The Hand of Fear | Doctor Who

[@samriddell5982]

That lasting shot of Sarah Jane was what a massive character like her deserved, the best companion of all time. Rest in peace Elisabeth Sladen.

[@elrjames7799]

Not so sure: would you really have Sarah Jane Smith at your side up against dangerous enemies, rather than say, Romana (the brains) or Leela (the brawn).

[@stargazer65]

That last part made me sad I miss her , that’s the problems with endings I HATE ENDINGS they are sad

[@samriddell5982]

@@elrjames7799 true but that's from the doctors perspective, from a fans perspective it's more interesting to that dynamic unfold but that's my opinion not fact.

[@samriddell5982]

@@stargazer65 it is sad mate,the legacy she left behind touched so many people. I was gutted when I heard she died and i was only 10, I've seen everything since then and now it hurts 100 times more.

[@leetommy1245]

@Estelle Lair mmm mmm........m mmmmm................mmmmmm mm

[@jch13213]

If you've watched enough classic WHO , the fact that they land in a quarry and it's actually a quarry " in story" is hilarious.

[@paulfleming715]

Every planet in Dr Who Universe always has a quarry.😀😆🤣

[@geoffpulham5032]

@@paulfleming715 As well as a North lol

[@bradleyconrad678]

It’s “Meta”.

[@lardyguts2]

I like the doctors comment " i don't know all the quarries" , i bet you do mate.

[@fjccommish]

Classic Who is far better than New Who.

[@laurawaterfield838]

Sarah Jane has always been one of my favorite companions. She is wonderful in this episode. I sure miss her. Cheers

[@markpettis2896]

I was at a meeting when I heard she died years later fact nobody could understand I was so upset except for the English guy who told me this was in America

[@Designer_TopG]

​@@markpettis2896 How old is Sarah Jane here. I'd estimate, 22, 27,?

[@johngurnhill8743]

Love you old girl Sarah will always be missed by millions

[@chrisharmon]

Glad to see this one again even if it was much edited. This was my favorite console room on the classic show. Was sad to see Sarah leave. She was the greatest compaion of the classic show

[@James-q2n8o]

The way he looks at her just before she leaves is lovely.

[@jorgeldejesussanchez7015]

The Golden age of Dr Who was without a doubt , the 70's, the 3rd and 4th Doctors , and Tom is and forever be the Doctor, and lovely Sara Jane , best companion ever!!! 3rd Doctor & Jo Grant 4th Doctor & Sara Jane 10th Doctor & Rose

[@veganconservative1109]

2nd Doctor and Jamie. :)

[@caleb7551]

Me and Tegan 12 and Bill

[@caleb7551]

@Big Cat Little Lion Bill was not at all one dimensional. Have you seen the scenes in Thin Ice? And maybe they just decided to have a gay companion. Just because someone is a minority doesn't mean that they're diversity quota filler

[@caleb7551]

@Big Cat Little Lion so you don't like Bill just because you don't like her?

[@YouTubeMrP]

This was a good comment until you spoiled it with the last line.

[@DalekCaanOfSkaro]

I love how there has been about 3 characters in doctor who that have become more than companions to multiple doctors but sarah always felt as if she was the true friend of the Doctor. Sarah, Captain jack and River in my mind are the best of friends to the doctor as they have always returned to the show and have met multiple versions of the Time Lord but Sarah was always the original and met the doctor in more of the normal chronological order growing up with him.

[@cindydott452]

Several times, Tom Baker's Doctor introduced her to people as his best friend. I always liked that. In one episode he mentioned that he once looked different and had white hair. When he said "Some people liked it" Sarah nodded, smiled, and said "I did!"

[@grokeffer6226]

It was a little sad with Sarah Jane saying goodbye, but this is still one of my favorite episodes.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

it was a bit of a heartbreak both the character and tbe actress struggle not to cry ...

[@paulfrost8895]

I actually recall the end of that episode with the dog ' back in the 70s ' amazing what jogs the memory.

