TEXT: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 28th October 1967 [SCENE_BREAK] 1. INNER SANCTUM (VICTORIA comes face to face with the aged emaciated form of PADMASAMBHAVA.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Come in, my child. You have no alternative. Do not be afraid. VICTORIA: Are... are you? PADMASAMBHAVA: I am Padmasambhava. VICTORIA: I'm sorry to intrude. I know this room is meant to be private, but... PADMASAMBHAVA: You need my help. Is that not so? VICTORIA: Oh yes. Please, the Doctor... PADMASAMBHAVA: (Holding up one hand.) One moment child. VICTORIA: But... PADMASAMBHAVA: Shh. (PADMASAMBHAVA stares straight ahead, but in his mind can see the courtyard.) VICTORIA: What is it? PADMASAMBHAVA: The courtyard is empty. VICTORIA: Courtyard? PADMASAMBHAVA: I must do what I am compelled to do. (Reaching out over the model landscape, he picks up a miniature Yeti.) VICTORIA: What's that? PADMASAMBHAVA: Come closer. (He holds it up in the air and VICTORIA looks at it.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Look. See. (With a mixture of amazement and horror VICTORIA recognises it for what it is.) VICTORIA: It's one of those horrible creatures, a Yeti. PADMASAMBHAVA: Indeed. But you have not seen it. (He puts VICTORIA into a trance and places the Yeti model plus two others right inside the monastery.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. MOUNTAINSIDE (Out on the mountainside, three Yeti lumber off in obedience, down the mountain.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3. CELL (Back in the crowded little cell, JAMIE's wondering
SUMMARY:
Victoria falls under the mental influence of Padmasambhva as the Yeti attack in order to drive the monks from the area.