The Abominable Snowmen

‘The Abominable Snowmen’ cover art and special features revealed

28 July 2022 admin Comments 1 Comment

The cover art and special features of the animated version of the missing Doctor Who adventure, releasing on DVD, Blu-Ray and Steelbook on 5th September 2022, have been revealed.

DVD cover of 'The Abominable Snowmen'

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.

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.

Steelbook cover of 'The Abominable Snowmen'

The six new animated episodes are being made in full colour and high definition and will include the following exclusive special features:

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

You can pre order this title from here NOW!

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Coming soon, the Second Doctor and TARDIS action figures!

20 July 2021 admin Comments 0 Comment

Character Options have announced a brand new Doctor Who set, available exclusively to pre-order online on their website.

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Doctor Who - the second doctor Character Otpions

This set celebrates one of the most iconic, and now sadly lost, adventures of Patrick Troughton’s tenure as the Second Doctor – The Abominable Snowmen. The set includes an electronic classic TARDIS and a Second Doctor figure.

The electronic classic TARDIS, featured by Character Options for the first time in over a decade, comes with different take-off and landing sounds. The TARDIS also features the more heavily weathered exterior and new colour plus the unique reversed front doors.

The new Second Doctor figure is a truly unique release, featuring the usual highly decorated look combined with full articulation on the arms.

The Abominable Snowman, first aired on 30th September 1967, sees fans join the newly regenerated Second Doctor in his eighth story. Set in 1935, the TARDIS has materialised high in in the Himalayas where The Doctor is trying to return a relic, a holy bell, borrowed several hundred years earlier, to the High Lama of the local Monastery. Unbeknownst to the Doctor and his companions, things have taken a dark turn and the monastery has been infiltrated by an ancient and evil alien entity known only as The Great Intelligence. The alien is using robot versions of the Yetis, better known as ‘the Abominable Snowmen’ a usually passive creature, to attack anyone coming near the monastery. As the Doctor becomes involved, and the full horror of what’s going on becomes clear, he vows to thwart its plans.

Perfect for all Doctor Who fans and collectors, the set comes beautifully presented in special presentation pack with diorama insert and Doctor Who heritage packaging.

Al Dewar, Character Options’ Creative Director, said.

“The Abominable Snowmen is, much like the ‘Jungles of Mechanus’ collectors’ set before it, quite unusual and features a lot of quite unique features in terms of its production. For instance the TARDIS itself is unusual in its weathered appearance, with the exterior paint covering the top signs and the colour appearing slightly more indigo than usual. Its look is generally more beaten up and scruffy than fans would usually see and features fully reversed front doors with the phone cubby box sign on right hand door with no handles. The Doctor’s look in this story echoes that of the TARDIS, with the addition of a huge shaggy fur coat held together with twine.

This Second Doctor set is available to pre-order online on the Character Options website.

The Evil of the Daleks and The Abominable Snowmen to be recreated in animation

29 August 2020 admin Comments 5 Comments

The Evil of the Daleks ★★★★★ - Radio Times

There has been much reported over the last week about future animated Doctor Who releases, with both The Mirror and Radio Times making mention that The Evil of the Daleks and The Abominable Snowmen are set to be released in 2021.

Originally planned to be the last appearance of the Doctor’s greatest foe, The Evil of the Daleks is also notable for featuring the first appearance of Second Doctor companion Victoria Waterfield (played by Deborah Watling), with only the episode that she first appears in (discovered in a car boot sale years later) surviving to be returned to the BBC Archive.

On This Day… In 1967 The Yeti First Appeared - Blogtor Who

The Abominable Snowmen, meanwhile, also has just one episode left standing, with the other five – featuring a story where the Doctor first meets recurring robot foes the Yeti – all still missing.

Both starring Patrick Troughton, these stories were lost during an archive purge at the BBC, with only scraps of footage of the missing episodes remaining – however, as with previously recreated lost stories, original soundtrack recordings and set photos will be used to accurately recreate the on-screen action as much as possible.

GNR understands more information about the animation teams working on the episodes and details about the release will be unveiled in due course – for now, though, fans can just get excited that more missing Doctor Who will, in some way, be returning to the canon for fans to enjoy watching.

The missing Doctor Who adventure ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ comes to vinyl

23 August 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

3 x 180g heavyweight white vinyl

Demon Music Group presents The Abominable Snowmen, a classic six-part adventure starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor and introducing one of his most popular enemies, the Yeti.

In this classic ‘lost’ adventure (only one of the six episodes still remains in the BBC archives), first shown between September and November 1967, the TARDIS materialises in the Himalayan mountains circa 1930, where Professor Travers has been trying to track down the legendary abominable snowmen. The Doctor soon discovers that the Yeti do exist, but as the servants of a terrible force – the Great Intelligence.

Presented across 3 x heavyweight 180g pieces of vinyl, this narrated TV soundtrack evokes another classic Doctor Who adventure in all its aural magnificence. The haunting sounds of the windswept Himalayas, the hypnotic chanting of Tibetan monks, the insistent bleeping of the Yeti control devices, and the terrifying roar of the creatures themselves are all accompanied by the eerie sonics of Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire’s classic theme tune.

Ben Stanley, Head of Product & Marketing, Demon Music Group said:

“The Daleks’ Master Plan and The Evil of the Daleks have proved hugely popular on vinyl and we’re very pleased to be following up these releases with the story of another classic Doctor Who enemy. The Yeti may be fluffier than the Daleks but they’re certainly no less terrifying!”

Written by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, this was the Yeti’s debut TV appearance, and they would soon return to menace the Doctor in another adventure. Linking narration is provided by Frazer Hines (Jamie) and the cast includes Deborah Watling as Victoria, Jack Watling as Professor Travers, David Spenser as Thonmi and Wolfe Morris as Padmasambhava.

The records will be released on 27th September 2019 (including a 500-limited run Amazon Exclusive) and are available for pre-order now.