'Regeneration' by Bob Baker and Paul Tams

London, late 21st Century. ‘The Department’, using android police, the ‘CCPC’, control the peace and are the defence for against alien intrusion. Working on an alien Space-Time Manipulator, Professor Gryffen has unwanted visitors to his mansion house, a converted old police station: first a young rebel called Starkey, and his new friend, Jorjie, then a group of reptilian aliens: the Jixen! A strange robot dog follows through the STM and saves the humans under threat by sacrificing himself. However, the boy Starkey triggers a ‘regeneration’ disc and the robot dog renews himself completely… the new look K-9 is born! Darius, Gryffin’s assistant, informs the CCPC of Starkey’s whereabouts, and he is captured and sent to the Department’s detention centre. Starkey escapes when a surviving Jixen stalks him. K-9 has no memory prior to arrival in the mansion and Gryffen tries to help. Jorjie tells Starkey about Dauntless prison where the Department are holding aliens as prisoners for sinister experiments!

John Leeson (K-9 [Voice]), Robert Moloney (Professor Gryffen), Keegan Joyce (StarKey), Philippa Coulthard (Jorgie), Daniel Webber (Darius), Robyn Moore (June Turner), Connor Van Vuuren (Drake), Jared Robinson (Thorne)

Produced by Penny Wall, Richard Stewart and Simon Barnes
Executive Producers Jim Howell, Grant Bradley and Steve Robbins
Created by Bob Baker and Paul Tams

TX (UK Disney XD):
31st October 2009

Notes:
*Reintroducing K-9 MkI, and introducing Professor Gryffen, StarKey, Jorgie and Darius

*This episode was shown in the UK as a prelude to the main series, which was broadcast from April 2010

*Working title: 'Feast of the Merrons' Part 1