History Series / K9

* RobotClown: Are common place in the future.
** In "Dream-Eaters", Darius has a nightmare of being trapped in his car with three robotic clowns and the human Mr. Floppy Fun Pants.
** "Robot Gladiators", has Chuckles and Boris, a pair of clowns ([[invoked]][[PropRecycling with the same cosutmes from "Dream-Eaters"]]) forced to fight as gladiators who befriend K9. They return to the circus once the K9 Unit crash the business.

* PoliceBrutality

* SecretPolice: The Department.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Averted within this series in particular; the tin dog is consistently K9, not K-9.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This series takes place in the year 2050, roughly 40 years ahead of its airdate. Though it's an UnmasquedWorld with advances in VirtualReality and robotics, and a looming {{Dystopia}}, architecture and clothing appear much the same.

26 episodes of the first series have long since aired, with no sign of a second season.

** "Robot Gladiators", has Chuckles and Boris, a pair of clowns ([[PropRecycling with the same cosutmes from "Dream-Eaters"]]) forced to fight as gladiators who befriend K9. They return to the circus once the K9 Unit crash the business.

* IdenticalGrandson: In "The Cambridge Spy", Jorjie, Starkey and K9 meet Darius' great-grandfather, William Pike, who looks exactly like him. They also meet Agent Barker who is identical to Thorne, who does not appear in this episode, but Jorjie [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this to Starkey.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This series takes place in the year 2050, roughly 40 years ahead of its airdate. Though an UnmasquedWorld with advances in VirtualReality and robotics and a looming {{Dystopia}}, architecture and clothing appears much the same.

* {{BFG}}: June uses one in the finale to take out a pair of [=CCPC=]s.

[[Recap/{{K9}} Now with its own recap page]].

Visit the show's website [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/K9-OFFICIAL-PAGE/254828826587 here]], and the official Facebook page [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/K9-OFFICIAL-PAGE/254828826587 here]].

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* TheBusCameBack: According to WordOfGod, the version of K-9 featured in the series was the same version of K-9 who appeared on ''Series/DoctorWho'' in the 1978 story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]", who at the conclusion of that story stayed behind on Gallifrey. The parent series replaced him with K-9 Mark II. A Mark III and IV were later introduced but up until this series, Mark I never returned. It also reveals that, somehow, K9 Mark I was rebuilt after ''being blown up'' in the Gallifrey audio series.

* DreamWithinADream: In "Dream-Eaters".

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After regenerating, K-9 doesn't remember the Doctor, nor the majority of the adventures he had with him.

* ShoutOut: When Professor Gryffen tries to access K-9's memory, The first few notes of [[ThemeTune the Doctor Who theme plays]] after he tries to access K-9's memory banks. Neither Gryffen nor K-9 have a clue about the songs origins.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The show's title (as one can find on the official website) is spelled ''K9'' rather than ''K-9''.
* TemptingFate: Jorjie and Starkey are "[[spoiler: lost back in time]]" and Darius has "[[spoiler: vanished because they've changed the past.]]" Gryffen: 'It couldn't possibly get any worse!' Cue June arriving to check up on Jorjie...

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In one episode, a CCPC that has been implanted with human genetics escapes from the Department labratories, who try to find him and have him destroyed. K-9 and the gang find him which, ensues a dilemma whether or not they take out his genetic implants and replace them with standard CCPC hardware.