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Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

When the TARDIS lands in a quarry on Earth, Sarah unearths what appears to be a fossilised hand, buried in one-hundred-fifty-million-year-old strata. Analysis shows the hand to be silicon-based and inert, but when Sarah begins to act as if possessed, the Doctor suspects that it may still be alive...

Release Date : 1976-10-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Tom Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Jane Smith

Original Name : Elisabeth Sladen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kastrian Eldrad

Original Name : Stephen Thorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eldrad (female form)

Original Name : Judith Paris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zazzka

Original Name : Roy Pattison

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Rokon

Original Name : Roy Skelton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Carter

Original Name : Rex Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Watson

Original Name : Glyn Houston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Jackson

Original Name : Frances Pidgeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elgin

Original Name : John Cannon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abbott

Original Name : David Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Intern

Original Name : Renu Setna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Robin Hargrave

Gender : Male

Character Name : Driscoll

Original Name : Roy Boyd

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-29

I wonder if anyone at the BBC ever had the presence of mind to just go and buy a quarry? The "Doctor" (Tom Baker) and "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) duly arrive amidst the rockfalls and amongst the rubble, she discovers a disconnected hand. It appears to be made of stone, and is wearing a ring which she promptly puts on her finger. Really? She ought to have known better as soon it takes control of her mind and drives her to find a nuclear plant where the hand can be rejuvenated by the radiation. With the "Doctor" hot on her trail, they soon discover that it's not just the hand that needs regeneration - and nothing the Earthlings can do will stop it. The "Doctor", though, remembers his "Janet and John" book of psychology and decides it might be better to reason with "Eldrad" (Judith Paris) and discover what it wants; why is she angry; what went wrong in her childhood? That kind of stuff. That takes them onto her home desolate planet where she has some scores to settle... Though she doesn't really feature so much, Paris proves to be quite a good glitter-clad alien and Sladen also does well, especially when she is reduced to an almost childlike state of hypnosis. There's a little room for a small tear in the eye at the end, too, and it ought to remind us Brits to take the security of our nuclear facilities just a little more seriously!