This episode we are joined by Moon J. Cobwebb - friend-in-fandom and rather marvellous writer in their own right - to discuss K9 Episode 6, "Fear Itself", originally broadcast on 15 February 2010. "Fear Itself" was written by Everett DeRoche & Graeme Farmer and directed by Karl Zwicky.

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Credits:

Hosts - Tom Marshall (he/him) & Kevin Burnard (he/him)

Guest - Moon J. Cobwebb (they/them)

Editing - Kevin Burnard

Theme music - Jack Guidera (he/him)

Logo/Artwork - Christy Burnard (she/her)

Episode recorded 15 January 2023.

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Sources:

The 'Pertwee-era comedy yokel' is first discussed as a trope (under that name, at least) by Elizabeth Sandifer, "I Do Tend To Get Involved (Spearhead from Space)", TARDIS Eruditorum, 11 July 2011.

Those interested in the idea of K9 as a bratty sub indulging in puppy play are invited to listen to The Diary of River Song 8x3 - "A Forever Home", by Alfie Shaw.

On Leeson's weak performance of a K9 who is meant to be feeling fear - see also Clark, Finn, "Fear, Itself", in Time's Mosaic 6: Colin Baker, BBV & K9, Obverse Books (2019), p. 281.

IMDb pages for writers Everett DeRoche and Graeme Farmer can be found here and here.

A wild theory about Starkey as the secret evil mastermind at the heart of the episode can be viewed here.