Episode 1 - "Robofuzz!"

For our ninth episode, discussing K9 Episode 9, "Dream-Eaters", we are joined by Neo of the wonderful WhoCares podcast. "Dream-Eaters", originally broadcast on 8 March 2010, was written by Jim Noble and directed by Daniel Nettheim. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Neo (he/him) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 11 March 2023. ** Sources: On the specific Australian manifestation of 'cultural cringe' - see Lawson, Henry, Preface to Short Stories in Prose and Verse (1894), repr. in Roderick, Colin (ed.), Henry Lawson: Autobiographical and Other Writings 1887-1922, Angus & Robertson (1972), pp108-109; Philips, A. A., 'The Cultural Cringe', in Meanjin 9:4 (Summer 1950), pp299-302; Hume, L. J., Another Look at the Culture Cringe, Centre for Independent Studies Vol 45 (1993); Hesketh, Rollo, 'A. A. Philips and the 'Cultural Cringe': Creating an 'Australian Tradition'", in Meanjin 72:3 (Spring 2013), pp92-103. Russell T Davies discussing certain ... mistakes that were made in the Sarah Jane Adventures story The Curse of Clyde Langer (2011) can be found in Doctor Who Magazine #588 (April 2023), p. 7. On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - ⁠"K9: Who's a good dog?"⁠, Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8. On Paul Tams' Cushing Doctor fan film - Norton, Charles, Now on the Big Screen: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who at the Movies, Telos Publishing (2013), p. 128; Valdron, D.G., The Greatest Unauthorized Doctor Who Stories - Volume One: A Pirates History of Doctor Who (2nd edn.), Fossil Cove Publishing (2022), Ch 4: The Swinging Super-8 Seventies (no page number given).

This episode we are joined by Joy Piedmont of multiple other Doctor Who podcasts (such as Reality Bomb and Five Years Rapid) to discuss K9 Episode 8, "Jaws of Orthrus", originally broadcast on 1 March 2010. "Jaws of Orthrus" was written by "Lindsay James" (a pseudonym for writer Keith Shaw) and directed by James Bogle. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Joy Piedmont (she/her) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 25 February 2023. ** Sources: The Black Mirror episode Arkangel was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Jodie Foster and released by Netflix on 29 December 2017. Among other sources, and allowing for various spellings, the name 'Orthrus' to refer to a mythological hound comes from the Bibliotheca conventionally but falsely ascribed to Apollodorus of Athens (1st or 2nd century AD, trans. James George Frazer, 1921, Harvard University Press/William Heinemann Ltd), Book 2, Chapter 5. On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - ⁠"K9: Who's a good dog?"⁠, Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8. The IMDb profile for Keith Shaw/"Lindsay James", including more information on Avalanche Sharks, can be found here. The classic series stories written under pseudonyms are The Dominators, The Daemons, Pyramids of Mars, The Brain of Morbius, The Invasion of Time, City of Death and Attack of the Cybermen, as listed by Sullivan, Shannon Patrick, A Brief History of Time (Travel), last updated 13 July 2020, 8 August 2020, 21 December 2020, 27 December 2020, 12 February 2021, 10 May 2021 and 25 June 2021 respectively. The childhood series Joy refers to are Saved by the Bell (1989-93), Batman: The Animated Series (1992-5), Barney & Friends (1992-2010), Animaniacs (1993-8), Zoom (1999-2005), and Hannah Montana (2006-11).

This episode we are joined by ⁠prominent DW YouTuber Tharries⁠ to discuss K9 Episode 7, "The Fall of the House of Gryffen", originally broadcast on 22 February 2010. "The Fall of the House of Gryffen" was written by Shayne Armstrong & SP Krause and directed by Daniel Nettheim. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at ⁠@K9BingeQuake⁠ or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & ⁠Kevin Burnard⁠ (he/him) Guest - ⁠Tharries⁠ (he/they) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - ⁠Jack Guidera⁠ (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 5 February 2023. ** Sources: On most people's exposure to K9 being either through Episode 1 ("Regeneration") or, more specifically, a clip of K9 regenerating from his classic Doctor Who form into his new design - uploads of ⁠the former⁠ and ⁠the latter⁠ on YouTube have 142,000 and 137,000 views respectively, around ten times as many as other episodes tend to average out at. Prominent Doctor Who reactors on YouTube, e.g. Sesskasays, tend to have ⁠reacted to "Regeneration"⁠ only, not the rest of the show. This week we give a shout out to Christopher Elves, who's done a fairly decent job on the score for K9; there is no official soundtrack but a few tracks can be heard ⁠here⁠. Further discussion of the status of K9 rights as a recurring character on The Sarah Jane Adventures can be read at Sullivan, Shannon Patrick, "⁠Invasion of the Bane: Production⁠" and "⁠The Nightmare Man: Production⁠", A Brief History of Time (Travel), last updated 6 July 2017 and 14 August 2017 - in short, he had a greater role in Series 3 (2009) but it was reduced again for Series 4 (2010), precisely because of getting his own show that same year.

