i think k 9 and company be a good idea and and elisabeth sladen always give a great performance although sarah jane seem a bit more grumpy than her normal self in this spin off . john lesson voice give k 9 a life of his own and he make k 9 very endearing and the opening credit be very bizarre and i be sure not mean to be as funny a they come across . thngs do seem to take a long time to start and there be a lot of run around until sarah jane open the box contain k 9. have recently saw the pilot of the sarah jane adventure and at least k 9 and company wasn not full of annoy kid . and people overact . it be a good idea and it wasn not a failure and it get respectful viewing figure and k 9 remain a very popular character of dr. who even today .