Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who and the Web of Fear 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, August 19, 1976 Written by Terrance Dicks Pages 127 Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Base Under Siege, Body Possession Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London, London Underground Synopsis Forty Years the Yeti had been quiet. A collector's item in a museum. Then without warning it awoke - and savagely murdered. At about the same time patches of mist began to appear in Central London. People who lingered anytime in the mist were found dead, their faces smothered in cobwebs. The cobweb seeped down, penetrating the Underground System. Slowly it spread.... Then the Yeti reappeared, not just one but hordes, roaming the misty streets and cobwebbed tunnels, killing everyone in their path. Central London was gripped tight in a Web of Fear... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Second Doctor Jamie McCrimmon The Great Intelligence Yetis Victoria Waterfield Edward Travers First Appearance The Brigadier Show All Characters (7) How to read Doctor Who and the Web of Fear: Books Doctor Who and the Web of Fear Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating505 members 3.85 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating505 votes 3.85 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating3 votes 4.35 / 5 Member Statistics Read 22 Favourited 1 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 3 Owned 4 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S5 • Serial 5 · (5/6 episodes intact) The Web of Fear Rating: 3.88 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Second Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote