The War Doctor has been forced out of the fight and the battle has moved on in his absence. There are new powers, new anomalies, and new excuses from him to keep his distance. With only Cora, his nurse, to keep him company on the forest planet of Lull, the War Doctor is content to leave his old life behind.
But something is stirring in the depths of a twisted planet. An old, embittered foe harbours a terrible grudge against the Doctor. And when a chance encounter gives this enemy the chance to escape, nobody is safe in his quest for vengeance.
From the depths of the stormy Valley, Morbius will rise...
Recorded on: 11-13 December 2023 and 8 February 2024
Recorded at: The Soundhouse
Writer Tim Foley said: “With Dark Gallifrey, I really got my teeth into Morbius – the way he approached everything, that ego of his that was bubbling out over the script. There was just so much of him that I wanted to write another script to put more of him in. So I asked, please let me write for Morbius again!
“Because Dark Gallifrey: Morbius was inspired by Frankenstein, it felt like a natural fit to put Morbius in another epic story. A large part of Morbius the Mighty is inspired by The Wrath of Khan, which itself has its genesis in Moby Dick. Both are fabulous revenge stories, and basically boil down to a one-on-one. I thought about what Morbius was angry at the War Doctor about, what was driving him, and that’s where the drama stems from.”
Jonathan Carley at the Soundhouse recording studio
