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The Essential Book of K9

Available to order in the UK from www.amazon.co.uk

Also available to order in the UK/USA from www.k9official.com

Includes: The complete story of K9 from Doctor Who and beyond with Special Features, Exclusive Photos and new Fiction from Bob Baker!

K9 was the brainchild of two prolific TV screenwriters; Bob Baker and Dave Martin.

They had written numerous series for TV and had since the early days of Jon Pertwee’s tenure as ‘The Doctor”, become regular contributors to the BBC TV programme “Doctor Who”.

• A Timeless Companion
• Designing an Icon-. Tony Harding
• Walking The Dog
• His Masters Robot Voice: John Leeson
• The Second Voice: David Brierley
• K9 Classic Cutaway
• Those TV Times
• One Man and His Dog
• Fiction: Peaceniks
• Pedigree Dogs
• Collectable Memoirs
• The Dream Time: K9’s Lost Farewell
• Top Dog on Show

Bob and Dave had gained quite n reputation for writing epic story lines that the BBC and in particular the show’s producers had battled to cope with getting onto the screen in such a way that would both do justice to the imagination of the writing team and enthral the audience.

With a very limited budget in the 1970’s it was left to the Visual Effects department and allotted production designers to try and interpret their wondrous wild creations such as Axons, Gel Guards, Omega and Mutants.

• Fiction: Interstitials
• K9 TV Series Episode Guide
• K9 TV Show Credits
• K9 TV Series Cutaway
• Creating a new look for K9
• Behind the Screen
• Cast of Characters
• Fiction: Stranger On A Train
• Alien Threat detected!
• TOP SECRET: Future Adventures
• K9 Future Cutaway
• Comic Hero!
• The Doctor Who legacy of

The definitive guide to the world’s favourite robot dog. Large format hardcover with lots of factual information about K9’s history and development to date plus a comic strip and original fiction written by Bob.

Edited by Paul M. Tams. Fiction by Bob Baker.
Text by Paul M.Tams, Justin Thomas, Trent Turner, Gareth Kavanagh.
Illustrations by Lee Adams, Adrian Salmon, Paul Burley, Trent Turner and Paul M. Tams.

• Bob Baker & Dave Martin
• 2017-Life Begins at 40.
• Bob Baker-A Writers Tale
• Picture Story: Short Circuit
• K9 – Kloned! / About The Cover
• Acknowledgements/Special Thanks.

Photographs: Stuart Sadd, Steve Cambden, Nigel Brackley, Paul M. Tams, Hamish Cairns,
Peter Kent, Stephen Brown, Dave Greenham, Louise Edge, Dan Wray, Gavin French.
Published by Meteoric Books, A division of Meteoric Entertainment Limited

K9 image © BBC/Bob Baker/Dave Martin 1977. Used courtesy of BBC Worldwide Limited.
K9 TV Series image @ Bob Baker/Paul Tarns. K9 Future Design © Meteoric Entertainment Limited.

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