 " The Snowmen " is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , first broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 on BBC One . It is the eighth Christmas special since the show 's 2005 revival and the first to be within a series . It was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein . 
 " The Snowmen " <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , first broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 on BBC One . It <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>the eighth Christmas special since the show <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>2005 revival and the first to be within a series . It was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein . 
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