[adams66]

Did anyone else find K9 annoying?


Affirmative!

[daveyboy7472]

Originally Posted by Listentome

Listening to him on any of his dvd appearances makes me roll my eyes. Its not that I don't enjoy his stories like Logopolis, I do, but they just aren't as clever as he thinks they are.

I prefer script editors and producers who have some respect for what came before them. I know Moffat is open about his love/hate for Doctor Who and has been very critical of the 1960s, but at least he also honours the past and acknowledges the stuff he thinks was good.

Back to K9, I do feel a little sorry for John Leeson, that he didn't get a decent appearance in The Five Doctors. I can imagine him meeting the First Doctor and the Doctor saying "What is that silly little creature?"

Yeah, Logopolis and Castrovalva are some of my fave stories but I always disagreed with a few of the things he said in those documentaries and his hatred of K9 was one of them.

I also wish John Leeson had voiced K9 in Season 17 as these were my fave stories to feature him but he wasn't there....

[Sophie ~Oohie~]

Can we stop it with the 'affirmative' and 'yes Mistress' stuff, are you trying to annoy me

[k9fan]

Originally Posted by Granny McSmith

I love K9fan's posts conducted entirely in smileys.

I was trying to kill off K9 in the "Five Word Thingy" thread, but he proved invincible in the end, and kept coming back, so I gave up. I didn't think of a car crusher, though. I'll remember that one.

Sorry, K9fan, it wasn't because I don't like K9, it was just for dramatic interest.

Originally Posted by allen_who

Ha ha - this made me laugh ^^ ... Don't worry k9fan some of us are on your side

Originally Posted by Listentome

Bless Tom, he appears to have had little time for other actor's lines or part in a story, so I can you imagine what he thought of K9!

He had a lot of time for Lis Sladen and for Sarah Jane.

[Face Of Jack]

K9 was ok to be honest. I was pleased when they wrote him out now and again though!
What annoyed me was the f****** sonic screwdriver!! That's lasted forever!!

[TEDR]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

The robot dog. Not as much fun as I remember.

I don't dislike K9 as strongly as others here, but I definitely don't like him.

[CoalHillJanitor]

K9 was one of those delightfully clueless things about the show that I find so endearing. Sort of like the whole JNT era.

[pajs1000]

Originally Posted by Sophie ~Oohie~

that they hope he falls in a car crusher in the next episode?

Granny and K9 rule OK?

[Shawn_Lunn]

I didn't mind him.

More useful than Kamelion was.

[Lady of Traken]

Originally Posted by Listentome

I know Moffat is open about his love/hate for Doctor Who and has been very critical of the 1960s,

I don't mind K9 to be honest. At least they tried to give him a bit of personality, unlike Kamelion.

I am interested in what you say about Moffat's love/hate as I am on the rewatch and seeing the very early stuff for the first time. Where/ what did he say ?

[Jon Ross]

I agree with Kim Newman on K-9 at 6:24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9JYAxQGHc

The introduction of K-9 was the beginning of the decline of the Tom Baker years IMHO, from the brilliance and drama of the Hinchcliffe years to the jokey clunkiness of the Graham Williams era. I just don't think K-9 enhanced the programme at all. It made it more childish - and that's without even getting to its well documented physical "limations".

JNT gets a lot of stick, but he also made some great decisions, and getting rid of K-9 was one of them.

[Listentome]

Originally Posted by k9fan

He had a lot of time for Lis Sladen and for Sarah Jane.

Very true. I think his attitude towards other cast members was problematic later in his tenure.

[Listentome]

Originally Posted by Lady of Traken

I don't mind K9 to be honest. At least they tried to give him a bit of personality, unlike Kamelion.

I am interested in what you say about Moffat's love/hate as I am on the rewatch and seeing the very early stuff for the first time. Where/ what did he say ?

Give this a read.

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Steven_Moffat

[k9fan]

Originally Posted by CoalHillJanitor

K9 was one of those delightfully clueless things about the show that I find so endearing. Sort of like the whole JNT era.

Originally Posted by pajs1000

Granny and K9 rule OK?

Originally Posted by Shawn_Lunn

I didn't mind him.

More useful than Kamelion was.

[Red-Eye]

Not a K-9 Fan myself but he doesn't really bother me either to be honest.

I could take or leave him.