[@grokeffer6226]

@@paulfrost8895 Yes, the dog seemed a little intimidated by Sarah Jane's badminton racket. And she looks up at the sky at the last instant as if the Tardis might be returning. I'd taped it off the TV, but sadly lost all my stuff in a housefire.

[@karlhelm875]

at least she went back home.

[@grokeffer6226]

@@karlhelm875 And soon came the Leela and Romana eras. Those were really good, too.

[@SJPDurham]

Enjoyed watching that. Brings back good memories. Miss you Tom. Rest well Sarah.

[@zappelfisch1000]

Judith Paris is one of the absolute highlights in this story. I love to see her playing Elrad again and again. A very good one from the Baker era.

[@EstrafaDC]

She was amazing! I recently saw an very recent chat with her about this episode -- it'll come up on a youtube search and she was a complete delight!

[@zappelfisch1000]

@@EstrafaDC Thank you for mentioning the interview. I never tried to look for one, and now there are at least two. A very humorous and likeable actress.

[@STNeish]

She was excellent, and strangely attractive. She has beautiful eyes.

[@stevenkramer1975]

An extremely gifted actress, she was wonderful in this episode.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

spooky girl great dr who casting !

[@cindydott452]

The way Sarah was saying "Eldrad must live" sounded honestly insane! I have this story on DVD! Girl Eldrad is best Eldrad!

[@jaysinha0]

"Eldrad must live"...in a tuppaware box. 🙂

[@BNCA70]

The hand coming to life in the box was the best cliffhanger ever, I watched it. I was 6. Brilliant.

[@Esterath12]

I have no idea why, but when I was young, that bit at the start where they're making the wiring for the explosives was always so satisfying to watch

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

Do I have the right?…

[@bensimmons8042]

fantastic episode, they originally intended to kill of sarah jane around this point as lis sladen wanted to move onto new things. just imagine if sarah jane never came back after this point, she was such a fantastic actress and I'm glad they brought her back in new who. RIP lis

[@Squicx]

It always gets me when you look at the Tardis land and Sarah comes out to then remember that reunion between Sarah and the TARDIS in school reunion. Like 2 characters meeting again at last

[@cindydott452]

That choked me up. For all those decades, Sarah thought he was dead. She loved him just as much as Rose did, but kept it to herself. I loved when she and Rose finally settled their differences and began to joke about the Doctor's love of the TARDIS, and his habit of rapid fire explanations, and then looking at you like you were an idiot for not knowing. LOL! Then Matt Smith's Doctor told Jo Grant that it looked like someone baked her! LOL! Katie Manning was a trooper for going with that line!

[@lachyness]

I think I have seen this episode before, but no problem watching it again

[@johnpace2089]

Sarah Jane's "Hi" after the Doctor introduces her, is priceless. She was and is the Doctor's best companion.

[@paulashe61]

His best friend.

[@cindydott452]

@@paulashe61 Exactly. I loved when the Doctor told people that!

[@granthurlburt4062]

I love how a pwrful being who feeds on atomic radiation is defeated with a scarf. This happened all the time with Tom Baker. Sheer cleverness, friendly diplomacy, and innovation with simple household and personal items are his weapons.

[@8BitNaptime]

It's a little-known fact that powerful beings who feed on atomic radiation have a lifespan of about three episodes. In Space:1999 they had a lifespan of just one episode!

[@homelesshannah50]

He's one part Harry Potter and one part Macgyver

[@busywl69]

miss this kind of Who. Did so much with so little. Non sexualized. No companion crush focus. Music not in the forefront of every scene. So nice! "off course are we?" :)

[@tuckster27]

Spot on. Absolutely agree.

[@Linkmohr12]

Agree with you, let's bring the show back to better scripts without extra extrainious nonsense. Just think what they could do with special effects if they could produce this episode now?

