Doctor Who, season 5 continues …

The Abominable Snowmen is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives.

In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version employs the audio of the story matched against telesnaps (still images), descriptive text captions, existing footage where available, and sometimes a little added pieces of CGI/animation.

After the fairly weak resolution to The Tomb of the Cybermen, the first episode of The Abominable Snowmen is back on form.

A great start to the story, with the Doctor going off to find the monastery mysteriously empty prior to being locked up for murder while Jamie and Victoria go hunting around the cold mountain in time for the Yeti-cliffhanger.

I’m looking forward to watching the rest of this one.

Next time … The Abominable Snowmen continues