Michael Moorcock Multiverse

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The Michael Moorcock Multiverse was a shared continuity encompassing the oeuvre of Michael Moorcock, with nearly every story written by Moorcock taking place within the setting termed "Renark's multiverse" by the novel The Coming of the Terraphiles ^[+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"]. Numerous more specific connections existed between the various threads of Moorcock's continuity. The term "multiverse" was allegedly originated in its science fiction context by Moorcock in his early novel The Sundered World, with the concept becoming central to his continuity.

The Moorcock Multiverse is relevant to Tardis Wiki due to its crossovers with the Doctor Who universe. Primarily, the novel The Coming of the Terraphiles was a Doctor Who novel written by Moorcock which took place in the Moorcock Multiverse continuity. Additionally, the Moorcock character Seaton Begg crossed over with several Doctor Who universe characters in the Obverse Sextet.

Stories by Moorcock in the Multiverse

Title	Type	Series	Notes	Original release
Daughter of a Warrior King	Short story	Sojan the Swordsman	Introduces Sojan, later established as an Eternal Champion in	Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 22 31 August 1957
Mission to Asno				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 25 21 September 1957
Revolt in Hatnor				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 34 23 November 1957
The Hordes Attack				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 38 21 December 1957
The Purple Galley				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 47 22 February 1958
The Sea Wolves				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 48 01 March 1958
Sojan at Sea				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 49 08 March 1958
The Sea of Demons				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 50 15 March 1958
Prisoners in Stone				Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 51 22 March 1958
Sojan and the Plain of Mystery				Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 9 31 May 1958
Sojan and the Sons of The Snake God				Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 12 21 June 1958
Sojan and the Hunters of Norj				Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 15 12 July 1958
The Dreaming City	Novelette	Elric of Melniboné	Introduces Elric, established as an Eternal Champion in The Eternal Champion.	Science Fantasy 47 June 1961
While the Gods Laugh				Science Fantasy 49 October 1961
The Stealer of Souls				Science Fantasy 51 February 1962
The Eternal Champion		N/A	Introduces the concept of the Eternal Champion, here explained as a function of eternal return. Introduces the recurring Champions John Daker and Erekose; other mentioned Champions include Ulysses, Roland, and "Alric". Introduces the Ghost Worlds.	Science Fantasy 53 June 1962
Caribbean Crisis	Novel	Sexton Blake	Precursor to the Seaton Begg stories. Moorcock references The Sexton Blake Library in The Coming of the Terraphiles.	The Sexton Blake Library 501 18 June 1962
Kings in Darkness	Novelette	Elric of Melniboné		Science Fantasy 54 August 1962
The Flame Bringers				Science Fantasy 55 October 1962
The Sundered Worlds		N/A	Introduces Jon Renark, later established as an Eternal Champion in . First usage of term "multiverse" and the first appearance of Renark's multiverse, the Rim, Guide Sensors, Limbo, and the Galactic Union. Features the Ghost Worlds, first named here the "Shifter system". The Ghost Worlds are close to the planet "Migaa", which the star Miggea in The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"] is named in reference to. In this story, Renark discovers that the Ghost Worlds were created in a war between two alien races, with the planets being impacted by a weapon which forever propelled them sideways through the multiverse. Renark discovers a dying race called the Originators who use each plane of the multiverse like a womb to create species (such as humanity) to become their successors. Renark ascends his consciousness to become one with the multiverse, touching the minds of every human in his universe and initiating an exodus into a new universe so that they may escape the imminent death of their universe and perhaps succeed the Originators. The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"] indicates that similar events occur in the Doctor's universe.	Science Fiction Adventures 29 November 1962
To Rescue Tanelorn		Elric of Melniboné		Science Fantasy 56 December 1962
The Blood-Red Game		N/A	Sequel to The Sundered Worlds. Features the multiverse.	Science Fiction Adventures 32 May 1963
Dead God's Homecoming	Novella	Elric of Melniboné		Science Fantasy 59 June 1963
Flux	Short story	N/A	A time travel story, in which a time traveller discovers that Nietzche’s eternal return is false and time is a chaotic flux. Limbo appears.	New Worlds 132 July 1963
Not by Mind Alone			A multiverse story establishing that relativity means that among the infinite dimensions occupying the space of Earth, each person experiences private dimensions rationalized as dreams and hallucinations.	New Worlds 134 September 1963
Black Sword's Brothers	Novella	Elric of Melniboné		Science Fantasy 61 October 1963
The Time Dweller	Short story	The Time Dweller	Introduces the Scar-Faced Brooder, established as an Eternal Champion in . Depicts the final years of Earth, in which it is ruled by “Lords of Time” known as the “Chronarchy” who use the Great Regulator to control Time the same way one controls matter. The Chronarchy’s descendants will become “time-dwellers”, travellers in time.	New Worlds 139 February 1964
Sad Giant's Shield	Novella	Elric of Melniboné		Science Fantasy 63 February 1964
Doomed Lord's Passing				Science Fantasy 64 April 1964
The Dream of Earl Aubec	Short Story			Fantastic Stories of Imagination May 1964
Stormbringer	Novel		Fixup novel assembled from Dead God's Homecoming, Black Sword's Brothers, Sad Giant's Shield, and Doomed Lord's Passing	1965
The Sundered Worlds		Multiverse Trilogy	Fixup novel assembled from The Sundered Worlds and The Blood-Red Game.	1965
The Fireclown				1965
Warriors of Mars		Kane of Old Mars	Introduces Michael Kane, established as an Eternal Champion in .	1965
Blades of Mars				1965
Barbarians of Mars				1965
Escape from Evening	Short story	The Time Dweller	A native of the Moon, named a “Moonite”, journeys the House of Time where the Chronachy rules. Introduces the Megaflow, a dimension similar to Time Vortex in which time travellers travel.	New Worlds 148 March 1965
Preliminary Data		Jerry Cornelius	Introduces Jerry Cornelius, later revealed to be an Eternal Champion in . Shows one possible fate of Cornelius, merging with his rival Miss Brunner to become a hermaphroditic harbinger of the end of mankind.	New Worlds 153 August 1965
The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius		N/A	Introduces Minos Aquilinas, metatemporal detective.	New Worlds 154 September 1965
The Golden Barge		N/A	Introduces Jephraim Tallow.	New Worlds 155 October 1965
The Wrecks of Time	Novella	N/A	Introduces John Faustaff, later revealed as an Eternal Champion in the 1996 revision of the story. The plot concerns a multiversal crisis affecting a series of alternate Earth with numerical designations from "Earth-1" to "Earth-15".	New Worlds 156-157 November-December 1965

Stories by other writers

Alan Moore's graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which has several references to Doctor Who, includes a licensed appearance by Jerry Cornelius.