History Series / K9AndCompany

->''"Without a doubt the most [[TheEighties 1980s]] sequence ever committed to film – if you want to see where everything went wrong in that era just stick these titles on...Poor Lis Sladen is made to look as though she is blissed out on wine wandering around the country in her metro, occasionally getting out to jog along the country roads and pull down a paper and stare into the camera as though [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs she really is sizzled]]."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2011/10/specials.html Doc Oho]]''' on the opening titles

* HumanSacrifice: Brendan is almost sacrificed by the Cult of Hecate.

* TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The Doctor and Sarah Jane parted a little coldly, given her desire to go home. His message to her from K-9? "Give Sarah Jane Smith my fondest love. Tell her I shall remember her always."

The one that can't decide if it's for kids or not.

* TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The Doctor and Sarah Jane parted a little coldly, given her desire to go home. His message to her from K9? "Give Sarah Jane Smith my fondest love. Tell her I shall remember her always."

->''"Without a doubt the most [[TheEighties 1980s]] sequence ever committed to film – if you want to see where everything went wrong in that era just stick these titles on…Poor Lis Sladen is made to look as though she is blissed out on wine wandering around the country in her metro, occasionally getting out to jog along the country roads and pull down a paper and stare into the camera as though [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs she really is sizzled]]."''

* ContinuitySnarl: K-9 mentions being dropped off in 1978 (two years after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear The Hand Of Fear]] aired), even though the UNIT stories [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture supposedly took place a few years in the future]] and Sarah herself [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars previously referred to her own time as being 1980 in an episode from 1975]]. [[FridgeLogic Mind you, if the Doctor dropped Sarah off at the wrong place, he could easily have been a few years early too.]]

* CoolPet: Brendan thinks that K-9, a talking robot dog, is the best thing that he has ever seen.
** Given that this is the ''third'' K9 model the Doctor has owned in some capacity, evidently ''he'' does too!

Sarah Jane Smith spends the Christmas holiday at her Aunt Lavinia's house in Moreton Harwood to watch her ward, Brendan Richards. In the house, Sarah Jane spots a large crate that was left in the attic for a few years. Inside is K-9 Mark III, a present from the Doctor.

* ContinuitySnarl: K9 mentions being dropped off in 1978 (two years after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear The Hand Of Fear]] aired), even though the UNIT stories [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture supposedly took place a few years in the future]] and Sarah herself [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars previously referred to her own time as being 1980 in an episode from 1975]]. [[FridgeLogic Mind you, if the Doctor dropped Sarah off at the wrong place, he could easily have been a few years early too.]]

Although ''K-9 and Company'' was conceived as a spinoff of ''Doctor Who'', it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, it is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} {{Canon}} and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]]. More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own [[Series/{{K9}} show]]. (However, some of these stories feature different K-9 robots - the K-9 of the solo series is [[ContinuitySnarl Leela's K-9]] last seen on TV in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion Of Time"]].)

* CoolVsAwesome: K9, a Robot Dog from the year 5000 and armed with a laser, versus a human-sacrificing cult.

* BlackCloak

* ChristmasEpisode

* DistressedDude: Brendan

* RaceAgainstTheClock
* SecretCircleOfSecrets

* TownWithADarkSecret

Although ''K-9 and Company'' was conceived as a spinoff of ''Doctor Who'', it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, it is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} {{Canon}} and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]]. More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own [[Series/{{K9}} show]]. (However, some of these stories feature different K-9 robots - the K-9 of the solo series is [[ContinuitySnarl Leela's K-9]] from [[DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion Of Time"]].)

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: It's not much by itself, but this is the episode in which Sarah Jane gets a K-9 from the Doctor (K-9 was introduced on ''Doctor Who'' during the tenure of Sarah Jane's successor Leela.). And much of the information here about Sarah's childhood and her aunt Lavinia would actually be remembered and developed further in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' years later - not least that Sarah Jane shares her aunt Lavinia's habit of caring for "strays" and orphans.

* SpotlightStealingTitle: A confusing case. Based on the title, one would assume that K-9 is the main character and end up wondering why Creator/ElisabethSladen is credited first in the title sequence instead of John Leeson. This really ''is'' Sarah Jane's show, but K-9 gets his name in the title instead.

* OneEpisodeWonder

* YouLookFamiliar: Bill Fraser, who played Commander Pollock, was previously General Grugger in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E2Meglos "Meglos"]], but here he has no glorious beard.

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: It's not much by itself, but this is the episode in which Sarah Jane gets a K-9 from the Doctor (by "School Reunion" he'll have broken down). And much of the information here about Sarah's childhood and her aunt Lavinia would actually be remembered and developed further in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' years later - not least that Sarah Jane shares her aunt Lavinia's habit of caring for "strays" and orphans.

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: It's not much by itself, but this is the episode in which Sarah Jane gets a K-9 from the Doctor (by "School Reunion" he'll have broken down). And much of the information here about Sarah's childhood and her aunt Lavinia would actually be remembered and developed further in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' years later.

Although ''K-9 and Company'' was conceived as a spinoff of ''Doctor Who'', it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, it is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} {{Canon}} and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]]. More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own [[Series/{{K9}} show]]. (However, some of these stories feature different K-9 robots - the K-9 of the solo series is [[ContinuitySnarl Leela's K-9]] from [[DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion Of Time".)

Although ''K-9 and Company'' was conceived as a spinoff of ''Doctor Who'', it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, it is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} {{Canon}} and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]]. More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own [[Series/{{K9}} show]]. (However, all these stories featured different K-9 robots.)

* BillingDisplacement / SpotlightStealingTitle: A confusing case. Based on the title, one would assume that K-9 is the main character and end up wondering why Creator/ElisabethSladen is credited first in the title sequence instead of John Leeson. This really ''is'' Sarah Jane's show, but K-9 gets his name in the title instead.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Spiritual Predecessor to ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.

->''"Without a doubt the most [[TheEighties 1980s]] sequence ever committed to film – if you want to see where everything went wrong in that era just stick these titles on…Poor Lis Sladen is made to look as though she is blissed out on wine wandering around the country in her metro, occasionally getting out to jog along the country roads and pull down a paper and stare into the camera as though [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs she really is sizzled]]."''\\
--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2011/10/specials.html Doc Oho]]''' on the opening titles

Although '''''K-9 and Company''''' was conceived as a spinoff of ''Doctor Who'', it wasn't picked up, airing as a single special, also called "A Girl's Best Friend". Nonetheless, it is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} {{Canon}} and many elements of it define the character of Sarah Jane Smith after her departure in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]]. More than 25 years later, a second, more successful spinoff for Sarah Jane was made in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', with K-9 making occasional appearances. Subsequently, K-9 also got his own [[Series/{{K9}} show]]. (However, all these stories featured different K-9 robots.)