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You are the inescapable result of your tragedy. Just as I... am the inescapable result of you.
~ The Über-Morlock about the Morlocks.

The Morlocks are the main antagonists of the novel The Time Machine by the late H.G. Wells, and its film adaptations. They are an evil race that evolved from humans.

In the 2002 film, they were all portrayed by Jeremy Irons, Richard Cetrone, Edward Conna, Chris Sayour, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Darrell Davis, Grady Holder, Bryan Friday, Clint Lilley, Mark Kubr, Jeff Podgurski, Dan McCann, Bryon Weiss, Steve Upton, Doug Jones, Joey Anaya, Jacob Chambers, Dorian Kingi, Kevin McTurk, and Jane Bordeaux.

History[]

Original Novel[]

In the original novel, the Morlocks evolved from minor social classes, who live on the streets or even beneath Earth's surface, while the ascendant class of society lived in high houses and evolved into Eloi. In the very far future, they rule and hunt Eloi. When the unnamed Time Traveller arrives, he fights them with fire, their greatest weakness, but, unlike some other adaptions, never completely defeats them.

The Time Machine (1960)[]

In the first movie adaption, the Morlocks are very similar to their novel counterparts, but their backstory is different: These Morlocks didn't evolve from lower social classes, but instead their existence was caused by wars that destroyed the civilization of the human race. They also have other tactics to lure humans into their underground world. This time, the Time Traveller is able to destroy their home with fire in the end.

The Time Machine (2002)[]

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The Über-Morlock

In the 2002 movie, the catastrophe that divided the Human race into Eloi and Morlocks wasn't an atomic war, but instead failed blasting operations on the Moon. These Morlocks do not fear the daylight and therefore act as an even higher threat. They are bred into castes: The Hunter-Morlocks, the Spy-Morlocks, and the Über-Morlock. He confronted Professor Alexander Hartdegen and gave him his time machine back, with which the Professor was able to destroy the Morlock-Cave, but afterwards couldn't return to his own time.

The Time Ships[]

In this 1995 novel by Stephen Baxter, the Time Traveller arrives in another version of the future, where the Morlocks are intelligent and peaceful.

Morlock Night[]

In this 1979 novel by K.W. Jeter, the Morlocks are more intelligent and therefore also able to use the Time Machine themselves after they stole it.

Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks[]

In this 2011 Syfy Channel original film that heavily reimagines the story of the novel, the Morlocks are depicted with some similarities to previous incarnations. They are still humanoid creatures who hunt primarily at night and are repelled by bright lights, but as the film does not feature Eloi, they instead hunt and kill mutant birds and other prey they can reach. However, in a major departure, they are found to all be the genetic descendants of a single human male. In the film's ending, it is revealed that their human ancestor is Danny Wichita, the son of the military officer in charge of the time machine project, who is dying of cancer. His father had doctors treat him with Morlock DNA obtained when the creatures entered the present, paradoxically transforming him into the first Morlock.

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Trivia[]

  • They also appear in Allan and the Sundered Veil along with other characters and villains like James Moriarty and Mr. Hyde.
  • In the X-Men comics, a group of mutants is called Morlocks.
  • The Morlocks also appear in Sheldon Cooper's nightmare in one episode of The Big Bang Theory.
  • Morlocks share their races' name with demonic monsters whom are primary antagonists in Power Rangers: Mystic Force.
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