A warrior monk from Det-sen monastery in Tibet, 1935. He believed that the Doctor was responsible for the local Yeti becoming aggressive - especially when Professor Travers claimed that he had killed his companion. Travers was leading a small expedition to the area in search of the "Abominable Snowman", and thought the Doctor a rival. Khrisong had the Doctor tied to the outside of the monastery gates, expecting the Yeti to come and rescue their master, but was forced to release him when the young monk Thonmi announced that the Abbot Songsten had ordered this. The Doctor had returned a missing sacred relic, and was to be treated as an honoured guest.
He later came to trust the Doctor as they tried to protect the monastery. He refused to leave when all the other monks evacuated the complex. When he tried to get the Abbot to leave, Songsten - hypnotised by Padmasambhava, who was in turn under the control of the Great Intelligence, killed him.
Played by: Norman Jones. Appearances: The Abominable Snowmen (1967).
- The first of three appearances by Jones in Doctor Who. The next was as Major Baker in The Silurians, and the last was as Hieronymous in The Masque of Mandragora.
- Khrisong's name (and that of the monastery) derives from King Khrisong Detsen, ruler of Tibet in the 8th Century.
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