
TMDb Rating
7.6/10
8 verified votes
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear (1976)
Science FictionDramaAdventure
100 min
Plot Summary
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...
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Science FictionDramaAdventureLennie MayneTom BakerElisabeth Sladen1976
Director
Lennie Mayne
Top Cast
Tom BakerElisabeth SladenStephen ThorneJudith ParisRoy Pattison
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