Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
1967 · 150 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
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.
Directed by Gerald Blake · Written by Mervyn Haisman
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Patrick Troughton The Doctor -
Frazer Hines Jamie McCrimmon -
Deborah Watling Victoria Waterfield -
Jack Watling Professor Travers - W Wolfe Morris Padmasambhava
- C Charles Morgan Songsten
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Norman Jones Khrisong - D David Grey Rinchen
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David Spenser Thonmi - R Raymond Llewellyn Sapan
- D David Baron Ralpachan
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Reg Whitehead Yeti
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