Liberation (TV story)

References

Food and Beverages

• Darius complains that Starkey ate all the biscuits.
• The particular box of biscuits is of a brand called "Best".
• Darius likes Italian food.
• When K9 is disabled by Dauntless Prison's defences, he falls into a dustbin. Some of the rubbish in it is baked beans.

Species

• K9 states the Mermaids of Gorgol XIII can eat dinner through their nostrils.
• The Jixen and Merons have been at war for hundreds of years.
• 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)

History

• Jorjie thinks about using the STM to travel to the Dark Ages or London 2010.

Earth creatures

• Darius mentions dinosaurs as an example of a dangerous creature that could come through the STM. but when it activates it only sends a couple of black rats.

Technology

• Dauntless Prison is protected by hovering robots which resemble orange spheres.

Story notes

• 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]
• 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.
• A non-canonical charity piece published in LifeDeath, featuring the Fourth Doctor, was also called "Liberation."

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming locations

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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.

Continuity

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.

• In Dauntless Prison, a prison corridor door is labelled D84.
• Jorjie considers the possibility of using the space-time manipulator to have time-travel adventures. Time-travel adventures are the main feature of Doctor Who.

Home video releases

This episode is featured in the following DVD sets:

• Series One complete box set, released in Australia on 29 September 2010. [2]
• A "vanilla" DVD called The Bounty Hunter, containing Regeneration, Liberation, The Korven, The Bounty Hunter, Sirens of Ceres and Fear Itself, released in Australia on 29 September 2010. [3]
• K9: Series 1: Volume 1, containing episodes 1–12, released in the UK on 31 January 2011 and in the US on 30 March 2011. [4], [5]
• K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition, containing the full first series, scheduled for release in the UK on 11 June 2011. [6]

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  Complete Boxset
  (Region 4, Australia)

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  The Bounty Hunter
  (Region 4, Australia)

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

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  "Ultimate Collectors Edition"
  (Region 2, UK)

External links

• Official K9 web site