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Doctor Who serial
“The Hand of Fear”
Original Air Date	October 2, 1976 – October 23, 1976
Season	14
Episodes	5 - 8
Production #	4N
Writer(s)	Bob Baker Dave Martin
Director	Lennie Mayne
Guest star(s)	Judith Paris Stephen Thorne David Purcell Rex Robinson Roy Boyd John Cannon Robin Hargrave Roy Skelton Frances Pidgeon Glyn Houston Roy Pattison
Episode Order
Previous	Next
"The Masque of Mandragora"	"The Deadly Assassin"

The Hand of Fear is a four episode serial from season 14 of the long running program Doctor Who. Its first episode premiered in Britain on October 2, 1976.

Synopsis

When the TARDIS materializes in the middle of a quarry on contemporary Earth, the Doctor and Sarah are caught in a landslide of falling rock. Trapped beneath the rubble, Sarah encounters a petrified hand newly unearthed by the landslide. Where does this mysterious artifact come from and why does it exert a mysterious hold on Sarah's consciousness?