Professor Marius was an expert in alien pathological endomorphisms, and was based at the Bi-Al Foundation. This medical complex was built into hollowed-out asteroid K4067.
Around the year 5000 AD, the solar system was experiencing a fresh wave of exploration by people from Earth, and the Foundation existed to serve these pioneers. A dog-lover, Marius had been forbidden from bringing his own dog to the Foundation due to weight penalties on the shuttle services. Instead, he designed for himself a dog-like form for his mobile personal computer - dubbing it "K-9".
Marius was placed in charge of the Doctor's case, after he had become infected by the alien Nucleus of the Swarm - an aggressive virus which sought to dominate both the micro- and macro-worlds.
When the complex came under attack by more infected men, Marius used K-9 to hold them at bay long enough for him to clone the Doctor and Leela, miniaturise them, and inject them into the Doctor's body to fight the Nucleus at source.
Marius was himself infected, and the Doctor had him stunned by K-9 before curing him. The Doctor and Leela borrowed the robot dog to help destroy the Nucleus and its hatchery on Titan.
When the Professor announced that he would be returning to Earth shortly, and was unable to take K-9 with him, Leela asked the Doctor if they could take it with them in the TARDIS. It made up his mind for him.
Played by: Frederick Jaeger. Appearances: The Invisible Enemy (1977).
- Third and final appearance by Jaeger in the series - having earlier portrayed Jano in The Savages, and Sorenson in Planet of Evil. He guest-starred opposite Ewen Solon in both of these stories.
- A friend of writers Bob Baker & Dave Martin, they had named Professor Jaeger in The Mutants after him, hoping that he would have been cast in the role.
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