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Doctor Who The Brain of Morbius TV Story

The Brain of Morbius Synopsis

The planet Karn is home both to a mystic Sisterhood, whose sacred flame produces an elixir of life, and to Solon, a fanatical scientist who is using the remnants of spaceship crash victims to put together a new body for the still-living brain of the executed Time Lord criminal Morbius. When the Doctor and Sarah arrive on the planet, Solon decides that the Doctor’s head is just what he needs to complete his work.

Story Order

  • Story 84 from Doctor Who
  • Story 5 of 6 from Season 13

Episodes

Saturday
3rd January 1976 5:55PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius - Part One

On the planet Karn, Dr Solon is secretly hiding the living brain of the Time Lord criminal, Morbius.

Doctor Who Season 13 The Brain of Morbius
Saturday
10th January 1976 5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius - Part Two

The Doctor is a prisoner of the Sisterhood of Karn who intend to burn him at the stake.

Doctor Who Season 13 The Brain of Morbius
Saturday
17th January 1976 5:45PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius - Part Three

Sarah has been blinded and the Doctor asks the Sisterhood for help.

Doctor Who Season 13 The Brain of Morbius
Saturday
24th January 1976 5:55PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius - Part Four

Morbius, housed in a terrifying new body, lives and breathes once more.

Doctor Who Season 13 The Brain of Morbius

Credits

The Brain of Morbius

Credits
  • Writer Terrance Dicks
  • Writer Robert Holmes
  • Director Christopher Barry
  • Producer Philip Hinchcliffe
  • Script Editor Robert Holmes
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen
  • Solon Philip Madoc
  • Maren Cynthia Grenville
  • Ohica Gilly Brown
  • Sister Sue Bishop
  • Sister Janie Kells
  • Sister Gabrielle Mowbray
  • Sister Veronica Ridge
  • Condo Colin Fay
  • Kriz John Scott Martin
  • Voice of Morbius Michael Spice
  • Monster Stuart Fell
  • Morbius Stuart Fell
Characters
Fourth Doctor played by Tom Baker in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Sarah Jane Smith played by Elisabeth Sladen in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen Solon Philip Madoc Maren played by Cynthia Grenville in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Maren Cynthia Grenville Ohica played by Gilly Brown in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Ohica Gilly Brown Sister Sue Bishop Sister Janie Kells Sister Gabrielle Mowbray Sister Veronica Ridge Condo played by Colin Fay in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Condo Colin Fay Kriz John Scott Martin Morbius Michael Spice Monster Stuart Fell Morbius played by Stuart Fell in Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Morbius Stuart Fell
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