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|image = Lost Library of Ukko Screenshot.jpg | |image = Lost Library of Ukko Screenshot.jpg | ||
|season number = Series 1 (K9) | |season number = Series 1 (K9) | ||
|series episode number = 17 | |series episode number = 17 | ||
|main character = [[K9 Mark 2 | |main character = [[K9 Mark 2]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]], [[Darius Pike|Darius]], [[Alistair Gryffen|Gryffen]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[June Turner|June]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Inspector]] [[Thorne]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[2050]]<br | |setting = [[London]], [[2050]]<br>[[Urlic]] | ||
|writer = [[ | |writer = Deborah Parsons | ||
|director = [[Mark DeFriest]] | |||
|producer = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]] | |producer = [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]] | ||
|broadcast date = 3 May 2010 | |||
|broadcast date = | |||
|format = 1 x 30 minute episode | |format = 1 x 30 minute episode | ||
|production code= 1.17 | |production code = 1.17 | ||
|prev= The Cambridge Spy (TV story) | |series = ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' | ||
|next= Mutant Copper (TV story) | |prev = The Cambridge Spy (TV story) | ||
}} | |next = Mutant Copper (TV story) | ||
'''''Lost Library of Ukko''''' was the seventeenth episode | |epcount = 1}} | ||
'''''Lost Library of Ukko''''' was the seventeenth episode of ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]''. It was written by [[Deborah Parsons]], directed by [[Mark DeFriest]] and featured the first travel to an [[alien]] [[planet]] in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television spin-off. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
K9 flies to [[Department HQ]] and hides on its [[roof]], curious about its new open day. He contacts Starkey in a queue to the entry with Darius, asking him if they have ever had a careers day. He replies it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. K9 doesn't like this. As he looks over people queuing, Starkey tells him to move back. In Department HQ, June is talking with Thorne. She is intrigued because the Department hasn't recruited like this before. Thorne tells her she keeps saying the Department needs to be open and transparent. The [[CCPC]] guard opens the door, letting the visitors in. Thorne arrives to greet the crowd and introduce himself. As they move on, Thorne tells everyone that the Department is a multinational security facility, offering career opportunities in the [[UK]], the [[America]]s, the [[Pacific Union]] and other countries. Starkey and Darius stop and ask K9 where to go. He tells them to go back down the corridor the way they came in, the way to Thorne's office. As they make their way they spot a CCPC, the first they've seen inside. K9 suggests they abort the mission. The CCPC moves on as Starkey and Darius get to Thorne's office. Darius stands guard at the door as Starkey investigates the office. | K9 flies to [[Department HQ]] and hides on its [[roof]], curious about its new open day. He contacts Starkey in a queue to the entry with Darius, asking him if they have ever had a careers day. He replies it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. K9 doesn't like this. As he looks over people queuing, Starkey tells him to move back. In Department HQ, June is talking with Thorne. She is intrigued because the Department hasn't recruited like this before. Thorne tells her she keeps saying the Department needs to be open and transparent. The [[CCPC]] guard opens the door, letting the visitors in. Thorne arrives to greet the crowd and introduce himself. As they move on, Thorne tells everyone that the Department is a multinational security facility, offering career opportunities in the [[UK]], the [[America]]s, the [[Pacific Union]] and other countries. Starkey and Darius stop and ask K9 where to go. He tells them to go back down the corridor the way they came in, the way to Thorne's office. As they make their way they spot a CCPC, the first they've seen inside. K9 suggests they abort the mission. The CCPC moves on as Starkey and Darius get to Thorne's office. Darius stands guard at the door as Starkey investigates the office. Starkey finds an interesting picture on Thorne's desk. Despite K9's warnings, Starkey moves closer and is sucked into it. A shocked Darius grabs Starkey's communicator. K9 tells Darius to take the picture and bring it back to Gryffen and by all means don't look at it. | ||
