The Hand of Fear

*087 – The Hand of Fear*
087 – The Hand of Fear
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Tom Baker – Fourth Doctor;
	Companion Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith;
	Others Judith Paris – Eldrad; Stephen Thorne – Kastrian Eldrad; Roy Pattison – Zazzka; Roy Skelton – King Rokon; Rex Robinson – Dr. Carter; Glyn Houston – Professor Watson; Frances Pidgeon – Miss Jackson; John Cannon – Elgin; Roy Boyd – Driscoll; David Purcell – Abbott; Renu Setna – Intern; Robin Hargrave – Guard;
Production
Directed by	Lennie Mayne
Written by	Bob Baker; Dave Martin
Script editor	Robert Holmes
Produced by	Philip Hinchcliffe
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	4N
Series	Season 14
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	2 October 1976
Last broadcast	23 October 1976
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Masque of Mandragora	Followed by →; The Deadly Assassin

The Hand of Fear is the second serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 October 1976. The serial was the last regular appearance of Elisabeth Sladen in the role of Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who, until the 1981 spin-off special K9 and Company followed by an appearance in the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors".

The serial is set at a British nuclear power station and on the planet Kastria. In the serial, the alien Kastrian Eldrad (Judith Paris and Stephen Thorne) seeks to regrow their nearly-obliterated body with radiation so they can enact revenge on their people.