"companion, Sarah Jane Smith, together with the robotic dog K-9, appeared in four and two episodes, respectively, of the revived series more than twenty years after their last appearances in the 20th anniversary story ""The Five Doctors"" (1983). The character of Sarah Jane also headed up a ""Doctor Who"" spin-off, ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"", with K-9 until Sladen's death. Another companion, Captain Jack Harkness, is the lead character in the spin-off BBC science fiction programme ""Torchwood"". Not only have these former companions continued to make appearances on ""Doctor Who"", they have sometimes been accompanied by some of their own companions"
"K9 (Doctor Who) K9, occasionally written K-9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines (dogs, the name being a pun on the pronunciation of ""canine"") in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", first appearing in 1977. K9 has also been a central character in three of the series television spin-offs: the one-off ""K-9 and Company"" (1981), ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" (2007–2011) and ""K9"" (2009–2010). Although not originally intended to be a recurring character in the series, K9 was kept in the show following his first appearance because he was expected to be popular with younger audiences."
"week it used to be, 'Yes Doctor, no Doctor'..."" Following her tenure as ""du jour"" companion, Sladen reprised the role of Sarah Jane in a pilot episode for an Earth-based spin-off series, ""K-9 and Company"", in 1981. In the pilot episode, titled ""A Girl's Best Friend"", Sarah Jane receives the robot dog K-9 Mark III (John Leeson) as a Christmas present from the Doctor. The pilot did not lead to a series, but the character reappeared in ""Doctor Who"" for the 1983 twentieth anniversary story ""The Five Doctors"", in which she is transported to Gallifrey by Lord President Borusa (Philip"
"to several levels of computerised autonomy. On the BBC Glow site, typing the Konami code will make a photo of K9 appear. This photo was taken during his appearance on the BBC children's show Blue Peter. K-9 Mail is a popular e-mail client for the Android operating system, with the name and the logo being a direct reference to the K9 robot. K9 (Doctor Who) K9, occasionally written K-9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines (dogs, the name being a pun on the pronunciation of ""canine"") in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", first appearing"
"Willy (EastEnders) Willy (also Rasputin) is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Willy is a Pug, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remains in the show until 14 May 1992. Willy is Ethel Skinner's (Gretchen Franklin) constant companion. She rarely appears on-screen without him tucked under her arm. He was named after her late husband, William Skinner (Ian Brimble). There were various innuendo-laden references to Willy. Ethel's famous lines being either, ""Where's my Willy?"" or, in a double entendre, ""Has anyone seen my Willy?"" Willy can often be quite"
"after this she continues to investigate strange goings-on back on Earth. Over time, Sarah Jane establishes herself as a committed defender of Earth from alien invasions and other threats, occasionally reuniting with the Doctor in the course of her own adventures, all the while continuing to work as a freelance investigative journalist. Sarah Jane is one of the Doctor's longest-serving companions, co-starring in 18 stories with the Third and Fourth incarnations of the Doctor, on the programme from 1973 to 1976 (seasons 11 – 14). She and robotic dog K9 appear in the 1981 television pilot ""K-9 and Company"". She"
"put in some carpets for Hilda Ogden, and Jimmy Kemp's father in the acclaimed nuclear war drama ""Threads"". Brierly died of cancer on 10 June 2008. David Brierly David Brierly (January 1935 – 10 June 2008), also known as David Brierley, was an English actor. Born in Yorkshire, he appeared in various television programmes but is most notable for being the voice of the robot dog K-9 during the 1979–1980 season of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He succeeded John Leeson, who was K-9's original voice (Leeson subsequently returned to the role the next season). He also"
"being the voice behind K-9, the robot dog in the BBC-TV sci-fi series ""Doctor Who"". The original character designs were conceived by Terry Askew, although the most recent artwork connected to the serial was provided by cartoonist Mark Alexander Smith, creator of the webcomic ""Transmission"". Another member of the creative team is Gerry Paquette, an ex-animator who worked on the 1980s Canadian TV cartoon series ""The Raccoons"". In September 2015 John Leeson retired from the programme. In January 2016 the show was withdrawn from the Hospital radio circuit. The complete Space Gypsy series is available to download from the Official"