Darius and K9 arrive at the [[Gryffen House]], and tell Gryffen that Starkey has been sucked into the picture, which K9 identifies as a Library card from [[Ukko]]. Gryffen wants to take a look at it but Darius warns him not to. K9 brings him up to date: Starkey used the careers day to get in Department HQ; Darius and Starkey arrived at Thorne's office and discovered the Library card, and when Starkey looked at it he was sucked in. K9 tells Gryffen he thinks it's a set-up by Thorne. When Gryffen asks K9 what the next step is, he tells him to get a mirror. At Department HQ, Thorne enters his office and discovers the Library card missing. He looks at CCTV footage and finds Starkey and Darius. When a CCPC arrives, Thorne demands to know how they escaped. The CCPC tells him their orders were to allow them to find their way to his office. Using a mirror, Gryffen, Darius and K9 look at the Library card to find Starkey trapped on a barren planet, calling out for them. K9 tells Gryffen and Darius the [[Ukkan]]s are an all-female race of Librarians who mastered — or "mistressed" — the art of archiving. They can reduce a whole world to an infinitely compressed hologram, which they file in their archives as a library card. They do it because nobody else will; they preserve endangered planets in holographic form. K9 compares it to squashing the data when you zip a file on a computer. This particular card is of the barren planet [[Urlic]]. K9 tells Darius they would have to speak to a Librarian to get Starkey out. Gryffen asks him how. K9 doesn't know. | Darius and K9 arrive at the [[Gryffen House]], and tell Gryffen that Starkey has been sucked into the picture, which K9 identifies as a Library card from [[Ukko]]. Gryffen wants to take a look at it but Darius warns him not to. K9 brings him up to date: Starkey used the careers day to get in Department HQ; Darius and Starkey arrived at Thorne's office and discovered the Library card, and when Starkey looked at it he was sucked in. K9 tells Gryffen he thinks it's a set-up by Thorne. When Gryffen asks K9 what the next step is, he tells him to get a mirror. At Department HQ, Thorne enters his office and discovers the Library card missing. He looks at CCTV footage and finds Starkey and Darius. When a CCPC arrives, Thorne demands to know how they escaped. The CCPC tells him their orders were to allow them to find their way to his office. Using a mirror, Gryffen, Darius and K9 look at the Library card to find Starkey trapped on a barren planet, calling out for them. K9 tells Gryffen and Darius the [[Ukkan]]s are an all-female race of Librarians who mastered — or "mistressed" — the art of archiving. They can reduce a whole world to an infinitely compressed hologram, which they file in their archives as a library card. They do it because nobody else will; they preserve endangered planets in holographic form. K9 compares it to squashing the data when you zip a file on a computer. This particular card is of the barren planet [[Urlic]]. K9 tells Darius they would have to speak to a Librarian to get Starkey out. Gryffen asks him how. K9 doesn't know. | ||
At Department HQ, June asks Thorne about the Ukkan Library card. He tells her he's exploring its properties for use by the Department. June tells him it's extremely dangerous and spots the base of the card on Thorne's desk. Back at the house, K9 confirms Darius' observation that the light on the card is blinking faster. Darius answers the door and sees an [[Yssaringintinka|alien]] on the doorstep. K9 says she is the Ukkan librarian they're looking for. She introduces herself as Yssaringintinka. She goes to take a look at the card, causing Darius and Gryffen to avert their eyes. She assures them she has become immune to the effect of the card over millennia. Gryffen tells her Starkey is trapped on Urlic. She is more concerned about Urlic than Starkey, as his presence threatens the planet with contamination if he leaves anything behind. Gryffen asks if she can get him out. She asks him where the plinth is. He tells her that the card is all that they have. She says she can extract Starkey with a retriever, but only if the card is on the plinth. K9 tells her it's at Department HQ. She tells them to go get it, but Gryffen warns her the Department doesn't like people dropping in. The Librarian gives everyone purple glasses to allow them to look at the card without being sucked in and so that they can talk to Starkey. They contact Starkey, and he says that he is thirsty because it's hot on the planet. | At Department HQ, June asks Thorne about the Ukkan Library card. He tells her he's exploring its properties for use by the Department. June tells him it's extremely dangerous and spots the base of the card on Thorne's desk. Back at the house, K9 confirms Darius' observation that the light on the card is blinking faster. Darius answers the door and sees an [[Yssaringintinka|alien]] on the doorstep. K9 says she is the Ukkan librarian