he thought. Gryffen gets ready to find out what the connection between K9 and the STM is.


K9 says he is dangerous and remembered the time the team hid from [[Ahab]] in Darius' hideout in the sewers. As Starkey, Darius and Jorjie ate, K9 was "defragging", Jorjie wondered if it's possible K9 assassinated [[Zanthus Pia]]. Starkey refused to believe it but Darius argued neither they or him know what he did before he came here. Starkey asked if he done anything suspicious, Darius acted sarcastic saying he's so gentle he wouldn't hurt a fly. He warned one day he'll be petting him and then K9 will blast his arm off, Darius joked around impersonating Starkey in the event that happened. Jorjie told them to give it a rest as she needed her sleep. They all gone to rest, as Starkey petted K9, he accessed the remains of his memory and encounter with Zanthus Pia. The clip showed K9's HUD stating Zanthus must be destroyed, the clip then glitched and cuts to a burning corpse which K9 identified as Zanthus' remains. As everyone slept, he determined he was Guilty and he was a murderer. When K9 thinks they think he's a murderer he arms his cannon, as they duck he turns around and shoots, turning the STM off. Gryffen tells K9 he almost hit the STM and he could have destroyed the only chance they have of figuring out his connection to it and getting him back to his own time. He says he doesn't remember his own time as he is only a dog, Starkey says he isn't only a dog he's K9 and he has to help them help him.
They start at the beginning, when he first came through the STM, fighting the [[Jixen]] warriors and looking [[K9 Mark I|"a bit different"]] and "really like a dog". They see his battle with the Jixen and his self-destruction. Starkey tells K9 he self-destructed and saved him. Gryffen notes he sustained no damage when he came through the portal, then changed. They see Jorjie and Starkey and how he protected them and then regenerated. K9 tries to remember Starkey. He recalls when Starkey spoke his first words to him to convince him he wasn't a Jixen.


He remembers his purpose to protect humans and the time where they met with [[Thorne]] so he could give them the base of the [[Ukkan library card]], he was given a pair of (disabled) protective goggles as Darius opened the box containing the card, double-crossing Thorne and sucking him into the card. K9 asks who the "tall human" who he feels like biting is. Starkey tells him that Thorne is a Department Inspector, K9 doesn't remember the Department. Gryffen says how can he forget the Department after all the things they've done to disrupt their work, K9 asks if they are all enemies. Gryffen says that not all of them are and K9 remembers when Jorjie stayed over when a storm raged. She predicted her mother will be calling again which she did, much to her annoyance. As [[Drake]] took an interest asked who she was talking to she hung up, suprising Jorjie as that was her "trick". He then remembers June saying that K9 is under the control of the Department. Her section and not security, giving Gryffen responsibility of K9 and making K9 and the team the Official "K9 Unit". Gryffen tells him that's June and he has great respect for her, K9 says his short-term memory is incomplete. He turns on the STM, he says the directives from the STM are in conflict with his programming. Starkey asks what it means, K9 says it means his existance is an error and the lofical solution is to self-destruct. He starts his one-minute count down, later they Starkey and Gryffen get out of the room. At the last second Gryffen tells him to stop as he controls his own directives and not the STM, he tells him he's being totally illogical. K9 comes behind them and says that to say he is illogical is illogical.
K9 recognises Starkey as "young master" and asks for walkies. Gryffen tells Starkey it's best to play along until his memory returns. Starkey confirms he is his master but they aren't going for walkies now. They ask K9 who else he remembers. K9 remembers [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] and [[Darius Pike|Darius]] finding him incapacitated by the [[phosphane gas]] and Darius seeing the [[Korven]] leech Gryffen. He tried to focus but shut down. Darius got angry and took action. The Korven started to drain Darius. Starkey told K9 to fire his photon beam and K9 killed the Korven.