"Poodle was a similar size to an Alsatian, Roly got the part. Roly was made the property of the BBC, given an ID card, and taken to live with Julia Smith at her home in London. Roly and Willy the pug shared a dressing room at Elstree studios. Roly Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Roly is an apricot coloured Standard Poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993. Roly was given to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) by her father,"
"Yeti (Doctor Who) The Yeti are fictional robots in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". They were originally created by Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman, and first appeared in the 1967 serial ""The Abominable Snowmen"", where they encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria. The Yeti resemble the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, with an appearance Radio Times has described as ""cuddly but ferocious"", disguising a small spherical device that provides its motive power. The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another dimension, which first appeared trying to form a"
"Who action figures since the Denys Fisher toys of 1976. The first wave of the line was composed of current Doctor Sylvester McCoy, already departed companion Melanie Bush (in a pink top), the Doctor's iconic ship the TARDIS, the Fourth Doctor's robotic pet dog K9 and a Tetrap monster from Time and the Rani. The first wave had numerous errors such as the TARDIS console featuring the wrong amount of sides and a green painted K9 as opposed to the correct metallic grey, apparently because the photo given by the BBC to Dapol gave the impression K9 was green as"
"his contributions to this series (""Nightmare of Eden""), Baker collaborated with Dave Martin on numerous scripts including: Together, they were nicknamed ""The Bristol Boys"" by the ""Doctor Who"" production teams with whom they worked. Baker and Martin devised for ""Doctor Who"" the robotic dog K-9 (created for ""The Invisible Enemy""), the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for ""The Three Doctors"", ""Doctor Who""'s 10th anniversary story) and the Axons. K-9 was originally intended to appear in one story only, but the BBC decided to make it a recurring character. Several of Baker's stories had elements of hard science not often found"
"K-9 and Company K-9 and Company is a one-episode television pilot, for a proposed 1981 television 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. ""A Girl's Best Friend"" is set"
"companionship and to protect her. Alyx subsequently upgraded the robot into its current form. Despite its name, Dog is anthropomorphic in appearance. Dog provides support to Freeman during training with the Gravity Gun, and makes appearances several times after. Dr. Judith Mossman (voiced by Michelle Forbes) first appears briefly in ""Red Letter Day"", in which she is attempting to stabilize Gordon Freeman's damaged teleportation. In ""Black Mesa East"", she meets Gordon Freeman at the entrance to the facility and tells him of the research that is being conducted there as well as her deep admiration for Freeman. Although she is"
"Robot (Doctor Who) Robot is the first serial of the 12th season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 28 December 1974 to 18 January 1975. It was the first full serial to feature Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, as well as Ian Marter as new companion Harry Sullivan. In the serial, which is set in England, Hilda Winters (Patricia Maynard), the director of a research institute, plots to use the experimental robot K1 (Michael Kilgarriff) to steal the nuclear launch codes and blackmail the Earth's"
"and Dorofei were being discussed, in what the Japanese called an important step of rapprochement between Japan and Russia. In July 2009, the US president Barack Obama and his wife met with Dorofei in Gorki during their visit to Russia. On February 4, 2015, it was reported by Russian news source Sobesednik.ru that Dorofei had died along with President Vladimir Putin's dog, Konni Dorofei Dorofei (or Dorotheus ) (2004–2014) was a rare Neva Masquerade (Siberian breed) cat with blue eyes belonging to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana Medvedeva. Dorofei took over the title of ""First Pet"""
"with treats, confessing to a friend that she was making up for the King being so strict towards him. Caesar died following an operation in April 1914. The Fabergé figurine now forms part of the Royal Collection, while Caesar was included in the sculptor of the King and Queen atop their tomb in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. In the sculpture, Caesar lies at the feet of the king. Caesar (dog) Caesar (1898–1914) was a Wire Fox Terrier owned by King Edward VII. He was bred in the kennels of Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle, and became the constant companion of"
