Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

Name: Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure
Released: 1976-10-23
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Stephen Thorne, Judith Paris, Roy Pattison

1976·Science Fiction·1h 40m

7.1

★

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...

Directed by Lennie Mayne

time travel

Cast

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

Stephen Thorne

Kastrian Eldrad

Judith Paris

Eldrad (female form)

Roy Skelton

King Rokon

Glyn Houston

Professor Watson

John Cannon

Elgin

Renu Setna

Intern

Roy Boyd

Driscoll

Crew

Dave Martin

Writer

Bob Baker

Writer

Dudley Simpson

Original Music Composer

Philip Hinchcliffe

Producer

Robert Holmes

Script Editor

Max Faulkner

Stunt Coordinator

Dick Mills

Special Sound Effects

Delia Derbyshire

Theme Song Performance

Popular Reviews

10 reviews

Golgo

6.0★ · 02/05/26

Dont forget me

Yeah.... I think I will keep forgetting this story it's fun but dull as dishwater

Dont forget me

Yeah.... I think I will keep forgetting this story it's fun but dull as dishwater

Joshua Werner

6.6★ · 04/28/24

Episode four really was a Letdown, everything happened so quickly and then Sarah Jane Smith just basically randomly leaves. But especially episode 1 really shines just with the dynamic between the Baker and everyone else in this episode. Also really iconic acting by Sladen especially in episode one.

Ben Wyatt

7.0★ · 08/12/25

Lanie C

10.0★ · 07/21/25

Nathan wust

6.0★ · 05/09/24