[@louiswright8282]

Exactly. They've got to bring back eric saward

[@mv9370]

New Who music is the best out of the entire show, gotta disagree with you there mate. They can make even the most boring scenes exciting, and exciting scenes even MORE exciting. I mean, imagine 10's regen WITHOUT Vale Decem-

[@busywl69]

@@mv9370 Sounds like every other sci-fi show though. There was a time when it didn't (the soundtracks from back then are pretty amazing, a lot of rare synths in the mix). Had a unique sound of its own. Too bad it lost that.

[@VacantHaven]

Rest in peace Sarah Jane ✌️

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

Sarah Jane was so good in this episode who else agrees

[@brianthenoob4957]

Me

[@Technodiktator]

She was good in all of her stories. She was one of the best companions ever, at least in my opinion.

[@hi-viz]

@@Technodiktator Not opinion, that's a fact.

[@blobfish5730]

@@hi-viz Well it's not a fact

[@samriddell5982]

U could be talking about any episode m8,she was such a vital part doctor who.

[@JoeQuake]

Sarah at 12:30: "Careful. That's not as armless as it looks." The Doctor at 26:50: "Well. The gravity of the law finally caught up with him."

[@RustyKoi]

You've also got to love when the Doctor quietly crosses both his hearts with a smile.

[@liamdoesstuf]

The Detail they put in doctor who in the 70s

[@commanderskittles6558]

It's actually the 70s bud

[@Alex-nz6uv]

Who ironic we meet in the comments xD were both in the swd general and u told me not to look at ur yt channel xD

[@liamdoesstuf]

@@Alex-nz6uv Lmao

[@sinjin88]

13:09 Liz's acting skills are too adorable.

[@jimcat6795]

She’s on another level in this story

[@cindydott452]

I love how she sounds so Innocent when sitting in the reactor. Eldrad MUST live!

[@DonHbankz]

I hope they put more classical episodes up I have barely watched any of them

[@jacobharris5894]

Since when have they been doing this? This is the first one I’ve seen posted.

[@peylix-ohm4701]

@@jacobharris5894 They did an "highlighted" version of The Masque of Mandragora earlier.

[@bigtastybread66]

This isn't the full episode, but if you want to watch classic who they are all on BritBox.

[@ElCidTheScienceKid]

there's a highlighted versions of Battlefield too

[@stormblade2895]

This isn't a full episode

[@DisillusionedMillennial]

Really who could dislike this? It's classic

[@RustyKoi]

I can't dislike it personally, but I do find it frustrating that they've cut out three quarters of the story and removed some of my favorite little moments of Tom Baker's performance. Maybe that's why others disliked it.

[@hgwells1899]

Wow, another edit? For those of us familiar with it, a best of, highlights cut is a welcome new context for a rewatch...and perfect while cooking tea, an' all!

[@EstrafaDC]

Agreed. Please do Robots of Death next (my fave)

[@stevedickson5853]

@@EstrafaDC kill..the..doctor...kill..kill..kill

[@greenman3120]

My favourite Doctor and companion of all time. Great to see the Britain of my childhood again too 😪

[@fiddleback1568]

Yeah, I can imagine.

[@mstandenberg1421]

Loved these episodes as a little kid. Scared me just the right amount.

[@markhayward7400]

There is a scene here in which the Doctor is being driven at speed in an olive green coloured Austin Allegro. This is clearly a work of science fiction. The Allegro ('the Agro') was a car that began to rust the moment it fell off the end of the strike ridden British Leyland production line on which it was made. I should know. I owned one of them as my first car!

[@earlygail]

This print and audio transfer are immaculate. Great job BBC (presumably)

[@josephabrams4059]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes. Eldred must live.

[@samanthathompson9812]

Brutalist architecture never fails to remind me of the Dr Who of my youth.

[@The12thDoctor]

Underrated.

[@dynjarren8355]

Tom Baker is Dr. Who. The only Dr. Who I can watch. I like how they used whatever was around because they didn’t have much of a budget. So they made do with the landscape and whatever was available. Ah, the Seventies what a great decade to live in Great Britain. Monty Python and Dr. Who on TV. Good times!

[@jarleyquinn124]

One of my favourite 4th Doctor stories😊

[@lazarocuellar6130]

That is The Who I remember and love!

