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== Connections with Doctor Who == | == Connections with Doctor Who == | ||
* As noted above, K9 has a long history with the parent series, being one of the most recognisable icons of the show. K9 Marks [[K9 Mark I|1]] and [[K9 Mark II|2]] travelled with the [[Fourth Doctor]] from [[1977]] to [[1980]]. [[K9 Mark III|The next K9]] appeared in ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', the pilot episode for a aborted 1980s spin-off, ''[[K9 and Company]]''. He made reunion appearances in [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''. [[K9 Mark IV]] made cameo appearances in several episodes of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'' and later had a larger role in [[Series 3 (SJA)|Series 3]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Specifically, the K9 in this series is the [[K9 Mark 2|regenerated K9 Mark I]], having a radically different design change as the BBC own the design to K9. | * As noted above, K9 has a long history with the parent series, being one of the most recognisable icons of the show. K9 Marks [[K9 Mark I|1]] and [[K9 Mark II|2]] travelled with the [[Fourth Doctor]] from [[1977]] to [[1980]]. [[K9 Mark III|The next K9]] appeared in ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', the pilot episode for a aborted 1980s spin-off, ''[[K9 and Company]]''. He made reunion appearances in [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''. [[K9 Mark IV]] made cameo appearances in several episodes of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'' and later had a larger role in [[Series 3 (SJA)|Series 3]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Specifically, the K9 in this series is the [[K9 Mark 2|regenerated K9 Mark I]], having a radically different design change as the BBC own the design to K9. | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 13 August 2012
Connections with Doctor Who
- As noted above, K9 has a long history with the parent series, being one of the most recognisable icons of the show. K9 Marks 1 and 2 travelled with the Fourth Doctor from 1977 to 1980. The next K9 appeared in A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot episode for a aborted 1980s spin-off, K9 and Company. He made reunion appearances in DW: The Five Doctors and DW: School Reunion. K9 Mark IV made cameo appearances in several episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures and DW: Journey's End and later had a larger role in Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Specifically, the K9 in this series is the regenerated K9 Mark I, having a radically different design change as the BBC own the design to K9.
- In Regeneration Professor Gryffen triggers a piece of music stored in K9's memory. The three notes that are played are the first three notes of the Doctor Who theme song.
- In Regeneration the component of K9 that triggers his regeneration has symbols resembling Old High Gallifreyan, the language of the Time Lords with whom K9 Mark I has been. The writing includes "δ³Σx²", which was used to identify the Doctor in the 1972 behind-the-scenes book The Making of Doctor Who.
- In Liberation Jorjie considers the possibility using the space-time manipulator to have time-travel adventures, the main theme of Doctor Who.
- In Liberation creatures resembling Zephon and an Axon are seen in Dauntless Prison.
- In Liberation one of the prison corridor doors in Dauntless Prison is labelled D84.
- In The Bounty Hunter, in a news report it is stated a man named only "Mr Smith" has won the lottery and it asks anyone who he is. "Mr Smith" could possibly be the Doctor as he often goes by the alias of "John Smith" or it could be a reference to the character Mr Smith from the spin off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, or it could have been an in-joke reference to Matt Smith who had "won the lottery" in the sense that he would be playing the Eleventh Doctor.
- In Jaws of Orthrus Proffessor Gryffen uses the phrase "reverse the polarity", a phrase often associated with the Third Doctor. In Black Hunger, K9 also used the phrase.
- In Curse of Anubis a gallery of races the Anubians have invaded show a Sea Devil, a Mandrel and an Alpha Centauran.
- In The Cambridge Spy Jorjie is sent to 23 November 1963, the same day the first episode of Doctor Who was both broadcast and set. (DW: An Unearthly Child) The date is not given in dialogue, but is visible on the newspaper prop.
- Some of the devastating events described in DW: The Waters of Mars may have happened either before or during the first series.
Crossover monsters from Doctor Who
- Axon (DW: The Claws of Axos)
- Mandrel (drawing) (DW: Nightmare of Eden)
- Alpha Centauran (drawing) (DW: The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon)
- Sea Devil (drawing) (DW: The Sea Devils)
Broadcasts
Series 1
- K9 was broadcast in Australia on Network Ten and began screening on 4 April 2010.
- K9 was on Disney XD in the UK.
- In April 2010 it was announced that K9 would begin broadcasts on the UK terrestrial network Five after broadcasts on Disney XD concluded, [1] The series debuted on Five on 18 December 2010. Although it had originally been announced that the first season would be split in half, the series ran interrupted on a daily schedule for its first twenty-one episodes, concluding on 9 January 2011; after a month's hiatus, two more episodes aired on 5 and 6 February 2011. It then went on hiatus until resuming on 24 April 2011, airing episodes 24 and 25 on a weekly schedule. However as of mid-August 2011, no broadcast has been indicated on Five for the 26th and final episode of Season 1.[2]
- K9 is broadcast in Bulgaria and Romania on Disney Channel and it's dubbed in both languages.
- The K9 Official Facebook Page announced that the series would be broadcast on Cartoon Network in New Zealand.
- The K9 Official Facebook Page also announced that K9 was due to be broadcast on Disney XD in America, although broadcast dates are currently unknown. [3]
- The K9 Official Facebook Page also announced that K9 would be broadcast in Canada on BBC Kids, starting in September 2012.[4]
- K9 has thus far been broadcast on Network Ten in Australia, Disney XD in the UK & Ireland; Scandinavia, Poland, Italy and the Netherlands and Disney Channel CEE in Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, Five in the UK, circulated to the US through Disney XD. It has also been broadcast on pay TV stations through Australia, New Zealand and Asia via Cartoon Network.[source needed]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Doctor Who News Page - K9 comes to Five accessed 11th May 2010
- ↑ Five episode guide to K9, accessed 18th August 2011
- ↑ Official K9 Facebook page
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150939167031588&set=a.256371181587.136301.254828826587&type=1 Announcement on Official K9 Facebook page
