The Hand of Fear
Joe Siegler
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The Hand of Fear
This Story: Season 14, Story 2. Production Code 4N
Overall: Story 87, Episodes 432-435
Airdates: 2 Oct 1976 – 23 Oct 1976
Written by Bob Baker & Dave Martin
Directed by Lennie Mayne
Notes
- The tweets for this story say story 86, but it’s really 87. I neglected to update the count from 86 to 87 when I finished with Masque of Mandragora and went to Hand of Fear. Whoops.
- This first tweet isn’t mine, but I REALLY loved it when I looked around for #EldradMustLive on twitter. Super cool looking.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]I feel like I'm seeing Hand of Fear art everywhere at the moment! Why? Because it's cool that's why.#EldradMustLive pic.twitter.com/LcTQ71d1Ja
— Camille McKenzie (@CowBearCreates) September 17, 2021
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 432 - The Hand of Fear 1/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 2 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 14, 2022
Here we go. The last Sarah Jane Smith (regular) story. Memory has this as a decent one, too. Interesting that for her last story, Liz Sladen spends a bunch of this ep with nothing pic.twitter.com/yzDZc6FAAZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 432 - The Hand of Fear 1/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 2 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 14, 2022
to say. Not a lot of action in this ep, it's mostly scientific talk. What we do get is SJS going around zapping people. Nuclear station seems easily accessible. #EldradMustLive pic.twitter.com/OWGfgbhMgo
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 433 - The Hand of Fear 2/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 9 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2 #EldradMustLive
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 16, 2022
SJS goes into the core under control of Eldrad. It sets off an emergency at the nuclear station that we spend a lot of time trying to resolve. The power plant in pic.twitter.com/SbDbqaatgN
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 433 - The Hand of Fear 2/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 9 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 16, 2022
this ep was also in a few eps of Blake's 7. SJS is freed from Eldrad control, but someone else is taken over. Given this is set in just a scant few rooms, it doesn't feel cramped. pic.twitter.com/wJDPzR2x8e
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 434 - The Hand of Fear 3/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 16 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2 #EldradMustLive
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 16, 2022
Eldrad Lives. After sucking up all the radiation from the reactor, it gets full form, and is a woman. The Doctor returns to the plant to talk with Eldrad. Makeup pic.twitter.com/lU7rq8wDaX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 434 - The Hand of Fear 3/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 16 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2 #EldradMustLive
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 16, 2022
on the female Eldrad is quite good, reminds me of Draconians. There's a lot of talking in this ep. The cliffhanger was a surprise; didn't expect it at all. pic.twitter.com/fxCH9PWMJX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 435 - The Hand of Fear 4/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 16 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/3 #EldradMustLive
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 17, 2022
The cliffhanger attack forces a "regeneration" of Eldrad into a loud, shouty male version of a Kastrian (Hello Stephen Thorne!). Most of this ep is the Doc & SJS pic.twitter.com/N9zcsoQAjX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 435 - The Hand of Fear 4/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 16 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/3 #EldradMustLive
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 17, 2022
trying to save Eldrad. Once changed, Eldrad is dispatched pretty quickly (using the scarf of all things) after some Omega level shouting. The last 7 minutes of the pic.twitter.com/YkbhS2ih8I
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 435 - The Hand of Fear 4/4 (Serial 4M Story 86) - 16 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 17, 2022
story is a glorious scene with Liz & Tom for the departure of Sarah Jane from the show. Having just watched all her eps, she very much lives up to her reputation. Farewell SJS! pic.twitter.com/25jEYpx5CS
