The Brain of Morbius - Production

Production

Serial details by episode
Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership
"Part One" 3 January 1976 (1976-01-03) 25:25 9.5
"Part Two" 10 January 1976 (1976-01-10) 24:46 9.3
"Part Three" 17 January 1976 (1976-01-17) 25:07 10.1
"Part Four" 24 January 1976 (1976-01-24) 24:18 10.2

The original script was written by Terrance Dicks, using some ideas from his script of the stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday; however after delivery he was out of the country when production limitations required substantial changes to the story. Script editor Robert Holmes undertook the rewrites without informing Dicks, who could not be contacted. Upon his return to the United Kingdom, Dicks learnt of the changes and disliked them; as a result, he demanded the replacement of his name on the credits with a "bland pseudonym". This ended up being the name Robin Bland.

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