[@ClarkeMarek]

You got a long wait before you see the Doctor again, Sarah Jane.

[@AllanGildea]

Thank you. This scared the bejinkas out of me back in the day.

[@NimonBePraised]

My second favourite doctor who story of all time, one of my first as well. 10/10

[@justagamersquad2907]

It’s what the world used to be like

[@bcr4503]

One of my favourite stories

[@insanevladi2162]

Tom baker , is a wonderful actor with elizabeth sladen. R.I.P Elizabeth Sladen

[@Technodiktator]

R.i.p

[@dockaos924]

Probably the saddest goodbyes in Dr who

[@pepperspray7386]

Tom Baker, God's gift to Who.

[@zenbudhism]

Tom is Who

[@SuperMoleRetro]

Sorry, no doctor or assistant can ever replace Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen in the roles no matter how many regeneration's and companion pickups are done in the future. The best duo period.

[@blobfish5730]

That's your opinion

[@HARSA-gn1mp]

Blobfish it’s not an opinion it’s a fact

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@HARSA-gn1mp It's not a fact.

[@HARSA-gn1mp]

Antti Björklund it is or are you one of those psychotic Jodi Whittaker fan

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@HARSA-gn1mp I'm a Doctor Who fan. That means I like all Who, even Jodie.

[@demej00]

My favorite Doctor. And I was young then too.

[@phantomwolf3300]

This one was one of my favourites, thank you for this, I haven't seen it probably since it was released on TV in Australia xx

[@ChristopherMitchell-qi9fn]

RIP Elisabeth always😢

[@Rockky67]

My room got very dusty at Sarah Jane’s “Don’t you forget me” line

[@Whatsupsherm]

What a lovely way to put that😊

[@Whatsupsherm]

Thank you so much for posting this.❤️❤️❤️

[@themilesinkorea]

Such a sad ending! I always remember seeing this in England for the first time before moving back to Australia.

[@allenfitzpatrick8485]

Love the way the bbc spared no expense on the special effects budget for this series. 😅

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

Another under rated episode

[@nicklaytonUK]

Eldrad must live! Just sayin'. I think when you look at this time in the programme, despite the lack of money and the cruddy effects, there is so much heart in this story. The music has that electronic twang that were echoes of the type of music heard in 'The Sea Devils' and 'Terror of the Autons', but here it is more catchy and yet still carrying that undercurrent of menace. Bob Holmes has taken a beautiful idea from Bob Baker and Dave Martin. And the acting is just faultless. A fav.

[@granthurlburt4062]

I couldnt care less about how good the effects are. What are important are the story, the actors, and the feel of it. Nowadays most "sci-fi" has great special effects and predictable, tedious story-lines. TV of this generationn was written by people who grew up reading books, which have a greater range of knowledge, ideas, themes, and personalities. the minds of most writers of modern TV. are lmited bec. they grew up watching TV.

[@macklee6837]

"Is it nice in South Croydon?" No, Doctor 😆

[@djjuno106]

Editing has killed this.. anyone uploaded the full episodes?

[@sistakia33]

My all time favorite Doctor and Sarah episode!

[@jimmuscle2891]

Tom Baker The Doctor, not just a Doctor but the definite you might say...

[@splonko9788]

Liz Sladen was SUCH a beautiful and talented woman

[@ladymcgonagall]

19:01 sarah's "hi" is hilarious

[@fredo1070]

28:00 Best bit, so epic, better than all the special effects in NuWho.

[@professornuke7562]

No wonder Baker fell for her. She was so beautiful, and had lively spirit.

[@balintuhrinbora2775]

Sarah Jane was so lovely.

[@balintuhrinbora2775]

0 downwotes - must be Eldred.

[@boesface5432]

Agree.

[@cindydott452]

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Sarah Jane Smith! She was so cool 😎

[@stallion66]

It’s funny how Hand of Fear brought back The Three Doctors alums: Stephen Thorne as Eldrad who played Omega, Rex Robinson as Dr. Carter who played Dr. Tyler, written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin and directed by Lenny Mayne.

