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* Colin Fay, who played Condo, was an opera singer. | * Colin Fay, who played Condo, was an opera singer. | ||
[[File:Morbius Doctors.JPG|thumb|Images of production team seen during the mindbending battle.]] | [[File:Morbius Doctors.JPG|thumb|Images of production team seen during the mindbending battle.]] | ||
* Many of the faces in the mental battle between the Doctor and Morbius are members of the production team who worked on this story. In order of appearance, they are: [[George Gallaccio]] ([[production unit manager]]), [[Robert Holmes]] ([[script editor]]), [[Graeme Harper]] ([[production assistant]]), [[Douglas Camfield]] ([[director]]), [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] ([[producer]]), [[Christopher Baker]] ([[production assistant]]), [[Robert Banks Stewart]] ([[writer]]), and [[Christopher Barry]] ([[director]]), as documented by Barry's own direction notes ([[DWM 541]]) although some accounts miscredit some of the performers.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/NNp4TKQGdcDpbL5S1txB7s/the-fourth-dimension BBC's article on ''The Brain of Morbius'']</ref> According to Philip Hinchcliffe on the DVD of ''An Evening with Philip Hinchcliffe'', the original intention of the faces were to represent previous incarnations of the Doctor, but fans of the time chose to ignore this but still pick up on the "thirteen incarnations" limit four serials later. He went on to say that no matter how many ''Who'' fans say these are "mind battle faces" or "past incarnations of Morbius" doesn't matter, followed by him stating the fact that he played the Doctor. | * Many of the faces in the mental battle between the Doctor and Morbius are members of the production team who worked on this story. In order of appearance, they are: [[George Gallaccio]] ([[production unit manager]]), [[Robert Holmes]] ([[script editor]]), [[Graeme Harper]] ([[production assistant]]), [[Douglas Camfield]] ([[director]]), [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] ([[producer]]), [[Christopher Baker]] ([[production assistant]]), [[Robert Banks Stewart]] ([[writer]]), and [[Christopher Barry]] ([[director]]), as documented by Barry's own direction notes ([[DWM 541]]) although some accounts miscredit some of the performers.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/NNp4TKQGdcDpbL5S1txB7s/the-fourth-dimension BBC's article on ''The Brain of Morbius'']</ref> According to Philip Hinchcliffe on the DVD of ''An Evening with Philip Hinchcliffe'', the original intention of the faces were to represent previous incarnations of the Doctor, but fans of the time chose to ignore this but still pick up on the "thirteen incarnations" limit four serials later. He went on to say that no matter how many ''Who'' fans say these are "mind battle faces" or "past incarnations of Morbius" doesn't matter, followed by him stating the fact that he played the Doctor. | ||
* Eventually, ''Doctor Who ''itself would provide an answer for the mystery in ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'', explaining that these faces are in fact incarnations of the Doctor, after the [[Timeless Child]], but before the [[First Doctor]]. | |||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a short preview for the story, which read as follows: "Dr. Who (5.55 BBC1) isn't new, of course. But ''The Brain of Morbius'' is a new story, and it's set on 1967 Karn, a planet new to the good doctor. Morbius is — did you guess? — an evil Time-Lord." ''[original published text]'' The reference to "1967 Karn" in the aforementioned preview is rather puzzling, as no year is given in the on-screen dialogue. Neither can this be a misprint and should actually read "1976 Karn", as the Doctor is clearly heard to mention to Sarah in part one that Solon's time as a scientist is considerably after hers, i.e. the distant future. The mystery remains unsolved to this day... | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing for part one was accompanied by a short preview for the story, which read as follows: "Dr. Who (5.55 BBC1) isn't new, of course. But ''The Brain of Morbius'' is a new story, and it's set on 1967 Karn, a planet new to the good doctor. Morbius is — did you guess? — an evil Time-Lord." ''[original published text]'' The reference to "1967 Karn" in the aforementioned preview is rather puzzling, as no year is given in the on-screen dialogue. Neither can this be a misprint and should actually read "1976 Karn", as the Doctor is clearly heard to mention to Sarah in part one that Solon's time as a scientist is considerably after hers, i.e. the distant future. The mystery remains unsolved to this day... | ||
