
Episode: The Hand of Fear
Serial: 4N
Number of Viewers: 10.5m
First Transmitted: 02/10/75
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Producer: Phillip Hinchcliffe
Story by: Bob Baker & Dave Martin
Director: Lennie Mayne
Regular Cast
Cast
Roy Boyd Driscoll
Also in Part Three, in the reprise from part two, but uncredited
John Cannon (Elgin)
Robin Hargrave (Guard)
Glyn Houston (Professor Watson)
Judith Paris (Eldrad)
Roy Pattison (Zazzka)
Frances Pidgeon (Miss Jackson)
Also in Part Three, in the reprise from part two, but uncredited
David Purcell (Abbott)
Rex Robinson (Dr. Carter)
Renu Setna (Intern)
Roy Skelton (King Rokon)
Stephen Thorne (Kastrian Eldrad)
Story Synopsis
The TARDIS arrives on contemporary Earth, where Sarah comes into contact with what appears to be a fossilised human hand. This is in fact the last surviving fragment of a Kastrian called Eldrad, who was blown up in space as a punishment for attempting to wipe out his own people.
Locations
Oldbury Nuclear Power Station, Avon & ARC Quarry, Crowhall, Avon
Studios
Television Centre Studio 8, Ealing FIlm Studios
Working Titles
The Hand of Death, The Hand of Time
Notes
Liz Sladen departs at the end of this story
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