Angel of the North (TV story)

Synopsis
Gryffen is taken by Thorne in a special Virtual Reality encasement suit to the crash site of the Fallen Angel. The spaceship that the Space-Time Manipulator was taken from. In the frozen wastes of his native Canada, Gryffen faces his own demons and once again the dreaded Korven. K9 and Starkey try to rescue Gryffen from this most evil of alien menaces. Gryffen finds the STM's missing dimensional stabilizer unit with which he can control it properly, however with it comes a mystery...

Plot
In a base in the frozen wastes of Canada, a Department inspector is called by a technician. He tells him he can't get a piece of machinery to come apart and it won't budge, the inspector tells him he's on his way. The technician reaches through some slime and experiences a strange distortion, he looks up and screams. At Gryffen's House, Gryffen is at the STM while the same distortion happens. Gryffen asks K9 what's going on, K9 investigates and says he's finding it difficult to keep still. He has found Earth coordinates and asks if 48 north by 120 means anything to Gryffen. Gryffen says he can't think of anything but when K9 says it's in Canada he says that's where the Fallen Angel crashed. He determines something is happening up there which is affecting the STM and K9. K9 asks why, Gryffen says that as the STM came from the ship it would be affected and K9 is affected as he came through the STM. K9 suggests there is some lingering effect, Gryffen says that could explain it. K9 asks what could be disturbing the ship is in this way, K9 says Gryffen's logic is faultious and less then helpful when he says the disturbance from the ship is being caused by the ship being disturbed. Gryffen thinks that after all this time the ship has been quiet and not a thing came from it, he says its as if something has been awakened or some element has been activated.

Gryffen wonders if it is the temporal stabiliser, the missing element and the reason he hasn't been able to master the STM. Gryffen suggests that when the brought the STM here they missed the stabiliser and it's still up there and something has caused it to activate as K9 suggests. Gryffen says he needs to find it but K9 notes the flaw that he would have to been in the ship and it's not located anywhere in the house. Gryffen tells K9 to think about it, if he gets the STM working properly K9 could go home and he could go back... K9 interrupts him and argues that he knows as well as he does that trying to change the past is highly dangerous. K9 is confused when Gryffen smiles at him and he says that K9 could go get it. When K9 hesitates to answer Gryffen asks why not, K9 says although he is curious to find out why he was affected by the STM but not curious enough to go and if he finds a sufficently fascinating reason why he should go he will reconsider. Gryffen gets an idea, he goes mind over matter and decides to conquer his Agoraphobia. He takes several steps outside but when his fingertips get off the door he goes back in, Darius comes and helps him up, Gryffen says he is alright and thanks him for helping. Darius asks what he was doing, he says he was going for a walk. Darius is shocked that he tried to go outside, Gryffen agrees it was ridiclous. Darius asks if he wanted anything, Gryffen says not at the moment.

Later, Gryffen contacts June and tells her something urgent has come up and he needs to get to the fallen angel. He tells her that he believes the temporal stabiliser is still lodged in there and if he gets it he'll finally be able to get the STM working accurately. June asks how he will get to the ship, Gryffen says he was thinking about the travelsuit that she once told him about. She says the travelsuit is still at an experimental stage and it's a very hazardous journey. Thorne (who is working behind June) leaves, June tells Gryffen to left it with her for now. Later, Thorne tells Lomax that Gryffen said he could get the STM working properly.

Cast

 * K9 Mark 2 - John Leeson
 * Starkey - Keegan Joyce
 * Jorjie Turner - Philippa Coulthard
 * Darius Pike - Daniel Webber
 * Professor Alistair Gryffen - Robert Moloney
 * June Turner - Robyn Moore
 * Thorne - Jared Robinsen
 * Lomax - Peter Kent
 * Canadian Department Inspector 1 - Craig Lee
 * Canadian Department Inspector 2 - Emma Gibbs
 * Korven - Matthew Reimer
 * CCPC - Josh Norbido
 * CCPC - Jason McNamara
 * CCPC - Eugen Bekafigo
 * CCPC - Manuel Savoie
 * CCPC - Tyler Rostedt

Production crew

 * Writer - Bob Baker
 * Director - James Bogle
 * 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 - Patrick Stewart
 * Casting - Faith Martin and associates
 * Episodic casting - Lisa Moloney
 * Drama/Dialogue coach - Peter Kent
 * Story Producer - Greg Walters
 * Script Adaption - Michaelet O'Brien
 * Production Accountant - Pru Donovan
 * 1st Assistant Director - Peter McLennan
 * 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

Story notes

 * After Mind Snap which was also written by Paul Tams, this episode is K9 co-creator Bob Baker's first solo script for the series and his first solo Doctor Who related TV story since Nightmare of Eden.
 * Unlike other episodes, where at the start the credits for the main cast, writer and director is located at the bottom centre, the credits are located at the middle right.

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Continuity

 * The Korven previously appeared in K9TV: The Korven.
 * K9 says the Korven are even more dangerous than the Jixen. (K9TV: Liberation)

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