Gryffen asks if he remembers the [[Anubian]]s who made him think he was a [[God]], "totally illogical" as Starkey says. K9 says that the logic seems sound that he would be a God, being a cybernetic sentient dog to a lesser species. K9 remembers when Gryffen, Starkey and Jorjie were controlled by the Anubians and Darius arrived and woke him. K9 turned his attention to Darius and explained that running memory scans means he couldn't concentrate on anything else. Darius told K9 to listen as there was something wrong going on, Nehetka told K9 to ignore him. Darius said he had figured it out and it isn't the real Gryffen, Starkey or Jorjie. Darius said the Anubians have replaced them with Robots, Podpeople or Clones. The Anubians and the others laughed at him, Darius asked him to scan them. K9 scanned Gryffen and determined he is human. K9 gone back to his memory search as the Anubians grabbed Darius and Geb told him his audience with K9 was at an end. When Darius left, Nehetka suggested that a slight attitude adjustment and he'd make a fine court jester. K9 says there is a programme conflict between him and the STM and that the logical proceedure is to totally erase memory and reboot, Starkey refuses to let him. Gryffen thinks, he gets and idea and asks if he remembers the ball. As he drops it, K9 tries to remember.
K9 starts acting strange. He is remembering when he encountered a hallucination of a Jixen. K9 warns Gryffen to keep back or he will incapacitate him. He is experiencing something like a dream. He remembers the time he fought the [[Bodach]]. He tried to destroy the Obelisk but [[June Turner|June]] was too close while putting the second eye in. K9 tried to ram into the Obelisk but it was protected by a shield and he bounced off. Jorjie put on the helmet and went into the Dreamworld to wake June. K9 was then able to destroy the Obelisk.


He recalls when he was disabled in a dustbin and Gryffen tried to wake him up. Gryffen watched a recording of his family and he told K9 that if he survived and Starkey and Darius didn't he'll never forgive himself, he'll never get past that he wasn't there for them. When K9 didn't respond Gryffen had a thought, he created a sound that K9 was familar with, dropping a ball over and over again. K9 reactivated, he explained that his living metal frame required down time to repair from the Department's weaponary and his combat conditioning shielding had now done it's job, K9 then made his way to Dauntless prison. Gryffen tells him he is a machine and not a dog. He throws the ball and K9 goes to fetch it, to Starkey's irritance. K9 is curious as they are friends with a machine, Starkey says he has too and asks him if he can remember them. He recalls when he was undercover in [[Crashclub]], his crate was opened by two robot [[clown]]s, [[Chuckles]] and [[Boris]]. Chuckles told him refuelling's is almost over, K9 said there was a mistake and he was supposed to be delivered to the Gladiator Pens. Chuckles told him these were the pens and they were the Gladiators. K9 was shocked, saying they were merely a couple of clowns. Chuckles said that he and Boris used to be clowns but Freddie owned them so like it or not they are Gladiators, as was K9, the ferocious [[Pain-Maker]] then arrived.
K9 says he is dangerous. He remembers the time the team hid from [[Ahab (The Bounty Hunter)|Ahab]] in Darius' hideout in the [[sewers]]. As Starkey, Darius and Jorjie ate, K9 was "defragging". Jorjie wondered if K9 had assassinated [[Zanthus Pia]]. All but Starkey had gone to sleep. Starkey petted K9. He accessed the remains of his memory and encounter with Zanthus Pia. The clip showed K9's HUD stating Zanthus must be destroyed, then glitched and cut to Zanthus' remains. K9 decided he he was a murderer.


Gryffen explains that K9 became Chuckles friend just as he became his and Starkey's friend and that they're all in this together. Gryffen says that K9 has to override the directive from the STM and he hooks him back up to it. Starkey fears there's a "but", Gryffen says the but is that he risks losing all his memory, he will forget his friends. He says he has made his choice and he must override the directives and the STM is not his master. Gryffen puts the STM on full power, Starkey and Gryffen protect themselves from another explosion. They go back and Starkey tells K9 to come to him, calling him "good dog". He comes up and says that he is a cybernetic construction containing quantum conciousness capable of logical deduction and he is not a dog. Gryffen is relieved to see he's back to normal and tells K9 that they may never know how the STM did this to him and it's too dangerous to find out. K9 explains that he does not have to risk remembering his past, he may not be a dog but remembers he is a faithful friend. Starkey and Gryffen affirm it and smile at him.
When K9 remembers this, he arms his cannon. He shoots, turning the STM off. Gryffen tells K9 he almost hit the STM. K9 could have destroyed their only chance of figuring out his connection to it and getting him back to his own time. K9 says doesn't remember his own time as he is only a dog. Starkey says he's K9 and he has to help them help him.
 
