The casualty we see in the opening is called Kriz - there's a digression about the orderly insect race he comes from. The Doctor does not refer to him as a Mutt, merely a member of a mutant insect species.
Solon wears robes ('which somehow suggested the academic') rather than the neat madman/dictator/Bond villain suit seen on screen. When he covers up the bust of Morbius, he merely says 'Oh, no, I’m sure you're mistaken,' which entirely lacks the Madoc menace of 'No, you were mistaken'.
The Sisterhood wear black robes. The reason the Doctor's pyre catches fire so easily is that it's soaked in rineweed oil. They have tridents, not those cool flammiform blades seen on screen.
Condo brings Sarah a snack when he takes her to the 'parlour'. There are various allusions to her experience of blindness, TD making an effort to turn it into more than just a plot device.
Ohica remembers an occasion when a disgraced Sister tried to force her way back into the Elixir ceremony: denied the drug, she crumbled into nothing before her very eyes. (Ohica is quite sympathetically portrayed in the novelisation).
Solon still makes the 'crowning irony' joke, but he doesn't do the 'pun was irresistible' bit. He doesn't tell Condo 'All right, she doesn't like it' but 'That's enough drooling for now'.
Morbius' claw came from a Crustacoid (the race to which Vorg's battery sergeant in the 14th Heavy Lasers in Carnival of Monsters belonged).
Instead of the 'pliers' remark when he insists on the disassembly of Morbius, the Doctor grabs a hacksaw and says '..otherwise I'll do it myself. Though I warn you, my surgical technique's a bit rough and ready.'
The Doctor and Sarah don't search for the HCN, the Doctor has already found it when he begins to exposit. The mind-bending setup has attention drawn to it slightly before it becomes important, which is good as it lessens the impression that it's been pulled out of nowhere to provide a resolution.
There are no pyrotechnics when the TARDIS dematerialises. Sarah can't wait to get away from Karn, and who can blame her?
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