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After the death of his [[Second Morbius|artificial body]] built by [[Mehendri Solon]], the [[Time Lord]] criminal [[Morbius]] was resurrected in a '''new body''', his third after his [[First Morbius|original body]] and the artificial one. He attempted to wreak his revenge on [[Gallifrey]] and resume his dreams of galactic conquest, but was defeated when the entire timeline in which his resurrection had occurred was [[aborted timeline|aborted]], with only [[Straxus (Human Resources)|Straxus]] and [[Lucie Miller]] remembering it.


Morbius was a formerly high-ranking [[Time Lord]] whose career ended in destruction and ignominy, and who escaped a sentence of death only by means of a secret brain transplant. The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] encountered him during the events of the TV story ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''; the [[Fifth Doctor]] met him during the events of the novel ''[[Warmonger]]''.
Although this account implied that Morbius's new body was a new appearance distinct from his original body, with the Doctor remaking that his old robes now fit him badly, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)}}) a later account depicted [[Morbius (Morbius)|an alternative resurrected form of Morbius]] with the same appearance only for [[Argento]] to recognise him on sight, suggesting this appearance matched his [[First Morbius|original incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Morbius (audio story)|part=2}})


== Biography ==
=== Resurrection ===
After [[Karn]] was bought by the leader of the [[Cult of Morbius]], [[Cristophe Zarodnix]], the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] were forced off-world before Zarodnix travelled there and found a fragment of Morbius' brain and began to look for a Time Lord, so he could extract [[DNA]] to fuse with what was left of Morbius in order to effect his resurrection. Zarodnix used DNA from the Time Lord agent [[Straxus (Human Resources)|Straxus]] to effect a new [[regeneration]] for Morbius. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')


== Life and career ==
=== A new lease of life ===
In his new form, Morbius used a [[stellar manipulator]] to suck the power of the [[Eye of Harmony]], making the Time Lords powerless to stop his conquest. Morbius rebuilt his military forces, including mind-controlled [[Trell]], and spent a decade conquering over ten thousand worlds, but his body was unstable and required frequent gene-splicings (called "feedings") from Straxus. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')


Morbius' ambition led him to become the head of the High Council, where his warlike nature led him to urge the Time Lords toward a policy of conquest. When the Time Lords rejected him, he formed an army of his own composed of both dedicated followers and mercenaries. He promised his followers the secrets of [[time travel]] and immortality.  He sent them into battle across many worlds, including the planet [[Karn]], where he hoped to seize the secret of the [[Elixir of Life]] guarded by the [[Sisterhood of Karn]]. He was captured with the assistance of the Sisterhood and brought to trial on Karn. He was sentenced to be executed by disintegration for his crimes, and his body was indeed destroyed, with Sisterhood leader [[Maren]] in attendance. However, Morbius escaped death when one of his followers, the [[human]] surgeon Dr. [[Mehendri Solon]] secretly removed the Gallifreyan criminal's [[brain]] before his disintegration. Solon took the brain and went into hiding on [[Karn]], where he began planning to build a new body for Morbius out of parts salvaged from corpses found in the wreckage of spacecraft which the Sisterhood had caused to crash on the planet as their way of protecting the Elixir.
=== Defeat and unmaking ===
[[File:Morbius with Doctor and Lucie 2024.jpg|thumb|left|Morbius with the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|precisecite=Artwork for ''[[The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller (audio series)|The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller: Series Three]]''.}})]]The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller]], who had barely escaped from Gallifrey before Morbius used the stellar manipulator, arrived and worked with Straxus and the cybernetically augmented Trell policeman [[Rosto]] to steal the remote control for Morbius' stellar manipulator. The Doctor succeeded in taking the control and releasing the Time Lords, who promptly broke the [[Laws of Time]] to prevent Zarodnix's purchase of Karn and Morbius' resurrection; however, at the moment before the [[Timeline]] was rewritten, Morbius and the Doctor fell from the balcony of Morbius' palace. The Time Lords believed the Doctor to be dead, but he was actually transported by the Sisterhood to the planet [[Orbis]]. The timeline in which Morbius had been brought back to life was unmade, with only Lucie Miller and Straxus remembering it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'') All the same, during the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[War Doctor]] was able vaguely recall the rise and fall of an empire and a battle with Morbius. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Morbius the Mighty (audio story)}})


== The Brain of Morbius ==
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The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith landed on Karn and stumbled upon Solon's castle just as Solon was completing Morbius' new body, leading them to discover Morbius. Although the Doctor had not previously met Morbius in person, he did recognize Morbius' telepathic brain pattern.
 