K9 remembers his purpose: to protect humans. He recalls when they met with [[Thorne]] so he could give them the base of the [[Ukkan library card]]. They doubled-crossed Thorne, sucking him into the card. He asks who the "tall human" who he feels like biting is. Starkey tells him that Thorne is a Department Inspector. K9 doesn't remember the Department. He remembers when Jorjie stayed over as a storm raged. When her mother called, [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] asked who she was talking to and she hung up. He remembers June saying K9 is under the control of the Department, her section and not security. She gave Gryffen responsibility for K9 and made K9 and the team the official "K9 Unit".
 
Gryffen tells K9 about June and says that he has great respect for her. K9 says his short-term memory is incomplete. He turns off the STM. The directives from the STM are in conflict with his programming. Starkey asks what that means. K9 says it means his existence is an error and the logical solution is to self-destruct. He starts his one-minute count down, warning Starkey and Gryffen to get out of the room. Gryffen tells K9 to stop and that he, not the STM, controls his own directives, and that he's being illogical. K9 says that to say he is illogical is illogical.
 
Gryffen asks if he remembers the [[Anubian]]s who made him think he was a [[god]]. K9 remembers when Gryffen, Starkey and Jorjie were controlled by the Anubians and Darius arrived and woke him. K9 turned his attention to Darius and explained running memory scans meant he couldn't concentrate on anything else. K9 went back to his memory search as the Anubians grabbed Darius. [[Geb (Curse of Anubis)|Geb]] told Darius his audience with K9 was at an end. When Darius left, Nehetka suggested an attitude adjustment and he'd make a fine court jester. K9 says there is a programme conflict between him and the STM. The logical procedure is to erase memory and reboot, but Starkey refuses to let him. Gryffen gets an idea and asks if he remembers the ball. As he drops it, K9 tries to remember.
 
He recalls when he was disabled in a dustbin and Gryffen tried to wake him up. Gryffen watched a recording of his family and told K9 that if he survived and Starkey and Darius didn't, he would never forgive himself. When K9 didn't respond Gryffen made a sound that K9 was familiar with, dropping a ball over and over. K9 reactivated. His living metal frame required down time to repair and his combat shielding had now done its job. K9 made his way to Dauntless prison.
 
Gryffen tells him he is a machine and not a dog. He throws the ball and K9 goes to fetch it. K9 is surprised they are friends with a machine. Starkey points out that K9 is friends with machines, too. Starkey asks K9 if he can remember Chuckles and Boris. K9 recalls when he was undercover in [[Crashclub]]. His crate was opened by two robot [[clown]]s, [[Chuckles]] and [[Boris (Robot Gladiators)|Boris]]. Chuckles told him refuelling was almost over. K9 said he was supposed to be delivered to the [[gladiator]] pens. Chuckles told him that they were in the pens and they were the gladiators. Chuckles said he and Boris used to be clowns but Freddie owned them, so like it or not they were gladiators, as was K9.
 
Gryffen says K9 became Chuckles' friend, just as he became his and Starkey's friend. They're all in this together. Gryffen says K9 has to override the directive from the STM and hooks him back up to it. Starkey fears there's a "but". Gryffen says the but is that he risks losing all his memory and forgetting his friends. He says he has made his choice. K9 must override the directives. The STM is not K9's master. Gryffen puts the STM on full power.
 
Starkey tells K9 to come to him, calling him "good dog". He comes up and says he is a cybernetic construction containing quantum [[consciousness]] capable of logical [[deduction]] and he is not a dog. Gryffen is relieved to see he's back to normal and tells K9 they may never know how the STM did this to him and it's too dangerous to find out. K9 explains he does not have to risk remembering his past. He may not be a dog, but remembers he is a faithful friend. Starkey and Gryffen agree and smile at him.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[K9 Mark 2]] - [[John Leeson]]
* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
* Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
* Voice of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] - [[John Leeson]]
 
''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. Philippa Coulthard and Daniel Webber are credited in the opening of the episode, but do not appear outside archival clips. Robin Moore, Jared Robinsen and Connor Van Vuuren are also credited in the closing credits, but do not appear outside archival clips.''


