The Abominable Snowmen
Joe Siegler
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The Abominable Snowmen
This Story: Season 5, Story 2. Production Code NN
Overall: Story 38, Episodes 174-179
Airdates: 30 Sep 1967 to 4 Nov 1967
Written by Melvyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln. Directed by Gerald Blake
Notes
- This was being released on DVD & Blu-Ray late in 2022, but when I got to this story in Feb 2022, I didn’t want to wait that long for an animated release, so I used the Loose Canon Reconstruction for this. The actor who plays Travers in this story is the real life father of the actress who plays Victoria.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 174 - The Abominable Snowmen 1/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 30 Sep 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 8, 2022
Back to recons, as 5 of 6 eps are missing, and the animation isn't released until later this year. My memory from the past said I didn't enjoy this. See if that holds up. pic.twitter.com/daiEDCv509
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 174 - The Abominable Snowmen 1/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 30 Sep 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 8, 2022
The Tardis lands in the Himalayas in Tibet. Of course the Doctor goes exploring by himself & gets arrested. 2/3 of this ep is just exploring w/little interaction w/others. pic.twitter.com/rI4NlQ0eHv
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 175 - The Abominable Snowmen 2/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 7 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2022
The only ep of the 6 that still exists. Given so few of her eps exist, I had forgotten how much of a screamer Victoria really is. She and Jamie are chased by a Yeti. pic.twitter.com/6F1oVd89PF
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 175 - The Abominable Snowmen 2/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 7 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2022
Monks at a monastery think the Doctor is the cause of the Yeti attacks, and want to "test" him by tying him to a door. Jamie captures a Yeti & they discover it's a robot. pic.twitter.com/sLfeSlu5YZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 176 - The Abominable Snowmen 3/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 14 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 10, 2022
Back to recons. the other eps are missing. The Doctor works to figure out the mystery of the Yeti being robots by searching for the sphere. Ep 3 doesn't have a lot beyond that. pic.twitter.com/GgAVZw8GJ0
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 177 - The Abominable Snowmen 4/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 21 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
The Yeti comes alive and attacks the Monks/Victoria. It eventually escapes out of the monastery. The Doctor continues to try and work on a resolution to the Yeti problem. pic.twitter.com/AfeVKBiJHp
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 177 - The Abominable Snowmen 4/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 21 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
A nice surprise - there was a brief clip from the start during the Yeti attack I didn't know was there. This is the first ep in Who history with "The Great Intelligence". pic.twitter.com/nq5qAmatwB
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 178 - The Abominable Snowmen 5/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 28 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
Victoria discovers the secret of the Yeti, but has her mind wiped of the event. The Doctor manages to have her recover from this state. More Yeti attack the monastery per pic.twitter.com/veksajDgWf
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 178 - The Abominable Snowmen 5/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 28 Oct 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
order of Padmasambhava who has a board to control them similar to the board that Borusa had in the Five Doctors. The Doctor finds the control for the Yeti in the Monastery. pic.twitter.com/ywTczIhwM0
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 179 - The Abominable Snowmen 6/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 4 Nov 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
The monks begin to doubt their leader, which causes a rebellion & the death of Krisong. The Doctor and friends arrive in the sanctum & overpower Padmasambhava who dies once pic.twitter.com/wOUD6likkF
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 179 - The Abominable Snowmen 6/6 (Serial NN, Story 38) - 4 Nov 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2022
the gear the Great Intelligence was using to control him was destroyed. Our crew then escapes. This story was a bit too long, it could have gotten by in just 4eps I think. pic.twitter.com/KlzzN9ZfxX
