Morbius (audio story)

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You may be looking for the titular renegade Time Lord or the Gallifreyan Vampire of the same name.

Morbius was the first story in three parts of the Dark Gallifrey audio series, released in 2024, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Big Finish Productions creating Doctor Who audio spin-offs.

Part One was released on 3 April. Part Two was released on 2 May.

Publisher's summary

Part One

When things turn dark, and you're all alone, there is one traveller of time and space... a wanderer in the fourth dimension... a renegade Time Lord... who will always be there to bring back the light.

But the thing about Time Lords... is they can't all be heroes.

The time has come for the last Time Lord battleship, the Proteus, to leave the planet Karn and return to Gallifrey victorious. But her voyage home will not be easy. The Captain is sick, the crew is restless, and there are dark forces lurking in the hold below...

Part Two

When disaster strikes the Proteus, Captain Argento and her crew must fight for their lives and the fate of all Time Lords.

What is out there on the ice? Who hides in the impossible temple?

As loyalties shift and secrets emerge, the cult of Morbius lies in wait to bring about the General's return...

Plot

Part One

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Part Two

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Cast

Part One

Part Two

Crew

Worldbuilding

  • Morbius's revolution was the Time Lords’ first civil war. During the conflict, the Time Lords used their powers over time for bloodshed.
  • A new High Council is in place following the defeat of Morbius.
  • The Civil War caused significant damage to the Time Vortex.
  • The crew of the Proteus were rebels and outsiders who were conscripted for the war with promises of restoration of their Time Lord abilities. Only the captain has received hers, being enabled to regenerate.
  • Gilda claims it can take centuries to fill a vial with the elixir.
  • Veritas is a Hydran. Their planet were destroyed by the Time Lords, who dropped their own future on their planet, causing anarchy.
  • Veritas carries the minds of the dead in his mind. He was overwhelmed by his people's memories following their planet's destruction until Morbius healed him.
  • There is a state of grace inside the Temple of Morbius.
  • Argento was once in Rassilon’s presence.
  • Events of the Civil War depicted in the Temple's shifting murals include the Siege of Skaro, the Declaration of Hate and the return of the Vampires. Argento recalls the vampires were on their own side.
  • Karn is a fixed point in time according to the hologram of Morbius.
  • The Time Lord known by some as "the Collective" is the son of Argento’s son. The hologram claims that his issues with regeneration run in the family.

Notes

Part 1 original cover
  • The cover for the first part of the story originally rendered the subtitle as Part 1. This was later changed to Part One, creating uniformity with the other two covers which read Part Two and Part Three respectively.
  • To promote the release of this story, Big Finish notably used the phrase "It's Morbin' time!"[1], a meme based on the 2022 film Morbius, based on the unrelated Marvel Comics character of the same name, which coincidentally starred Matt Smith.[2]

Continuity

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/it-s-morbin-time
  2. ↑ https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-morbin-time

External links

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