4N. Doctor Who - The Hand Of Fear (Season Fourteen)

Script Editor: Robert Holmes; Writers: Bob Baker and Dave Martin; Produced by: Philip Hinchcliffe; Director: Lennie Mayne; Designer: Christine Ruscoe; Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson; Fight Arranger: Max Faulkner (2);

Programme Description

The TARDIS lands on twentieth century Earth near a quarry. An accident leaves Sarah unconcious in the quarry, and clutching a stone hand. The hand belongs to an executed Kastrian criminal called Eldrad, whose essence lives on inside a blue ring.

The hand possesses Sarah, who takes it to the nearby Nunton Nuclear Research and Development centre where it soaks up the radiation from the reactor core and regenerates into a complete being - Eldrad.

Eldrad persuades the Doctor and Sarah to take him (even though he takes on the appearance of a female) back to Kastria to reclaim his heritage. But 150 million years have passed, and Kastria is now a dead planet.

Eldrad attempts to regenerate his race, but the final King of Kastria destroyed the race banks in case Eldrad should return. The Doctor and Sarah leave a furious Eldrad to his solitary fate. Inside the TARDIS the Doctor receves a summons from Gallifrey - he must return, and he is not allowed to take Sarah with him...


Regular Cast

Sarah Jane Smith: Elisabeth Sladen;

Cast

Doctor Carter: Rex Robinson (1-2); King Rokon: Roy Skelton (1,4); Intern: Renu Setna (1); Tom Abbott: David Purcell (1); Zazzka: Roy Pattison (1); Guard: Robin Hargrave (1); Professor Owen Watson: Glyn Houston (2-3); Driscoll: Roy Boyd (2-3, uncredited for 3); Miss Jackson: Frances Pidgeon (2-3, uncredited for 3); Elgin: John Cannon (2); Eldrad: Judith Paris (3-4), Stehpen Thorne (4);
Uncredited:
Computer Voice:
Roy Skelton; Hospital Nurse: Libby Ritchie (1); Path Lab Technicians: John Delieu (1), Derek Suthern (1); Double for Doctor Carter: Max Faulkner (2); Security Guards: Michael Dewlid (2), Barry Summerford (2); Radiation Suit Men: David Cleeve (2), Keith Simmons (2); Control Room Technicians: (all 2) Julia Burnett, Bruce Guest, Mark Holmes, Rosemary Jollisse, Kenneth Thomas; Nunton Complex personnel: (all 2) Douglas Auchterlonie, Margaret Pilleaud, Roger Salter, Lionel Sansby, Sonia Stratton; Frozen Operator (Technician Obarl): Peter Roy (4); Extras: Peter Bush (1), Carl Edwards (1), Alan Evans (1), Brian Gear (1), Tim Hooper (3), Bruce Hubble (1), David Hyde (1), Colin Jaggard (1), Simon Jones (1), Robert Lee (2), Paul Nicholason (2), Bob Peters (1), Ken Taylor (1), John Telfer (1), Robert Tucker (2), Michael Wadsworth (1), Roy Wadsworth (3);

Transmissions

Ep.TitleDateViewersPosition
432.Part One (BBC 1) Thur 02/10/1975 18:10 - 18:35 10.5M24th
433.Part Two (BBC 1) Thur 09/10/1975 17:50 - 18:15 10.2M29th
434.Part Three (BBC 1) Thur 16/10/1975 18:05 - 18:30 11.1M20th
435.Part Four (BBC 1) Thur 23/10/1975 18:00 - 18:25 12.0M19th

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated

Bloopers

This programme has no bloopers / mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found / pointed out

Locations

ARC Quarry, Crowhall, Avon; Oldbury Nuclear Power Station, Avon;

Studios

Ealing FIlm Studios; Television Centre Studio 8;

Notes / Trivia

Elisabeth Sladen leaves at the end of the story.

Working Titles

The Hand Of Death
The Hand Of Time

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