The Abominable Snowmen: Episode Five
- Episode aired Oct 28, 1967
- TV-PG
- 24m
Victoria falls under the mental influence of Padmasambhva as the Yeti attack in order to drive the monks from the area.Victoria falls under the mental influence of Padmasambhva as the Yeti attack in order to drive the monks from the area.Victoria falls under the mental influence of Padmasambhva as the Yeti attack in order to drive the monks from the area.
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- TriviaThis episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist.
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[first lines]
Padmasambhava: [to Victoria] Come in, my child, Come in... You have no alternative. Do not be afraid.
Victoria: Are... Are you?
Padmasambhava: I am Padmasambhava.
Victoria: I'm sorry to intrude. I know this room is meant to be private, but...
Padmasambhava: You need my help. Is that not so?
Victoria: Oh yes. Please, the Doctor...
Padmasambhava: [holding up one hand] One moment child.
Victoria: But...
Padmasambhava: Shh!
Victoria: What is it?
Padmasambhava: The courtyard is empty.
Victoria: Courtyard?
Padmasambhava: I must do what I am compelled to do.
[reaching out over the model landscape, he picks up a miniature Yeti]
Victoria: What's that?
Padmasambhava: Come closer.
[he holds it up in the air and Victoria looks at it]
Padmasambhava: Look. See.
[with a mixture of amazement and horror, Victoria recognizes it for what it is]
Victoria: It's one of those horrible creatures, a Yeti.
Padmasambhava: Indeed. But you have not seen it.
[he puts Victoria into a trance and places the Yeti model plus two others right inside the monastery]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Second Time Around: The Troughton Years (2012)
There is nothing heavy, or explosive here, it is all so subtle and measured. There's lots of mystery and intrigue still, we're left with lots of unanswered questions, we still don't know what The Great Intelligence is, and why the monks are being forced to leave.
Instead of making a fuss about his previous meeting with Padmasambhava, The Doctor sneaks off to speak to him, how on Earth can he be so old? It's all so detailed and interesting.
The acting has been so impressive here, I have absolutely loved Wolf Morris throughout, that voice was one of the best elements of this story.
Thoroughly enjoyable, 8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Feb 28, 2021
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- Runtime24 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1