The Essential Book of K9

The Essential Book of K9 is a science fiction anthology book by Paul M. Tams and Bob Baker based on the television series Doctor Who and focuses on the character K9. The book was released in 2015 and published by Meteoric Books.

The Essential Book of K9

Author	Paul M. Tams & Bob Baker
Illustrator	Lee Adams, Adrian Salmon, Paul Burley, Trent Turner and Paul M. Tams[1]
Language	English
Series	Doctor Who
Subject	Doctor Who, K9
Publisher	Meteoric Books[2]
Publication date	2015[2]
Publication place	Britain
Media type	Print (Hardback)[2]
Pages	120 pp[2]
ISBN	978-1-78280-532-8

Contents

The book contains interviews and articles about K9's history and includes a comic strip and short fiction.^[1]

Fiction

Title	Author	Format
"One Man and His Dog"[3]	Bob Baker	Prose
"Peaceniks"[3]	Bob Baker	Prose
"Interstitials"[3]	Bob Baker	Prose
"Stranger on the Train"[3]	Bob Baker	Prose
"Short Circuit"[1]	Paul M. Tams	Comic

Development

The book was originally announced in December, 2011 as The Complete Book of K9 and was planned to be released the following year with pre-orders beginning in February. The book would've covered the history of K9, interviews with people involved with the character, and never-before-seen photos, designs a behind-the-scenes details.^[4] Another book, The K9 Story Book, was planned for release in 2012, originally set for release in September, 2011, to tie in with the repeat of the first series of the K-9 television series on Channel 5.^[4]

The book was re-announced in January, 2015, as The Essential Book of K9 and a crowd-funding project on Indiegogo began to raise funds for it which lasted for two months.^[5] The project had raised £2,968, 59% of its goal of £5,000.^[6]

Marketing

To promote the book, a signing with Bob Baker was held at The Who Shop, London, on September 5, 2015,^[7] and at The Comic Guru in Cardiff on October 10, 2015.^[8]