Frederick Marius
Professor Frederick Marius (PROSE: One Man and His Dog) was a scientist who worked at the Bi-Al Foundation in the year 5000 as a specialist in extraterrestrial pathological endomorphisms. He was the creator and first master of K9 Mark I.
Biography
While off Earth Marius had a dog, although sources dispute the name of the animal. By some accounts his name was Toby, (PROSE: Tautology) and by others he was known as Kelso. (PROSE: One Man and His Dog) He could not to take the dog to his new workplace at the laboratory of the Bi-Al Foundation. (PROSE: Tautology, PROSE: One Man and His Dog) According to one source, Marius left Kelso with Grace and constructed K9 to accompany and assist him in his work. (PROSE: One Man and His Dog) According to the other source, Marius would keep Toby's nametag and would place it around K9's neck. (PROSE: Tautology)
He helped the Fourth Doctor defeat the Swarm, although he himself was briefly infected by it and so freed the Nucleus and made it grow in size. Afterwards, Marius gave K9 to the Doctor to take with him on his journeys. (TV: The Invisible Enemy)
Commenting some damages occurred to K-9, Leela once said that professor Marius wouldn't have been very pleased about it. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)
