Liberation (TV story)

Synopsis
Having been tagged by Jixen slime, Starkey is in hiding from The Department and the Jixen Warrior who survived K9’s blast. Jorjie tells Starkey that the Department is imprisoning Aliens and K9 flies off to investigate. Jorjies’s mother is Department inspector June Turner and there is a confrontation as the youngsters and K9 try to help release the innocent aliens. The Jixen have a battle with their sworn enemies the Merons who have infiltrated the Department Starkey confronts the Jixen with dire consequences!

Plot
At the mansion Gryffen is watching a recording of his wife and children. Darius doesn't like Starkey staying however K9 insists that he must or the Jixen will find him. Jorjie arrives and talks to the others about travelling through time via the Space-Time Manipulator, Darius argues that its too dangerous and anything could come through. Suddenly the STM activates and sends a couple of Black rats through, scaring Darius. K9 informs Gryffen that the Jixen is on the loose heading for the Department's alien prison which contains a Meron, the Jixen's sworn enemy. Starkey suggests going to the prison to defeat the Jixen but K9 says its too dangerous. Gryffen asks K9 to go to the prison and track the Jixen. While Darius is with Mariah, Starkey asks him to come with him to help K9, Darius agrees but only with the promise that Starkey will leave. While moving towards the Prison K9 is detected by the Department. K9 is attacked by the Department's defense robots which disable him and he falls in a dustbin that Starkey and Darius walk by.



Starkey and Darius make it to the prison, only to be apprehended by the CCPCs. They are met by Thorne the governor of the prison who throws them in a cell with an alien. June comes in and takes Darius's communications device and contacts Gryffen who demands to know why the Department is imprisoning aliens. She says they need to be catalogued to look out for others of their species, Gryffen argues if the aliens are innocent but she insists it's the only way. She offers to release Starkey if he can give K9 to her but he refuses.



Back at the mansion Gryffen (who is tracking K9) manages to reactivate him by making a familiar sound (The sound of a ball). K9 then makes his way to the prison. Jorjie sees Starkey and Darius in their cell, Darius gives her a card he swiped from Thorne so she can free them and the other aliens. The CCPCs are sent to stop them. While all the prisoners make their way out Starkey is cornered by the Jixen but is saved by K9. The others go to a locked door which Darius tries to unlock.

To stop the Jixen, Starkey puts his jacket (which contains the Jixen tracking slime) in a cell which the Jixen finds. Starkey then locks the cell, a Department officer walks in who reveals his true Meron form and attacks K9. As he advances on Starkey the Jixen emits a loud scream which makes the Meron retreat. Thorne and June go to a locked room to hide from the Jixen but when June spots K9 on a camera she suggests they go and capture him, Thorne refuses but she unlocks the door and leaves anyway. Starkey and K9 meet up with the others and they all manage to escape but are met by June who tells them they are blocked by a forcefield, Jorjie then reveals to her that she helped the aliens. The Jixen arrives and attacks Starkey and June, K9 tries to fight it but exhausts his firepower. June gives Jorjie the forcefield device and tells her to attach it to the Jixen. Starkey manages to and it kills the Jixen.



Later, Starkey is hacking into the display board terminal again but is met by two CCPCS, K9 moves to protect him and they both run away.

Cast

 * K9 Mark 2 - John Leeson
 * Starkey - Keegan Joyce
 * Jorjie - Philippa Coulthard
 * Darius Pike - Daniel Webber
 * Professor Alistair Gryffen - Robert Moloney
 * June Turner - Robyn Moore
 * Drake - Connor Van Vurren
 * Thorne - Jared Robinsen
 * Department Field Officer - Rob Horton
 * Department Field Officer - Micheal Thompson
 * CCPC - Josh Norbido
 * CCPC - Jason McNamara
 * CCPC - Micheal Donnet
 * CCPC - Edgen Bekafigo
 * CCPC - Tyler Rosteot
 * Meron - Rob Horton
 * Meron - Micheal Thompson
 * Jixen - Janardan Kewin
 * Lochnessy Alien - Simon Preston-Barnes
 * Mr. Wiffy - Noel Sheridan
 * Mr. Wiffy - Paul Tams
 * Geisha Alien - Leah Tinley
 * Geisha Alien - Sam Tromans
 * Alien - George Pikusa
 * Alien - Jessica Field
 * Alien - Nick Burgess
 * Alien - Amy Verwayen
 * Alien - Hayley McFarlane
 * Alien - Vince Holland
 * Alien - Billy Shannon
 * Alien - Cathey Burgess

