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Vengeance of Morbius is an
audio drama based on the long-running
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Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
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This is the last of a two-part story, the first part being
Sisters of the FlameSisters of the Flame is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions....
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Plot
The Doctor and Lucie investigate the leader of the Cult of Morbius, who is laying siege to
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Cast
- The Doctor
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
— Paul McGannPaul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
- Lucie Miller
Lucie Miller is a character in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7 based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
— Sheridan SmithSheridan Smith is an English actress and singer who is best known for her contributions to the British sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Gavin & Stacey and Benidorm. She has also become a recognised face in West End theatre, where she has appeared in Little Shop of Horrors,...
- Revenant — Samuel West
Samuel Alexander Joseph West is an English actor and theatre director. He is perhaps best known for his role in Howards End and his work on stage. He also starred in the award-winning play ENRON...
- Zarodnix — Kenneth Colley
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- Rosto — Alexander Siddig
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- Straxus — Nickolas Grace
Nickolas Grace is a British actor known for his roles on television, including Anthony Blanche in the acclaimed ITV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited and the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1980s series Robin of Sherwood...
- Bulek — Barry McCarthy
- Haspira — Nicola Weeks
- Orthena/Headhunter — Katarina Olsson
Continuity
- This is Episode 7 of Series two in the Eighth Doctor's audio adventures with companion Lucy Miller, originally broadcast on BBC Radio in 2008.
- Morbius and the Sisterhood of Karn previously appeared in the 1975 television serial The Brain of Morbius
The Brain of Morbius is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 January to 24 January 1976...
, during the Tom Baker years.
- Straxus appeared in the conclusion to the first series of Eighth Doctor & Lucie audios, Human Resources
Human Resources is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions and was broadcast in two parts on BBC 7 on 11 February and 18 February 2007 and was the last to use David Arnold's arrangement of...
, broadcast in 2007.
- The Time Ring first appeared in Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was originally broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 March to 12 April 1975. It marks the first appearance of Davros, the creator of the Daleks.-Plot:...
, and subsequently featured in the season finale of the first series of Eighth Doctor & Lucie audio adventures, Human ResourcesHuman Resources is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions and was broadcast in two parts on BBC 7 on 11 February and 18 February 2007 and was the last to use David Arnold's arrangement of...
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- The Time Scoop first featured in The Five Doctors
The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations...
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- The Dispersal Chamber (also known as the Oubliette of Eternity) was used in Neverland
Neverland is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
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- The original stellar manipulator, The Hand of Omega, was seen in Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 October to 26 October 1988....
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- The Headhunter was a recurring character during the first series of the Eighth Doctor & Lucy's audio adventures, and also appeared with them in Grand Theft Cosmos
Grand Theft Cosmos is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.-Cast:*The Doctor — Paul McGann*Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith...
. She returns to resolve the cliffhanger in OrbisOrbis is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.-Plot:...
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Radio Broadcast
This episode was broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 18 December 2009.. The BBC broadcasts of Episodes 7 and 8 of Series 2 were delayed from the original broadcast of the series in October and November 2008.
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