they're looking for. She introduces herself as Yssaringintinka. She goes to take a look at the card, causing Darius and Gryffen to avert their eyes. She assures them she has become immune to the effect of the card over millennia. Gryffen tells her Starkey is trapped on Urlic. She is more concerned about Urlic than Starkey, as his presence threatens the planet with contamination if he leaves anything behind. Gryffen asks if she can get him out. She asks him where the plinth is. He tells her that the card is all that they have. She says she can extract Starkey with a retriever, but only if the card is on the plinth. K9 tells her it's at Department HQ. She tells them to go get it, but Gryffen warns her the Department doesn't like people dropping in. The Librarian gives everyone purple glasses to allow them to look at the card without being sucked in and so that they can talk to Starkey. They contact Starkey, and he says that he is thirsty because it's hot on the planet. They warn him to not leave anything behind. Yssaringintinka states that the card's fail-safe will close the portal in two hours. | ||
June goes to Thorne's office with a warning that [[ | June goes to Thorne's office with a warning that [[LOMAXX|Lomax]] wants to know why Thorne has been interfering with alien technology. As [[prisoner]] numbers are rising, he wants to use Ukkan technology to dump them on other planets. June warns him that LOMAXX wants the card back in twelve hours or Thorne will be forced to resign. Back at the house, Jorjie has arrived. K9 tells the team they have to do a deal with Thorne. They will offer him the card if he gives them the plinth to get Starkey out. Gryffen refuses, saying he hates liars like Thorne. He's a scientist and science is the pursuit of truth. K9 tells him that to a machine like himself, truth is just software. Yssaringintinka asks why he is careful with truth when his house is so messy? "Tidiness comes before truth". Gryffen is contacted by Thorne, who tells him he has something of his, he wants it back and if he goes to take it by force, people will get hurt. K9 interrupts. Thorne has stumbled across technology he wants to exploit but doesn't know how, so he set a trap. He can do nothing with the technology unless he has more information. He tells him about the Ukkan goggles and offers him the Librarian as a consultant. | ||
As K9, Jorjie and Darius go through the tunnels, Jorjie is angry because Darius didn't tell her earlier about Starkey's plan to infiltrate Department HQ. Darius confirms he didn't want her to join in. Jorjie wants a look at the card to make sure he's all right. K9 tells her she can't. Yssaringintinka has the goggles disabled. Later, they meet with Thorne. Jorjie gives Thorne a pair of protective goggles. The reason Yssaringintinka disabled the goggles is revealed as Darius opens the box containing the card, double-crossing Thorne and sucking him into the card. | As K9, Jorjie and Darius go through the tunnels, Jorjie is angry because Darius didn't tell her earlier about Starkey's plan to infiltrate Department HQ. Darius confirms he didn't want her to join in. Jorjie wants a look at the card to make sure he's all right. K9 tells her she can't. Yssaringintinka has the goggles disabled. Later, they meet with Thorne. Jorjie gives Thorne a pair of protective goggles. The reason Yssaringintinka disabled the goggles is revealed as Darius opens the box containing the card, double-crossing Thorne and sucking him into the card. | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[ | * Professor [[Alistair Gryffen]] - [[Robert Moloney]] | ||
* [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]] | * [[Starkey]] - [[Keegan Joyce]] | ||
* [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]] | * [[Jorjie Turner]] - [[Philippa Coulthard]] | ||
* [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]] | * [[Darius Pike]] - [[Daniel Webber]] | ||
* [[ | * Voice of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] | ||
* [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]] | * [[June Turner]] - [[Robyn Moore]] | ||
* [[Thorne]] - [[Jared Robinsen]] | * [[Thorne]] - [[Jared Robinsen]] | ||
* [[Yssaringintinka]] - [[Cathey Robinsen]] | * [[Yssaringintinka]] - [[Cathey Robinsen]] | ||
''Robert Moloney, Keegan Joyce, Philippa Coulthard, Daniel Webber and John Leeson are all credited in the opening of the episode and not the closing credits. With the exception of Leeson's credit, they are credited only by their name and not with their respective character's name attached. On the DisneyXD broadcast, Cathey Robinsen was simply credited as "Librarian".'' | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* [[Writer]] - [[Deborah Parsons]] | * [[Writer]] - [[Deborah Parsons]] | ||
