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=== War with The Alliance === | === War with The Alliance === | ||
[[Image:Morbiushead.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Doctor sits next to a clay sculpture of the head of Morbius. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')]] | [[Image:Morbiushead.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Doctor sits next to a clay sculpture of the head of Morbius. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')]] | ||
Unsure how to respond to the physical campaign of conquest Morbius was waging against the universe ([[FP]]: ''[[The Book of the War]]'') the Time Lords eventually chose to fight the war by proxy | Unsure how to respond to the physical campaign of conquest Morbius was waging against the universe ([[FP]]: ''[[The Book of the War]]'') the Time Lords eventually chose to fight the war by proxy. | ||
[[Fifth Doctor|The fifth incarnation]] of the 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, [[Cybermen]], [[Ogron]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Sontaran]]s against Morbius | [[Fifth Doctor|The fifth incarnation]] of the 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, [[Cybermen]], [[Ogron]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Sontaran]]s against Morbius. | ||
Planets involved in the conflict included [[Fangoria]], [[Romark]], [[Darkeen]], [[Martak]] and [[Freedonia]] which provided troops for Morbius, and [[Sylvana]], [[Zandir]], [[Tanith]] and [[Electra]] which fell to him | Planets involved in the conflict included [[Fangoria]], [[Romark]], [[Darkeen]], [[Martak]] and [[Freedonia]] which provided troops for Morbius, and [[Sylvana]], [[Zandir]], [[Tanith]] and [[Electra]] which fell to him. | ||
The Alliance eventually defeated Morbius on [[Karn]] with the assistance of the [[Sisterhood of Karn|Sisterhood]] and brought to trial, although the verdict had been decided in advance ([[PDA]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'') | The Alliance eventually defeated Morbius on [[Karn]] with the assistance of the [[Sisterhood of Karn|Sisterhood]] and brought to trial, although the verdict had been decided in advance. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'') The sentence of death by public and ceremonial disintegration was partly a panicked attempt by the Time Lords to caution the universe at large against opposing them ([[FP]]: ''[[The Book of the War]]''). | ||
His body was indeed destroyed, with Sisterhood leader [[Maren]] among those attending. However, Morbius escaped death when one of his followers, the [[human]] surgeon Doctor [[Mehendri Solon]], secretly removed the Gallifreyan criminal's [[brain]] before his disintegration. | His body was indeed destroyed, with Sisterhood leader [[Maren]] among those attending. However, Morbius escaped death when one of his followers, the [[human]] surgeon Doctor [[Mehendri Solon]], secretly removed the Gallifreyan criminal's [[brain]] before his disintegration. | ||