The Brain of Morbius (TV story): Difference between revisions

Solon finds Sarah Jane and rushes her out of the lab. From outside the door, she overhears their plan. Once he has the Doctor's head, he will transplant Morbius's brain into the body of spare parts he is creating, freeing him once more to wage galactic war. She locks Solon in the lab, and stumbles out to find the Doctor.  

The Doctor is captured and brought to Maren again. He realises that he's been duped by Solon; Sarah Jane's blindness is only temporary. He persuades Maren to let him examine the Sacred Flame, convinced that there must be a natural reason for the Flame's dwindling. He drops a [[firecracker]] down the shaft which dislodges a buildup of soot, and the Flame is restored to its full height.

Once Condo unlocks the door, Solon dispatches him to retrieve Sarah Jane. When Solon mentions that the Doctor is also a Time Lord, Morbius is outraged. The Time Lords, he thinks, have tracked him down. Desperate, he convinces Solon to operate immediately, using an artificial brain case in place of the Doctor's head. As Solon prepares to operate, Condo recognizes one of the creature's arms as his own.  He attacks Solon, and so doing he knocks over the tank, and Morbius' brain hits the floor with a splat. Enraged, Solon pulls a gun and shoots Condo several times. He drafts the unwilling Sarah Jane into helping him operate, not knowing the extent of the brain's damage.  

During a break in the operation, Solon finds the Doctor's apparently lifeless body left by the Sisterhood, and reflects bitterly on the irony. Meanwhile in the lab, Sarah Jane's eyesight returns as Morbius rises behind her...