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| :''For the character of the same name, see [[K-9]].''
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| == Overview ==
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| '''When the world needs saving, the right person for the job is a dog... A ROBOT DOG!'''
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| '''''K-9''''' is a spin-off television series featuring the robotic dog [[K-9]], that has been produced in Australia by Jetix Europe, Park Entertainment and Stewart Wall Entertainment.
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| ''School Reunion'' led to near-immediate plans to launch the ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' spin-off. However the rights to K-9 were obtained by other parties, for the purposes of creating a separate spinoff. According to news reports in mid-2007, the ''K-9'' series will "feature a blend of live-action and CGI: K9 himself would be a CGI creation, but the show would otherwise be recorded in front of cameras." <ref name="Outpost News"> [http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEVFkypVVZaMnlviUi&tmpl=newsrss Lyon, Shaun (2006-07-18). More on K9 Series. Outpost Gallifrey News Page. Retrieved on 24-06-07] </ref>
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| In June 2008 it was announced that production would begin on the series in July 2008, with all or some of the episodes being written by the co-creator of K-9; [[Bob Baker]]. Other announced writers include Shane Krause and Shayne Armstrong. The series will be produced by Simon Barnes, Richard Stewart and Penny Wall. Due to licencing issues, the robot dog has been extensively redesigned. The series was initially not expected to have any obvious connection to the [[canon|Doctor Who universe]].<ref>[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkEFZukVllHGvPYmUv&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle K9 Series Production Latest], Outpost Gallifrey, 17 June 2008</ref>, but a [[2009]] update to the Park Entertainment website revealed that the series would explicitly star [[K-9 Mark I]], and that he would initially appear to be of the same design seen on ''Doctor Who''.<ref>[http://www.parkentertainment.com/television%20series.htm Park Entertainment expanded synopsis of the premise.]</ref> It will be the first ''Doctor Who''-related series to not be produced or co-produced by the BBC. Aside from the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]], it will be the first time a ''Doctor Who''-related production will not be based in [[Great Britain]].
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| These licensing issues also prevented [[K-9 Mark IV]] from making more than cameo appearances in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. As of [[April]] [[2009]], Sarah's K-9 has only appeared briefly, in ''SJA''. Two cameos were seen in the [[2007]] episodes, ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'' and ''[[The Lost Boy]]''. These have been followed by a [[2008]] cameo on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in ''[[Journey's End]]'', and a larger role in the mini-episode, ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]''. Possibly due to the announcement that the new series is to feature a ''different'' model,Mark IV is set to make a more robust appearance in [[Series 3 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 3]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', at roughly the same time the Mark I's series is due to air in the UK. (It is expected Mark IV may appear in as many as half the episodes, though as of May 2009 only two have been confirmed.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/26/sarah_jane.shtml BBC Press Office - The Doctor to appear in CBBC drama The Sarah Jane Adventures]</ref>)
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| The first season of the series consists of 26 episodes of 30 minutes apiece, which gives it a similar runtime to an average series of ''Doctor Who'', and it's the first time a ''Doctor Who''-related season has had so many episodes since the mid-1980s.
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| The first episode of the series aired for the first time in the UK on the cable network Disney XD as a special on 31st October 2009. The series began airing as a weekly offering on a Scandinavian network in January 2010. The series commenced broadcast in the UK on 3rd April 2010, the same day it premiered on the Ten network in Australia.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/k9-australian-launch-date.html] This was also the same day that [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] of the parent program debuted in the UK.
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| Currently, Disney XD has adopted a twice-weekly broadcast schedule for ''K-9'', airing episodes on Saturday and Sunday.
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| The canonicity of the series as it relates to the "[[Whoniverse]]" is unclear, but due to it being produced separately from the other ''Doctor Who'' series (such as ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''), it is unlikely that the shows will ever directly reference each other. The backstory does not appear to contradict the canon of the other Whoniverse series, however.
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| == Characters ==
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| === Series 1 ===
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| *[[K-9]] - [[John Leeson]] <ref>[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2009/07/news-from-dwm.html Doctor Who Magazine issue 411 reports that John Leeson returns to voice K-9 for all 26 episodes]</ref>
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| *[[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]]
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| *[[Jorjie]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]]
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| *[[Darius]] - [[Daniel Webber]]
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| *[[Gryffen|Professor Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]]
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| ==Episodes==
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| *[[Series 1 (K-9)]]
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| ==External Links==
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| ''to be added''
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{TV stub}}
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| [[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]] | | [[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]] |
| [[Category:K-9]] | | [[Category:K-9]] |
| [[Category:K-9 TV series]] | | [[Category:K-9 TV series]] |
