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K-9 and Company

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K-9 and Company	comment	The one that can't decide if it's for kids or not.Airing on December 28, 1981, a week before Peter Davison's debut as the Fifth Doctor, this little special brought back Doctor Who fan favorites Sarah Jane Smith and K-9.Although K-9 and Company was conceived as a spinoff of Doctor Who, it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, K-9's subsequent appearances with Sarah Jane in The Five Doctors and "School Reunion" confirm that the special is part of the Whoniverse Canon, and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in "The Hand of Fear". More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in The Sarah Jane Adventures, with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own show in Australia. (However, some of these stories feature different K-9 robots - the K-9 of the solo series is Leela's K-9, last seen on TV in "The Invasion Of Time". And the K-9 solo series was made with the rights to the character but not to the Doctor or the larger Whoniverse, making its canon status ambiguous.)Sarah Jane Smith spends the Christmas holiday at her Aunt Lavinia's house in Moreton Harwood to watch her ward, Brendan Richards. In the house, Sarah Jane spots a large crate that was left in the attic for a few years. Inside is K-9 Mark III, a present from the Doctornote A message which the Doctor actually means, for once. "Give Sarah Jane Smith my fondest love. Tell her I shall remember her always."There's also a cult going around doing nasty cult stuff, like kidnapping Brendan. Sarah Jane and K-9 investigate and find out that almost everyone in town is a part of this cult, called the Cult of Hecate. At night, the Cult of Hecate prepare Brendan as a sacrifice for the Winter Solstice, but Sarah Jane and K-9 save him just in the nick of time.That's pretty much it really. Can you imagine what a full series would be like?
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K-9 and Company / int_10dcbe05	type	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
K-9 and Company / int_10dcbe05	comment	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: The Doctor and Sarah Jane parted a little coldly, given her desire to go home. His message to her from K-9? "Give Sarah Jane Smith my fondest love. Tell her I shall remember her always."
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K-9 and Company / int_1b122c5d	type	Scare Chord
K-9 and Company / int_1b122c5d	comment	Scare Chord: Whenever someone in the opening scene's ritual appears.
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K-9 and Company / int_3429147e	type	When the Clock Strikes Twelve
K-9 and Company / int_3429147e	comment	When the Clock Strikes Twelve: Midnight on the Solstice is Sarah Jane and K9's deadline for saving Brendan.
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K-9 and Company / int_389b0e	type	Title Theme Tune
K-9 and Company / int_389b0e	comment	Title Theme Tune: This and Class are the only Whoniverse shows with vocal lyrics in their theme songs. In the case of this one, the lyrics are just John Leeson saying "K-9!" ad infinitum.
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K-9 and Company / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
K-9 and Company / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: K-9, a Robot Dog from the year 5000 and armed with a laser, versus a human-sacrificing cult armed with chants. The results should be obvious.
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K-9 and Company / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
K-9 and Company / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Sarah Jane and K-9 must save Brendan before he is sacrificed by the Cult of Hecate.
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K-9 and Company / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
K-9 and Company / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: Fobbing off Sarah Jane because Sergeant Wilson is a coven member himself.
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K-9 and Company / int_5e7eb915	type	Clarke's Third Law
K-9 and Company / int_5e7eb915	comment	Clarke's Third Law: George believes K9 to be Hecate's "fire-belching" familiar.
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K-9 and Company / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
K-9 and Company / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: The episode takes place in the days leading up to Christmas 1981. In the final scene, K-9 sings "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
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K-9 and Company / int_707ee167	type	Secret Circle of Secrets
K-9 and Company / int_707ee167	comment	Secret Circle of Secrets: The Cult of Hecate form one as they prepare to sacrifice Brendan.
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K-9 and Company / int_76b05d16	type	Spotlight-Stealing Title
K-9 and Company / int_76b05d16	comment	Spotlight-Stealing Title: A confusing case. Based on the title, one would assume that K-9 is the main character and end up wondering why Elisabeth Sladen is credited first in the title sequence instead of John Leeson. This really is Sarah Jane's show, but K-9 gets his name in the title instead. (BBC executives insisted K-9's name was in the title of the show - John Nathan-Turner wanted to call it "A Girl's Best Friend", which became the title of the first and only episode instead.)
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K-9 and Company / int_77315f4f	type	You Have to Believe Me!
