K-9 (Doctor Who)

Character
Name:	K-9
Occupation:
Relationships:	The Doctor, Leela, Romana, later Sarah Jane Smith
Fandom:	Doctor Who, the Sarah Jane Adventures, etc.
Other:	voiced by actor John Leeson and others
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K-9 is a recurring character in the Doctor Who universe. As his creators retained copyright, he also appears outside the official Whoniverse in his own TV show which ran for one season in 2009-2010. K-9 is a robot dog and there have been at least four incarnations of the character.

Example Fanworks

Art Gallery

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  Art for TARDIS v.2 n.7 by unknown artist (1977)

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  Art from Zeta Minor #3, with Tegan Jovanka, by C.H. Burnett (1984)

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  Back cover of The Clipper Trade Ship #61, with the TARDIS, by Tom Howard (1988)

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  Cover art of Enlightenment no. 107 by Laura Riccomi (2001)

Other

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

• Good Dog!, ^{Archived version} by terracyte, 2023
• My biggest grievance is that we never really got a 2000’s ‘futuristic’ redesign for K9, ^{Archived version} by hauntswitch, 2023 -- character re-design

Archives & Fannish Links

• K-9 tag on the AO3
• K-9 tag on FF.net
• #k-9 and #k-9 and #k9 on Tumblr

Resources

• K-9 on Wikipedia
• K-9 on Doctor Who Worl
• K-9 on the TARDIS Fandom.com wiki