"He has been rusting in his kennel for too long," says today's Times. "Now K9 is taking centre-stage with his own £3 million animated series and a range of high-tech toys." In a rather unsurprising development to anyone who has followed the trail of rumors - first reported on Outpost Gallifrey, in fact, nearly two years ago - K9 will feature in a new animated spinoff series worked on by one of his creators, Bob Baker, and made by Jetix Europe. "Doctor Who's faithful robotic assistant, who will be reunited with his master on Saturday in a special guest appearance on the revived BBC show, will become a star in his own right -- equipped with a lethal blaster -- in a computergenerated series made in partnership with the Walt Disney Corporation. K9 Adventures will be a 26-episode comedy-fantasy series set in outer space.
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I find this to be good news.
I like the idea that Doctor Who is so broad that you can have a childerens show and a more mature show.
To be honest, I am surprised they haven't done it sooner, with all the potential merchindising...My favorite Doctor Who websites;
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Cool this sound like it will be impressiveTis No Fool to lose what He can not keep, To gain what he will never LoseComment
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That is a really bad idea, it will be one of those cheap and nasty Disney fraking stupid thing passing it's self off as a cartoon when all it is doing is trying to off load merchandise... *I hate Disney*
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This is awful. K-9 shouldnt be animated like that. IF they want a proper spin off let him be the way he is !!!Oh Yes the Sam is Back and hes more Sci-fied up than ever !!!!!!!!!
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Doctor Who returns to our screens and what do we get, spinoffs appearing everywhere!Comment
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I can't say that I hold out much hope for this. My kids adore DW (watched classic DW before the latest) but this really isn't going to float their boat at all. Not unless they're going for a really young audience. I was hoping that maybe they would have gone with a non-animated show. Kids nowadays don't dig animated shows like they used to. And judging by the Jetix made show I saw (Cubix) it was awful.
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Originally posted by S.G.C
Of course, merchindise! It's easier to push this way. BBC is just following the model made by American companies like Paramount with their Star Trek franchise.
Personally, I think everyone should give the show a chance. It could suck, it could be kinda cool. Either way, all we have heard is an announcement and seen one picture. Let's wait until we actually see something of substance before we hate it.....My favorite Doctor Who websites;
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Yeah but that pic remninded me so mich of Jetix's Cubix...I honestly feel that if DW/K9 gets that treatment it'll fall flat on it's face.Originally posted by Darkseid
I'm all for merchandising the brand to death...hey I've got kids and they are a major target for the corp. I don't mind it, solves the annual dilemmas of what to get them for birthdays/christmas's. What I don't get is how they can ruin the chance that they've got with K9 (don't get me wrong here I hate that mutt) by going animation rather than real-life. I'm not against spin-offs just crap spin-offs. I really believe that a real-life spin-off would be better.
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Originally posted by EgeriaYeah but that pic remninded me so mich of Jetix's Cubix...I honestly feel that if DW/K9 gets that treatment it'll fall flat on it's face.
I'm all for merchandising the brand to death...hey I've got kids and they are a major target for the corp. I don't mind it, solves the annual dilemmas of what to get them for birthdays/christmas's. What I don't get is how they can ruin the chance that they've got with K9 (don't get me wrong here I hate that mutt) by going animation rather than real-life. I'm not against spin-offs just crap spin-offs. I really believe that a real-life spin-off would be better.
I know, I know. I agree with you on most points (although I don't think I have ever seen "Cubix". In fact, I don't think I have heard of it.
I would prefer to see a live-action show too. But, animation is a lot cheaper then paying a bunch of union guys to sit around waiting for the lighting guy to get everything right....
Either way, I am going to reserve judgement until I actually see something.
BTW -- I fall into the "Like K-9" camp. Although, I think they could have found better ways to use him....My favorite Doctor Who websites;
Each episode in amazing detailed notes
Build a Dalek
Build a TARDIS
Dedicated to Pamela Nash, the woman who caused a ton of Who episodes to be missing
The Police Box Website
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True, but too much could kill it...Originally posted by DarkseidComment
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Originally posted by S.G.C
Totally. Paramount shoved so much crappy Star Trek down everyones throught that the last movie made hardly any money in the theaters and the last TV show they made stunk up the ratings (of course, they both stunk up the joint as far as stories were concerned...)My favorite Doctor Who websites;
Each episode in amazing detailed notes
Build a Dalek
Build a TARDIS
Dedicated to Pamela Nash, the woman who caused a ton of Who episodes to be missing
The Police Box Website
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The other advantage of having a CGI show is that K9 CAn actually be used as more than just a bloody remote control dog who is loud, slow and whines about having "insufficient data". This way he can actually kick ass in the way that R2D2 did in Episode 3.
However, the manner in which they do a CGI show is important. I saw cubix. It was awful. They need CGI that looks more real tbh.
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I think it would be best to wait and see...Comment
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