This episode we are joined by Moon J. Cobwebb - friend-in-fandom and rather marvellous writer in their own right - to discuss K9 Episode 6, "Fear Itself", originally broadcast on 15 February 2010. "Fear Itself" was written by Everett DeRoche & Graeme Farmer and directed by Karl Zwicky. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Moon J. Cobwebb (they/them) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 15 January 2023. ** Sources: The 'Pertwee-era comedy yokel' is first discussed as a trope (under that name, at least) by Elizabeth Sandifer, "I Do Tend To Get Involved (Spearhead from Space)", TARDIS Eruditorum, 11 July 2011. Those interested in the idea of K9 as a bratty sub indulging in puppy play are invited to listen to The Diary of River Song 8x3 - "A Forever Home", by Alfie Shaw. On Leeson's weak performance of a K9 who is meant to be feeling fear - see also Clark, Finn, "Fear, Itself", in Time's Mosaic 6: Colin Baker, BBV & K9, Obverse Books (2019), p. 281. IMDb pages for writers Everett DeRoche and Graeme Farmer can be found here and here. A wild theory about Starkey as the secret evil mastermind at the heart of the episode can be viewed here.

This episode we are joined by Molly Marsh (host of the marvellous Galactic Yo-yo podcast in which people offer up their unpopular opinions on Doctor Who) in discussing K9 Episode 5, "Sirens of Ceres", originally broadcast on 8 February 2010. "Sirens of Ceres" was written by Deborah Parsons and directed by Daniel Nettheim. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Molly Marsh (she/her) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 28 December 2022. ** Sources: On Dave Martin (co-)creating K9 out of grief after his own dogs were run over and his thinking that they would have survived had they been "built like a tank" - Sullivan, Shannon Patrick, "The Invisible Enemy: Production", A Brief History of Time (Travel), last updated 24 January 2021. On the show being pretty much made 'in a tin shed in Brisbane' - Blum, Jonathan, "K9: You'll believe a dog can fly", LiveJournal (29 March 2010). Re: the discussion of their respective careers (longevity; other, more prestigious work; which episodes of K9 they wrote, etc.), IMDb profiles for writer Deborah Parsons, director Daniel Nettheim, and Bob Baker himself can be consulted here, here, and here. Initial announcement of the K9: TimeQuake film featuring Omega and ensuing updates - "K9 to Battle Omega in New Film 'TimeQuake'", DoctorWhoTV (24 October 2015); Foster, Chuck, "K9: TimeQuake", DoctorWhoNews (24 October 2015); "New K9 Series Announced Omega to Return," TheDoctorWhoSite (9 September 2018). Mention of 'scripts for both a new K9 film and TV series' completed by Bob Baker before his death, 'which will continue in tribute to Bob and his legacy' - statement made by Twitter user @k9official, Tweet posted 5 November 2021.

For K9: BingeQuake's fourth episode we are joined by Hamish Steele (writer-creator of Netflix's Dead End Paranormal Park and the DeadEndia series of graphic novels on which the show is based) to discuss K9: "The Bounty Hunter", first broadcast on 1 February 2010. "The Bounty Hunter" was written by Ian McFadyen and directed by James Bogle. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Hamish Steele (he/they) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 3 December 2022. ** Sources: There is at least one instance of Doctor Who Magazine covering the series behind the scenes - Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), pp8-9. On the existence of the 'baked bean sandwich' - it turns out it does exist and indeed has done for some time (Hill, Janet McKenzie, Cooking for Two: A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, Little, Brown and Company (1909), p. 183; Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern, Roadfood Sandwiches: Recipes and Lore from our Favorite Shops Coast to Coast, Houghton Mifflin (2007), pp. 15-17). Both works, however, indicate this is more common in the American, not the British, sphere, with reference to "Boston brown bread". On the alleged status of rights expiry dates for Classic Who serials - Tovey, Will, "The Copyright in Doctor Who", Legal Piracy: Musings on Pirate Politics and Laws (7 October 2013); Jones, Ben, "Why Even Doctor Who Has Trouble Following Copyright", TorrentFreak (23 November 2013). Initial announcement of the K9: TimeQuake film featuring Omega and ensuing updates - "K9 to Battle Omega in New Film 'TimeQuake'", DoctorWhoTV (24 October 2015); Foster, Chuck, "K9: TimeQuake", DoctorWhoNews (24 October 2015); "New K9 Series Announced Omega to Return," TheDoctorWhoSite (9 September 2018). Mention of 'scripts for both a new K9 film and TV series' completed by Bob Baker before his death, 'which will continue in tribute to Bob and his legacy' - statement made by Twitter user @k9official, Tweet posted 5 November 2021. Initial announcement of a K9 series from Bob Baker & Paul Tams - "He's back! K9 takes the lead in four-part pilot series". Doctor Who Magazine #253 (2 July 1997), p. 4.

