Doctor Who fans are likely aware that K-9, the Doctor’s robotic dog, is getting his own spin-off series. This is not done to expand the Who media empire, but because K-9 co-creator Bob Baker — in what must be the silliest fucking result of a creator rights trial ever — sued the BBC or whoever and came away with the partial rights to the robot dog but not his appearance. If you’re a pessimist, you might think that the K-9 series is simply Baker’s mercenary cash grab using what little of the Who-niverse he has. But then you’d watch this trailer:
…and realize Bob Baker clearly hates everyone and wants to punish us all with the most asinine, uninspired crap TV show possible. I wish I had stepped in dog shit instead; at least then I could throw the shoe away. Thanks to TR contributor Chris Cummins for the tip.
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.