[@MartinAhlman]

But... I might be in a time loop, because you've put this up before! Oh, it's a compilation!

[@garybentley2562]

The end scene was filmed in Stokefield Close, Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

[@megalantern13]

Eldrad MUST live.

[@robadams5799]

"We're the ones who saved you. Cross my hearts."

[@hhvictor2462]

Judith Paris is perhaps the best hottie villain of the series.

[@RHDarklife]

Yes indeed

[@JinKee]

This was always one of my favorite episodes.

[@LSween7573]

So this is where siren head was made

[@hopebgood]

"Get out of it! Get out of it quick! Blake's 7 are filming just round the corner!"

[@cindydott452]

Someone could have given that guy a megaphone (loudhailer) if he was a lookout before the blast!

[@gregargendeli2973]

love the incidental music..... you know you're watching classic Who when the horns and glock hits... :)

[@LeighMatsell]

Not South Croydon, but Aberdeen as we later discover in School Reunion! "Till we meet again Sarah..." End of an era.

[@Nigel-xp4rf]

The actual location was Stokefield Close in Gloucestershire, so neither South Croydon or Aberdeen, which, although I don't know much about geography, strikes me as a long way from London, but maybe I need to do more traveling. So, come on Doctor, I would gladly go for a few spins in the Tardis.

[@Bob-vn3ww]

Proper old style creepy Who. A fantastic piece.

[@Steve-ou8nw]

Tupperware, keeps evil fresh!

[@LSween7573]

This episode is awesome

[@geekyfangirl2951]

Why do I find it hilarious when Sarah Jane walks out of her room she has the doctors coat on like she’s threatening to steal his jacket she’s so upset 😂

[@owenrichards1418]

Slightly disappointed that the entire comments aren't everyone just posting "Eldrad MUST live!"

[@RafaelaTerron]

we want the classic series in brazil, please BBC!

[@MichaelBradley1967]

19:17 "cross my hearts"

[@ziggyreaburn6726]

I mean fantastic episode but you should never NEVER skip the classic who theme come on

[@fadikhoory5350]

Sarah Jane was gonna die in this episode, if she died, don't think I'd become a fan

[@trevdjmrbeaver3150]

What the hell did you just say

[@fredparker7326]

She didn't die in this episode.

[@paullevine1813]

Is there a reason only highlights can be shown & not the whole episodes ? Copyright issues ? Bummer ...

[@astrochiken]

"You'll roast, man!" "...Not if I'm quick."

[@andrewmiddleton25]

The attitude to a potential nuclear explosion in Kent is staggeringly casual as well...just like a few grenades going off and a bit of sunburn....

[@dan7163]

When this first aired in 76 i was a teen and in love with sara. Still am

[@johncostello3174]

'Alien planets ' were usually quarries

[@johncrichton4341]

Ahhhh... Wonderful (and ubiquitous!) Ring Modulation...! Makes me feel like a small boy again!

[@paulgoddard6679]

I was 10 when this was on Tom Baker was my favourite Doctor

[@SpencerTaylorOnline]

The last time I saw this was the mid-80s! It's a classic Sarah Jane episode.

[@robynmarler1951]

This is my childhood! We had the book as well.

[@UNIVERSE_X_STUDIOS]

funny thing is that im watching classic doctor who on pluto tv right now and it has tom baker

[@thewideawakeclub4843]

I remember my Mam telling me Tom Baker came to Newcastle. I was still in my pushchair. I still have a signed autograph poster in my wardrobe. Is he still alive?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Yes

[@RHDarklife]

Nice!👍👍👍

[@immortalsofar5314]

From the Radio show, Nebulous: Here we are on an alien planet that looks, to the untrained eye, exactly like a gravel quarry!

