TEXT: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 6th November 1967 [SCENE_BREAK] 1. CAVE (In the cave, the Intelligence has grown to cover the tunnel floor, and is expanding faster and faster...) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. COURTYARD, MONASTERY (TRAVERS has just told the DOCTOR about what he has seen earlier on.) DOCTOR: It was Songsten who took this pyramid into the cave? TRAVERS: That's right. JAMIE: And the Yeti never harmed him? TRAVERS: No. DOCTOR: Songsten. He's the link I've been looking for. THOMNI: But Khrisong is with Songsten now. DOCTOR: Then he is in danger! (The four of them rush off to help.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (Outside the doors to the Inner Sanctum, KHRISONG catches up with SONGSTEN...) KHRISONG: Songsten, danger! You are in great danger! Come away from this place! SONGSTEN: What madness is this? (The VOICE of the Great Intelligence, which dominates PADMASAMBHAVA'S own voice, intervenes.) VOICE: (OOV.) KHRISONG, WHENCE CAME YOU BY SUCH FOOLISH THOUGHTS? KHRISONG: Don't try and frighten me! Who are you? I demand to know what is happening! SONGSTEN: (Annoyed.) Demand? You are in the presence of the Master. KHRISONG: Yes, a master who controls the Yeti. What is hidden in there? SONGSTEN: Forgive him Master. PADMASAMBHAVA: Of course, but our brother must not be allowed to depart in the knowledge that I am other than what I am. (The VOICE returns.) VOICE: (OOV.) Songsten! (SONGSTEN goes back into a trance.) KHRISONG:
SUMMARY:
With the Great Intelligence on the verge of becoming corporeal, the Doctor challenges Padmasambhva to a mental battle in order to defeat it.