Episode
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear (1)
Overview
England, the near future. The TARDIS materialises in a quarry and Sarah is trapped under a rockfall. But what is the origin of the fossilised hand she is found gripping ? And who is the Eldrad she keeps mumbling about ?
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1976-10-02
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Hand of Fear (1) is Episode 5 in Season 14 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1976-10-02. The runtime is 25 min.
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The Doctor and Professor Watson struggle to stop first Sarah Jane and then Driscoll from obeying the strange and dangerous orders of the stone hand, which has suddenly come to life.
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