One Man and His Dog (short story)

One Man and His Dog was the first story in the K9 book The Essential Book of K9. It was written by Bob Baker. The illustrations were made by Adrian Salmon. The story was dedicated to Frederick Jaeger.

Plot
Professor Frederick Marius gets his dream job at the Bi-Al Foundation. He is looking forward to work at their brand new laboratory in a hollowed-out asteroid between the orbit of Jupiter and Mars. Prof. Marius is very proud that he had been chosen for this job by a panel of top scientists. However he is sad that he has to leave Kelso at home. Six months before he is going to leave Earth he begins to create K9, who resembles a dog. When Marius is going into a shuttle to travel to the laboratory he takes K9 with him.

Characters

 * Frederick Marius
 * K9 Mark I
 * Kelso
 * Grace

Continuity

 * K9's creation and some of the other events were already mentioned in TV: The Invisible Enemy.