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This story aired in the following '''known''' countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.)
 
This story aired in the following '''known''' countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.)
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|[[United Arab Emirates]]||Nov 77||PAL?
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|[[United Arab Emirates]]||Nov 77?||PAL
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|[[Australia]]||Mar 78||PAL
 
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|[[Australia]]||Mar 78||NTSC
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|[[United States]]||Jun? 78 (test)||NTSC
 
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|[[United States]]|| from Aug 78||NTSC
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|[[United States]]*||Nov 78||NTSC
 
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|[[Ecuador]]|| 78||NTSC
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|[[Chile]]|| c  May 79||NTSC
 
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|[[Chile]]|| > May 79||NTSC
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|[[New Zealand]]||Aug 79||PAL
 
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|[[New Zealand]]||Aug 79||NTSC
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|[[Gibraltar]]||79?||PAL
 
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|[[Mexico]]||Nov 79||NTSC
 
|[[Mexico]]||Nov 79||NTSC
 
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|[[Nigeria]]||Dec 79||NTSC
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|[[Nigeria]]||Dec 79||PAL
 
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|[[Brazil]]|| 79||NTSC
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|[[Brunei]]||Feb 80||PAL
 
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|[[Guatemala]]|| 79||NTSC
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|[[Costa Rica]]||Feb 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Venezuela]]|| 79||NTSC?
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|[[Puerto Rico]]||Apr 80?||NTSC
 
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|[[Brunei]]||Feb 80||NTSC
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|[[Hong Kong]]||Aug 80||PAL
 
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|[[Costa Rica]]||Feb 80||NTSC
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|[[Canada]]|| Aug 80||NTSC
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|[[Nicaragua]]||Aug 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Hong Kong]]||Aug 80||NTSC
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|[[Ecuador]]||Oct 80||NTSC
 
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|[[Nicaragua]]||Aug 80||NTSC
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|[[Brazil]]||80?||PAL
 
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|[[Canada]]|| 80||NTSC?
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|[[Swaziland]]||Apr 81||PAL
 
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|[[Gibraltar]]|| 80||NTSC?
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|[[Venezuela]]||81||NTSC
 
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|[[Swaziland]]||Oct 81||NTSC
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|[[Honduras]]||?||NTSC
 
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|[[Honduras]]|| 85||PAL
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* This story was chosen by Time-Life Television to "test" the US market for '''Doctor Who''' before the major launch of the series during the Fall TV Season later in the year. The serial apparently aired in an omnibus "movie" format in [[WOR|New York]] in June 1978 but we cannot find any evidence of this. The story ''did'' however screen on '''24 July 1978''' on [[WPTV|WPTV, in West Palm Beach, Florida]]). With a positive response, Time-Life commenced their country-wide promotion of the new series...
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*(*) ''The other US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.''
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*This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]] (for Latin America).
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==Reissue==
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* The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
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|[[Korea (South)]]||Jun 86||PAL
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||late 85?||NTSC
 
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|[[Barbados]]/[[Saint Lucia]]||Sep 86||PAL
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|[[Armed Forces Network]]||Jun 86||NTSC
 
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|[[Trinidad & Tobago]]||Oct 86||PAL
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|[[Barbados]]/[[Saint Lucia]]||Sep 86||NTSC
 
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|[[Turkey]]|| ?
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|[[Trinidad & Tobago]]||Oct 86||NTSC
 
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part = part
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| title = Hand of Fear
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| Pertwees = {y/n}
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| ep1=A fossilized hand is discovered in a quarry explosion.
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| ep2=Entranced by the hand, Sarah carries it to a nuclear reactor.
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| ep3=Using nuclear power, the hand regenerates itself into a beautiful woman.
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| ep4=The Doctor returns Eldrad to her planet.
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| comp = A fossilized hand is discovered in a quarry explosion.
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}}
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 26 July 2020

Story Code: 4N / Season 14 UK Airdate: 2 Oct to 23 Oct 1976 Doctor: Tom Baker
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

United Arab Emirates Nov 77? PAL
Australia Mar 78 PAL
United States Jun? 78 (test) NTSC
United States* Nov 78 NTSC
Chile c May 79 NTSC
New Zealand Aug 79 PAL
Gibraltar 79? PAL
Mexico Nov 79 NTSC
Nigeria Dec 79 PAL
Brunei Feb 80 PAL
Costa Rica Feb 80 NTSC
Puerto Rico Apr 80? NTSC
Hong Kong Aug 80 PAL
Canada Aug 80 NTSC
Nicaragua Aug 80 NTSC
Ecuador Oct 80 NTSC
Brazil 80? PAL
Swaziland Apr 81 PAL
Venezuela 81 NTSC
Honduras ? NTSC
  • This story was chosen by Time-Life Television to "test" the US market for Doctor Who before the major launch of the series during the Fall TV Season later in the year. The serial apparently aired in an omnibus "movie" format in New York in June 1978 but we cannot find any evidence of this. The story did however screen on 24 July 1978 on WPTV, in West Palm Beach, Florida). With a positive response, Time-Life commenced their country-wide promotion of the new series...
  • (*) The other US date is based on the airdates for WTEV, which was the first US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.
  • This story was dubbed into Spanish (for Latin America).


Reissue

  • The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
Saudi Arabia late 85? NTSC
Armed Forces Network Jun 86 NTSC
Barbados/Saint Lucia Sep 86 NTSC
Trinidad & Tobago Oct 86 NTSC


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Hand of Fear

  • Part 1: A fossilized hand is discovered in a quarry explosion.
  • Part 2: Entranced by the hand, Sarah carries it to a nuclear reactor.
  • Part 3: Using nuclear power, the hand regenerates itself into a beautiful woman.
  • Part 4: The Doctor returns Eldrad to her planet.
  • Compilation: A fossilized hand is discovered in a quarry explosion.


Links

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