Taphony and the Time Loop ( TV story ) Taphony and the Time Loop was the twentieth episode of series 1 of " K9 " . Synopsis . Gryffen tries to free a time being imprisoned by the Department . Gryffen is responsible for an experiment that created the Time Blank . K9 assists him in his plan . Unfortunately the Blank , in the guise of a girl ( Taphony ) turns on Gryffen and begins to drain Jorjie ' s life force to stabilise her own existence . Plot . In a Department prison , a girl looks confusedly at her virtual reality surroundings . Gryffen appears . He asks her if she knows her name and where she is . She doesn ' t know . Gryffen tells her her name is Taphony . She is in a virtual reality prison and her memory has been blocked . In thirty seconds he will disrupt the prison ' s security circuits and she will be able to escape . When the security system is breached , Taphony removes her VR goggles , the door opens for her and she leaves . Two CCPC s tell her to halt and return to her cell . When they grab her , she turns them into dust . At the mansion , Gryffen and K9 are working on the STM . Gryffen says it ' s taking too long and she should be away by now . K9 warns him he has no control as she is an unstable time entity . Gryffen says that ' s no reason to lock her up . He ' s releasing her into time to allow her to find where she belongs . K9 insists it ' s a bad idea , but Gryffen doesn ' t listen . At the Department Mobile HQ , Thorne orders the perimeter sealed to ensure no - one enters or leaves the prison . June says it ' s an internal security matter . Thorne maintains it was clearly engineered from outside . Thorne tells June the escaped prisoner is a maximum security inmate associated with Project Taphony . Back at the mansion , Gryffen can ' t keep the portal open much longer . K9 explains that as a Time Blank , she does not obey the normal rules of time . She is present physically , but her essence exists outside normal time . Gryffen is relieved she has gone through the portal , when she appears in the house . Darius walks in with Gryffen ' s birthday cake , singing , " For He ' s a Jolly Good Fellow " . He spots Taphony and they introduce themselves . He offers her some cake but when she touches it , it disintegrates . Gryffen and K9 come down to meet her as Darius introduces Taphony to Starkey and Jorjie , who have just walked in . Gryffen tells Darius his birthday isn ' t until tomorrow . K9 scans Taphony , finding a partial memory block and a strange energy force . Gryffen introduces himself to her as Darius shows her to the lab . K9 warns Gryffen that as a Time Blank , Taphony can sustain her existence only by absorbing the life force of another . They need to get her back into the portal as soon as possible but as Gryffen says , he owes her an explanation . Gryffen takes a look at her and finds no psychic damage . All Taphony remembers is that she was in prison . Gryffen explains to everyone she didn ' t do anything and something was done to her . When the Department began acquiring alien technology , they experimented on a being capable of time travel . Gryffen was brought in because of his experience . The Department called the experiment a failure . To keep it a secret , Taphony was imprisoned . Gryffen couldn ' t rest until he freed her . Darius suggests showing Taphony around . Gryffen says it ' s a good idea and the kids leave . K9 reminds Gryffen of his warning they have to get her away . Gryffen says she is a young girl and should have some fun . K9 states the odds that she will cause a major time disruption is 94 . 78 % . Gryffen tells him as he gets older he has to make amends for the past . The Department imprisoned her because they are " inhumane and unscrupulous " . K9 says that she was imprisoned because she is very dangerous . As Gryffen and K9 watch Darius and the others show Taphony around , K9 notes Jorjie is considerably paler than usual while Taphony is " blooming " . Darius sees no reason Taphony can ' t stay here . K9 thinks it inadvisable as Taphony does not belong in this time - space continuum . Gryffen says his plan was to set Taphony free and not to have her stay . Taphony doesn ' t want to leave and says that the Manor feels like home . Gryffen tells her it ' s too dangerous . She gets angry and grabs him , inflicting great pain and making him collapse . The team help him up and find him rapidly aged . K9 scans Gryffen ' s DNA ageing rate and finds its degradation has accelerated by a factor of a hundred . Taphony says he helped make her the way she is . He can feel what it ' s like to be a " freak in time " . Jorjie follows her out of the chess room . She tells Taphony everyone is angry at what she has done to Gryffen . He is their friend . Taphony dismisses this , saying Gryffen is in better shape than Jorjie is . She tells Jorjie that she feels lost . Jorjie tries to comfort her but Taphony warns her not to touch her . Jorjie assures her she is there for her . Taphony says that in all her life Jorjie is the only friend she ' s had . Jorjie says they will talk more later . Meanwhile , Gryffen tells Darius , Starkey and K9 the only thing that can help him is getting rid of Taphony . K9 confirms that as long as she is here , the disruption to Gryffen ' s timeline will continue . Gryffen