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Doctor Who: The Snowmen
Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Movie
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel, involving the death of her predecessor in ice and the sinister Dr. Simeon, who controls monsters made of sentient snow. And there is another mystery afoot: Clara is the spitting image of Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor saw die in the Dalek asylum...
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy fairytale-inflected science fiction mysteries balancing gothic atmosphere, playful adventure, and emotional poignancy.
- Tone
- eerie, whimsical, adventurous
- Payoff
- wonder, scares
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- identity, grief, isolation, human resilience, hidden menace
- Setting
- late nineteenth-century, foggy urban streets and secluded hilltop mansion