From: rad@cix.compulink.co.uk (Cray Communications)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Summary: The Abominable Snowmen pt 2
Date: 8 Jan 1993 12:49:40 -0600
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I know I said wait until tomorrow ... then I thought, what the hell,  
have them all now :-)

WARNING: Spoilers for episode 2 20 lines ahead




















Episode 2
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Jamie runs back into the cave and knocks a tunnel prop out of place to 
bring part of the roof down on the pursuing Yeti, burying it under 
rubble. Dusting themselves off, the two decide to go to the monastery 
to inform the Dr about what they have seen; Jamie takes one of the 
glowing spheres with him. As they reach the cave entrance, the Yeti 
stirs and rises out of the rubble. Jamie and Victoria run off with the 
Yeti once again in pursuit.

Alone in his cell, the Dr practices "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on 
his recorder. Thomni arrives to take him to Khrisong but the Dr, to 
Thomni's amazement, first insists they have a little chat. The Dr 
learns that the monastery is besieged by the Yeti. He is about to give 
over the Ghanta to Thomni when Khrisong, impatient, arrives and takes 
him away. Calling over his shoulder the Dr tells Thomni to look in the 
mattress for something to give to the Abbot. Thomni, at first unsure, 
complies and finds, to his even greater amazement, the holy Tibetan 
bell that's been lost to Detsen since 1630 !

Sapan and Rinchen, now back from their prayers, intercept Khrisong 
with the Dr in the courtyard. They remind him of their earlier 
decision to first consult the Abbot but Khrisong is fed up with this 
and thinks it's time for action. As Travers passes the group on his 
way out the Dr makes a final plea to him but Travers is glad to have 
the Dr out of the way while he gets on with his hunt for the Yeti: 
"Don't worry, the monks wont harm you. They're men of peace."

Khrisong now puts his plan into action. The Dr is tied to the gates: 
if anyone comes to rescue him then his guilt will be proven. The Dr 
protests: "Hasn't it occurred to you that, innocent or guilty, 
whatever's been killing your monks might very well kill me."

Meanwhile, Thomni has taken the Ghanta to the doors of the Inner 
Sanctum: the Anteroom. When the 
Abbot Songtsen emerges Thomni, clearly very frightened, hands over the 
bell: "Is it not Ghanta that was lost ?". "IT IS, MY SON", comes the 
reply, out of nowhere, the gentle voice of the master Padmasambvha. 
But the voice turns to a sharper hiss as Thomni explains where the 
bell came from: "SO ... HE HAS RETURNED !" Then once more in calmer 
tones Padmasambvha bids Thomni and the Abbot enter the inner sanctum.

Jamie and Victoria, continuing down the mountain, and having shaken 
off the Yeti, now surprise Travers coming up from the monastery. 
"You're a strange pair to find roaming around these mountains." The 
two companions warn him about travelling further up the mountain: "A 
great hairy beasty ... in a cave." Travers, ecstatic, wants to be 
shown where the cave is. Jamie agrees as long as Travers first shows 
them the way down to the monastery. This co-operation forces Travers 
to realise that these two plus the Dr are not part of a rival press 
expedition so he agrees to co-operate.

In the Inner Sanctum, Padmasambvha questions Thomni: "THE DR IS OUR 
FRIEND. HE MUST BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS, THOMNI. YOU WILL 
GO TO KHRISONG. TELL HIM THAT THE ABBOT ORDERS THE RELEASE OF THE DR 
... REMEMBER, THESE WORDS WERE SPOKEN BY THE ABBOT HERE. YOU WILL 
FORGET THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED THIS ROOM OR THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO ME." 
Thomni leaves the sanctum in a hypnotic trance. Padmasambvha's voice 
now darkens to a hiss again: "THEREFORE, SONGTSEN, WE MUST MAKE 
CERTAIN THAT THE DR LEARNS NOTHING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. HE IS A MAN 
OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE. BUT HE MAY NOT SHOW SYMPATHY FOR 
THE POWERS THAT GUIDE US. HE MAY EVEN SEEK TO HINDER THE GREAT PLAN ! 
IT MIGHT BE WISE IF HE DEPARTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"

Outside the monastery, Jamie, Victoria and Travers rush down to where 
the Dr is tied to the doors. The Dr believes Travers is leading his 
companions into a trap but in fact Travers wants to explain his 
mistake to the monks. Khrisong is unconvinced and holds Jamie and 
Victoria hostage as well until Thomni arrives from the inner sanctum 
carrying the message from, supposedly, the Abbot. This forces Khrisong 
to release the Dr and his companions.

Back in the courtyard the Dr examines the sphere which Jamie retrieved 
from the cave: "I wonder what made this ... what's it for." Puzzled, 
he puts it down on the ground in front of a large statue of a Buddha. 
Jamie now describes the Yeti and its attack, which Travers can't 
believe, and the Dr starts thinking that it may not be a creature of 
flesh and blood.

Outside, some distance from the monastery, three Yeti congregate. 
Khrisong rapidly sets guards in case they attack. The Dr, however, 
wants one to be captured so that he can examine it. Jamie's reply is 
"Aye, we'll wrap it up for you", but then he has an idea. The Dr ("I 
think this is one of those instances where discretion is the better 
part of valour - Jamie has an idea !") quickly whisks Victoria off to 
meet the other lamas.

Jamie and the monks set up a large net outside the monastery gates 
with ropes attached to it thrown over the front wall. When one of the 
Yetis obligingly wanders up the ropes are pulled and the creature is 
bundled into the net. The monks also pummel the Yeti with their 
staves. The Yeti at first fights back ferociously but is then, 
suddenly, strangely, quite still. Jamie and the monks assume it's dead 
and haul it in while in the distance the other two Yeti lumber off. 
But outside, where the struggle occurred, another silver sphere can be 
seen embedded in the soft ground, making strange alien bubbling 
noises.

The Dr now has his Yeti to examine. He taps it: "It's metal ... more 
like a robot ... Why's it stopped ?" Pulling back a furry flap on its 
chest the Dr discovers a circular cavity which is now, but hasn't 
always been, empty.

Outside the gates the sphere in the ground begins to give off a 
regular high pitched beeping sound. On the other side of the gates, in 
the courtyard by the Buddha, Jamie's sphere mirrors the beeps and 
begins, purposefully, to roll off in the direction of the captured 
Yeti.

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