Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

7.6(8)19761h 40m

Science FictionDramaAdventure

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...

Director

Lennie Mayne

Cast

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

Stephen Thorne

Kastrian Eldrad

Judith Paris

Eldrad (female form)

Roy Pattison

Zazzka

Roy Skelton

King Rokon

Rex Robinson

Dr. Carter

Glyn Houston

Professor Watson

Frances Pidgeon

Miss Jackson

John Cannon

Elgin

David Purcell

Abbott

Renu Setna

Intern

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

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 o...