The Brain of Morbius (TV story)

The Brain of Morbius
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fourth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Main enemy:	Morbius, Dr. Solon
Main setting:	?
Key crew
Writers:	Robin Bland
Director:	Christopher Barry
Producer:	Philip Hinchcliffe
Release details
Release number:	84
Premiere broadcast:	3rd January - 24th January 1976
Format:	4 25-minute episodes
Production code:	?

Cast

• Fourth Doctor: Tom Baker
• Sarah Jane Smith: Elisabeth Sladen
• Morbius: Michael Spice
• Solon: Philip Madoc
• Maren: Cynthia Grenville
• Condo: Colin Fay
• Ohica: Gilly Brown

Crew

File:St--4k08.jpg The disembodied brain of Morbius, in the episode The Brain of Morbius.

Bad Guys

• Morbius
• Solon
• Sisterhood of Karn

Story Notes

• Michael Spice also played Magnus Greel in the story The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Cultural References

Influences

• Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, in which a scientist attempts to create new life by joining together the organs of a number of deceased bodies.

• Curt Siodmak's 1942 novel Donovan's Brain, in which a scientist tries to keep the disembodied brain of an evil billionaire alive.

More Info

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