k9 first appeared in doctor who in 1983.
k9 first appeared in doctor who in 1983.
when did k9 first appear in doctor who?
1983
within the series' narrative, k9 is a robot dog acquired by "doctor who"'s title character in the 1977 serial "the invisible enemy". the first two incarnations of the character travelled alongside the fourth doctor (portrayed by tom baker) until 1981. in these stories, k9 proved useful for the powerful laser weapon concealed in his nose, his encyclopaedic knowledge and his vast computer intelligence. by 1981, each of the two models of k9 which travelled alongside the doctor had been left with one of the doctor's female companions. the character subsequently transitioned into spin-off territory. producers hoped k9's popularity with children would launch the series "k9 and company", led by actress elisabeth sladen in the role of companion sarah jane smith alongside a new k9. in 2006, k9 reappeared in the revived series of "doctor who". although the character's appearances in the 2007 spin-off "the sarah jane adventures" were hampered by the concurrent development of the "k9" spin-off, the character began to appear full-time in both "k9" and "the sarah jane adventures", depicting adventures of the original k9 mark i and of mark iv, respectively.
k9 (doctor who)
in 1990, an unspecified k9 unit appeared with sylvester mccoy as the seventh doctor and sophie aldred as ace in an episode of the children's education programme "search out science" entitled "search out space", which was included as an extra on the release of the doctor who story "survival" by the bbc. another unspecified k9 unit also appeared in the 1993 charity special "dimensions in time". in the 1998 computer game "fallout 2", the navarro base has a damaged robot dog known as k9, which uses similar speech mannerisms to the infobox doctor who character. if repaired, the cyberdog is willing to join the character's party as a companion. in the 1999 television series "queer as folk" (written by future "doctor who" executive producer russell t davies), a k9 model is given to the character vince as a birthday present. the prop used was an original, operated — as occasionally in "doctor who" — by visual effects assistant mat irvine. in the second series of "i'm alan partridge" (2002), the character of alan partridge recalls how his purchase of the rights to k9 contributed to his mental breakdown and driving to dundee in his bare feet while gorging on toblerone. in the "south park" episode "go god go xii" (2006), eric cartman, being trapped in the year 2546, has acquired a robot dog called "k-10", a parody of k9. due to timeline alterations, he is replaced by robot cat "kit-9" and later robot bird, "cocka-3". k9 appeared on a special "doctor who"-themed edition of "the weakest link" in 2007, but was voted out unanimously at the end of the first round, despite answering his question correctly. this was due to the fact every single player of the team answered correctly and banked the £5,000 target, and that the producers told the contestants to vote him off, just in case he broke down. anne robinson (whom k9 addressed as "mistress") said "i'm so sorry" before declaring him the weakest link.
k9 (doctor who)