* [[Director]] - [[Mark DeFriest]] | * [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Mark DeFriest]] | ||
* [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]] | * [[Producer]]s - [[Penny Wall]], [[Richard Stewart]], [[Simon Barnes]] | ||
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]] | * [[Executive producer]]s - [[Jim Howell]], [[Grant Bradley]], [[Steve Robbins]] | ||
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* [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]] | * [[Costume Designer]] - [[Joanne Thompson]] | ||
* Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]] | * Makeup Designer - [[Sharon Robbins]] | ||
* [[Puppeteer]] - [[David Pawsey]] | * [[Puppeteer (crew)|Puppeteer]] - [[David Pawsey]] | ||
* [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]] | * [[Location Manager]] - [[Charles Boyle]] | ||
* Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]] | * Sound Recordist - [[Ian Grant]] | ||
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* Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]] | * Unit Manager - [[Graeme Suhr]] | ||
* Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]] | * Post Production Facility - [[Cutting Edge Australia]] | ||
* Head of Post Production - [[John Lee]] | * Head of Post Production - [[John Lee (post-production)|John Lee]] | ||
* Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]] | * Sound Design - [[Warren Pearson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== | == Notes == | ||
* Even though only Starkey and Thorne go to Urlic, this is the first visit to | * Even though only [[Starkey]] and [[Thorne]] go to [[Urlic]], this is the first visit to a planet other than [[Earth]] in ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' and also the first visit to another planet in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television spin-off, beating both ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', the latter of which had its first visit to another planet several months later in [[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}}. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
* When K9 says, "Happy landings", in the tunnel, his blue light does not come on. | {{K9 discontinuity}} | ||
* When [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] says, "Happy landings", in the tunnel, his blue light does not come on. | |||
* Just after [[Yssaringintinka]] returns to [[Ukko]], she remains partially visible in the next close-up shot of Professor [[Gryffen]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] uses the nightlight that [[K9 Mark IV|another model of K9]] used in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)}}. | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
This episode is featured in the following DVD sets: | This episode is featured in the following DVD sets: | ||
* Series One complete box set, released in Australia on [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2010]]. [http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html] | * Series One complete box set, released in Australia on [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. [http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/k9-complete-first-series.html] | ||
* ''K9: Series 1: Volume 2'', containing episodes 13–26, released in the UK and US on [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[2011]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/], [http://www.amazon.com/K9-Series-1-Vol/dp/B004EJ006M/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_b] | * ''K9: Series 1: Volume 2'', containing episodes 13–26, released in the UK and US on [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. [http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/k9-complete-series-1-13-episodes/], [http://www.amazon.com/K9-Series-1-Vol/dp/B004EJ006M/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_b] | ||
* ''K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition'', containing the full first series, | * ''K9: Ultimate Collectors Edition'', containing the full first series, was released in the UK on [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/K9-Complete-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B0076WI3C2/ref=sr_1_4?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1339049905&sr=1-4] | ||
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File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia) | File:Dvd-k9complete.jpg|Complete Boxset<br />(Region 4, Australia) | ||
File:K9 Series 1 Vol 2 DVD.jpg|Series 1, Volume 2<br />(Region 0, sold in UK and US) | File:K9 Series 1 Vol 2 DVD.jpg|Series 1, Volume 2<br />(Region 0, sold in UK and US) | ||
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