Doctor Who Guide: The Hand Of Fear

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 432

World Premiere: Sat 2 Oct 1976 - 6:11pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 9 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 50 seconds

Chart Position: 24 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 05 Jul 1976 in TC8

The TARDIS returns to present day Earth, where Sarah is caught in a rock fall and becomes possessed by the fossilized stone hand of the alien Eldrad.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Dr. Carter		Rex Robinson
Intern		Renu Setna
Abbott		David Purcell
Zazzka		Roy Pattison
King Rokon		Roy Skelton
Guard		Robin Hargrave (uncredited)
Nurse		Libby Ritchie (uncredited)
Pathology Technician		Derek Southern (uncredited)
Pathology Technician		John Deleiu (uncredited)
Ambulance Man		Michael Wadsworth (uncredited)
Ambulance Man		Carl Edwards (uncredited)
Explosives Man		Colin Jaggard (uncredited)
Nunton Guard		John Telfer (uncredited)
Nunton Guard		Brian Gear (uncredited)
Nunton Guard		David Hyde (uncredited)
Driver		Bob Peters (uncredited)
Fried Nunton Worker		Alan Evans (uncredited)
Quarry Worker		Simon Jones (uncredited)
Quarry Worker		Bruce Hubble (uncredited)
Quarry Worker		Ken Taylor (uncredited)
Man in Radiation Suit		Peter Bush (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Lennie Mayne
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Christine Ruscoe
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Costume Designer		Barbara Lane
Make-up Artist		Judy Neame
Visual Effects Designer		Colin Mapson
Film Cameraman		Max Samett
Film Recordist		Graham Bedwell
Film Editor		Christopher Rowlands
Studio Lighting		Derek Slee
Studio Sound		Brian Hiles
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Production Assistant		Marion McDougall
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop