The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)

The Vengeance of Morbius
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Lucie
Featuring:	Straxus
Main enemy:	Third Morbius Cristophe Zarodnix
Main setting:	Karn and Gallifrey, Alternate timeline
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Nicholas Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	David Richardson, Sharon Gosling, Barnaby Edwards
Music:	Andy Hardwick
Sound:	Gareth Jenkins
Cover by:	Grant Kempster
Release details
Number of parts:	2nd of 2
Release number:	2.8
Release date:	August 2008
Format:	1 CD Download Part 2 of 2
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG016
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-311-8 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78178-491-4 (digital)
Eighth Doctor Adventures
← Previous	Sisters of the Flame
Next →	Orbis

The Vengeance of Morbius was the second part of the seventh and final story begun in Sisters of the Flame, in the second series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller and Nickolas Grace as Straxus.

It featured Morbius who had last appeared in the 2002 novel Warmonger and was introduced in the 1976 television story The Brain of Morbius. This was the first time that Morbius had appeared in an audio story and the first time since 1976 that he had appeared in a performed production.

The audio ended on a cliffhanger where it appeared the Eighth Doctor had been killed, leaving Lucie Miller behind to return to her ordinary life before she met him.

Publisher's summary

The Universe is in grave danger.

The very fabric of time and space is being altered.

The Doctor and Lucie must race against time to prevent the destruction of everything they hold dear. They may have to sacrifice everything to save the Universe.

Even themselves...

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Morbius - Samuel West
• Zarodnix - Kenneth Colley
• Rosto - Alexander Siddig
• Straxus - Nickolas Grace
• Bulek - Barry McCarthy
• Haspira - Nicola Weeks
• Orthena, Headhunter - Katarina Olsson

Crew

• Cover Art - Grant Kempster
• Writer & Director - Nicholas Briggs
• Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music - Andy Hardwick
• Producers - David Richardson, Sharon Gosling and Barnaby Edwards
• Script Editor - Alan Barnes
• Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins

Worldbuilding

• Lucie has seen Jurassic Park.
• After the death of Maren, Orthena is now the leader of the Sisterhood.
• Morbius takes the Statue of Liberty for his collection.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 23 August 2007 at the Moat Studios.
• The Vengeance of Morbius was originally titled simply as Vengeance.
• This audio story, along with AUDIO: Sisters of the Flame ^[+]Loading...["Sisters of the Flame (audio story)"], is a sequel to TV: The Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"].
• The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 18 December 2008.
• This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity

• The Sisterhood of Karn and Morbius previously appeared in TV: The Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"]. The Sisterhood would later help the Eighth Doctor regenerate into the War Doctor during TV: The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"].
• The Doctor explains to Lucie the events of TV: The Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"], and comments about it being "another time, another face".
• This incarnation of Straxus previously appeared in AUDIO: Human Resources ^[+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"].
• The end of the story is a cliffhanger which leads directly into the events of the next story, AUDIO: Orbis ^[+]Loading...["Orbis (audio story)"].
• The Doctor mentions that he was with the Duke of Wellington on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 during his second incarnation, a reference to PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"]. According to AUDIO: The Curse of Davros ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Davros (audio story)"], the Sixth Doctor was also present for the battle but did not encounter Wellington on that occasion.
• The Fifth Doctor battled against Morbius in PROSE: Warmonger ^[+]Loading...["Warmonger"].
• Lucie calls the Doctor "Sarcasmo", a name she previously claimed was her superhero moniker in AUDIO: Human Resources ^[+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"].
• By the time of his next encounter with the Doctor in AUDIO: The Great War ^[+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"], Straxus had regenerated. On that occasion, the Doctor commented that Straxus still had the same supercilious expression irrespective of his incarnation.

External links

• Official Vengeance of Morbius page at bigfinish.com
• The Vengeance of Morbius at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Vengeance of Morbius at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide