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Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Movie·2012·TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction·1h·7.7 (239)·Directed by Saul Metzstein

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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...

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Matt SmithMatt SmithThe DoctorJenna ColemanJenna ColemanClara Oswin OswaldRichard E. GrantRichard E. GrantDr. Walter SimeonDan StarkeyDan StarkeyStraxCatrin StewartCatrin StewartJenny FlintNeve McIntoshNeve McIntoshMadame VastraTom WardTom WardCaptain LatimerLiz WhiteLiz WhiteAlice

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