Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
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Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

7.5 / 10 1967 2h 30mNR English
DramaAdventureScience Fiction

Storyline

Mysterious forces are at work in 1930s Tibet. The once gentle Yeti have turned savage and besieged a Buddhist monastery. The Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive expecting a friendly welcome from the abbot, but soon become ensnared in the plans of the extradimensional being known as the Great Intelligence.

Cast & Crew

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

The Doctor

Lead
Frazer Hines

Frazer Hines

Jamie McCrimmon

Deborah Watling

Deborah Watling

Victoria Waterfield

Jack Watling

Jack Watling

Professor Travers

WM

Wolfe Morris

Padmasambhava

CM

Charles Morgan

Songsten

Norman Jones

Norman Jones

Khrisong

DG

David Grey

Rinchen

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gerald Blake's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker