Fear Itself ( TV story ) Fear Itself was the sixth episode of series 1 of " K9 " . It featured K9 ' s curiosity about emotions . Synopsis . London is out of control . Riots erupt because of a strange , irrational fear that fills the air . The focal point of the paranoia is in an old junkyard where a strange alien consciousness is at work . Plot . Darius is in a junkyard when he is approached by two strange vagrants . They say the junkyard belongs to them and tell him to leave , then lock him in a wardrobe . He grabs onto a bar in the wardrobe and finds himself holding on for his life over a bottomless pit . Back at the mansion , Gryffen and Starkey are frightened for no clear reason . They are not the only ones feeling this . There are news reports of mass stampedes and riots across London . Darius arrives at the mansion , frightened after his ordeal . Darius is shocked to find the junkyard is on the news and the two vagrants are being interviewed . Drake interrupts the interview when they start talking about a monster . Darius says there is an alien in the hole . K9 , Darius , Starkey and Jorjie go to the junkyard , only to find CCPC s patrolling it . K9 distracts the CCPCs by alerting them to a violation of Department Regulation 29d : use of unapproved sandwich es at a picnic . When Drake arrives to find the CCPCS gone , they decide to hide in the wardrobe anyway . Darius refuses because of his earlier experience . They understand his fears when he again holds onto the bar and nearly falls . K9 saves him . Drake agrees with K9 , asking them if they saw the alien . As they leave , Drake shouts to the alien , refusing to acknowledge his fear . Back at the mansion Gryffen shows the team news items about the spread of fear . Gryffen tells the team that Darius is claustrophobic . At Department HQ , Drake tells June about the alien inside the wardrobe . Back at the mansion , Starkey and Jorjie try futilely to scare K9 to make him understand fear . At the junkyard , June finds nothing in the wardrobe . Drake insists there is an alien . When Starkey investigates the wardrobe , he determines , " Your own fear makes you see the hole " . He is taken away by two CCPCs to a cell . He is met by Drake , who show signs of paranoia though still refusing to acknowledge his fear . K9 decides they have go to the junkyard and prove the fear isn ' t real . K9 goes to the hole and finds nothing , but Starkey and Gryffen temporarily lose contact with K9 . He sees a Jixen but registers no data ; Starkey tries to convince him it ' s not real . Drake decides to arm a bomb and destroy the wardrobe . K9 believes the Jixen is not real and it vanishes . Starkey and Jorjie return to the mansion to warn Gryffen to tell K9 to get out , but they feel the explosion . K9 escapes . Drake tells the creature he has won and destroys the wardrobe with his mechanical hand . K9 reveals he felt the bomb was coming and Jorjie congratulates him on experiencing a feeling . The team have a group hug . References . " to be added " 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 . This episode is featured in the following DVD sets :