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Yeti
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Robots
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The Great Intelligence
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The of the
British Science Fiction Television series ''
Doctor Who '', although resembling the
Cryptozoological creatures also called the
Yeti , are in actuality
Alien Robot s. Their external appearance, that of a huge hairy
Biped , disguises a small spherical mechanism that provides its motive power. The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another plane, which tried to form a physical body in order to conquer the Earth. The Yeti are initially a ruse to scare off curiosity seekers, and later form an army serving the Great Intelligence.
The Great Intelligence and its Yeti minions were thwarted twice by
The Doctor 's
Second Incarnation , played by
Patrick Troughton , in the serials ''
The Abominable Snowmen '' and ''
The Web Of Fear ''. A Yeti was also one of the creatures in the Death Zone featured in ''
The Five Doctors ''.
The sound effect of a Yeti's roar is created by running the sound of a flushing
Toilet backwards.
Yeti also feature in the spin-off video ''
Downtime '', which was also novelised as part of Virgin's
''Missing Adventures'' range. The Yeti also appear in the Missing Adventure ''Millennial Rites'' by
Craig Hinton . ''Rites'' follows the
New Adventure ''All-Consuming Fire'' by
Andy Lane in identifying the Great Intelligence with
H.P. Lovecraft 's
Yog-Sothoth , a being from the universe before this one. The Great Intelligence also appeared in a ''Doctor Who'' back-up comic strip in
Doctor Who Weekly #31–#34. The
Canonicity of these spin-offs is unclear.
