Morbius the Mighty (audio story)

Morbius the Mighty
Doctor:	War Doctor
Companion(s):	Cora
Featuring:	Sisterhood of Karn, Voord
Main enemy:	Morbius, Daleks
Main setting:	Lull
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Tim Foley
Director:	Bethany Weimers
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Sean Longmore
Release details
Number of parts:	3
Release number:	1
Release date:	21 August 2024
Format:	3 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWWARR01
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-80240-444-9 (physical) ISBN 978-1-80240-445-6 (digital)
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Morbius the Mighty comprised the first story in The War Doctor Rises, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Jonathon Carley as the War Doctor and Samuel West as Morbius.

Synopsis

The War Doctor has been forced out of the fight and the battle has moved on in his absence. There are new powers, new anomalies, and new excuses from him to keep his distance. With only Cora, his nurse, to keep him company on the forest planet of Lull, the War Doctor is content to leave his old life behind.

But something is stirring in the depths of a twisted planet. An old, embittered foe harbours a terrible grudge against the Doctor. And when a chance encounter gives this enemy the chance to escape, nobody is safe in his quest for vengeance.

From the depths of the stormy Valley, Morbius will rise...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The War Doctor - Jonathon Carley
• Morbius - Samuel West
• Cora - Sheila Ruskin
• Judd - Gareth Armstrong
• 1-8-1 - Pamela Nomvete
• Herving - Theo Solomon
• Voord / Grenel - Sam Stafford
• The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

• Script Editor - Matt Fitton
• Writer - Tim Foley
• Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
• Cover Art - Sean Longmore
• Director - Bethany Weimers
• Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
• Producer - David Richardson
• Daleks and Voord created by Terry Nation

Worldbuilding

• The Valley is a tear in time leading to the time before the Time War. Its creation rendered the natives of that world non-corporal, becoming the Forgone.
• Morbius destroys New Marinus, home of the Voord. 1-8-1 claims the Time Lords had been monitoring them for months for dealing with the Daleks.
• The Third Power are a third faction in the war, led by Time Lords converted into Robomen and later freed from the Daleks by the War Doctor.

Notes

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  Assault Leader Dalek closer look.
  This story was recorded on 11-13 December 2023 and 8 February 2024 at the Soundhouse.
• The Dalek renders were provided by James Johnson.
  • As with previous renders, Johnson provided a closer look at the Daleks featured on the cover. As noted in the writeup, in terms of hierarchy, this Dalek rank sits below the Supreme Council, but is still able to command its own forces. The neck rings function as an enhanced transmitter-receiver, with a larger central slat to increase the integrity of this unit's force field. Johnson also indicated the design for this particular Dalek is partially inspired by the Character Options 5" Dalek Battle Pack set from 2005, which features a similarly coloured black and gold Dalek versus the regular bronze design.
  • This Dalek additionally shares some design traits with the Dalek Supreme as seen in the television story Planet of the Daleks, with the black and gold colour scheme and unique neck rings design.

Continuity

• Judd finds the wreck of the Proteus in the Valley and recalls he was told a tradition of Gallifreyans toasting it on their travels. The ship’s voyage and the tradition were first depicted in AUDIO: Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"].
• Morbius mentions his original plan to rally at Dark Gallifrey, as depicted in AUDIO: Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"].
• Morbius recalls the Doctor he previously faced was a ghost, alluding to the Matrix projection of the Fourth Doctor he encountered in AUDIO: Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"].
• Cora mentions Karn being gone and the Doctor being present when it disappeared, as depicted in AUDIO: Light the Flame ^[+]Loading...["Light the Flame (audio story)"].
• The Doctor vaguely recalls a previous encounter with Morbius in which an empire rose and was undone, as depicted in AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"].
• Morbius recalls besieging Skaro; an event of his Civil War first mentioned in AUDIO: Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"]. Morbius claims the event was uninteresting and took place when people of Skaro were farmers.
• Cora and 1-8-1 open the TARDIS’ Eye of Harmony in the same manner it was opened in TV: Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"].
• The Doctor recalls previous quiet times in his life including his Exile on Earth, as depicted from TV: Spearhead from Space ^[+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"] to TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"], and life on Orbis, as depicted in AUDIO: Orbis ^[+]Loading...["Orbis (audio story)"].

Cover gallery

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  Textless cover

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  Alternate cover

External links

• Official Morbius the Mighty page at bigfinish.com