Morbius's new body was horrifyingly grotesque, leading [[the Doctor]] to mock him as "Chop Suey, the Galactic Emperor!" But Solon's ability to merge alien tissues together did give Morbius at least a few advantages over his previous biological form, including lungs from a [[Birastrop]] capable of withstanding [[cyanide]]. Other parts of Morbius' body included a human left hand which came from Solon's unknowing assistant [[Condo]], a giant lobster-like right hand, and a humanoid torso. The body Solon had built lacked one important element, namely a head suitable for storing the unique and delicate properties of a Time Lord brain. Solon required the head of another Time Lord in order to safely house Morbius' brain, but when plans to use the Doctor's head failed and the container holding the brain was spilled, he resorted to an unproven, experimental braincase which included two stalklike eyes.
 
This braincase was prone to developing a static charge, a weakness exploited by the Doctor by challenging Morbius to a Time Lord [[mindbending]] contest. It is not at all clear who won the contest, but it was costly for both Gallifreyans. The Doctor collapsed from the strain, and Morbius' brain appeared to be damaged by a static shock. During the contest, images of the Doctor's previous three incarnations appeared in the air above them, as well as a number of images of others whose identity is disputed. It is possible that the unknown faces belong to previous and otherwise unexplained incarnations of the Doctor, suggesting that the incarnation known as the [[First Doctor]] was not, in fact, his first incarnation. However, it is also possible that the faces belong to previous [[regeneration]]s of Morbius -- or that they are memories of entirely different people drawn from the minds of either the Doctor or Morbius.
 
After the battle, Morbius appeared to be left in a dazed, animalistic state. He did not speak again during the story, and only uttered seemingly agonized sounds of anger and pain. Leaving Solon's castle, he was chased by the Sisterhood over a cliff, where he was apparently killed.
 
== Appearances in other media ==
Morbius's war against the Time Lords and his execution (including how Solon saved his brain and the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s involvement) are depicted in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[Warmonger]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]]. 
 
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Latest revision as of 21:53, 11 October 2024

After the death of his artificial body built by Mehendri Solon, the Time Lord criminal Morbius was resurrected in a new body, his third after his original body and the artificial one. He attempted to wreak his revenge on Gallifrey and resume his dreams of galactic conquest, but was defeated when the entire timeline in which his resurrection had occurred was aborted, with only Straxus and Lucie Miller remembering it.

Although this account implied that Morbius's new body was a new appearance distinct from his original body, with the Doctor remaking that his old robes now fit him badly, (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"]) a later account depicted an alternative resurrected form of Morbius with the same appearance only for Argento to recognise him on sight, suggesting this appearance matched his original incarnation. (AUDIO: Morbius (part 2) [+]Loading...{"part":"2","1":"Morbius (audio story)"})

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Resurrection[[edit] | [edit source]]

After Karn was bought by the leader of the Cult of Morbius, Cristophe Zarodnix, the Sisterhood of Karn were forced off-world before Zarodnix travelled there and found a fragment of Morbius' brain and began to look for a Time Lord, so he could extract DNA to fuse with what was left of Morbius in order to effect his resurrection. Zarodnix used DNA from the Time Lord agent Straxus to effect a new regeneration for Morbius. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius)

A new lease of life[[edit] | [edit source]]

In his new form, Morbius used a stellar manipulator to suck the power of the Eye of Harmony, making the Time Lords powerless to stop his conquest. Morbius rebuilt his military forces, including mind-controlled Trell, and spent a decade conquering over ten thousand worlds, but his body was unstable and required frequent gene-splicings (called "feedings") from Straxus. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius)

Defeat and unmaking[[edit] | [edit source]]

Morbius with the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius [+]Loading...{"precisecite":"Artwork for ''[[The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller (audio series)|The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller: Series Three]]''.","1":"The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"})

The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller, who had barely escaped from Gallifrey before Morbius used the stellar manipulator, arrived and worked with Straxus and the cybernetically augmented Trell policeman Rosto to steal the remote control for Morbius' stellar manipulator. The Doctor succeeded in taking the control and releasing the Time Lords, who promptly broke the Laws of Time to prevent Zarodnix's purchase of Karn and Morbius' resurrection; however, at the moment before the Timeline was rewritten, Morbius and the Doctor fell from the balcony of Morbius' palace. The Time Lords believed the Doctor to be dead, but he was actually transported by the Sisterhood to the planet Orbis. The timeline in which Morbius had been brought back to life was unmade, with only Lucie Miller and Straxus remembering it. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius) All the same, during the Last Great Time War, the War Doctor was able vaguely recall the rise and fall of an empire and a battle with Morbius. (AUDIO: Morbius the Mighty [+]Loading...["Morbius the Mighty (audio story)"])

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