The Snowmen

231 – The Snowmen
Doctor Who episode
Promotional poster for The Snowmen.
Cast
Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)
Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswin Oswald)
Others Richard E. Grant – Dr Simeon Dan Starkey – Strax Catrin Stewart – Jenny Flint Neve McIntosh – Madame Vastra Tom Ward – Captain Latimer Liz White – Alice Joseph Darcey-Alden – Digby Ellie Darcey-Alden – Francesca Ian McKellen – The Great Intelligence Juliet Cadzow – Voice of the Ice Governess Jim Conway – Uncle Josh Cameron Strefford – Young Walter Annabelle Dowler – Walter's Mother Ben Addis – Bob Chilcott Daniel Hyde – Lead Worker Sophie Miller-Sheen – Girl
Production
Directed by	Saul Metzstein
Written by	Steven Moffat
Produced by	Marcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner
Incidental music composer	Murray Gold
Length	60 minutes
Originally broadcast	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "P.S." (mini-webisode) "The Angels Take Manhattan" (episode) "The Bells of Saint John"

"The Snowmen" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 on BBC One. It is the eighth Doctor Who Christmas special since the show's 2005 revival and the first to be within a series. It was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein.

The episode is set in the Victorian era and sees the Doctor (Matt Smith) brooding with the assistance of Silurian Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), her wife Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart) and Sontaran Strax (Dan Starkey), after the loss of companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams in the previous episode, "The Angels Take Manhattan". He is forced out of hiding to investigate mysterious, sentient snowmen that are building themselves and meets Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman), a governess also investigating the snowmen. They discover that the snowmen are being animated by the Great Intelligence (voice of Ian McKellen) with the help of a man named Dr Simeon (Richard E. Grant).