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The Brain of Morbius: Compilation
Last updated 09 November 2025
5:50pm-6:50pm GMT < > « »
(actually broadcast at 17:51:26)
BBC One - see BBC's Genome Entry
Featuring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gilly Brown, Cynthia Grenville, Philip Madoc
A complete adventure in one programme. Sinister foes menace the Doctor from the moment he sets foot on the storm-lashed planet of Karn. What evil power has lured so many space-travellers to their doom?
Synopsis Source: Radio Times
Continuity:
Post-credits:
And Doctor Who returns with a new series of adventures in the New Year with a new lady companion.
Broadcast notes:
Saturday evening entertainment on BBC1: at 5:50, a complete Doctor Who story, The Bra Saturday in of Morbius ...
This was a compilation of the four episodes into a single broadcast of 60m 31s.
It occupied the slot where The Face of Evil: Part Two was originally scheduled, but that moved to 8 Jan 1977 instead.
Broadcast Source: BBC
Ratings Information:
Consolidated figures: 10.900m viewers (+7 days), 17th place
Home Region: