Case File Eight (webcast)

Case File Eight, subtitled Morax, was released online in 2018, alongside The Witchfinders.

Synopsis
Yaz gives a detailed report on the Morax, and the history of the ones she encountered in Bilehurst Cragg.

Cast

 * Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill

Crew

 * Writer - Jacqueline Rayner

Worldbuilding

 * The Morax were an ancient species who were captured and imprisoned on Earth for war crimes.
 * In their natural form, the Morax appeared as tendrils of mud, but could possess humans.
 * Witch-hunts occurred in Lancashire in the 17th century.
 * The Morax army was incarcerated inside Pendle Hill, close to the village of Bilehurst Cragg.
 * Bilehurst means "sacred tree on a hill". The tree served as a lock for the Morax.
 * When the tree was cut down in the 1600s, the Morax started to ooze out and take over human bodies, both reanimated corpses and living hosts.
 * Old Mother Twiston was condemned as a witch but came back as a Morax.
 * Team TARDIS' attempt to deal with the Morax was hampered by King James I of England, who was a "big fan" of witch-hunting.
 * James I reigned as King of England from 1603 to 1625.
 * Yaz observed that hatred was worse than the Morax, as neighbour turned against neighbour.
 * Though dickens and hangings are gone, hatred still exists today. Yaz notes that we are all "part of one home".
 * Willa Twiston is quoted: "I'll be with you, in the water, in the fire, in the air, in the Earth."

Story notes

 * Case File Eight uses imagery from the television story The Witchfinders.

Continuity

 * Yaz recaps Team TARDIS' encounter with the Morax. (TV: The Witchfinders)