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K-9 and Company

Name: K-9 and Company
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Colin Jeavons, Ian Sears, Bill Fraser

1981 · 1 season, 1 episodes · 50m episodes · Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · BBC One · United Kingdom · Rated PG (AU)

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.

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John Nathan-Turner

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Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Colin Jeavons, Ian Sears, Bill Fraser, Mary Wimbush

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