Talk:K-9 and Company

Had K-9 and Sarah actually appeared in episodes together? From looking at the time intervals it appears they wouldn't have. Morwen - Talk 11:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Not before K-9 and Company. That was the first time they met. Sarah had left the TARDIS when the Doctor took K-9 on in [{The Invisible Enemy]] (he was with Leela at the time). --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 14:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Episode Template?
Do you think this should have the same Doctor Who template as the other programs? Granted it isn't really a Doctor Who "Doctor Who" episode, but was just thinking that it might apply in some way or another. If no one attempts it, I can tinker with the idea some more. Radagast83 08:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * How about the television series infobox? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 09:30, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's what I meant (I was exhausted when I wrote it). Radagast83 17:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, I meant the one that we use on the main Doctor Who page, i.e. the general television series one. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 18:05, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That's the one I'm talking about, the one that's used in episodes like The Time Meddler or The Christmas Invasion. Radagast83 19:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've seen K-9 and Company listed in fan info as an "episode" between Logopolis and Castrovalva. I believe this is based on air date.  Since the story is certainly canon, (based on The Five Doctors) and wouldn't get unwieldy as a single addition I think it makes sense to include it. Algr 04:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Length?
How long was the pilot, anyway? --Aderack 21:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 49 minutes, 56 seconds. I've updated it. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Wonder if that's the PAL or NTSC version? CzechOut 02:28, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Probably the PAL. At least, that's where my copy of it comes from. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 02:35, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Aunt Lavinia
Is Aunt Lavinia notable enough to deserve her own article? She's only appeared once in person and is mentioned once in The Time Warrior and is dead by the time she shows up in Comeback. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 02:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Not my intent to give her an article of her own, but an entry in a "list of" article (though the way it's marked up now is probably confusing in that regard). CzechOut 04:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I ask this merely to stave off any possible need for AfD. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 02:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I wanna avoid that, too, which is why I don't think she deserves a full article, either.CzechOut 04:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I would also like to bring up the question of whether the entire storyline following K-9 and Company is actually appropriate to this article (as it does not directly relate to the episode itself) or whether it should be really sliced and diced and moved to Sarah's own entry. Thoughts on this, please. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 03:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thing is, though, this isn't a list of just Sarah's appearances. It's a selective list of things that would be considered to be continuations of K-9 and Company.  It's how the two of them went from 1981 to School Reunion.CzechOut 04:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Refactoring
Okay, phase 1 of the refactoring of the article is complete, so the tags are down. I've got more to put into the "Series origin" section, which is a bit thin at the moment, but I hope the general redirection of the article is clear enough now that it can be seen as a useful springboard for further development. CzechOut 09:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Serial or Episode?
In the first paragraph the word "serial" is used several times in a way that doesn't make sense. I know nothing about this show, but is "serial" being used instead of "episode"? How can a series only have "one serial"? 172.136.184.79 21:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The usage is probably a spill-over from Doctor Who, which in its original run had multi-episode serials in each season. I'm not sure whether the intention for the K-9 and Company series was to have the same format, or if it was intended to have stand-alone episodes; however, since only one episode was made, the question is a bit moot and there's no need to add confusion by using "serial".  I'll make the appropriate changes. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 00:00, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It would seem that the best term is simply Pilot. As it was an episode commissioned in the hope of being picked up as a series. This differs from the Sarah Jane Adventures episode Invasion of the Bane which was indicated to be a special pre episode for a season already intended for production. Lordandrei (talk) 03:12, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Update main picture?
This is purely for aesthetic, does anyone think the main picture should be updated/replaced with from BBC Norfolk? &mdash;Liyster 03:18, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Possible future appearances section
I deleted this section as it does not pertain to this article. The new K-9 animated series is categorically not a revival of K-9 and Company, but is a K-9-centric show. It does not appear to be featuring even K-9 Mark III, but a different "Mark" altogether. CzechOut 00:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I saw this last night on BBC Kids
Ouch.--HalfShadow 15:32, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I saw it on BBC Kids a few days ago (the day before I made my first edit here infact). I thought it wasn't bad and would have made a decent series in its time. Robert Brockway 02:41, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

fact tag
the article states that "She would be returning as Sarah Jane Smith, but she would do so as the heroine and not just a sidekick. This offer Sladen accepted." with a "fact tag" beside "sladen accepted". isn't this an entirely obvious fact. if it were false, then the show wouldn't have broadcast. The fact that it did broadcast is evidence of the fact that Sladen accepted the offer - therefore no otehr reference is needed. If no-one corrects me by tommorrow, I'll remove that tag. StuartDD ( t  •   c ) 12:42, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

another one
"Further episodes were therefore not commissioned." - completely obvious, since Girl's best friend was the only one. The fact that this was the only episode shows that no more were commissioned, otherwise it would NOT be the only episode. Again, correct me or I'll remove it. StuartDD ( t  •   c ) 12:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, I know this was a long, long time ago, but "stating the obvious" is not the job of an encyclopedia. Both of these quoted segments are also close to imputing what people were thinking - which there is no source for.


 * If this were current, I'd suggest removing both "obvious" statements, as a combination of original research and stating the obvious. Huw Powell (talk) 07:24, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

DVD Details
As this show has now been released on DVD with new supporting extra material. Would it be worth breaking out the DVD details into a subheading? Lordandrei (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

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Home video
The info at the end of the first paragraph about the Blu-ray release should be removed, merging it with the same information at the end of the section. (The result will name the various release events in chronological order, making the info easier to read and understand.)

Also, there's a tacked-on sentence at the end of the second paragraph that lacks a full-stop

I would take care of these minor tasks myself but I assume there are users who have been active in creating and maintaining the article, so I leave it to them. ◦◦derekbd ◦  ◦my talk◦◦ 15:58, 6 November 2022 (UTC)