"experiment, grew to enormous size and ate the President's pet cat, and according to The Master, ""took a chunk out of him too"". She is established as being the same age as the Doctor. The Rani was, like the Master, intended as a recurring foe of the Doctor, but only appeared in two serials, ""The Mark of the Rani"" (1985) and ""Time and the Rani"" (1987), before ""Doctor Who"" went off the air in 1989. The Rani also appeared as the principal villain in ""Dimensions in Time"", a 1993 ""Doctor Who"" charity special created for Children in Need. She was"
"of being the first pet to maintain an ongoing presence in the series, and even – as illustrated above – become the focus of an episode. In the Mirror Universe depicted in ""In a Mirror, Darkly"", Porthos is a Rottweiler. According to the episode's podcast on Startrek.com, the dog that portrayed the mirror Porthos was known on set as an even bigger ""baby"" than the dogs which have played the regular Porthos. Episode writer Mike Sussman noted that the animal was ""The sweetest dog I have ever met."" In the episode """", Porthos was interrogated by a group of Ferengi"
"of their day. He died fighting beside his favorite dog, just as the way he would have wanted it. His loyal companion soon followed."""" Theo (dog) Theo DM (2009–2011), was an English Springer Spaniel who served as a bomb detection dog for the British Army whilst stationed in Afghanistan. His handler, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, was killed in March 2011, and Theo died within hours, following a seizure. The pair had set a new record for bomb finds during their time on deployment. Theo was awarded the Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, in 2012. Liam Tasker"
"The role went to Simon Williams, who was known for his role as James Bellamy in ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". Sophie Aldred and Karen Gledhil, who had watched the programme when they were younger, were awed to work with him. Williams had trouble handling the character's gun and also misunderstood a stage direction in the script describing it, which earned him the nickname of ""Chunky"". This nickname was carried on into the character, with McCoy adding the line, ""...why his men call him 'Chunky' I've no idea."" The computer was voiced by John Leeson, who previously played the Doctor's robot dog companion"
"contact with Amy and Rory forever in the next episode. Amy and Rory's meal at the newly opened Savoy hotel is ruined by ""a Zygon spaceship parked under the Savoy""; the Zygons previously featured in the Fourth Doctor serial ""Terror of the Zygons"" (1975) and would appear again in the 50th anniversary special ""The Day of the Doctor"" (2013). The Tower of London had previously served as a UNIT base in ""The Christmas Invasion"" and was mentioned as such in ""The Sontaran Stratagem"". The Doctor also mentions having a metallic dog that could hover; this refers to K-9, the robotic"
"Roly Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Roly is an apricot coloured Standard Poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993. Roly was given to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) by her father, Den (Leslie Grantham). Sharon's mother, Angie (Anita Dobson), does not like the dog much and once even accuses him of deliberately causing her to trip and fall on the stairs. However, during Den and Angie's divorce in 1987, Angie is horrified to hear that Den is considering selling"
"returned when Robinson was succeeded by John Yorke. Wellard's owners for the majority of his duration in the soap were Robbie Jackson and Gus Smith. He was voted ""Best Pet"" at the 2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards, and named the UK's favourite soap opera pet in a 2009 ""Inside Soap"" poll. Wellard was a fan favourite, and although a storyline that saw him threatened with euthanasia for biting local café owner Ian Beale was poorly received by critics, his death drew generally favourable reviews. In November 1994, Walford resident Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney) takes in a dog he assumes to"
"constant animal companion is Panthor. Panthor is Skeletor's evil feline companion, a giant purple panther who serves as an evil counterpart to Battle Cat. Panthor is portrayed as Skeletor's pet or familiar spirit, being at the right of his throne. However, unlike He-Man's Battle Cat, Panthor only appears in a handful of stories in the original series. While his role is similarly limited in the 2002 series, he is more prominent in the episodes in which he appears compared to his appearances in the earlier series. In """", Skeletor also shows some affinity towards Relay, a partly robotic dog who"
