a dark gothic sci-fi fairy tale about timeless beings of limitless power. being taped entirely in the studio on creaky-floored sets actually enhances the atmosphere (for once) as the stageniess heightens this feeling of unreality. sarah being blinded and forced to help solon's experiment is given a genuinely morbid (lol) undertone by sladen and madoc's performances; conversely, sladen and baker's playful dynamic is exemplified more than in any other story. the morbius doctors aren't a continuity niggle but just one element of the story's downplayed epicness, making the doctor as legendary as the sisterhood or morbius himself: he suddenly feels more unknowable than any other time since 1963. when people throw around phrases like "gothic" and "hammer horror" to describe the hinchcliffe era, this is really the story they have in mind. the shotgun marriage of two of the show's all-time great writers creates what is for my money the best story of the entire classic series, with dicks' tight plotting enhanced by holmes' wit, maturity and above all his midas touch for characterisation and dialogue ("you chicken-brained biological disaster" comes to mind).

Beautifully paced, atmospheric mood piece with everyone on top form and great effects for the era. Sarah Jane gets tonnes to do and it rules! Honestly a low key pretty much perfect story. Not my favourite of 4's era, but certainly up there.

It’s an alright story but personally if I wanted Frankenstein I’ll just watch Frankenstein

At points early on in the adventure the multi-faceted story comes together in a satisfying way, a lot of effort was put into world building and creating a history between the Time Lords and other protagonists.

I enjoyed The Sisterhood of Khan, the aesthetic of their lair and their rituals. The science guy was a little generic (very heavily drawing from Frankenstein) but his story beats worked well and I quite liked his villainous plot. Morbius himself however I found to be very poorly realised, both in terms of writing and execution. Once he starts to get more involved in the story it all starts to fall down.

As ever The Doctor and Sarah-Jane are a dream team and I particularly liked Tom Baker being sulky in episode one.

I'm a sucker for anything Frankenstein related, so this being Doctor Who's version of it means it's always been a story I've enjoyed. The sets and atmosphere, the body horror aspects and one of the show's best ever guest performances from Philip Madoc all make it great.

the doctor refusing to do his job and instead practicing his yoyo tricks is the most relatable thing about this show tbh