The Eclipse of the Korven ( TV story ) The Eclipse of the Korven was the final episode of " K9 " . Though it was originally marketed as the final episode of the first series , lack of new product as of 2017 has retroactively conferred a " series finale " status upon this episode . It saw the revelation of the Department ' s creation and the true identity of its leader , Lomax . It also revealed that the recurring villain Thorne was working with the Korven . It featured the deaths of both characters . Synopsis . A strange phenomenon occurs in the space - time manipulator that heralds the Korven invasion . Thorne plots to help them and has as his back - up a secret weapon with K9 ' s Regeneration unit augmenting it , making it indestructible . K9 faces his greatest foe yet . Gryffen and the youngsters face the unknown as the world itself seems doomed to destruction . Plot . K9 watches as the STM activates , threatening to bring together a black hole and a white hole . As they come together , Starkey alerts Gryffen to the fact that it is happening again . Meanwhile , in the Department ' s base at the Millennium Dome , Thorne is excited . Gryffen tells Darius to tell June what ' s going on . Darius asks why it ' s dangerous to use his vid - com . Gryffen says they cannot risk the news being intercepted . Darius leaves as K9 advises they watch the STM ; if the two objects align , it will mean catastrophe and the destruction of the planet . K9 says he has to go . Jorjie asks why his mission is more important than protecting the world . K9 assures them he should be back in twenty minutes ; what he has to do is a matter of life and death . He must regain his regeneration unit . K9 flies to the Millennium Dome and sees a non - functioning device similar to the STM . He is met by Thorne and his army of CCPCs . Thorne says he summoned K9 . He wants him to do him a favour . The STM is a gateway and an invasion is about to occur . In Gryffen Manor , Starkey tries to contact K9 on vid - com , but there is no reply . The black and white holes are aligning . If they meet , the world will be destroyed . Thorne tells K9 an invading army is massing on the other side of the galaxy . K9 asks if the Department has a plan to stop them . Thorne tells him that ' s where he comes in . He needs K9 to stabilise the gateway so they can launch a preemptive strike . K9 says that would require a temporal stabiliser and Gryffen has the only one on the planet locked away . Thorne informs K9 they have created a weapon , a supersoldier with the DNA of every species they ' ve encountered : Jixen , Anubian , Meron , " you name it " . K9 assumes it has been implanted with the regeneration unit . K9 asks for it back . Thorne says K9 ' s small contribution will save the planet . K9 insists the weapon cannot work , but Thorne says it is working . The weapon has been in the room all along . K9 tells Thorne he has already detected him . Thorne introduces K9 to project : Trojan , who has decloaked . At the mansion , Starkey tries to convince Gryffen to use the temporal stabiliser . When Jorjie says that they need K9 , Gryffen is frustrated . Starkey says they can ' t wait . Gryffen warns it is too dangerous . K9 ' s location was the Millennium Dome when communications ceased . Starkey and Jorjie go in search of K9 as Gryffen tells them to stay safe and that he is fond of them all . At the dome , K9 confronts Trojan and demands his regeneration unit . At the Department Research Division , Darius finds June , who has been demoted to a constable after disobeying Lomax ' s orders . Starkey and Jorjie see all the CCPCs heading towards the dome . The deduce that something big is going on . Jorjie guesses K9 is involved . Inside the dome , K9 cannot move . Remote connection is in progress . He is wired to a cryo pod . Thorne says the reprogramming should be kicking in and K9 has taken to the connection very well . The remote connection is complete and space time portal generation commences . At the mansion , Gryffen finds the portal is producing energy . Starkey and Jorjie follow the CCPCs to K9 inside the dome . Jorjie says K9 could be anywhere in the huge dome . Starkey wants to move on , but Jorjie reminds him of what Gryffen said about being fond . They start to kiss but are interrupted and chased away and pursued by CCPCs . K9 tells Thorne he fails to understand why opening a larger portal will prevent an invasion . He says it would allow an invasion instead . This means Thorne is working with the invaders . Thorne confirms this . K9 notes that the transferral system is too unstable . Thorne notes this is where Gryffen comes in . At the mansion , Gryffen tries to contact everyone , but there is no reply . He refuses to let his planet be destroyed and takes the temporal stabiliser out of a safe . At the Research Division , June finds it hard to believe what Darius is saying . The Intelligence division would know about it . Their conversation is interrupted by two CCPCs saying that Department personnel no longer have any authority . June asks on whose orders . The CCPCs say it ' s classified ; they are to subjugate all humans . June grabs a large gun , which she uses to destroy them . June and Darius peek out of her office and escape . The CCPCs are occupied restraining all other humans . At the dome , Starkey and Jorjie find K9 with Thorne waiting for them with the decloaking Trojan . K9 apologises to Starkey . Starkey asks Thorne what he has done to him . Thorne tells him he ' s been put to good use and that they ' re about to receive company ; if Gryffen doesn ' t use the stabiliser , the entire planet will disappear in thirty seconds . Gryffen uses the temporal stabiliser and gets a nasty surprise when the STM fluctuates . K9 announces maximum danger as the invaders arrive . They are the Korven . The vanguard of four arrive , claiming the