K-9 and Company / int_77315f4f	comment	You Have to Believe Me!: Sarah Jane cannot convince anyone about the coven.
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K-9 and Company / int_8e0bedfe	type	Kid Sidekick
K-9 and Company / int_8e0bedfe	comment	Kid Sidekick: Brendan is one to Sarah Jane.
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K-9 and Company / int_95afab6	type	Black Cloak
K-9 and Company / int_95afab6	comment	Black Cloak: The members of the Cult of Hecate wear them.
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K-9 and Company / int_95bca4c9	type	Tuckerization
K-9 and Company / int_95bca4c9	comment	Tuckerization: One couple is named Baker.
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K-9 and Company / int_9b57f005	type	AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle
K-9 and Company / int_9b57f005	comment	Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Brendan pronounces "motherboard" as two words.
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K-9 and Company / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
K-9 and Company / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Looks like Sarah Jane knows martial arts now.
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K-9 and Company / int_9e4ed124	type	Mundanger
K-9 and Company / int_9e4ed124	comment	Mundanger: What is the first threat Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 tackle together? Religious fanaticism.
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K-9 and Company / int_9f8a12d7	type	Who's on First?
K-9 and Company / int_9f8a12d7	comment	Who's on First?:
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K-9 and Company / int_b02f996a	type	Town with a Dark Secret
K-9 and Company / int_b02f996a	comment	Town with a Dark Secret: Moreton Harwood is secretly home to the Cult of Hecate, a coven of witches who practice human sacrifice.
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K-9 and Company / int_b5b18646	type	Fright Deathtrap
K-9 and Company / int_b5b18646	comment	Fright Deathtrap: Used on Sergeant Wilson.
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K-9 and Company / int_b871de85	type	Annoying Laugh
K-9 and Company / int_b871de85	comment	Annoying Laugh: Brendan's laugh is described by Sarah Jane as "honking".
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K-9 and Company / int_bb44af57	type	Robot Dog
K-9 and Company / int_bb44af57	comment	Robot Dog: Brendan thinks that K-9, a talking robot dog, is the best thing that he has ever seen. Given that this is the third K9 model the Doctor has owned in some capacity, evidently he does too!
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K-9 and Company / int_c66cb5a9	type	Human Sacrifice
K-9 and Company / int_c66cb5a9	comment	Human Sacrifice: Brendan is almost sacrificed by the Cult of Hecate but Sarah Jane and K-9 are able to rescue him in the nick of time.
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K-9 and Company / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
K-9 and Company / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: It is strongly implied that Howard and Juno Baker are members of the Cult of Hecate but it turns out that they are the only named residents of Moreton Harwood (bar Sarah Jane's aunt Lavinia) who don't belong to it.
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K-9 and Company / int_dee56696	type	Innocuously Important Episode
K-9 and Company / int_dee56696	comment	Innocuously Important Episode: It's not much by itself, but this is the episode in which Sarah Jane gets a K-9 from the Doctor (K-9 was introduced on Doctor Who during the tenure of Sarah Jane's successor Leela.). And much of the information here about Sarah's childhood and her aunt Lavinia would actually be remembered and developed further in The Sarah Jane Adventures years later - not least that Sarah Jane shares her aunt Lavinia's habit of caring for "strays" and orphans and that everything that keeps Sarah Jane going in that series, the house, money, etc, comes from Lavinianote In The Wedding of Sarah Jane, Clyde says: "But Sarah Jane's loaded, right. All this money from her aunt. The house.".
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K-9 and Company / int_df582b0b	type	Continuity Snarl
K-9 and Company / int_df582b0b	comment	Continuity Snarl: K-9 mentions being dropped off in 1978 (two years after "The Hand of Fear" aired), even though the UNIT stories supposedly took place a few years in the future and Sarah herself previously referred to her own time as being 1980 in an episode from 1975. Mind you, if the Doctor dropped Sarah off at the wrong place, he could easily have been a few years early too.
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K-9 and Company / int_e5411cdf	type	Cult
K-9 and Company / int_e5411cdf	comment	Cult: And almost every townsperson (at least the ones we see) is in it.
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K-9 and Company / int_f9e16ef	type	Distressed Dude
K-9 and Company / int_f9e16ef	comment	Distressed Dude: Brendan is kidnapped by the Cult of Hecate.
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