The Great Intelligence

Some of the Classic Doctor Who fans might argue with me on this one. Technically, The Great Intelligence has a past with the Doctor. The first episode where the Great Intelligence appeared was in 1967 with the second Doctor, so in my defense, Matt Smith is the only Doctor to encounter The G.I in "Nu Who".

Doctor Who's Christmas special, "The Snowmen" aired December 25th 2012. It is the second time we encounter Clara Oswald (my favorite companion).

This episode takes place right after the very dramatic exit of the William companions. The Doctor goes to London in 1892, basically to morn his friends. He claims that he isn't going to help people anymore, until Clara gets his attention again.

We are also blessed with the presence of Jenny, Madam Vastra and Strax in this episode. Clara ends up talking with Vastra because the Doctor is avoiding her.

When Clara sees the Doctor again, the fun begins. Snowmen, very creepy snowmen, start to appear outside of the house Clara works at. Also, there is an ice sculpture of an old house maid chasing them around the house.

The Snowmen

The Doctor learns soon after that this is the work of the Great Intelligence, who possessed a child at a very young age, and had been using him to do his bidding for years.

When he encounters the embodiment of The Great Intelligence, he finds a giant snow globe, that talks, no more information on this due to spoilers. The Doctor is able to defeat the G.I and the episode ends.

The Talking Snow Globe

Now this is not the last time we see The Great Intelligence. It appears again in the episode "The Bells of Saint John," season 7, episode 6.

The episode starts with a monk in Cumbria in 1207, telling the Doctor that "the bells of Saint John are ringing". What the monk meant was that the phone on the T.A.R.D.I.S was ringing.

When the Doctor answers the phone, it's Clara. And she is trying to connect to WiFi. She foolishly connects to a very odd looking WiFi, and lets The Great Intelligence in.

WiFi Clara Connects To

Of course, the Doctor flies to Clara and saves her, just in the nick of time. She was being downloaded by what they call a "spoon head".

The Doctor Defeats The Spoonhead

The Doctor and Clara

Clara uses her newly inherited hacking skills and they are able to track down where all of the trouble is coming from.

Clara Hacking

Off to Find The Great Intelligence

We find out that The Great Intelligence is once again using a human to do it's bidding. And it is once again defeated.

Sorry about all the quick details and information on these episodes. There is quite a lot to The Great Intelligence, and nobody wants to read a novel. I hope you all enjoyed this post, if you have anything you would like to add please feel free to comment below, I would love to hear from you. Also, don't forget to vote this week!