The Abominable Snowmen
| 038 – The Abominable Snowmen | |||||
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Jamie and Victoria pursued by the Yeti
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| Directed by | Gerald Blake | ||||
| Written by |
Mervyn Haisman Henry Lincoln |
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| Script editor | Peter Bryant | ||||
| Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||||
| Executive producer(s) | None | ||||
| Incidental music composer | None | ||||
| Production code | NN | ||||
| Series | Season 5 | ||||
| Length | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||||
| Episode(s) missing | 5 episodes (1, 3-6) | ||||
| Date started | 30 September 1967 | ||||
| Date ended | 4 November 1967 | ||||
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| Author | Terrance Dicks |
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| Cover artist | Chris Achilleos |
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Doctor Who book: Target novelisations |
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Release number
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1 |
| Publisher | Target Books |
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Publication date
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21 November 1974 |
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The Abominable Snowmen is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967. The story is notable for the introduction of recurring foes, the Yeti. Only one of the six episodes is held in the BBC archives; five remain missing.
Professor Edward Travers, an anthropologist and explorer, is awoken from his sleep when he hears the screams of his companion. He is horrified to see a lumbering, hairy creature standing over his friend's lifeless body.
The TARDIS lands in Tibet on the Himalayas, the Doctor talks about a monastery's bell he has from a previous journey and then goes to explore by himself. He sees a large footprint and, while he is examining it, a hairy creature passes behind him unnoticed. The Doctor goes back to the TARDIS to take the bell and advises Jamie and Victoria to stay in the TARDIS.
The Doctor finds the two empty sleeping bags, the twisted remains of a rifle and a dead man. The Doctor arrives at Detsen Monastery, which seems to be deserted. A group of men comes in and the Doctor is accused of having killed Professor Edward Travers's companion, based on the fact that the Doctor is carrying their sack. While the Doctor is locked in a cell, Travers tells him about his mission: finding the Yeti. It appears there have been some deaths recently, but the Professor says the Yeti cannot be the culprit because of its shy nature.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Victoria decide to step outside. They find the big footprints all around the TARDIS. Jamie would like to obey the Doctor and go back to the TARDIS, but Victoria insists and they find a cave, in which they are soon trapped. The two try to find another exit and accidentally discover a chamber containing a pyramid of metal spheres. Suddenly a Yeti moves the boulder that blocked the cave, Jamie tries to fight it with a scimitar but the Yeti is too strong, then Jamie causes some rocks to fall on it and they are able to evade the Yeti and depart with one of the strange illuminated spheres. They head toward the monastery, where the Doctor is still being detained on Khrisong’s orders. He has, nevertheless, been able to pass on the Ghanta to the friendly monk Thonmi. Thonmi takes it to Abbot Songsten, who is in communion with the master of the monastery, Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava knows the Doctor from his previous visit, and though he knows of the Doctor’s wisdom, he fears he will intervene in The Great Plan. Thonmi is told to depart, his memory wiped of what he has heard, though given the instruction that the Doctor should be released unharmed.
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