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The Doctor’s robotic canine companion is getting a cinematic outing, dubbed K9: Timequake...

There’s always talk of more spin-offs or cinematic releases for Doctor Who, but here’s one we weren’t expecting – K9 is getting his own movie. According to K9’s Facebook page, he’ll reach cinema screens in 2017 with a film called K9: Timequake.

The Doctor’s robotic canine companion first appeared in 1977 serial The Invisible Enemy. He made his Nu-Who return alongside Elisabeth Sladen’s Sarah Jane Smith in 2006’s School Reunion before spinning out with her into The Sarah Jane Adventures.

After that, K9 spun out once more into an Australian children’s show called K9. For legal reasons, that show couldn’t reference The Doctor or other Doctor Who characters. The film, however, will feature the classic Who baddie Omega. It’s unclear if the film will...

We’ve been telling you for months, near continuously, about the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special to air on BBC America at 9/8c on Christmas Day. Now word comes from Syfy that they are joining into the Whovian holiday celebration with their marathon premiere Us airing of British Doctor Who spinoff K9.

And a quick note – yes, K9 is sporting a different look from the classic we know and love, but we understand that they do explain it. We won’t spoil, though.

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New York – December 17, 2012 – Syfy has acquired the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Doctor Who spinoff K9 which have its U.S. premiere on...

The K9 series is coming to Five in the UK this Autumn.

The series, developed by Bob Baker and Paul Tams, is currently showing in the UK on the Disney Xd channel. The broadcast on Five will bring the show to a much wider range of viewers. Disney Xd is only available on subscription to digital viewers, whereas Five is a terestrial channel available free to air in most of the UK.

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The K9 adventure series will premier in the UK and Australia on Saturday 3rd April 2010.

In the UK the series will launch at 4pm on the Disney Xd channel with episode two showing the following day also at 4pm.

In Australia series will launch at at 9.30am on the Ten network

The new 26 episode children's series features an animated version of the robot dog which appeared in Doctor Who from 1977-1981 before returning in the 2006 story School Reunion.

The series has been jointly created by Bob Baker and Paul Tams. Baker, working with his then writing partner, Dave Martin,  created the original K9 for the fourth Doctor story The Invisible Enemy. John Leeson once more voices the character of K9.

The series is currently showing in Scandinavia where it premièred in January. It was shot between December 2008 and May 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. It is co-produced by Stewart & Wall Entertainment and London-based Park Entertainment.

K9 comes to the UK this weekend when the new Park Entertainment series launches on the Disney Xd channel at 6pm this Saturday.

The series was made in Australia and features the return of John Leeson as the voice of a new CGI version of the robot dog. The series was developed by one of K9's original creators, Bob Baker, along with the show's associate producer Paul Tams.

The Saturday showing is described as a sneak preview of the series, which will start properly in the new year.

Disney Xd can be seen in the UK on Sky Channel 607 and Virgin 707.

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New Doctor Who chief writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat will be a special guest at the Screenwriter's Festival 2009 which runs from October 26th to 29th at Cheltenham Ladies' College. Also set to appear are James Moran (Torchwood, The Fires of Pompeii), Doctor Who Magazine contributors Jason Arnopp and Benjamin Cook, Joseph Lidster, Phil Ford and K-9 collaborators Bob Baker and Paul Tams for a series of panels and talks covering all 46 years of Doctor Who. Further names on the...

"I based the new logo on K9's old-type font of Westminster, with an update. The font is also used on K9's new body." So confesses co-creator and co-associate producer of the new K9 series Paul Tams - and its a very fresh look for the logo, despite having echoes of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures witht he swirling in the background. Expecting to premier on Australia's Network Ten in 2009, the show has completed principal photography. K9 himself is realised as both CGI...

Production seems to be well underway on the K9 spin off series, with DoctorWhoNews.com reporting that the fourth block of filming is due to be completed at the end of the week. In total there are set to be 13 blocks of two half-hour episodes, co produced by K9 originator Bob Baker and fellow co-producer Paul Tams, who has told Outpost Gallifrey: "K9 will be seen on screen as both an animatronic prop and in CGI form. The latest design I have done that is being used in the show is sleek...