| “ | You are the inescapable result of your tragedy. Just as I... am the inescapable result of you. | „ |
| ~ The Über-Morlock |
The Morlocks are the main antagonists of the novel The Time Machine by H.G.Wells and its movie adaptions. They are an evil race that evolved from humans.
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 Morlcoks didn't evolve from lower social classes, but instead their existance was caused by wars that destroyed the civilisation 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)
The Über-Morlock
In the 2002 movie, the catastrophy that devided th 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 Stepehn 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.
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.
- Morlock share their races' name with demonic monsters whom are primary antagonists in Power Rangers: Mystic Force.
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