{"product_id":"doctor-who-the-hand-of-fear","title":"DOCTOR WHO: THE HAND OF FEAR DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe TARDIS materialises in an English quarry where Sarah is involved in a rock fall. When she is rescued, she is clutching a stone hand, which takes control of her and forces her to take it into the core of a nuclear reactor. The Doctor (Tom Baker) arrives too late to stop the hand from regenerating into an alien lifeform known as Eldrad, who demands to be returned to her home planet of Kastria. The Doctor obliges, but all is not as it seems with Eldrad. This was Sarh Jane Smith's last adventure with the Doctor, although she later returned in 'K-9 and Company', 'The Five Doctors' and 'Downtime'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e fans must take the bittersweet with the suspenseful in this four-part story arc from 1976, which pits the Doctor (Tom Baker) and companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) against the fossilized hand of an alien criminal which possesses a hideous will to live again. Discovered by the Doctor and Sarah during a trip to Earth that puts them in the middle of a mining blast, the hand belongs to Eldrad, a fugitive criminal from the planet Kastria who desires to regain his bodily form and return to his home. To do so, he possesses Sarah and the staff of a nearby nuclear reactor in order to use its power to regenerate, which leads to several eerie scenes with the reanimated hand that nicely evoke British horror features from the '60s and '70s. Well-liked by Baker-era fans, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hand of Fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is best remembered as Sladen's final turn as Sarah (though she has frequently returned to the role on both radio and TV), and her final scenes with Baker (largely written by the two actors) have an endearing sort of wistfulness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DVD releases, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hand of Fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features a number of well-produced extras that flesh out the production history of the episodes. The commentary by Baker, Sladen, co-star Judith Paris (who plays the reconfigured Eldrad in an early female form), co-author Bob Baker, and producer Phillip Hinchcliffe is an excellent place to start for first-time viewers and longtime fans; all except Paris are also featured in an informative 50-minute featurette titled \"Changing Time,\" which illuminates the warm working relationship between Baker and Sladen, as well as her reasons for departing the series. An 11-minute videotape clip from the U.K. children's show \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSwap Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e featuring Baker and Sladen before the broadcast of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hand of Fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is also included, as well as the now-standard photo gallery, text-only commentary, and PDF of the 1977 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who Annual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e--Paul Gaita\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BBC \/ 2Entertain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000383193262,"sku":"BBCDVD1833","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/HANDOFFEAR-LIME-LIGHT.jpg?v=1761297405","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/doctor-who-the-hand-of-fear","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}