Curse of Anubis (TV story)

Synopsis
K9 meets the Anubians. A race he helped in his long forgotten past. Once placid these creatures have now become war-mongers. They trick K9 by worshipping him as their saviour. The Anubians unleash control devices and take over Gryffen who banishes Darius from the mansion. Starkey opens up the Anubian book of deliverance and discovers their true plans. It is then left to Darius to release K9 from Anubian control and thwart an alien invasion.

Plot
At Department HQ, a Department officer detects a Pyramid-like alien ship entering Earth Air Space. Inspector Drake comes in and finds its not changing course, Drake prepares to lock orbital missiles. June tells him to stop as it hasn't been fully analysed and she argues it may be Spacerock. Drake however doesn't tolerate tresspassers, when June asks if they come in peace he replies "Then they leave in pieces". The ships suddenly dissapears, Drake is shocked by this as the Computer tells him it has burnt up in the atmosphere.

K9,Starkey and Jorjie spot a shooting star as two CCPCs spot interrupt their stargazing. Jorjie spots the Pyramid spaceship decloaking, K9 goes to have a look and bumps off it. As the CCPCs prepare to take action after K9's unlawful use of alien technology, two aliens arrive. The CCPCs prepare to attack them but are knocked out by energy shot out from their palms. The aliens then turn their attention to Starkey and Jorjie but K9 comes to their rescue. This shocks the aliens who seem to know of the "Almighty" K9, the hail their "Great Liberator" and bow.

At the Mansion, Gryffen and Darius feel the ground rumbling. Starkey then explains that alien friends of K9 are coming, Gryffen doesn't spot the space ship as its invisible so the Department wouldn't find them. The aliens arrive and Gryffen is shocked to hear them refer to him as "Great One". When K9 asks them who they are they reveal their species as Anubian and that K9 liberated them in their distant past from the Huduct, When Darius questions them they take offence and are annoyed at his interruptions.

The Anubians show the team their history book and tell them of their oppression for Generations and were liberated by K9. Darius doesn't believe the drawing of the old K9 is him and laughs at it. When Darius insults the old K9 more the Anubians decide to "remove" him, Gryffen suggests its best if Darius left, which he does. When Starkey asks about the rest of the story, the Anubians refuse to show it. As Gryffen admires the Anubian ship, the Anubians tell him they need hide from Department, who they call K9's enemies. Gryffen disputes this saying that some of them aren't good but they are there to protect they Earth, but the Anubians insist they are enemies.

In the Garage Darius wakes up to find the Anubians decorating Mariah, Darius goes to Gryffen only to find he is finishing a Throne Room. He with Starkey and Jorjie demand to see K9, Darius activates him with his Dogwhistle. He tells Darius that the Anubian decoration may help jog his memory banks. The Anubians are outraged at Darius' dogwhistle and the idea of him giving commands to K9. They tell him that he taught them "Freedoms everything". As their are under Gryffen's oath they ask him if they may take him away, Gryffen accepts their request to banish him from the house and never to return. The Anubians make Jorjie and Starkey give them their dog wristles, Starkey notices somethings weird with Gryffen and K9, Darius then leaves in Mariah.

Starkey and Jorjie discuss K9, Starkey thinks him and Gryffen have fallen victim to mindcontrol, Jorjie however doubts that K9, being a robot would be affected. She wonders about the old K9, Starkey insists K9 means well. Jorjie considers that he's bad and remembering it, Starkey decides to talk to him. At the mansion Gryffen presents Starkey and Jorjie to K9, however K9 is occupied with restoring his memory banks. K9 informs Starkey he intends to liberate London from the Department, Jorjie argues that some people in the Department such as June are good. The Anubians consider her to be misguided and the Department corrupt.

The Anubians tell Starkey they aren't going to war with the Department as there would be no contest. K9 then notices something in his memory banks, Tenklept. The Anubians tell him the in legends K9 saved Tenklept the Glomb from being eaten by a Yakoclaw, Starkey and Jorjie then leave. At night Starkey and Jorjie go to the mansion as the Anubians are sleeping to take the book. They manage to retrieve it and read it in Starkey's room, it has a drawing of K9 leaving the Anubian homeworld with their oppressors now their slaves wearing the same headband worn by Gryffen.

They look through and see a drawing of Anubian holding hands with an alien, and then on the next page attacking the species. They then see many more races attacked by the Anubians. They decide to show K9 this but are met by an Anubian who buts the headbands on them. Darius goes back to the mansion to find Gryffen, Starkey and Jorjie hypnotised. Darius wakes K9 up and tries to tell him they are alien or robot but they laugh at him, K9 scans them and determines them to be Human.

The Anubians show Darius the way out, June arrives at the knocks on the door of the Gryffen house. She tells him she is looking for Jorjie, he goes to K9 to give her permission to enter and he accepts, June is shocked to see Gryffen and Jorjie in Anubian dress. The Anubian takes Darius to Mariah, he attacks Darius but is knocked out by Mariah's door opening, Darius then pulls the Ankh off his chest. June detects an alien prescence and calls for back up, the Anubians take action against the Department and start materializing hypnotic headbands to all Department officers. When K9 witnesses the Anubian hypnotise June he tells him to stop, he refuses.

K9 recognises the headbands as the ones used by the Huduct to control the Anubians, the Anubians reveal they made the Huduct their slaves instead of a peaceful reconciliation as intended by K9. As the Anubians annouce their plan to take over the Galaxy, K9 decides to take action but is attacked by the Anubians, deactivating him. Suddenly the Anubian ship decloaks and Darius contacts the Anubians and reveals he's managed to control their ship through use of the Ankh. Darius threatens to crash the Anubian ship into the mansion, when Jorjie appears the Anubians think he's bluffing but he reveals he's stalling.

K9 then reactivates and knocks out the Anubians with his photon beam, The Anubians are then taken away by CCPCs. Darius teleports back and K9 apologises to the team, Gryffen decides K9 will do the redecorating.

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 Vuuren
 * Nebetka (voice) - Todd Levi
 * Geb - Matthew Remer

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Continuity

 * The Anubians bear resemblence to the Osirians.(DW: Pyramids of Mars)
 * This was the first episode since Regeneration to feature the Mark I design, albeit in drawings only.
 * In the Anubian book, there are drawings shown of an Anubian holding hands with an alien and on the next page attacking the same race, the unknown green-skinned species betrayed by the Anubians resembles the Moxx of Balhoon. (DW: The End of the World)
 * There are also drawings of a Sea Devil, a Mandrel and an Alpha Centauran in a gallery of races invaded by the Anubians.
 * A drawing of an Aeolian appears as well, this species later appears in K9TV: Aeolian.
 * The Anubian Robes worn by K9 resemble Time Lord robes.

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