Science Fiction ·Drama ·Adventure · United Kingdom · 1976 · 1h 40m

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

Director

Cast

Tom Baker as The Doctor Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith Stephen Thorne as Kastrian Eldrad Judith Paris as Eldrad (female form) Roy Pattison as Zazzka Roy Skelton as King Rokon

Crew

Christopher Rowlands — Editor Dudley Simpson — Original Music Composer Dave Martin — Writer Bob Baker — Writer Philip Hinchcliffe — Producer Christine Ruscoe — Production Design

Synopsis

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...

Mood & Themes

time travel

Key Collaborators

Lennie Mayne Director Christopher Rowlands Editor Dudley Simpson Original Music Composer Dave Martin Writer Bob Baker Writer Philip Hinchcliffe Producer Christine Ruscoe Production Design Barbara Lane Costume Design

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