== Production crew ==
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Bob Baker]], [[Paul Tams]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Bob Baker]], [[Paul Tams]]
* [[Director]] - [[David Napier]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[David Napier]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]]
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* Music by - [[Christopher Elves]]
* Music by - [[Christopher Elves]]
* K9 theme music by - [[Michael Lira]]
* K9 theme music by - [[Michael Lira]]
* [[Editor]] - [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[Russell Maggs]]
* [[Editor]] - [[Patrick Stewart (editor)|Patrick Stewart]] and [[Russell Maggs]]
* Casting - [[Faith Martin]] and associates
* Casting - [[Faith Martin]] and associates
* Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]]
* Episodic casting - [[Lisa Maloney]]
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* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]]
* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]]
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]]
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]]
* Puppeteer - [[David Pawsey]]
* [[Puppeteer (crew)|Puppeteer]] - [[David Pawsey]]
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]]
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]]
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]]
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]]
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* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]]
* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]]
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]]
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]]
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee]]
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee (post-production)|John Lee]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Story notes ==
== Notes ==
* Unlike ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' which have only shown brief flashback scenes, this episode is the first example of a [[Wikipedia:Clip show|clip show]] in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. K9, Starkey and Gryffen are the only characters who appear in new footage.
* This episode is the first example of a {{w|clip show}} in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. [[K9 Mark 2|K9]], [[Starkey]] and [[Gryffen]] are the only characters who appear in new footage.
* In K9's memories, archive footage of [[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}, {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Korven (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Bounty Hunter (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fear Itself (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)}}, {{cs|Dream-Eaters (TV story)}}, {{cs|Curse of Anubis (TV story)}}, {{cs|Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)}}, {{cs|Taphony and the Time Loop (TV story)}} and {{cs|Robot Gladiators (TV story)}} is shown.
* Along with [[Dave Martin]], [[Bob Baker]] wrote eight ''Doctor Who'' serials during the classic series, namely [[TV]]: {{cs|The Claws of Axos (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}. He and Martin are the creators of K9, who was introduced in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}}. This is the first time that Baker has written for the televised ''Doctor Who'' franchise since {{cs|Nightmare of Eden (TV story)}} in [[1979 (releases)|1979]].


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
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=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] remembers telling [[Gryffen]] about his [[remote identification system]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}} and how Gryffen used the information as part of a pep talk in [[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}}.
* In K9's memories, archive footage of [[K9TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', ''[[Liberation]]'', ''[[The Korven]]'', ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'', ''[[Fear Itself (TV story)|Fear Itself]]'', ''[[The Fall of the House of Gryffen]]'', ''[[Dream-Eaters]]'', ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'', ''[[Lost Library of Ukko]]'', ''[[Taphony and the Time Loop]]'', and ''[[Robot Gladiators]]'' is shown.
* [[Starkey]] shows K9 footage from [[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}} of his arrival from the [[Space-Time Manipulator]] as [[K9 Mark I]] and the [[battle]] with the [[Jixen]] that necessitated him [[self-destruct]]ing and [[regeneration|rebuilding]] himself with his [[regeneration unit]].
* K9 remembers [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]] and [[Darius Pike|Darius]] helping him battle the [[Korven (The Korven)|Korven operative]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Korven (TV story)}} and the [[Fear (entity)|fear entity]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Itself (TV story)}}.
* Starkey reminds K9 of his battle with the [[Bodach]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Dream-Eaters (TV story)}}.
* K9 remembers the [[K9 Unit]] questioning his innocence when he was being hunted by [[Ahab (The Bounty Hunter)|Ahab]] for supposedly killing [[Zanthus Pia]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Bounty Hunter (TV story)}} and tricking [[Thorne]] into opening the [[Ukkan library card]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)}}.
* K9 remembers [[June Turner|June]] calling Jorjie during a [[thunderstorm]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)}} and deputising the K9 unit in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Bounty Hunter (TV story)}}.
* Gryffen recalls the [[Anubian]]s tricking K9 into thinking himself a god in [[TV]]: {{cs|Curse of Anubis (TV story)}}.
* K9 remembers befriending [[Chuckles]] and [[Boris (Robot Gladiators)|Boris]] at [[Crashclub]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Robot Gladiators (TV story)}}.


