Robot Yeti

Robot Yeti are decices created by the Great Intelligence.

Appearance
The Yeti robots were large and hairy, to disguise the control spheres that provided their motive power. The sphere was hidden under a flap at the chest. There hands, feet and eyes where the only parts not covered in fur. The hands anfd feet being black and bumpy. (DW: The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear)

History
The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another planet, which tried to form a physical body in order to conquer the Earth. The Yeti are initially a ruse to scare off curiosity seekers, and later form an army serving the Great Intelligence. They are similar in appearence to the real Yeti. (DW: The Abominable Snowmen)

More than thirty years later, dead Robot Yeti, on display, awoke and took over London. (DW: The Web of Fear)

The latter attempt was one of the events which caused the formation of the UNIT.

Behind the Scenes

 * The date of the second Yeti invasion remains a point of contention for Doctor Who fans, because it brings up the UNIT dating controversy. The perhaps not entirely canonical UNIT website gives the date of the incident as 1968, the same year The Web of Fear aired.
 * The sound effect of a Yeti's roar is created by slowing down the sound of a flushing toilet.
 * There has been has been various suggestions that the yeti should be revived for the new series . This seems unlikley as Rusell T Davies said he will not bring back the ice warriors and the ice warriors are more likley at being revived than the yeti. As Steven Moffat is taking over in 2010 they may return.