K-9 and Company
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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.
Production
BBC Pebble Mill
Language
EN
Status
Pilot
First Aired
December 28, 1981
Last Aired
December 28, 1981
Networks
BBC One
Created By
John Nathan-Turner
Cast
Elisabeth Sladen
Sarah Jane Smith
John Leeson
K-9 (voice)
Colin Jeavons
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