K-9

Well, the Timelady’s house is in quite a state currently. Not only do we have a little warrior (baby Conan) trying to crawl around and grab sonic screwdrivers and bite the base of our full size Dalek, but K-9 is slowly making a recovery.

Before baby was born, I had purchased what I believe to be a fan made K-9 full size prop. (Every Timelady should have one, so that’s my excuse :)

When it was delivered, the poor tin dog was in bits and looking to be in a very sorry state indeed. However, slowly and with a lot of tlc, this K-9 has started to take on a more solid shape and structure.

My dear husband (who is an avid prop builder) has taken it on himself to let K-9 be regenerated.
Here are the photos of K-9 so far:

Head shot of the fan made K-9

As you can see, the eye piece needs removing and re-applying with a movable sensor pad

This panel is simply static currently. It will be removed and the correct buttons with electronics will be added

A side shot showing the foam frame and badly fitted panel

A few of the panels that fell away. These appear to be made from some kind of plastic (alcan sheeting we believe)

Side view with complete panel removed showing the foam and current empty interior

Static display panel on top of K-9's back

Neck and collar

Starting to work on gluing one side together to stop it falling apart.

The current and sorry state of K-9. It will get better - promise :)

What we intend to do is to make the prop structurally sound by glueing the parts which need to be fitted together. Then to fibreglass the interior to add further stability.

Then rub the whole thing down and fill the cracks with filler.

After that, remove all the static 'electric' panels and eye piece and replace them with working electronic units. Lastly, add a motor and further electronics for movement and audio capabilities.