Quite an important episode in the world of doctor who; it features the first appearance of colonel (in this story) Lethbridge-Stuart who would go on to become on of the best loved characters in doctor who. We also have the second appearance of the Yeti who were amazing monster as well as the great intelligence who would later come back in series 7. And what an excellent story we have here. My new second favourite Troughton story. The 'base under siege' theme which ran through most of this season works especially well here creating an atmospheric, spooky story that's great to watch with the lights out. The fact that it's set in the London underground is quite scary in itself as it is very claustrophobic as well as being supposedly very haunted, they even have abandoned underground stations hidden throughout London. They didn't actually film in the London underground, but you really can't tell this. They have created a very authentic place that is very believable, they were even sent a letter by the underground that they were trespassing on their land, that's how believable it was (although I think the fact it was black and white helped). I loved especially the scenes at the beginning of episode one, the build up of music and directing creates quite a tense build up until the scary Yeti are revealed. Episode one and two are simply amazing but towards the middle it does get a little boring, there is just too much time spent wondering around the underground! Overall great script, great set's and some really great effects such as the foam coming though the underground, it's surprisingly believable for such an ambitious story.
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