Serial: 4K Episode Nos. 418, 419, 420, and 421. Title: The Brain of Morbius
Dr. Mehendri Solon was once a follower of the cult of Morbius, a Time Lord criminal who led an army against the psychic powers of the Sisterhood of Karn for possession of their elixir of eternal life. Morbius was supposedly executed by the Time Lords for his crimes, but Solon has secretly saved his brain, and is now assembling a new body for it to inhabit. Can the Doctor prevent Morbius' rebirth? And can he save the Sisterhood from death now that their elixir has been exhausted?
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. Written by Robin Bland, Produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, and Directed by Christopher Barry.
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DVD FEATURES:
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who and Elisabeth Sladen
as Sarah Jane Smith.
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4 25-minute episodes.
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Graphical menus, episode and selection features, and
subtitles for the hearing impaired.
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Commentary track by actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, and Philip Madoc (Solon),
Producer
Philip Hinchcliffe, and Director Christopher Barry.
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“Getting a Head” A new 32-minute behind-the-scenes featurette narrated by Paul McGann.
Features interviews with actors Philip Madoc, Cynthia Grenville (Maron), Gillian Brown (Ohica),
and Colin Fay (Condo), producer
Philip Hinchcliffe, director Christopher Barry,
designer Barry
Newbury, and musician Dudley
Simpson.
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“Designs on Karn” A new
6-minute interview with designer Barry Newbury about how the sets were made.
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“Set Tour” A 2-minute computer-generated virtual
tour of the studio and how the sets were fitted into it.
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Photo Gallery.
A 5-minute presentation of still photos taken during the production.
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Sketch Gallery.
A 2-minute presentation of the designer’s sketches and of the DVD featurette artwork.
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Information Text.
Select this option and production trivia subtitles will appear as you
watch the story.
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Radio Times Listings.
Place the DVD into the DVD-ROM drive of a computer and you can access pdf
files containing the original
Radio Times TV listings for this story.
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One Easter Egg. Highlight the blank text below to see what it
is and how to find it:
Go to the Special Features menu and highlight “Set
Tour,” then press the left arrow on your remote.
A Doctor Who logo
will appear. Click on this and
you’ll see and hear being read a letter of complaint
written by a young fan in 1975 to “Robin
Bland,” the so-called author of the story, and script editor
Robert Holmes’ reply.

