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4/22/2007 - Dr. Who Two Episodes

I am finally sitting down watching some of my Dr. Who episodes with Tom Baker what a dream! I bought about 13 Dr. Whos off of amazon
last year. I got them for a very good price I don't think I will come across a good price again like I did last year on the Dr. Whos. Most of them are about $30.00 a piece some are even $80.00 a piece. The two Dr. Who episodes I watched today was

The Hand of Fear and The Androids of Tara

The Hand of Fear (Episode 87) (1975)

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Doctor Who 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, The Hand of Fear 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.

As with all Doctor Who DVD releases, The Hand of Fear 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 Swap Shop featuring Baker and Sladen before the broadcast of The Hand of Fear is also included, as well as the now-standard photo gallery, text-only commentary, and PDF of the 1977 Doctor Who Annual and Radio Times. --Paul Gaita

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After a freak accident in the inevitable quarry, Sarah Jane emerges clutching a stone hand which holds a strange power over her.

The Androids of Tara (Episode 101) (The Key to Time Series, Part 4) (1975)

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Science fiction meets swashbuckling in The Androids of Tara, the fourth serial in the "Key to Time" story arc, which comprised the whole of Doctor Who's 16th season on the BBC. And while the premise of David Fisher's script is overly familiar (it's borrowed almost whole from The Prisoner of Zenda--in fact, one of the episode's original titles was "The Androids of Zenda"), it also provides a rollicking adventure for the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Mary Tamm). The search for the fourth segment of the Key to Time leads the Doctor and Romana to the planet Tara. Exhausted by this pursuit, the Doctor intends to devote his time there to fishing, but he's quickly pulled back into action when Romana is kidnapped by the evil Count Grendel (Peter Jeffreys). In his scheme to steal the throne of Tara, Grendel has kidnapped the Princess Strella--a dead ringer for Romana--and replaced her with an android. But now, with Romana in his clutches, Grendel seems a step closer to his goal unless the Doctor can stop him first. Veteran BBC director Michael Hayes and his cast deliver the well-worn story line with typical vigor and good humor, which should please fans of both the series and Baker's serials in particular. --Paul Gaita

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Romana quickly locates the Fourth Segment of the Key to Time while the Doctor indulges in a little fishing, but they fail to leave the planet Tara before becoming embroiled in its complex political intrigues.