The Brain of Morbius - What a Marvellous DVD!

[Logo Polish]

Saw this a few minutes ago.

First episode classified by the BBFC.

[Pip Madeley]

Will have to put the video on eBay asap...

[Perry Vale]

Is it usual for the BBFC just to classify a single episode? Seems odd.

Probably a "vanilla" release, from opinion elsewhere?

[Pip Madeley]

Probably, considering the whole gothic horror thing has been documented elsewhere (Talons I think).

[Rob McCow]

...terribly sorry about that, Morbius... killingly funny....

Yay! I love The Brain of Morbius.

[SiHart]

Depends doesn't it? There's an undubbed copy of part 1 floating around which could be useful, the cast and crew are mostly still around and there's potential for a Christopher Barry retrospective and maybe a look at the script that was never made...

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

Perhaps they watched Episode 1 then got bored and went off for a nice cup of tea and a bun.

About time we had a half-decent story on DVD! I expected them to do "Underworld" or something next.

Si.

[stuartdg]

Nothin wrong with Underworld

[Stephen Morgan]

If this is true then it's absolutely brilliant news, at long last Morbius coming to DVD. I really couldn't be better pleased, I love this story and I'm really excited to see it coming out.
As you can see.

When's it coming, I can't wait

That's me happy with this year's schedule.

[Antony Cox]

I rather like BOM too - good-oh!

Having raised the question on the RT Forum recently about the possibility of a Dudley Simpson feature on a suitable future DVD release, I was told to 'be patient' which I've assumed means that there will be one but no clue as to when.

Seeing as Dudley's favourite score is Brain of Morbius, perhaps this could be the one? I do hope so!

[Si Hunt]

So are you for or against the news Steve?

Si.

[Stephen Morgan]

So are you for or against the news Steve?

Si.

Oh! you know, so so....

[Dirk Gently]

Oooh, yeaaah. This is good news. Excellent infact. It is one of my favourites.

I'm not sure Steve is impressed though.

[Perry Vale]

Which one?

If you mean me, not fussed either way, bit of a 'meh' story for me. Although I do like it when the older vhs titles come out on dvd.

[Larry]

Morbius, is an absoloutly fantastic story and i'll be overjoyed if this is released this year.

[Stephen Morgan]

Morbius, is an absoloutly fantastic story and i'll be overjoyed if this is released this year.

Isn't it just, and as you can see by my previous posts I feel exactly the same.

[Larry]

Isn't it just, and as you can see by my previous posts I feel exactly the same.

yet strangely it seems to be a story that never gets much of a mention when people are asked to name their favourite stories.

[Perry Vale]

I think it'll have a great sleeve/cover design.

[Paul Clement]

About time we had a half-decent story on DVD! I expected them to do "Underworld" or something next.

Well, maybe after Morbius we'll get a half-decent story. It'll have to happen sooner or later.

[Paul Clement]

Well, maybe after Morbius we'll get a half-decent story. It'll have to happen sooner or later.

Actually, that's not really fair. Time Meddler's just came out and that's a pretty decent story, and Silurians isn't bad either. It's been a while since we've had a DVD release that I've been really looking forward to.

[Wayne]

Well if this is definite then i'm happy!

[Si Hunt]

I think on the whole there's been something for everyone at one time or another over the last few years of the range.

Except fans of Mel of course.

Si.

[Simon R]

I've never been wild about this story. It's ok but I never got the video until quite late on (for £3 from a library sale!) and by that point it had been hyped up as one of the all time greats so it could never live up to the expectation.

There's some odd direction in it too when it looks like things have been cut out. I assume the 1991 (ish) video was unedited as the cover says thus.

It's not as good as Chris Barry's "Crossed Lines".

[Carol Baynes]

Yes! At last! About time!
For eternity I've been waiting...trapped like a sponge beneath the sea! I can see nothing, feel nothing! Not having this on DVD was like being trapped into hell for eternity!...er...steady on, maybe it wasn't all that bad! Anyway, where was I...Oh yes... if I have to live without this DVD I would rather die now! Even a sponge has more life than I! Can You understand a thousanth of my agony since my 1990 VHS video stopped playing after being viewed more times than the rest of my videos put together! I, Carol Baynes, who used to own the unedited version of "The brain of Morbius", the Target book and the kiddie version of same, reduced to the state where I envy those vegetables on Outpost Gallifrey...


...Ok, enough!

I'm pleased.

[Carol Baynes]

yet strangely it seems to be a story that never gets much of a mention when people are asked to name their favourite stories.

COUGH!