Jaws of Orthrus ( TV story ) Jaws of Orthrus was the eighth episode of series 1 of " K9 " . It featured the appearance of an evil duplicate of K9 that was made by Drake . Synopsis . Inspector Drake is attacked by K9 , or so it seems . June Turner and the Department have orders to capture K9 and detain him , but Starkey discover Drake has plans to capture K9 and have him dismantled . Whilst watching a video playback of the alleged attack , Jorjie wonders why Drake had a smug smile on his face and June investigates Project Orthrus . Plot . June speaks to protesters on the introduction of Department microchips . She insists they are for their own good . When they start throwing fruit , Drake orders the CCPC s to arrest the protesters . K9 arrives and opens fire on the Department banners and balloons , then shoots Drake . June wonders why K9 has done this . At Jorjie ' s house , she tells Jorjie of K9 ' s attempt on Drake ' s life . They go to Gryffen ' s , where they show Starkey , Gryffen and K9 footage of him shooting Drake . K9 says that he has no memory of it . June tells him to hand himself over . Gryffen tells K9 to download his memory of the morning , but K9 says he erased an alarm . When erasing the alarm , half an hour on each side of the erase request was wiped . Darius and Starkey argue over K9 ' s innocence . K9 insists that he must turn himself in . Later , when Darius is cleaning Mariah , Jorjie is appalled he could accuse K9 of attacking Drake . Darius says he ' s just a machine and Jorjie asks if that ' s the same way he feels about Mariah . Jorjie talks to Starkey about K9 and speculates that K9 malfunctioned or another robot dog from the 50th century came through the STM . Starkey tells Jorjie about the time Drake threatened Starkey and K9 offered to " take him out . " Jorjie voices her concerns about Starkey to Gryffen , concerned he may put himself in danger . Darius is apprehended by CCPCs and sent to Drake . He says Darius isn ' t someone who picks the losing team and offers to join Darius . While watching a recording of the attack , Jorjie wonders why Drake smiled smugly . Starkey wonders if Darius is correct about K9 and talks to Gryffen about his concerns . At Jorjie ' s house , June tells Jorjie that she will make sure Drake deals with K9 " by the book . " Jorjie tells June about Drake ' s smug smile during the attack . K9 is fitted with a device to find him if he goes " walkabout " during the night . K9 says he would like to know himself . Gryffen adds a trip wire alarm to K9 ' s tail . Later that night , K9 attacks Mariah . At Department HQ , June sees Drake ' s smug smile in the recording and finds his warrant for K9 ' s arrest under Operation Orthrus . When she tries to look into the matter , she is denied access . Drake appears behind June and asks what she is doing . June asks why she hasn ' t been informed of Orthrus . Drake replies that Operation Orthrus is classified . She asks Drake why he smiled before he was shot , when everyone else ducked for cover . At the mansion Darius goes to wash Mariah . He finds her a wreck , with the words , " K9 woz ere " , on her window . As Darius furiously tells Starkey about K9 , K9 destroys the device Gryffen put on his tail . When the team watches the recording , Starkey insists K9 has been framed to distract them . K9 insists that he must surrender himself . When CCPCs arrive at the door , Starkey tells K9 to prepare his photon cannon , but K9 refuses . When Drake and two CCPCs arrive to arrest K9 , Jorjie demands to see the warrant . One of the CCPCs grabs her arm , but Darius puts a bucket on its head and Gryffen attaches his radio recording device to the other CCPC and plays back music . This disrupts the CCPC ' s circuitry and makes it start dancing . As the kids leave , Drake stops Gryffen ' s control over the CCPC . As the CCPCs pursue K9 and the others , they are split up and Darius is alone with K9 . K9 arms his photon cannon and fires at Darius , but misses . Darius runs to Starkey and Jorjie and tells them that K9 tried to kill him . They don ' t believe him , but K9 arrives and arms his cannon at Jorjie . Starkey stands in front of her to protect her . As K9 prepares to fire , he is shot by a second K9 , the true K9 . When the fake prepares to fire again , K9 disables it . Drake arrives to arrest K9 but is stopped by June who reveals that Project Orthrus is not approved by the Department . Story notes . Ratings . " to be added " Myths . " to be added " Filming locations . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added " Home video releases . This episode is featured in the following DVD sets :