[@NewtonDKC]

And we find out decades later when the 10th Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith do indeed meet again that indeed it wasn’t South Croyden where the 4th Doctor dropper her off - but Aberdeen Scotland! :-) I think it’s also intriguing in retrospect that the doggo was there to give Sarah some company as the TARDIS departed - a rather unusual touch - and the Doctor would send Sarah Jane her own K9 a couple years (relative time, of course) later, tho she didnt get him in his delivery crate until a few years after that! K9 Mk III could have had a whole slew of adventures in late 70’s/early 80’s earth before being boxed up again for all we know, LOL! Anyway, she finally gets the crate and K9 MKIII is activated in “K9 & Company” which was the only spin off of the classic series and oddly can be viewed as the 1st part of a sort of 3 part Pilot (School Reunion from Doctor Who Series 2.2 and the holiday special “Invasion of the Bane” - the series Pilot Proper - being the other 2 pieces of the decades spanning Pilot IMO) that would eventually become the excellent “Sarah Jane Adventures”. Sadly, annoyingly, due to some bizarre and faulty reasoning on Bob Baker’s part to sell a K9 only series (1 season and fairl;y poor quality with no ties to Dr Who or SJA), K9 was only allowed to appear in a few brief cameos during the first series of Sarah Jane Adv before thankfully becoming a (nearly) full time member of the Sarah Jane Gang in Series 3 (the best series overall IMO!). Sadly those same counterintuitive thought processes pulled him back out of the Series after the first 2 episodes of Series 4 (and a brief cameo later) and nothing but a couple quick recap scenes in the last few minutes of the Series finale in Series 5, the last due to Elizabeth Sladen’s untimely death. I’m getting side tracked on K9 - anyway, Sarah Jane made several appearances on Doctor Who becoming the ultimate companion and truly spanning the Classic and New Series. She appeared in The Five Doctors in the classic Series (with K9 at her home) and in several spin off independent productions such as “Downtime” as well as an early series of Audio Adventures and a couple Radio Series with Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney. Then she and K9 appeared in the wonderful “School Reunion” (2nd story Series 2 of New Who) showing fans what its like for a companion post traveling in the TARDIS (hint: everyday earth life is excruciatingly boring as nothing can compare to the splendor and excitement and discovery of traveling in time and space!), as well as growing old while the Doctor regenerated and travels with young companions - certainly many an aging Classic Who fan easily identified with Sarah Jane’s hurt and depression). K9 had broken down some time before but the Doc repairs him - rebuilds him actually after he sacrifices himself to save his friends) and encourages Sarah Jane and the new MkIV K9 to carry on adventuring and fighting the forces of evil on Earth when Sarah Jane declines his invitation to rejoin the TARDIS crew. That leads to the Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as several more guest appearances on the main series, and the Doctor visiting Sarah Jane a couple times as well (the 10th Doctor in the fantastic “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith” and the 11th Doctor along with Katy Manning as Jo Grant/Jones in “The Death of the Doctor” - both must-see stories for Classic Who Fans!!!! I always admired Russel T Davies exploration of the companions’ lives post Doctor/TARDIS and in addition to the above mentions it must be said having Sarah Jane and Jo meet each other for the first time takes that exploration even deeper, not only to see how companions deal with life but even the knowledge that someone has taken their place in the TARDIS crew, and why the Doctor never comes back to see them (or does he?). Fantastic stuff. Elizabeth Sladen you are sorely missed as are all who have passed as we all eventually will, but until that time we have tons of video, audio, book and other adventures and stories to make this dull existence (well, unless you’re Jo Jones, possibly the only companion to have an earth like as diverse and as exciting and interesting as traveling in the TARDIS!) bearable and even exciting. No wonder these companions seem like real people and even friends to us, especially with an actress as instantly likable and warm and talented as Elizabeth Sladen. Rest In Peace.

[@TheFreshman321]

Tom Baker the best.

[@samriddell5982]

This person speaks the truth ,you deserve a jelly baby.

[@eckie4679]

Why did Sarah look like she’d just come back from a Rod, Jane and Freddy audition ? 😂

[@arlenefassola8205]

yes. I remember this one. Love Sarah Jane with the Doctor