38) THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN
30 September - 4 November 1967
Average Viewing Figure: 6.9M
Plot
Arriving in the Himalayas in 1935, The Doctor discovers robotic Yeti are being controlled by an alien intelligence
Cast
Patrick Troughton (The Doctor), Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon), Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield), Jack Watling (Professor Travers)
Wolfe Morris (Padmasambhava), David Spenser (Thonmi), Norman Jones (Khrisong), David Grey (Rinchen), Raymond Llewellyn (Sapan)
Charles Morgan (Songsten), David Baron (Ralpachan), Reg Whitehead, Tony Harwood, Richard Kerley, John Hogan (Yeti)
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Uncredited Cast
Reg Whitehead (John (corpse)), Pat Gorman, Crawford Lyle, Richard King, Michael Durham, Antonio de Maggio
Barry Durpes (Warrior Monks), Richard Atherton, Bobby Beaumont, Terry Nelson, Charles Finch, Jack Rowland, Roger Bowdler (Lamas)
Crew
Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln (Writers), Ron Grainer (Title Music), Peter Bryant (Story Editor), Martin Baugh (Costumes)
Sylvia James (Make-Up), Alan Edmonds (Sound), Howard King (Lighting), Peter Bartlett, Ken Westbury (Film Cameramen)
Peter Barnikel (Film Editor), Ron Oates, Ulrich Grosser (Visual Effects), Malcolm Middleton (Designer), Innes Lloyd (Producer)
Gerald Blake (Director)
Broadcast
Filming Locations
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Ealing Film Studios
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Nant Ffrancon Pass, Gwynedd, Wales
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Lime Grove: Studio D
Deaths
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Padmasambhava [dies when The Great Intelligence is expelled from Earth]
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Khrisong [stabbed by Songsten]
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Rinchen [killed when a statue falls on him]
Production Days
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15 Days between Wednesday 23 August - Saturday 14 October 1967
Production Errors
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When The Tardis lands in Tibet, there is clearly snow on the Tardis scanner, but when The Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria exit the Tardis, there is not a drop of snow anywhere around them​​
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If The Abominable Snowmen is set in Tibet, why does Sapan sound Welsh?
Working Titles
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The Abominable Snowman
Verdict
Cannot give a review due to the story being missing from the BBC Archives​