Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius No. 84

Buy This Item Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius No. 84 by BBC Warner  Available from Amazon  $24.98  on 8-28-2008     Reader Reviews Season Thirteen. Much to the Doctors chagrin the Time Lords have taken control of the TARDIS, sending the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith into very dangerous territory upon the stormlashed graveyard planet of Karn. Taking shelter from the rain in a castle high on a mountain, the Doctor finds the brilliant surgeon Mehendri Solon, and his simple minded slave/assistant Condo conducting gruesome experiments on living flesh, but for what reason? As a storm approaches, evil from the depths of Time Lord history plots its return to the land of the living. But is even the Doctor's mind, a match for.......... Four episodes of sumptuous gothic filled suspense, suspense that will suspend your everyday worries and cares. Mr Baker and Ms Sladen are on top form, as is Philip Madoc, marvellously getting his teeth into a role he can go gloriously over the top with. Welsh born Madoc was almost a Who semi regular featuring in stories like The War Games as The War Lord, The Krotons as Eelek, and The Power of Kroll as Fenner. As well as the second Peter Cushing Dalek film. Even Terrance Dicks no longer feels so bland towards this story anymore. Warning to the parents of little ones, the scene where Solon shoots Condo reveals a bit of blood, a bit of parental discretion may be called for there. [...]

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius No. 84 Available from Amazon Price: $24.98 Updated on 8-28-2008.

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