| 038 – The Abominable Snowmen | |||
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| Doctor Who serial | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Gerald Blake | ||
| Written by | Mervyn Haisman Henry Lincoln | ||
| Script editor | Peter Bryant | ||
| Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||
| Music by | none[b] | ||
| Production code | NN | ||
| Series | Season 5 | ||
| Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| Episode(s) missing | 5 episodes (1, 3–6) | ||
| First broadcast | 30 September 1967 | ||
| Last broadcast | 4 November 1967 | ||
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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.
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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