The Korven (TV story)

Synopsis
Starkey is homeless and K9 and Jorjie try to help. Darius, Gryffen’s assistant contacts them after the Proffesor, an agoraphobic disappears from the mansion! A warning from the year 2618 is received and K9 and the youngsters are giving chase to a mind sucking alien called the Korven who has snatched Gryffen.

Plot
K9 and Starkey are hiding from The Department's surveillance, K9 wonders when Gryffen will fix the STM so he can go home. Back at the mansion Gryffen is at work on the STM hoping to use it's time-travel abilities and rests to have lunch with Darius. Unknown to them the STM sends out an alien creature. When Gryffen complains that its cold, Darius goes to warm the room up. While he does this the alien sneaks up on Gryffen and when Darius turns around he is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile June and Jorjie are going back from shopping, June then leaves to go to work. Back at the mansion Darius is searching for the professor.

Starkey is eating with K9 when Jorjie meets them. They are contacted by Darius who alerts them of Gryffen's disappearance. When K9 detects Phosphane gas in the last known place the Professor was seen. When they receive a message through the STM by a Human soldier from the year 2618 who informs them of the Korven threat. He reveals the Korven are after a group of scientists who created a system to cool the Earth in 2050, they go to search for the professor. The Korven take the professor to their hideout where they prepare to extract his brainwaves, but K9 and his friends are on the Korven's trail. They split up, the Korven began the leeching process. While Starkey and K9 observe another Korven kidnaps Starkey and K9 flees to Jorjie and Darius. They manage to find the professor and the Korven, who is completely still (to focus all attention on leeching the professor). Darius destroys the Korven's backpack, gaining its attention. K9 shoots the Korven which makes K9 confused. When it regains conciousness and attacks Starkey convinces K9 to use his Photon beam which destroys them Korven.

Back at the mansion Gryffen manages to alter Starkey's Department encryption code, so Starkey is no longer on the run and offers the mansion as a place for Starkey to stay.

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
 * Medowin - Todd Levi
 * Korven - Matthew Remer
 * CCPC - Josh Norbido
 * CCPC - Jason McNamara
 * CCPC - Edgen Bekafigo
 * CCPC - Dane Paltman

Production crew

 * Writer - Tim Pye
 * Director - Karl Zwicky
 * 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 - Greg Walters
 * Script Editor - Anthony Morris
 * 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
 * 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

Story notes
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Ratings
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Myths
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Filming locations
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Production errors

 * Early publicity for this episode states the Korven invaded Earth in the 50th century, however the actual episode states the Korven came from the year 2618 and invaded earth in 2480.
 * Stephen Sourkis is credited as a Department Technician but didn't appear until Curse of Anubis.

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