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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The working title for this story was ''The Abominable Snowman''. | * The working title for this story was ''The Abominable Snowman''. | ||
* This story saw the first appearance of the Great Intelligence. It would return later that season in ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]] ''but it would not make its next appearance until forty-four years later in ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. To date, this marks the longest interval between consecutive appearances by | * This story saw the first appearance of the Great Intelligence. It would return later that season in ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]] ''but it would not make its next appearance until forty-four years later in ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''. To date, this marks the longest interval between consecutive appearances by an antagonist in the franchise's history. | ||
* Only episode two of this six-part story exists in the [[BBC Archives]] as a [[telerecording|16mm black & white film telerecording]]. It was returned in 1982, having been recovered from the collection of a retired BBC projectionist. | * Only episode two of this six-part story exists in the [[BBC Archives]] as a [[telerecording|16mm black & white film telerecording]]. It was returned in 1982, having been recovered from the collection of a retired BBC projectionist. | ||
* Episode two was shown alongside episode one of the ''The Web of Fear ''(then the only surviving episode of the serial) as part of [[BSB's Doctor Who Weekend]] in September 1990, under the banner of ''[[The Yeti Rarities]]''. | * Episode two was shown alongside episode one of the ''The Web of Fear ''(then the only surviving episode of the serial) as part of [[BSB's Doctor Who Weekend]] in September 1990, under the banner of ''[[The Yeti Rarities]]''. | ||
