TV QuotesDatabase
S13 E5

Doctor Who · Season 13, Episode 5

Sarah, The Doctor and others in “The Brain of Morbius”

How many seconds in a month?

Two million, six hundred and seventy-eight thousand, four hundred-- [stops as he sees Morbius arriving]

Short month! [sees Morbius and gasps]

MMorbius

An ingenious idea, Doctor, but ineffectual. Your poison affected only Solon. I have the lungs of a Birastrop.

With a methane filter. What does it feel like to be the biggest mongrel in the universe?

MMorbius

Solon designed this body for efficiency, not for its appearance. To be free again is all that matters!

Free to cause more havoc, more destruction?

MMorbius

The Time Lords will not oppose me again, nor the Sisterhood! When it is learnt that I, Morbius, have returned from the grave, my followers will rise in their millions!

You can't really go on calling yourself Morbius. There's very little of Morbius left! Why don't you think of another name? "Potpourri" would be appropriate!

Or how about "Chop Suey"!

Chop Suey, the Galactic Emperor!

MMorbius

[enraged] YOU will be the first to die!

Brain getting a little overheated, is it? Careful, not as strong as it was!

MMorbius

My brain functions perfectly!

I doubt it, Morbius! All that time in a tank, it's gone soft! Do you dare put it to the test?

MMorbius

What test?

We have all the apparatus here. I challenge you to a mindbending contest.

MMorbius

I am a Time Lord of the first rank! What are you?!

Oh, nothing, nothing, a mere nobody! But I don't think you're in the first rank any more.

MMorbius

Very well, Doctor. If that is how you want to die, I accept your challenge!

There's a sporting gentleman!

What's mindbending?

Time Lord wrestling. It's usually a game, but it can end in death-lock.

MMorbius

It will, Doctor! I, Morbius, do not play games!

Neither do I. Are you ready?

More from this episode

All quotes from this episode →

More Doctor Who quotes · These quotes come from Wikiquote's Doctor Who pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.