by Terrance Dicks
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- November 1974
Other Editions
Doktor Kim: Ve Korkunç Karadamlari
Turkey / Paperback / Remzi Kitabevi / 1975
Doktor Kim: Ve Korkunç Karadamlari was one of seven translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Remzi Kitabevi in Turkey during the mid-1970s.
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen
UK / Paperback / Target Books / 1983 / No.1
UK / Hardback / WH Allen / January 1985
Doutor Who e os Abomináveis Homens das Neves
Portugal / Paperback / Presença / 1983 / 9
Doutor Who e os Abomináveis Homens das Neves was one of ten translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Editorial Presença in Portugal.
Docteur Who: L'Abominable Hommes des Neige
France / Paperback / Editions Garancière / August 1987 / 7
Docteur Who: L'Abominable Hommes des Neige was one of eight Doctor Who novelisations to be released in France by Editions Garancière.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1974)
A single blow from the giant, hairy paw smashes the explorer to the ground. Terrified, he flees from the monster's glowing eyes and savage fangs...
Why are the peaceful Yeti now spreading death and destruction? And what is the secret behind the glowing cave on the mountain?
When DOCTOR WHO discovers that a long-dead friend is still alive, he knows why his visit to the lonely Himalayan monastery has led to a struggle to save the Earth!
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1983)
The Tibetan monks at the monastery of Det-sen are worried, frightened men. Many of their companions have been killed — and it seems the Yeti are the cause of all their troubles.
But normally the Yeti, giant man-like creatures living in the remotest peaks of the Himalayas, are seen only very rarely and are notoriously timid.
What is the explanation for their apparent transformation into ferocious brutes, monsters with glowing eyes and savage fangs who are spreading death and destruction in the valley of peace?
When the Doctor arrives at the monastery, his first visit for three hundred years, he expects to be wellcomed with open arms. But because of the mysterious killings the reception that awaits him is anything but friendly...
Television Story
The Abominable Snowmen
Script Writers: Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Black and White
30/09/67 Episode 1
07/10/67 Episode 2
14/10/67 Episode 3
21/10/67 Episode 4
28/10/67 Episode 5
04/11/67 Episode 6
Audio Download (UK)
Episode 2 exists as a 16mm telerecording and has been released on DVD as part of the
Lost in Time box set in both the UK and United States. Off-air audio recordings exist of all the missing episodes and the complete story was released on CD by
BBC Worldwide in July 2001 with linking narration by Frazer Hines.
Regular Characters
Second Doctor / Jamie McCrimmon / Victoria Waterfield
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
Professor Travers / The Great Intelligence / Yeti
Audio Book
- UK
- BBC Audiobooks
- 4 × CD / Download
- January 2009
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by David Troughton.
Notes
- Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen was the first Second Doctor novelisation to be published by Target Books.
- The Abominable Snowmen was the first television story to feature the Great Intelligence, the Yeti, and Professor Travers. It proved so popular that a sequel in the form of The Web of Fear was quickly commissioned. A third story, set in the Highlands of Scotland, was considered for Season Six but ultimately wasn't produced.
- Downtime, an unofficial spin-off drama produced in 1995, saw Victoria once again encountering the Great Intelligence, the Yeti and Professor Travers. A novelisation of the story was published by Virgin Publishing as part of their Missing Adventures range in 1996.
The Great Intelligence also made a significant appearance in Millennial Rites, an original Sixth Doctor novel published in October 1995. This saw the return of Professor Traver's daughter, Anne, who had first appeared in The Web of Fear.