K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company
TV ShowPilot

K-9 and Company

6.1 / 10
1981
1 season
1 episodes
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A one-episode television pilot for a proposed 1981 spin-off of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features former series regulars Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist played by Elisabeth Sladen, and K9, a robotic dog voiced by John Leeson. Both characters had been companions of the Fourth Doctor but they had not appeared together before. The single episode, A Girl's Best Friend was broadcast by BBC1 as a Christmas special on 28 December 1981 but was not taken up for a continuing series.

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  • A Girl's Best Friend

    1.A Girl's Best Friend

    10.0
    28-12-198150m

    The pilot to a proposed spin-off series from Doctor Who. The Doctor leaves K9 Mark III as a gift to Sarah Jane, who is living with her Aunt Lavinia. Her aunt's ward, Brendan, is ki...

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