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Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

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    Tom Baker

    The Doctor

  2. Cast 1

    Elisabeth Sladen

    Sarah Jane Smith

  3. Cast 1

    Stephen Thorne

    Kastrian Eldrad

  4. Cast 1

    Judith Paris

    Eldrad (female form)

  5. Roy Pattison

    Zazzka

  6. Cast 1

    Roy Skelton

    King Rokon

  7. Rex Robinson

    Dr. Carter

  8. Cast 1

    Glyn Houston

    Professor Watson

  9. Frances Pidgeon

    Miss Jackson

I wonder if anyone at the BBC ever had the presence of mind to just go and buy a quarry? The "Doctor" (Tom Baker) and "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) duly arrive amidst the rockfalls and amongst the rubble, she discovers a disconnected hand. It appears to be made of stone, and is wearing a ring which she promptly puts on her finger. Really? She ought to have known better as soon it takes control of her mind and drives her to find a nuclear plant where the hand can be rejuvenated by the radiation. With the "Doctor" hot on her trail, they soon discover that it's not just the hand that needs rege...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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