Episode
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (1)
Overview
The storm-lashed planet Karn. Near a graveyard of crashed starships, the demented surgeon Solon hides in his castle, the last acolyte of the Time Lord despot Morbius. He only needs one final item to make his master live again... and then the Doctor and Sarah arrive...
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1976-01-03
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Brain of Morbius (1) is Episode 17 in Season 13 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1976-01-03. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 16: The Android Invasion (4)
The Doctor and Sarah reach Earth and try to warn the research centre about the Kraal invasion before Styggron unleashes his virus.
Episode 18: The Brain of Morbius (2)
The Doctor is captured by the Sisterhood, and Sarah Jane is blinded freeing him. The Doctor has no choice but to go back for a cure, unaware that he is leaving Sarah Jane in the hands of a treacherous Dr. Solon and the renegade Time Lord Morbius.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: The Android Invasion (3)
The Doctor is captured by Styggron and left to die in the destruction of the fake village but Sarah escapes from the disorientation chamber to try and rescue him.
Episode 19: The Brain of Morbius (3)
While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.
Episode 14: The Android Invasion (2)
The Doctor suspects Crayford brought something to Earth in his rocket, as he and Sarah find themselves hunted by UNIT.
Episode 20: The Brain of Morbius (4)
Morbius lives once more, but as a rampaging beast. The Doctor is forced to ally with Dr. Solon to bring him to heel, but the two disagree about what should happen to Morbius.
Episode 13: The Android Invasion (1)
The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth in the present day to find a strangely deserted village and woods stalked by white-clad figures.
Episode 21: The Seeds of Doom (1)
The Antarctic, the near future. A strange seed-pod is unearthed from 20-thousand-year-old ice. The Doctor and Sarah go to investigate, but are too late to prevent the pod infecting a scientist and unleashing a threat to all animal life on Earth...
Episode 12: Pyramids of Mars (4)
Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.
Episode 22: The Seeds of Doom (2)
Two employees of the millionaire Harrison Chase arrive at the Antarctic base, and they will stop at nothing to get hold of the second seed-pod.
Episode 11: Pyramids of Mars (3)
The Doctor and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.
Episode 23: The Seeds of Doom (3)
The Doctor and Sarah Jane return to England after their Antarctic ordeal and Chase tries to eliminate them, but they escape and track him down at his estate, where he is preparing to open the Krynoid pod.