The Abominable Snowmen BBC Studios
05/09/2022 BBC Studios UK
Animated versions of all six episodes, using the off-air audio recordings for the soundtrack.
Doctor Who The Abominable Snowmen Synopsis
In the 17th century, an old Tibetan friend of the Doctor’s reached out and touched the mind of an alien disembodied energy, known only as the Great Intelligence, giving it a conduit to Earth.
300 years later, the Doctor revisits the Himalayas because he wants to return the Holy Ghanta, an ancient relic he was given many centuries ago by the grateful monks and their Master, Padmasambhava, at Det-Sen Monastery. On arriving however, the Doctor is treated as a villain – blamed for a series of brutal murders in the area. Jamie and Victoria meanwhile discover the true culprits – the previously peaceful Yeti that live in seclusion on the mountainside have apparently turned violent.
The Doctor must convince the monks that not only is he not their enemy, but the real foe – and the power controlling the Yeti – is living amongst them.
Most of the original 1967 master recordings of the six-part adventure ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings of all the episodes have survived and have been used here to create six brand new fully animated presentations of this lost classic, as well as the one surviving segment, Episode Two.
INCLUDES
- Episodes 1-6 (Animated Black & White)
- Episodes 1-6 (Animated Colour)
- Restored Surviving Original Episode 2
- Photographic Reconstructions of Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
- Making-of Documentary
- Audio Commentaries
- 8mm Home Movie Footage
- Archive interview with writer Mervyn Haisman
- Photo Gallery
- Teaser Trailer
- PDF ROM Content
WRITTEN BY MERVYN HAISMAN AND HENRY LINCOLN
DIRECTED BY GARY RUSSELL AND CHLOE GRECH (2022 PRODUCTION)
DIRECTED BY GERALD BLAKE (1967 PRODUCTION)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FOR BIG FINISH CREATIVE JASON HAIGH-ELLERY, MARK B. OLIVER
AND GARY RUSSELL (2022 PRODUCTION)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR BBC STUDIOS RUSSELL MINTON (2022 PRODUCTION)
PRODUCED BY INNES LLOYD (1967 PRODUCTION)
STARRING PATRICK TROUGHTON, DEBORAH WATLING, FRAZER HINES, JACK WATLING, NORMAN JONES, WOLFE MORRIS, CHARLES MORGAN AND DAVID SPENSER
REF: BBCBD0549 (BD)
OP: £14.99 (DVD); £19.99 (Blu-Ray); £29.99 (Blu-Ray Steelbook)