"with the characters. In contrast, Fraser McAlpine and Nick Page felt that the Yeti being controlled gave them greater menace. McAlpine says this gives the Yeti menace because, being controlled, they can't hold any feelings or grudges of their own and act only as the fierce physical agents for whoever can control them. Page reflected that 'the Great Intelligence... always turned off their power when it was not required', creating suspense when characters interacted with a seemingly dormant Yeti. Yeti (Doctor Who) The Yeti are fictional robots in the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". They were originally"
"A modern-day version of Ace was reintroduced in ""Batman"" #462 (June 1991), although he has been rarely seen in recent years. This version was originally a guide dog belonging to a blind Native American named Black Wolf, who called him ""Dog"". The dog assisted Batman in fighting criminals from Black Wolf's tribe. Following Black Wolf's death, Batman adopted Dog, renaming him Ace. He did not wear a mask, nor was he ever referred to as Bat-Hound, and has the appearance of an English Mastiff with a bat-shaped dark patch on his flank. Ace has at times helped Batman on cases"
"dogcatcher. The series also features Scooby and Shaggy as their favorite superhero duo. Shaggy would be the fearless Commander Cool (a combination of Batman and Superman) and Scooby would be his faithful canine sidekick Mellow Mutt (a combination of Krypto, Robin, and Ace the Bat-Hound). In 2013 a direct-to-video puppet movie was released exclusively to US Walmart stores and digital download called """", that featured traits similar to that of ""A Pup Named Scooby-Doo"". Shaggy was exactly like his older incarnation. He ate a lot and used the terms ""Like"" and ""Zoinks!"" constantly. He sometimes agrees with other members of"
"easy passage from virtual world, the responsibility falls to Ryan, Kaitlin, and J.B. of defending the planet on both sides of the dimensional barrier. They have assistance in the form of armored bodies having incredible firepower. This included eventual additions to their arsenal, such as a Turbo Cycle, Techno Bazooka, VR Troopertron, VR Shoulder Cannon, VR Battlecruiser/Interceptop and a flying, laser-blasting Skybase. Other regular characters on the show included Zeb as Jeb, Ryan's hound dog who after an accident in Professor Hart's lab, was now capable of human speech; Woody Stocker, Kaitlin's wacky hat-loving boss at the ""Underground Voice Daily"";"
"and odd behavior was explainable by the medication to keep her well after her car accident. Mood swings (from timid to cheerful) and vomiting were both revealed to be side effects of the meds. Outside of the amputated hand, the car accident also left Amy with her spine damaged, requiring an implanted brace. With the addition of a set of ""Scooby-Doo"" ""Ghostvision"" glasses sent to Dave from a fan, Amy is able to see some of the unusual things Dave and John can see naturally. Molly: Molly is David's adoptive dog, an ""Irish rust dog"", whose tags indicate she previously"
"as his pet cat M.A.D. Cat and Gadget's loyal dog Brain – were voiced by Frank Welker. Welker and Adams recorded their dialogue in separate recordings in Los Angeles, while the rest of the first season's cast recorded in Toronto. Don Francks initially replaced Welker as Dr. Claw for about 25 episodes following the pilot before Welker was called in to replace him for those episodes, and onward. However, Welker was unable to re-record a few episodes, where Francks' voice remained. Francks remained with the show, however, and usually performed the voice of a henchman of Dr. Claw. Sometimes Francks"
"playing as large of a role as Optimus Prime himself. This changed when the show moved into its regular season. Bumblebee became Spike's companion, and Hound's appearances became less frequent. In ""Heavy Metal War"", Hound is responsible for providing a hologram of a large, menacing robot designed to intimidate Devastator. This helped turn the tide in the battle against the Decepticons in that episode. The episode ""City of Steel"" featured another major role for Hound. He and a few other compatriots were charged with tracking and collecting the missing parts of Optimus Prime. These parts had been disconnected and used"
"Anne Robinson (whom K9 addressed as ""Mistress"") said ""I'm so sorry"" before declaring him the weakest link. In the final area of the game ""Secret of Evermore"", the main character's dog appears similar to K9 and can fire lasers from its mouth. Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center have dubbed two intelligent mobile robots designed to explore the surface of Mars ""K-9"" and ""Gromit"". NASA's K-9 is named after both ""Doctor Who""'s K-9 and Marvin the Martian's pet dog, K-9. Several individuals have built their own personal K9 robots, ranging from radio controlled units like that used on the show"