planet in the name of the supreme leader of the pan - dimensional army , Lomax . Thorne informs Lomax the prototype for the supersoldier is ready . Jorjie asks Thorne how he could betray his planet . Thorne says he isn ' t strictly from this planet . He explains that the Korven implanted Meron DNA in him . Lomax says the Korven were the Meron ' s allies in the war against the Jixen , just as Jixey told Starkey . He says they needed an ally on Earth to prepare the way for them . Starkey says it must have taken a lot of convincing . Thorne tells him he ' s always made it a policy to be on the winning side and the Korven are the winning side . At the mansion , Gryffen wonders what he has done , then asks what he ' s going to do now . As June and Darius run , June starts to the mansion , thinking Jorjie is there . Gryffen records a message against his failure , saying his friends are in danger and he can ' t reach them . He says he believes he is their only hope of survival and " that of the entire human race : me , an agoraphobic , reclusive shut - in . " He says this video means that he didn ' t just sit in the house as he has for so long . " Alistair Gryffen finally stood up and did something . " He leaves his house with determination . Back at the Dome , Lomax decides K9 is not fit for battle . Starkey says he could be free from the pod . Thorne tells him K9 wouldn ' t hurt a human . He says the Korven couldn ' t reprogram him to eliminate Jixen and Gryffen . Starkey asks why they ' d want to kill Gryffen . Lomax explains that he is the only one that could prevent the invasion ; he knows the code to terminate the portal permanently , but it ' s a voice activated code . He ' d have to be here to say it in person and that would never happen . . . just as Gryffen races into the dome . Lomax announces the army ' s arrival is imminent and orders his guards to prepare . Jorjie and Starkey go to K9 . Starkey asks him if he can terminate the program . K9 tells him that the Korven override program is too strong . He says the only possibility is to get a message to Gryffen to use the portal termination code . All communications are down , but K9 is connected to the STM . Starkey tries to contact Gryffen , but he isn ' t in the mansion . Darius and June arrive in the mansion and hear Starkey transmitting . Thorne says even if he got through , Gryffen would never terminate the STM ; without it he ' d never see his family . Gryffen reveals himself above the stairs and Thorne taunts him about his family and asks him what their names were . Gryffen says their names and follows the names with says the Greek letters , " Omega , Sigma , Theta , Ohm " . Thorne asks if they were pets . Gryffen says that ' s the voice - activated termination code . The portal activates in the mansion . Darius pulls June back as K9 ' s remote link is severed . Gryffen tells Starkey and Jorjie to get down . Lomax and the Korven are sucked into the portal and destroyed as it explodes . Thorne warns Gryffen he ' s meddled for the last time and tells Trojan to kill them all . K9 ' s visual sensors are offline , so he switches to olfactory sensors and fires at Trojan . Thorne orders Trojan to finish K9 . K9 ' s power levels are too low for his laser to work . He lets out a wail . Thorne is amused that K9 is crying but he isn ' t crying , he ' s shrieking the Jixen battle shriek . Gryffen and Starkey say he ' s calling the Jixen to do battle against the Meron . Trojan becomes a creature at war with itself as its Jixen and Meron DNA fight each other . Starkey and Jorjie tend to K9 when he doesn ' t reply . Thorne tells them to not think they ' ve seen the last of him before Trojan collapses on him . Gryffen averts his eyes as Thorne is crushed to death . Back at the mansion , June and Darius regain consciousness . Darius helps her up . June thanks Darius for saving her life . Darius insists it ' s just what he does but June says there is something more to him than that . If the Department survives , she can use someone like him . Jorjie arrives and June is grateful she is alright . The team stand in the STM room , looking on at K9 . Gryffen tells them there ' s nothing he can do . K9 has exhausted his core energy . Starkey compares it to when he first came here . Gryffen notes the difference is he doesn ' t have his regeneration unit . Darius insists he can self - repair and has done it before , but Gryffen tells him not this time . Gryffen and June leave the kids in peace with K9 . Darius tells K9 that he ' s the coolest thing that has ever happened to him . Jorjie kneels down to K9 and tells him about all those times she tried to teach him to have fun and how she ' s had a lot of fun since she met him . Finally , Starkey goes to him and tells him that he ' s right . He ' s not a dog . He ' s Starkey ' s best friend . He used to think he was brave but K9 made him fearless . Starkey pulls K9 ' s head up and tells him he ' s going to miss him . K9 remembers Starkey ' s first words to him and utters his final words , " Yes , young master " . Starkey takes off his coat and puts it over K9 . As he stands , he finds the regeneration unit materialising in his hand , then disappearing . After a short look for it , they notice a flicker of movement in K9 . Starkey calls for K9 , who pops out of the coat and affirms , wearing his original dog collar . Gryffen and June walk in , overjoyed with the kids . K9 explains his regeneration unit has homed to him due to its programming . He tells them he feels frisky and flies up as the team watch him , delighted . Starkey asks him if he ' s back in business . K9 cheerfully replies , " Affirmative " . References . " to be added " Story notes . Ratings . " to be added " Filming locations . " to be added " Production errors . " to be added " Home video releases . 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