K-9 and Company
6.1
Season 1
50 min
S1 · E1 · Dec 28, 1981
A Girl's Best Friend Episode 1
1 episode in Season 1
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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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Cast
10 people
Elisabeth Sladen
Sarah Jane Smith
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John Leeson
K-9 (voice)
Known for
Doctor Who
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Colin Jeavons
Known for
House of Cards
Sherlock Holmes
Ian Sears
Brendan Richards
Known for
Yentl
King David
Bill Fraser
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
The Americanization of Emily
Mary Wimbush
Known for
Jeeves and Wooster
Vampire Circus
Gillian Martell
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Mansfield Park
Oliver Twist
John Quarmby
Known for
Fawlty Towers
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Neville Barber
Known for
Edge of Darkness
Michael Williams
Film cameraman
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John Nathan-Turner Creator · Terence Dudley Writer
Total runtime 50m · Episode length 50 min · Country United Kingdom
Show info
Premiered
December 28, 1981
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
50m
Original language
English
Production
BBC Pebble Mill
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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Some details come from TheTVDB.