Editing Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 9

{{Infobox Series
| name = Series 9 (2002 format)
| front_image = TG_2002_S9_Main.jpg
| image_size = 320px
| caption = The Stig posing with a collection of hot hatchbacks
| epcount = 6
| airdates = 28/01/2007 - 04/03/2007
| network = BBC Two
| res = 576i
| aspect = 16:9 Widescreen
| length = 354:41 (without Polar Special), 429:04
| prec = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 8|Series 8 (2006)]]
| superc = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 10|Series 10 (2007)]]
}}

{{TG Series|version=2002|number=ninth|date=28th January|year=2007|date2=4th March|year2=2007|eps=6|host=Jeremy Clarkson|pronoun=he|otherhosts=[[Richard Hammond]], [[James May]] and [[The Stig#First_White_Stig|The Stig]]|studio=Television Centre|studioinfo=Wood Lane, [[London]]|channel=BBC Two|mins=60|format=studio|num=9|mil=7|hunthou=45|mil2=8|ht2=13|mostviewed=[[{{PAGENAME}}/Episode 1|Episode 1]]|mil3=6|ht3=18|leastviewed=[[{{PAGENAME}}/Episode 3|U.S. Special]]|highlights=aforementioned special, which despite its comparatively low viewing figures, heralded a new era of ''Top Gear'' programming, in addition to Hammond's lauded return in the wake of his 2006 accident. There was also an amateur rocket fabricated from a [[Reliant Robin]], in addition to the first challenge filmed following Hammond's injury, the [[{{PAGENAME}}/Episode 6/Limousine Challenge|Limousine Challenge]], which tasked the trio with building three limousines from domestically-available models in time for the 2007 BRIT Awards}}

The show's sudden increase in viewing figures lead it to dethroning ''Celebrity Big Brother'', then its main rival in the 8:00 PM Sunday timeslot it had occupied since its inception. This increase would be permanent, with a regular viewing audience of 6 - 7 million people until the end of the 2002 format in 2015.

==Home video distribution==
{{Main Article|name={{BASEPAGENAME}}/Home Video Releases/Series Box Sets/Series 9}}
{{TG 2002 Later Videos|reldate=19th October, 2012|country=Germany|region=Region 2|comment=Strangely, this was the ''only'' home video release for Series 9.}} Major cuts were made to the episodes for clearance reasons, which included omitting the entire first episode due to Richard Hammond's request that the episode never be shown again. As a consolation, the box set features the [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 7/Winter Olympics Special|Winter Olympics Special]] from [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 7|Series 7]] as a substitute.

From the series' original 6 hour runtime, the DVD version of Series 9 has been reduced to just 4:15:53, with almost 2 hours of footage being cut in total, even when discounting the first episode. Stranger still, it was released in 2012, after several of its immediate successors had already been distributed on DVD and Blu-Ray. As of 2022, it remains the earliest series of ''Top Gear'' to receive a home video release in box set form.

{{TG 2002 Series}}