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Tom Baker detested the character of K9, but got on very well with Leeson. A favourite joke during filming breaks was for Baker to work out crossword puzzles, asking the K9 prop the clues with Leeson giving the answers in character. The short sketch Merry Christmas Doctor Who involved K9 telling the Fourth Doctor and Romana I that for Christmas he would like "enough ball bearings to last the series through and fewer sill irons on the floors of the planets we visit," as well as the robot dog downing some gin before beginning a drunken rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". When Leeson appeared on Tom Baker's edition of This Is Your Life in 2000, Leeson entered on all fours.

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  • Tom Baker detested the character of K9, but got on very well with Leeson. A favourite joke during filming breaks was for Baker to work out crossword puzzles, asking the K9 prop the clues with Leeson giving the answers in character. The short sketch Merry Christmas Doctor Who involved K9 telling the Fourth Doctor and Romana I that for Christmas he would like "enough ball bearings to last the series through and fewer sill irons on the floors of the planets we visit," as well as the robot dog downing some gin before beginning a drunken rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". When Leeson appeared on Tom Baker's edition of This Is Your Life in 2000, Leeson entered on all fours.
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  • Tom Baker detested the character of K9, but got on very well with Leeson. A favourite joke during filming breaks was for Baker to work out crossword puzzles, asking the K9 prop the clues with Leeson giving the answers in character. The short sketch Merry Christmas Doctor Who involved K9 telling the Fourth Doctor and Romana I that for Christmas he would like "enough ball bearings to last the series through and fewer sill irons on the floors of the planets we visit," as well as the robot dog downing some gin before beginning a drunken rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". When Leeson appeared on Tom Baker's edition of This Is Your Life in 2000, Leeson entered on all fours. Leeson himself became frustrated with the character. He left the programme after the conclusion of the 16th season in 1978. David Brierley took over for four stories (one of which was never completed due to a BBC strike) the following year. When John Nathan-Turner took over as series producer for season 18 in 1980, he tempted Leeson back, with the promise the character would be "killed off" that year. Although the character was, eventually, not killed off, merely written out, Leeson agreed to return, and portrayed all of K9's subsequent return appearances on Doctor Who and its spin-off shows. Other credits include appearances in Blake's 7 (season B episode "Gambit"), Jigsaw in which he played the giant Biggum, who was so tall only his feet were seen and his voice heard!) , Sorry!, 'Allo 'Allo! and Bungle in the children's television series Rainbow. John is also the voice behind the Space Gypsy characters on Children's UK hospital radio. Today, he is now most likely to be heard as continuity announcer on Channel 4 in Britain. He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
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