In this instalment of K9: BingeQuake we are joined by Evan Jones (Doctor Who mathemagician extraordinaire) to discuss Episode 3 of K9, "The Korven", originally broadcast on 25 January 2010. "The Korven" was written by Tim Pye and directed by Karl Zwicky. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Evan Jones (he/him) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 20 November 2022. ** Sources: On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - "K9: Who's a good dog?", Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8. On the surprising out-of-universe origins of the Korven - Norton, Charles, Now on the Big Screen: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who at the Movies, Telos Publishing (2013), p. 128; Valdron, D.G., The Greatest Unauthorized Doctor Who Stories - Volume One: A Pirates History of Doctor Who (2nd edn.), Fossil Cove Publishing (2022), Ch 4: The Swinging Super-8 Seventies (no page number given). The K9 and Company theme tune (composed by Fiachra Trench and Ian L*vine and broadcast at the start of its pilot episode, A Girl's Best Friend, on 28 December 1981) to which Evan refers can be heard here (upload by ZardozSpeaks, 23 February 2010).

For this instalment of K9: BingeQuake we are joined by Max Kashevsky (Good Opinion Haver and Big Finish writer, among many other accomplishments such as the small matter of writing a PhD) to discuss the second episode of K9, "Liberation", originally broadcast on 18 January 2010. "Liberation" was written by Shayne Armstrong & SP Krause and directed by David Caesar & David Napier. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits: Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Guest - Max Kashevsky (he/him) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 8 October 2022. ** Sources: On K9's responding to repeated noises - Twitter user @mandyquesadilla, Tweet posted 9 June 2020. On the target audience for K9 being (supposedly) 11-15 year olds - "K9: Who's a good dog?", Stewart & Wall Entertainment, archived from the original on 12 August 2014. This is contradicted by the claim that the show is aimed at 8-12 year olds in Blum, Jonathan, "K9", Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8. The claim that (a creature resembling) Zephon from The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-6) appears as one of the alien prisoners comes from the article on "Liberation" at TARDIS wiki. On K9 being more or less the first TV gig for lead writers Shayne Armstrong and SP Krause - IMDb pages for both writers here and here.

This opening instalment of K9: BingeQuake looks at the first episode of the Australian K9 series, "Regeneration", originally broadcast on 31 October 2009. The episode was written by Shayne Armstrong & SP Krause and directed by David Caesar & Mark DeFriest. Listeners can follow the podcast on Twitter at @K9BingeQuake or email feedback and comments to us at [email protected]. ** Credits:  Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him) Editing - Kevin Burnard Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him) Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her) Episode recorded 27 September 2022. ** Sources:  Initial announcement of a K9 series from Bob Baker & Paul Tams - "He's back! K9 takes the lead in four-part pilot series". Doctor Who Magazine #253 (2 July 1997), p. 4. Firm announcement of 26-part K9 series in development with funding - "Doctor Who veterans to create new 'K-9 adventures' with Jetix Europe", JetixEurope (24 April 2006).  Initial details of the series as being set on an old Prairie-class spacecraft - "Television series", Park Entertainment (2006). BBC statement on the series - Lyon, Shaun, "K-9 Back for Animated Spinoff - Updated", DoctorWhoNews (24 April 2006). Series filming dates/location - Blum, Jonathan, "K-9". Doctor Who Magazine #409 (24 June 2009), p. 8; Casey, Scott, "The future of London is ... Brisbane", BrisbaneTimes (9 June 2009).