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'''''The Adventures of K9''''' was a series of four illustrated paperback storybooks for children written by [[David Martin]] and published by [[Sparrow Books]] in [[1980]]. The four books feature [[K9]], the character Martin co-created. The books were written in conjunction with a planned but unmade ''K9'' animated series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv41/affirmativemaster.html |title=Affirmative, Master: All you ever wanted to know about K9 |accessdate=19 June 2012 |author=Preddle, Jon |year of source=1994 |month of source=October |website name=Time-Space Visualiser |publisher= New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club}}</ref> | '''''The Adventures of K9''''' was a series of four illustrated paperback storybooks for children written by [[David Martin]] and published by [[Sparrow Books]] in [[1980]]. The four books feature [[K9]], the character Martin co-created. The books were written in conjunction with a planned but unmade ''K9'' animated series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv41/affirmativemaster.html |title=Affirmative, Master: All you ever wanted to know about K9 |accessdate=19 June 2012 |author=Preddle, Jon |year of source=1994 |month of source=October |website name=Time-Space Visualiser |publisher= New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club}}</ref> | ||
Specifically, the stories feature what is most likely to be [[K9 Mark I]] and seemingly take place sometime after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' when the Doctor left K9 on [[Gallifrey]]. | Specifically, the stories feature what is most likely to be [[K9 Mark I]] and seemingly take place sometime after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' when the Doctor left K9 on [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
The books include prefaces that indicate that K9 is working on behalf of the [[Time Lord]]s (which opens the possibility that this could also be [[K9 Mark II]], depicted in many spin-off media as eventually returning to Gallifrey with [[Romana II|Romana]] who becomes Lord President. | The books include prefaces that indicate that K9 is working on behalf of the [[Time Lord]]s (which opens the possibility that this could also be [[K9 Mark II]], depicted in many spin-off media as eventually returning to Gallifrey with [[Romana II|Romana]] who becomes Lord President. | ||
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# ''[[K9 and the Time Trap]]'' | # ''[[K9 and the Time Trap (novel)|K9 and the Time Trap]]'' | ||
# ''[[K9 and the Beasts of Vega]]'' | # ''[[K9 and the Beasts of Vega (novel)|K9 and the Beasts of Vega]]'' | ||
# ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]'' | # ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)|K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]'' | ||
# ''[[K9 and the Missing Planet]]'' | # ''[[K9 and the Missing Planet (novel)|K9 and the Missing Planet]]'' | ||
They also suggest that the Doctor's real name might be the [[Theta Sigma]] nickname heard in ''The Invasion of Time'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]''. | They also suggest that the Doctor's real name might be the [[Theta Sigma]] nickname heard in ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||