Another childhood classic here. Terrance has the Colonel and the Doctor both think that the other could be a useful ally, despite his oddness/stiffness. And when they first meet he tells us that this was the beginning of a long friendship, which I like very much, but it means he has to sacrifice the suggestion (which has some prominence in the original) that the Colonel is the pawn of the Intelligence.
The 'doors open in the Vortex' beginning is entirely absent, there's just the business about a light flashing when it shouldn't and Victoria modelling a new outfit (dress on screen, slacks on the page).
In the museum scene we're given a quick recap of who Travers is. When he got back from Tibet, no-one believed his wild tales and he was discredited - so he switched from anthropology to the new science of electronics, becoming a brilliant scientist in his quest to get the Yeti sphere working.
The impression of Chorley is of a smooth, establishment type, a sort of Dimbleby figure rather than the trendy David Frost media hustler we see on screen. He doesn't demand that a helicopter comes to pick them up - the book doesn't go into the possibility of flying or climbing above the Web at all.
Victoria isn't present when the Colonel and the Doctor first meet. And the Colonel, disappointed to find only 'a young Highlander' and the timid Evans under his command, thinks it's a pity 'as the Welsh usually made such splendid soldiers.'
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