Production crew

 * Writers - Shayne Armstrong, S.P. Krause
 * Directors - David Ceaser,David Napier
 * Producers - Penny Wall, Richard Stewart, Simon Barnes
 * Executive producers - Jim Howell, Grant Bradley, Steve Robbins
 * Associate producers - Bob Baker, Paul Tams
 * Supervising producer - Dale Bradley
 * Co-Executive producers - Mark Blythe, Sam Tromans
 * Line producer - Pam Collis
 * VFX Director - David Napier
 * Series Production Designer - Jon Dowding
 * Episodic Designer - Adam Head
 * New K9 Design by - Paul Tams, Alex Kubalsky
 * Series Director of Photography - Ben Nott
 * Episodic Director of Photography - Tony O'Loughlan
 * Music by - Christopher Elves
 * K9 theme music by - Micheal Lira
 * Editor - Russell Maggs
 * Casting - Faith Martin and associates
 * Episodic casting - Lisa Moloney
 * Drama/Dialogue coach - Peter Kent
 * Story Producer - Victoria Madden
 * Script Editor - Victoria Madden, Anthony Morris
 * Script Adaption - Michaelet O'Brien
 * Production Accountant - Pru Donovan
 * 1st Assistant Director - Peter McLennan, Wade Savage
 * Script Supervisor - Sue Ketchington
 * Costume Designer - Joanne Thompson
 * Makeup Designer - Sharon Robbins
 * Puppeteer - David Pawsey
 * Location Manager - Charles Boyle
 * Sound Recordist - Ian Grant
 * B Camera Operator - Dan Maxwell
 * Gaffer - Steve Monk
 * Key Grip - Billy Harmer
 * Special thanks to - Space Furniture, Shredox, J. Barbour & Sons Ltd, Heath Williams at Firefly Lighting, Videopro
 * Safety Supervisor/Stunt Coordinator - Danny Baldwin
 * Transport Manager - Alister Ward
 * Unit Manager - Graeme Suhr
 * Post Production Facility - Cutting Edge Australia
 * Head of Post Production - John Lee
 * Sound Design - Warren Pearson
 * Sound Mix - Ben Vlad
 * K9 Theme Music Recored - Supersonic
 * The Postworks - Bob Blasdall
 * Marshalls and Dent Lawyers - Shaun Miller, Bryce Menzies
 * Completion Gurantor - First Australian Completion Bond Company Pty Ltd
 * Executive producer Network Ten Australia - Cherrie Bottger
 * Head of Children's Drama Network Ten - Cherrie Bottger

Food and Beverages

 * Darius complains that Starkey ate all the Biscuits.
 * Darius mentions that he likes Italian food.
 * When K9 is disabled by Dauntless Prison's defenses. He falls into a dustbin, some of the rubbish contained in it is baked beans.



Races and species

 * K9 states the Mermaids of Gorgol XIII can eat dinner through their Nostrils.
 * The Jixen and Merons have been at war for hundreds of years.
 * Many aliens have been imprisoned in Dauntless Prison including a foul smelling creature known as Mr. Wiffy, an alien resembling an Axon (DW: The Claws of Axos) and an alien resembling Zephon. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)

History

 * Jorjie thinks about using the STM to travel to the Dark Ages or London 2010.

Earth creatures

 * Darius uses the Dinosaurs as an example of a dangerous creature that could come through the STM, however when it activates it only sends a couple of Black Rats.

Technology

 * Dauntless Prison is protected by hovering robots which resemble Orange spheres.

Story notes
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Ratings
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Myths
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Filming locations
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Production errors

 * When Thorne throws Darius into the cell with the alien he calls "Mr. Wiffy", Darius' reply of "You're not wrong" is obviously dubbed, as his mouth doesn't move when he says it.



Continuity

 * An alien resembling Zephon (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan), or possibly the early stage of the Krynoids (DW: The Seeds of Doom), is seen as one of the prisoners. Another alien resembles an Axon. (DW: The Claws of Axos)
 * In Dauntless Prison, a prison corridor door is labeled D84.
 * Jorjie considers the possibility using the Space-Time Manipulator to have Time-Travel adventures. Time-Travel adventures are the main feature of Doctor Who.

Home video releases
This episode is featured in the Series One complete boxset.