K9 ( TV series ) K9 was a spin - off television series featuring the robot ic dog K9 . It was produced in Australia by Park Entertainment and Stewart & Wall Entertainment under the auspices of Metal Mutt Productions , a business identity of Bob Baker which holds primary copyright to the series . " K9 " premiered worldwide between 2009 and 2010 . In the wake of the first series , there were indications that a second series was being planned . In June of 2012 series producer Paul Tams stated that he and Bob Baker were " working on the updates for series two and also entering a new production partnership . " with another twenty - six episodes planned . They also claimed to have adjusted the K9 CGI model based on the positive and negative comments from fans . Test footage had apparently already been filmed , with further announcements regarding production supposedly due later in 2012 . The new design of K9 was to be unveiled at a convention in 2013 however this never came to fruition and only vague reassurances about the progress of the second season came from Baker & Tams in 2014 . The Essential Book of K9 was then released in 2015 including a trilogy of short stories about the further adventures of K9 Mark 2 , set long after the end of this television series and distancing him completely from it . A comic story was also included which finally revealed the new design of K9 . This all implied a reboot of sorts and these implications were confirmed just months later by announcements of a feature cinematic film entitled " K9 : Timequake " due for release in 2017 to commemorate K9 ' s fortieth anniversary . Bob Baker and Paul Tams have apparently abandoned any hopes for a second season and decided for a clean break with an entirely new series called " K9 Adventures " , using " Timequake " as a tentative ' pilot ' . History . " School Reunion " led to near - immediate plans to launch the " Sarah Jane Adventures " spin - off . The rights to K9 were obtained by other parties for a separate spinoff . According to news reports in mid - 2007 , the " K9 " series would " feature a blend of live - action and CGI : K9 himself will be a CGI creation , but the show will otherwise be recorded in front of cameras . " In June 2008 it was announced production would begin on the series in July 2008 , with all or some of the episodes written by the co - creator of K9 , Bob Baker . Other announced writers included Shane Krause and Shayne Armstrong . The series would be produced by Simon Barnes , Richard Stewart and Penny Wall . Due to licensing issues , the robot dog was extensively redesigned . At first , the series was not expected to have any obvious connection to the " Doctor Who " universe . , but a 2009 update to the Park Entertainment website revealed that the series would explicitly star K9 Mark I and he would initially appear to be the same design seen on " Doctor Who " . These licensing issues also prevented K9 Mark IV from initially making more than cameo appearances in " The Sarah Jane Adventures " . K9 later became a regular for series 3 of SJA . " K9 " was the first " Doctor Who " - related series to not be produced or co - produced by the BBC . It marked only the second time , after the 1996 " Doctor Who " TV Movie , that an official " Doctor Who " - related production was not based in Great Britain . The first season of the series consisted of twenty - six episodes of thirty minutes each , which gave it a similar run time to an average series of " Doctor Who " . It was the first time a " Doctor Who " - related season had so many episodes since Season 19 of " Doctor Who " . The first episode of the series premiered in the UK on the cable network Disney XD as a special on 31 October 2009 . The series began airing as a weekly offering on a Scandinavian network in January 2010 . It commenced broadcast in the UK on 3rd April 2010 , the same day it premiered on the Ten Network in Australia . This was also the same day that Series 5 of the parent program debuted in the UK . Nevertheless , the later December 2010 broadcast on Five was claimed to be the " premiere " UK broadcast . Currently , Disney XD has adopted a twice - weekly broadcast schedule for " K9 " , airing episodes on Saturday and Sunday . Television stories . Series 1 - 2009 - 2010 . " see Main article "