Abominable snowman facts

For other uses, see Yeti (disambiguation).

The Yeti are fictionalrobots from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman, and first appeared in the serial The Abominable Snowmen, where they encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria.

The Yeti resemble the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, with an appearance Radio Times has described as "cuddly but ferocious",^[1] disguising a small spherical device that provides its motive power.

The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another dimension, which first appeared trying to form a physical body so as to conquer the Earth. The Yeti are initially used as a deception to frighten away curious people, but eventually they become an army for the Great Intelligence.

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