For this festive edition of "I Don't Do SciFi" we strongly reccomend you watch the version on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/KBDjGdxV_jE

On it, you'll find more chat, a longer reaction, and a whole extra bonus section not featured in the podcast version. It's almost twice as long!

Before Torchwood... The Sarah Jane Adventures... Class (er, maybe not)... K9 & Company was the first Doctor Who spin-off programme back in 1981. Dani had never heard of it!
Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner arranged to have the popular robot dog, K9 written out of series in 1981. To keep young fans happy, he hatched a plan to make a spin-off starring the character. Realising he would need a human lead, he recruited Elisabeth Sladen to return as Sarah Jane Smith (Tom Baker's companion who left Doctor Who in 1976).
The result was K9 & Company, with a pilot titled 'A Girl's Best Friend'.
It was a tale of small English village life, black magic, and market gardening! It was broadcast on 28th December 1981 on BBC1, and repeated the following Christmas on BBC2. The new head of drama in 1981 killed any idea of a series before it had even been screened.
We're joined by guest Gareth Preston of the Very British Futures Podcast. Will Dani come away from this with a better understanding of soil analysis or will it be a case of "Crusty jugglers!"

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