== 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]


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Mind Snap was the twenty-second episode of K9. It was written by Bob Baker and Paul Tams, directed by David Napier and was a clip show, the first of its kind in the Doctor Who franchise.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

K9 is using the space-time manipulator to try to recall events before his arrival and regeneration. Gryffen and Starkey discover him linked to the machine. This creates a feed-back and K9 loses all control of his memory and programming. He becomes a danger to everyone and starts his self destruct programme.

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The STM is activated as K9 watches. Gryffen and Starkey walk in. Starkey says the STM is doing something to K9 again. K9 has been recalling scrambled information since this morning and collapses.

Later, Gryffen is working on K9. He says siphoning temporal power from the STM is very dangerous. K9 says it's a calculated risk and there is an even bigger connection between him and the STM than they thought. Starkey says there has to be some other way of finding the connection. After Gryffen activates the STM to full power, K9 warns he is entering attack mode. As Gryffen and Starkey duck, K9 fires, causing an explosion. Starkey and Gryffen are unharmed, but K9 is gone. He returns and warns them to stay back. He detects an alien and fires at Gryffen, who evades the shot. Starkey tells him it's Gryffen. K9 says he does not compute and warns him to retreat or he will fire again.

K9 remembers when Gryffen worked on K9, imprinted the sound of a ball in his memory and played fetch. K9 identifies him as human and stands down. Starkey and Gryffen are relieved until he refers to himself as a dog rather than a unit. K9 says his archives are scrambled. Gryffen has Starkey get his VR goggles as this is more serious than he thought. Gryffen gets ready to find out what the connection between K9 and the STM is.

They start at the beginning, when he first came through the STM, fighting the Jixen warriors and looking "a bit different" and "really like a dog". They see his battle with the Jixen and his self-destruction. Starkey tells K9 he self-destructed and saved him. Gryffen notes he sustained no damage when he came through the portal, then changed. They see Jorjie and Starkey and how he protected them and then regenerated. K9 tries to remember Starkey. He recalls when Starkey spoke his first words to him to convince him he wasn't a Jixen.

K9 recognises Starkey as "young master" and asks for walkies. Gryffen tells Starkey it's best to play along until his memory returns. Starkey confirms he is his master but they aren't going for walkies now. They ask K9 who else he remembers. K9 remembers Jorjie and Darius finding him incapacitated by the phosphane gas and Darius seeing the Korven leech Gryffen. He tried to focus but shut down. Darius got angry and took action. The Korven started to drain Darius. Starkey told K9 to fire his photon beam and K9 killed the Korven.

K9 starts acting strange. He is remembering when he encountered a hallucination of a Jixen. K9 warns Gryffen to keep back or he will incapacitate him. He is experiencing something like a dream. He remembers the time he fought the Bodach. He tried to destroy the Obelisk but June was too close while putting the second eye in. K9 tried to ram into the Obelisk but it was protected by a shield and he bounced off. Jorjie put on the helmet and went into the Dreamworld to wake June. K9 was then able to destroy the Obelisk.

K9 says he is dangerous. He remembers the time the team hid from Ahab in Darius' hideout in the sewers. As Starkey, Darius and Jorjie ate, K9 was "defragging". Jorjie wondered if K9 had assassinated Zanthus Pia. All but Starkey had gone to sleep. Starkey petted K9. He accessed the remains of his memory and encounter with Zanthus Pia. The clip showed K9's HUD stating Zanthus must be destroyed, then glitched and cut to Zanthus' remains. K9 decided he he was a murderer.

