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| The Doctor Matt Smith |
I HAVE to admit, I’m due over my Mum’s, today.
THIS time … ?
This time, we’re all celebrating my nephew, Jude’s, second birthday.
He’s two today.
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| Dr Simeon Richard E. Grant |
Yes … you’d ALREADY worked that out, hadn’t you … ?
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| An Evil Snowflake |
Again.
You can TELL I’m impressed, can’t you … ?
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Set in the 1890s, The Snowmen sees the Doctor in self imposed isolation after the deaths of Amy and Rory.
Isolation that’s interrupted when he meets a barmaid called Clara, who’s showing curiosity about both the Doctor, AND by old friends, Vastra, Jenny and Strax: with ALL of them concerned by the mysterious snowmen cropping up around London.
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| Clara Jenna Louise Coleman |
Those Snowmen … ?
It seems those Snowmen are the intentional work of the abominable Dr Simeon.
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| Madam Vastra Neve Campbell |
Dr Simeon … And the original snowman that had seduced him as a child …
Which calls itself the Intelligence.
Lots of remote controlled Snowmen. An intelligence looking for a body.
Is this starting to sound familiar … ?
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It bloody well should, actually: given that long term fans will have realised that there’s several references — deeply in the mix — to Patrick Troughton stories, The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear.
But The Snowmen is not a straight lift from its earlier root stories.
Oh, no.
Moffat and company have managed to take an idea or two from its classic incarnation, mixed them up, modernised them, and presented them afresh.
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| Jenny Flint Casitlin Stewart |
And what’s, introduced us to a fresh ensemble cast of characters, an interestingly old school villain, re-invigorated an old monster.
AND introduced a new companion, killed her off, and then teased us with a new version of the same character.
Hmmm …
I think the rest of Season 7’s going to be interesting.
To paraphrase Videodrome … ?
All hail the new flesh … !
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| Strax Dan Starkey |
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| New Tardis Interior |
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| The Great Intelligence Sir Ian McKellan |
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