Morbius (The Vengeance of Morbius): Difference between revisions

'''Morbius''' was a notorious and malevolent [[renegade Time Lord]]. His career was the first in millennia to dramatically alter [[Gallifrey]]'s relations with the wider [[universe]]. He attempted to overturn Gallifrey's [[non-interference policy]] in favour of military conquest, but was exiled and eventually executed only to survive, saved by [[Cult of Morbius|his following]].

=== War with The Alliance ===

Uncomfortable with being seen to act directly in the universe, the Time Lord High Council eventually chose to fight the war by proxy. The [[Fifth Doctor]], who had travelled into Gallifrey's past, was appointed "Supreme Coordinator of the Alliance Battle Fleet" and directed an unlikely army of [[human]]s, [[Draconian]]s, [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], [[Ogron]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Sontaran]]s against Morbius. [[Planet]]s involved in the conflict included [[Fangoria]], [[Romark]], [[Darkeen]], [[Martak]] and [[Freedonia (planet)|Freedonia]] which provided troops for Morbius, and [[Sylvana]], [[Zandir]], [[Tanith]] and [[Electra]] which fell to him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'')

Morbius escaped death when one of his followers, the [[human]] surgeon [[Mehendri Solon]], secretly removed Morbius' [[brain]] prior to his disintegration. Solon was secretly aided by the Fifth Doctor, who knew that Morbius's brain had to survive in order to keep history on track.([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'') Solon went into hiding on [[Karn]], where he began planning to build a new body for Morbius. The Sisterhood began to defend the [[Elixir of Life]] by causing nearby spacecraft to crash. These space travellers provided a regular supply of corpses from which Solon scavenged body parts for his project. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')

=== Morbius' Brain ===

Over the years, Solon acquired a great many body parts, which he used to create Morbius's new body. These included lungs from a [[Birastrop]], a left hand from Solon's unknowing assistant [[Condo]], and a claw for his right. This plan to create a new body for Morbius was nearing completion, when the [[Fourth Doctor]] and his [[companion]] [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] arrived at his castle upon the planet [[Karn]].

* A different account of Morbius's Presidency and its aftermath is given, with slight changes for the sake of copyright, in the ''Faction Paradox'' book ''{{fp|The Book of the War}}'', which is [[Tardis:Valid sources|outside the scope of this wiki]]. In ''The Book of the War'', Morbius is referred to as "{{fp|Imperator|the Imperator}}".