Photographs shot on the day of filming for an episode of Doctor Who are a small, surviving part of a series of the TV show that has been missing for years.
The photos taken on location at Nant Ffrancon Pass in Snowdonia on September 15, 1967, are behind the scenes stills from the second serial of the fifth series of Doctor Who where only one episode has survived.
The six-part adventure was titled The Abominable Snowmen, and featured actors in padded fur-covered costumes stalking the North Wales national park which doubled as Tibet for the filming of the episodes.
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In this missing serial the second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton, and his companions arrive in Tibet in 1935.
The once gentle Yeti have turned savage under the orders of a higher being known as The Great Intelligence.
After becoming caught up in its plans, the crew join forces with Professor Edward Travers, played by Jack Watling, to save the planet from conquest.
In Doctor Who mythology (Whoniverse), the story is memorable for the introduction of the Yeti and The Great Intelligence.
Only one of the six episodes is still in the BBC archives - the other five remain missing. However, the story is reportedly due to be released in animated form later this year.
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Two short clips, off-screen photos and a reel to reel tape recording of the soundtrack made by a viewer in 1967 are all that survive of the missing episodes.
Two short home movies of the location filming taken by director Gerald Blake and Frazer Hines, who played the Doctor’s assistant, Jamie McCrimmon, also exist.
![Doctor Who, played by Patrick Houghton, takes a break on set with actors playing the Yeti. 15th September 1967](https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article23324088.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_h_00265556.jpg)
Deborah Watling, who played The Doctor's companion, Victoria Waterfield, revealed in a DVD commentary: "The Yeti used to cuddle me to keep me warm. I lost Pat, Frazer and father [Jack Watling, Professor Travers in the story].
"I eventually found them, at the back of the caterers’ van, sipping nips of whisky. I said ’Can I have some?’ and they said, ’No, you’re too young.’"
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In a 1999 interview, Jack Watling recalled: “There was a low angle shot with us looking up at the Yeti on the horizon. Suddenly one of these Yeti fell off.
"He [bounced] hundreds of feet down. We thought, ’He’s killed himself.’ We all rushed down. We found this Yeti and when we opened him up, he was absolutely stoned out of his mind.
"So the moral to that story is: if you want to get drunk and fall off a mountain; wear a Yeti costume, because it’s all foam rubber."
The Yeti actor survived, but sadly most of the episodes didn’t.
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