 In 1842 England , a young boy builds a snowman , but refuses to play with the other children . The snowman starts speaking to the boy , repeating his assertions that the other children are silly . Fifty years later , the boy has grown up to be Dr. Walter Simeon , proprietor of the Great Intelligence Institute . He hires men to collect samples of snow , which he places in a large snow @-@ filled globe in his laboratory before feeding the men to a group of animated snowmen . The Doctor , still despondent after losing his former companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams , has parked his TARDIS above Victorian London among the clouds . He uses his allies Vastra , Jenny , and Strax to keep people away from him . They also fill their time investigating mysteries throughout the city . 
 In 1842 England , a young boy <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>builds</mark></a> a snowman , but <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>refuses</mark></a> to play with the other children . The snowman <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>starts</mark></a> speaking to the boy , repeating his assertions that the other children are silly . Fifty years later , the boy <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> grown up to be Dr. Walter Simeon , proprietor of the Great Intelligence Institute . He <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>hires</mark></a> men to collect samples of snow , which he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>places</mark></a> in a large snow @-@ filled globe in his laboratory before feeding the men to a group of animated snowmen . The Doctor , still despondent after losing his former companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams , <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> parked his TARDIS above Victorian London among the clouds . He <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>uses</mark></a> his allies Vastra , Jenny , and Strax to keep people away from him . They also fill their time investigating mysteries throughout the city . 
In 1842 England , a young boy build a snowman , but refuse to play w/ the other children . The snowman start speaking to the boy , repeating his assertions that the other children are silly . Fifty years later , the boi done grown up to be Dr. Walter Simeon , proprietor of da Great Intelligence Institute . He hire men to collect samples of snow , which he place in a bigass snow @-@ filled globe in his laboratory before feeding tdamen to a group of animated snowmen . The Doctor , still despondent after losin his former companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams , done parked his TARDIS above Victorian London among thdalouds . He use his allies Vastra , Jenny , and Strax to keep people away from him . They also fill their time investigating mysteries throughout the city .