agrees K9 was right all along . K9 warns him that if he has a birthday in his present state it will become permanent . Starkey warns that it ' s dangerous to get Taphony to do things she doesn ' t want to do . Darius says they don ' t want to become a " dried up pile " . This offends Gryffen . Darius says he was talking about the cake . K9 stops the discussion of the cake and says Taphony must be dealt with . Later in the chess room , Jorjie tries to convince Starkey and Darius she is not dangerous ; she just doesn ' t understand . Darius believes Jorjie ' s life is being stolen by Taphony and Starkey adds that Taphony wants Jorjie ' s future . Jorjie suggests she doesn ' t understand the harm she ' s causing . Taphony zips into the room . Jorjie calls it cool and tries to get the boys to think so . Darius reminds her of what she has done to Gryffen . Taphony listened to what they were saying . She does want to be friends and she ' s only teaching Gryffen a lesson . She assures them Jorjie will be fine . They go to the STM room to play frisbee . Taphony slows it down . She distorts time around them until K9 arrives and asks her what she is doing with his friends . She says they are having fun . K9 declares that the fun is over . Starkey assures Taphony she ' s going to make everything right . K9 warns him that Gryffen has 2 . 33 hours left and Jorjie has even less . Jorjie feels unwell and Starkey decides K9 is right , but Taphony speeds off . K9 confirms that Taphony ' s life essence is increasing as Jorjie ' s diminishes , just as he predicted . Darius compares her to a vampire . Jorjie still insists she wants to be friends . Gryffen says Darius is right and they need to treat Taphony as a threat . June arrives and is met by Taphony . Taphony realises that she is from the people who locked her away . June confirms this and says that she was not the one that imprisoned her . Taphony tells her Jorjie is her friend . June finds Jorjie near death and Gryffen rapidly aged . June tells Gryffen he will explain later why he released her . For now , what do they do ? K9 says Taphony must be returned to the portal and transported before she can do more damage ; Gryffen only has 1 . 57 hours left . Taphony arrives . She refuses to just jump into the portal and disappear . She asks if she have friends where they want to send her . K9 tells her it is possible . She asks if they will play catch . K9 says it ' s unlikely that " pointless plastic entertainments " will exist . She asks if she will have a mother . He says that would be impossible . She says if she stays here she can have all of it . June tells her that absorbing Jorjie won ' t make her Taphony ' s mother and Darius tells her it won ' t make them her friends . Taphony says they are her friends . Darius tells her they won ' t be any more and Starkey agrees . Taphony speeds off . Gryffen now has only 1 . 13 hours left . The gang split up to search for Taphony . Each finds her and each rejects her . June , Starkey and K9 are by Jorjie ' s side . Jorjie tells them if she isn ' t saved she wants to thank them all for looking out for her . Starkey asks K9 if there is any specific reason why Taphony needs Jorjie . K9 says she is a female of similar age , so she is the most logical but not completely necessary choice . She could have chosen Starkey , June or Darius . Darius suggests that they all offer . June agrees . Taphony arrives and freezes time , shocked they would all offer to sacrifice themselves . K9 confirms it ; he is immune to the time freeze and is able to communicate with her when she freezes time . Like her he does not conform to all the rules of this time continuum . Taphony asks K9 if he understands what she is doing . She only wants to stay . K9 understands but does not agree . She says Jorjie is her friend . K9 asks her why she is taking Jorjie ' s life if she is her friend . People do not hurt their friends . That ' s what makes them friends . Taphony unfreezes everyone . Starkey and Darius tell her there is no reason she can ' t take them instead of Jorjie . Taphony says there is a reason ; they are her friends . She asks the Professor how long he has . He says ten minutes . In the STM room , Darius asks Taphony if there is any way to keep in touch . Taphony says he won ' t remember her but she always will remember him . With only two minutes left for Gryffen , Taphony goes into the middle of the room as Gryffen powers up the STM . Jorjie arrives with June , who thanks her . Taphony tells her that ' s what friends are for . Darius throws the frisbee to Taphony before she leaves . Time is reversed all the way back to Gryffen finding she has gone through the portal , but this time she hasn ' t arrived at the house . Darius walks in singing , " For He ' s a Jolly Good Fellow " , carrying the cake with Starkey and Jorjie behind him . Gryffen thanks him but tells him his birthday isn ' t until tomorrow . Gryffen decides they should celebrate anyway . As Gryffen goes downstairs , K9 bids goodbye to Taphony , who has arrived safely in a dimension suited to her . Story notes . " to be added " Ratings . " to be added " Myths . " to be added " Filming locations . " to be added " Production errors . " to be added " Home video releases . 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