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#23:The Brain of Morbius (1976)

I shall wreak my revenge on them all! The academics who mocked me! The Time Lords who betrayed Morbius and placed him on trial! The squalid brood of harpies known as the Sisterhood! All their names will go on the list! What? You think Morbius is dead? You think those spineless parasites the Time Lords destroyed him in their dispersal chamber? They may have atomised every particle of his body… but was his brain in his body at the time? No! The credulous fools did not even suspect when I left Morbius’ cell, whistling nonchalantly with a large bag over my shoulder and a blood-stained pair of pliers in my hand! In addition to my labours to restore Morbius, I have occasionally been called upon to treat members of the Sisterhood, mainly for burns after they’ve got carried away during one of their fire dances, or when they’ve been injured by a chunk of spaceship falling on their heads. The Sisterhood like to pass the time by dragging passing spaceships down to the planet. I once made the mistake of asking why.

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