MONSTER OF THE MONTH
From the files of U.N.I.T.:
This month we look at THE YETI: Peaceful, harmless primates, living in the
Himalayas. The Great Intelligence used robotic replicas of the Yeti, controlled
telepathically through small silver spheres lodged in their chest, to frighten
travelers away from Det-Sen monastery and protect its first attempt at reincorporation.
This plan was thwarted by the second Doctor, Professor Travers, Jamie and
Victoria.
Later, a robot Yeti, brought back to London by Professor Travers, was donated
to Julius Silverstein’s private museum. Reactivated, it and other robot Yetis
used web guns to launch an attack to capture the second Doctor in the London
Underground. The Doctor again teamed up with Travers, Jamie, Victoria and
then Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart to fight The Intelligence, and succeeded
in reprogramming a robot Yeti. All the robot Yetis later collapsed
when Jamie wrenched the Intelligence’s mind-draining device from the Doctor’s
head.
A Yeti was used by the Time Lord Borusa as a pawn in the Game of Rassilon.
Real Yetis were taller, less bulky, with longer, silkier, reddish fur and
soft dark eyes.
THE YETI
Height: 7 – 8 Feet (robot) 12 Feet (real)
Weight: 500 Lbs. (robot) 300 Lbs. (real)
Powers: Robot Yetis Can fire guns
First Appearance: The Abominable Snowmen
Filmography:
The Abominable Snowmen (NN)
The Web Of Fear (QQ)
The Five Doctors (6K)
Article © 2005 Visagraph Films
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