When K9 remembers this, he arms his cannon. He shoots, turning the STM off. Gryffen tells K9 he almost hit the STM. K9 could have destroyed their only chance of figuring out his connection to it and getting him back to his own time. K9 says doesn't remember his own time as he is only a dog. Starkey says he's K9 and he has to help them help him.

K9 remembers his purpose: to protect humans. He recalls when they met with Thorne so he could give them the base of the Ukkan library card. They doubled-crossed Thorne, sucking him into the card. He asks who the "tall human" who he feels like biting is. Starkey tells him that Thorne is a Department Inspector. K9 doesn't remember the Department. He remembers when Jorjie stayed over as a storm raged. When her mother called, Drake asked who she was talking to and she hung up. He remembers June saying K9 is under the control of the Department, her section and not security. She gave Gryffen responsibility for K9 and made K9 and the team the official "K9 Unit".

Gryffen tells K9 about June and says that he has great respect for her. K9 says his short-term memory is incomplete. He turns off the STM. The directives from the STM are in conflict with his programming. Starkey asks what that means. K9 says it means his existence is an error and the logical solution is to self-destruct. He starts his one-minute count down, warning Starkey and Gryffen to get out of the room. Gryffen tells K9 to stop and that he, not the STM, controls his own directives, and that he's being illogical. K9 says that to say he is illogical is illogical.

Gryffen asks if he remembers the Anubians who made him think he was a god. K9 remembers when Gryffen, Starkey and Jorjie were controlled by the Anubians and Darius arrived and woke him. K9 turned his attention to Darius and explained running memory scans meant he couldn't concentrate on anything else. K9 went back to his memory search as the Anubians grabbed Darius. Geb told Darius his audience with K9 was at an end. When Darius left, Nehetka suggested an attitude adjustment and he'd make a fine court jester. K9 says there is a programme conflict between him and the STM. The logical procedure is to erase memory and reboot, but Starkey refuses to let him. Gryffen gets an idea and asks if he remembers the ball. As he drops it, K9 tries to remember.

He recalls when he was disabled in a dustbin and Gryffen tried to wake him up. Gryffen watched a recording of his family and told K9 that if he survived and Starkey and Darius didn't, he would never forgive himself. When K9 didn't respond Gryffen made a sound that K9 was familiar with, dropping a ball over and over. K9 reactivated. His living metal frame required down time to repair and his combat shielding had now done its job. K9 made his way to Dauntless prison.

Gryffen tells him he is a machine and not a dog. He throws the ball and K9 goes to fetch it. K9 is surprised they are friends with a machine. Starkey points out that K9 is friends with machines, too. Starkey asks K9 if he can remember Chuckles and Boris. K9 recalls when he was undercover in Crashclub. His crate was opened by two robot clowns, Chuckles and Boris. Chuckles told him refuelling was almost over. K9 said he was supposed to be delivered to the gladiator pens. Chuckles told him that they were in the pens and they were the gladiators. Chuckles said he and Boris used to be clowns but Freddie owned them, so like it or not they were gladiators, as was K9.

Gryffen says K9 became Chuckles' friend, just as he became his and Starkey's friend. They're all in this together. Gryffen says K9 has to override the directive from the STM and hooks him back up to it. Starkey fears there's a "but". Gryffen says the but is that he risks losing all his memory and forgetting his friends. He says he has made his choice. K9 must override the directives. The STM is not K9's master. Gryffen puts the STM on full power.

Starkey tells K9 to come to him, calling him "good dog". He comes up and says he is a cybernetic construction containing quantum consciousness capable of logical deduction and he is not a dog. Gryffen is relieved to see he's back to normal and tells K9 they may never know how the STM did this to him and it's too dangerous to find out. K9 explains he does not have to risk remembering his past. He may not be a dog, but remembers he is a faithful friend. Starkey and Gryffen agree and smile at him.

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. Philippa Coulthard and Daniel Webber are credited in the opening of the episode, but do not appear outside archival clips. Robin Moore, Jared Robinsen and Connor Van Vuuren are also credited in the closing credits, but do not appear outside archival clips.

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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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