The Abominable Snowmen

038 – The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byGerald Blake
Written byMervyn Haisman
Henry Lincoln
Script editorPeter Bryant
Produced byInnes Lloyd
Music bynone[b]
Production codeNN
SeriesSeason 5
Running time6 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing5 episodes (1, 3–6)
First broadcast30 September 1967 (1967-09-30)
Last broadcast4 November 1967 (1967-11-04)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Tomb of the Cybermen
Followed by →
The Ice Warriors
List of episodes (1963–1989)

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.

In this serial, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) arrive in Tibet in 1935. The once gentle Yeti have turned savage and besieged a Buddhist monastery, under the orders of a higher being known as The Great Intelligence. After becoming ensnared in its plans, the crew join forces with Professor Edward Travers (Jack Watling) to stop the being and save the planet from conquest. The story is notable for the introduction of the Yeti and The Great Intelligence.

Only one of the six episodes is held in the BBC archives; five remain missing. The story was released in animated form on 5 September 2022.[2]


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  1. ^ Ainsworth, John, ed. (2016). "The Abominable Snowmen, The Ice Warriors, The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear". Doctor Who: The Complete History. 11 (20). London: Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks: 26–29. ISSN 2057-6048.
  2. ^ "The Abominable Snowmen' cover art and special features revealed". Doctor Who. Retrieved 16 August 2022.