Overview

A one-episode television pilot for a proposed 1981 spin-off of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features former series regulars Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist played by Elisabeth Sladen, and K9, a robotic dog voiced by John Leeson. Both characters had been companions of the Fourth Doctor but they had not appeared together before. The single episode, A Girl's Best Friend was broadcast by BBC1 as a Christmas special on 28 December 1981 but was not taken up for a continuing series.

Created by John Nathan-Turner

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Elisabeth Sladen

  Sarah Jane Smith

  1 ep

• 

  John Leeson

  K-9 (voice)

  1 ep

• 

  Colin Jeavons

  1 ep

• 

  Ian Sears

  Brendan Richards

  1 ep

• 

Themes

• spin off
• witchcraft
• failed tv pilot
• coven (akelarre)

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