Simeon coldly says "I promised to feed you, but I didn't say who to."Īt an inn called the Rose & Crown, a barmaid walks outside with a tray. Simeon says he does, and as the men look around, snowmen rise up. Back at the work site, one of the men says that he doesn't see any food. Simeon says it's been taken care of, as he promised to feed them. The voice asks how he will keep his secrets from getting out from the men who helped him. It asks if the final piece is ready, and Simeon says it's in hand. The same voice from the snowman speaks from within the sphere, saying the swarm is approaching, and that as humanity celebrates, it will end. He tells it that the last of the arrivals have been sampled. Doctor Simeon carries one of the jars up to a large glass sphere filled with snow. The jars are loaded into a carriage where they are driven to Walter Simeon's institute. He asks it how.įifty years later, Walter Simeon is overseeing men as they carefully scrape snow from snowmen into glass jars. He starts to walk back to it and it tells him that it can help him. He runs away as it tells him not to believe anyone else. To his surprise, the snowman he is building repeats this. As they leave, he says that he doesn't want to talk to them because they are silly. The woman tells a man that he's always so alone and that it's unhealthy. A woman asks him if he'd like to play with the other children but he says that he doesn't need anyone else. Standing away from the others is a little boy building a snowman. All they need to take over the world is some human DNA in ice crystal form, and the frozen body of a drowned governess can give them just that. At the same time, a sinister plot is unfolding snowmen are randomly appearing around London, growing in size and power.
The Doctor eventually meets Clara Oswald, and takes a liking to the young barmaid who leads a double life as a governess. Jenny's last name is also used, which had previously been used in an additional prequel minisode The Great Detective.Īfter losing Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the Eleventh Doctor has retired to Victorian England, where Strax, Jenny Flint, and Vastra assist him. Strax is alive after being killed off, as established in the webcast The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later. It further built upon aspects of these characters which had been explored between episodes.
It also re-introduced and showed the origins of the Great Intelligence, an enemy last seen in the series battling the Second Doctor in 1968's The Web of Fear, and featured the return of recurring characters Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax, previously introduced in A Good Man Goes to War. Two versions of Clara Oswald appeared in this episode. Furthermore, a new console room made its debut. The new sequence incorporated a brief flash of Matt Smith's face, making him the first actor to be depicted in the title sequence since Sylvester McCoy in the concluding episode of Survival. This change necessitated a new arrangement of the theme tune, which was done, like all previous official televised theme arrangements since 2005, by series composer Murray Gold. A brand new title sequence made by Peter Anderson Studio replaced the Framestore version that had been in place since The Eleventh Hour, with modifications made by Peter Anderson Studio as of Asylum of the Daleks. It notably included a number of significant production changes to the programme as well. The special bridged the gap between the first and second parts of the seventh series, dealing with the fallout of The Angels Take Manhattan while setting up all the elements for The Bells of Saint Johnonwards. Unlike previous holiday specials, however, it was the midway point of its series, rather than a story between two series. Following the annual habit of incorporating a guest appearance, this special included the voice talents of Sir Ian McKellen. Like the previous two specials, it took its name and some of its themes from a famous piece of winter-themed literature. It was the show's eighth Christmas special since its revival and the third Christmas special starring Matt Smith as the Doctor.
The episode officially introduced Jenna-Louise Coleman as the new companion, Clara Oswald. The Snowmen was the 2012 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. You may be looking for the episode of Doctor Who that exists within the DWU.