# K9, Sarah-Jane Smith and Giles is/will be back on Doctor Who. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763 "2005-08-26T17:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/1 "2005-08-26T17:49:43Z")
**Elisabeth Sladen** will be appearing in the next Season of **Doctor Who** in the classic role of **Sarah-Jane** , and so will **John Leeson** , also reprising his role as the voice of **K9** , the Doctor’s robotic dog. I suppose I lied about **Giles** being on the show, but the truth is **Anthony Stewart Head** , the man who played **Giles** on **Buffy** , will be appearing, but it didn’t feel right to put his name next to all those fictional characters in the name of this thread. [Linky](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/08/24/23274.shtml). _Huzzah!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/2 "2005-08-26T18:01:44Z")
Good news, but what I’d really like to see is [Tom Baker as the Master](http://www.tombaker.tv/interviews.htm) > [@](#): > > I think they will ask me to be in it. I hope they make a witty suggestion. But people who make TV programmes tend to be terribly prudent. What they ought to do if they wanted me to be really mischievous and radical is to ask me to come back playing the Master – the villain of the piece. I’d even be willing to grow the goatee. The Doctor could say “You look familiar to me”. I think that would be really spooky and strange. It would be great for me to do that. Canon schmanon, is there a series with a more convoluted backstory that Doctor Who? I’m sure someone could write a script where the Master is the Doctor’s final regeneration… ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/3 "2005-08-26T18:05:29Z")
> [@Cynical Optimist](#): > > Canon schmanon, is there a series with a more convoluted backstory that Doctor Who? Really? I can’t think of a single event in the series I can’t explain away, were as they are many superheroes who should not exist, due to the fact their timelines and or universe was erased. Anyway, back on topic, I feel like throwing in a few dozen smilies. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/4 "2005-08-26T18:19:49Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > **Elisabeth Sladen** will be appearing in the next Season of **Doctor Who** in the classic role of **Sarah-Jane** , and so will **John Leeson** , also reprising his role as the voice of **K9** , the Doctor’s robotic dog. I suppose I lied about **Giles** being on the show, but the truth is **Anthony Stewart Head** , the man who played **Giles** on **Buffy** , will be appearing, but it didn’t feel right to put his name next to all those fictional characters in the name of this thread. [Linky](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/08/24/23274.shtml). > > _Huzzah!_ Well, my husband will be thrilled to hear this - I’ll send him this thread. He keeps trying to get me interested in Doctor Who, but I’ve told him that when he takes my Farscape addiction seriously, realizes it’s a fantastic show, and cries at the John-clone’s death, I’ll watch every episode of Doctor Who that he owns. So in other words, tenth of never. In the meantime, we’re both thoroughly enjoying the heck out of Anthony Stewart Head’s Prime Minister and Tom Baker’s narration on _Little Britain_. The Doctor Who fan in him has seriously been thrilled by Tom Baker’s extremely hysterical narrations. E. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/5 "2005-09-09T14:39:55Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > Well, my husband will be thrilled to hear this - I’ll send him this thread. \ It is really nice to get replies like this. Thank you. Oh, and btw, it looks like the press release has been updated to show a picture of K9, and now has more info. [Here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/08_august/24/who.shtml) it is. Oh, and I am listening to a new radio adventure of the 8th Doctor, which is being broadcast on BBC 7, at “half 6 & half midnight” You can find some really nice trailers [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/index.shtml) along with a link to the internet site which streams it over the internet. I am listening to it at this very moment. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/6 "2005-09-11T00:41:51Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > I suppose I lied about **Giles** being on the show, but the truth is **Anthony Stewart Head** , the man who played **Giles** on **Buffy** , will be appearing, but it didn’t feel right to put his name next to all those fictional characters in the name of this thread. Well, it did confuse me. Why not just say, “Tony Head on Dr. Who!” ---
**Author:** ![CantUseMyRealName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@CantUseMyRealName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CantUseMyRealName)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/7 "2005-09-11T01:32:27Z")
there is a dr. who sci-fi sea cruise [http://members.aol.com/scificruise/](http://members.aol.com/scificruise/) the past few years it has been all about dr. who, complete with cast members, but before that it was a general sci-fi cruise with cast members from all different shows ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/8 "2005-09-11T11:56:07Z")
> [@](#): > > K9, Sarah-Jane Smith and Giles is/will be back on Doctor Who Ah, much goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/9 "2005-09-12T13:34:25Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Well, it did confuse me. Why not just say, “Tony Head on Dr. Who!” Sorry, I am only a casual Buffy fan. I didn’t know what name his fans called him. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k9-sarah-jane-smith-and-giles-is-will-be-back-on-doctor-who/318763/10 "2005-09-30T21:20:29Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Sorry, I am only a casual Buffy fan. I didn’t know what name his fans called him. Oh, I was teasing. Half the fans think his last name is Stewart-Head, & the other half only know him as Rupert “Ripper” Giles. No, what bugged me was… there is no “Giles” character in DR. WHO.