The Doctor and Sarah arrive in a quarry during blasting operations and when Sarah is buried under rubble, she discovers a stone hand.The Doctor and Sarah arrive in a quarry during blasting operations and when Sarah is buried under rubble, she discovers a stone hand.The Doctor and Sarah arrive in a quarry during blasting operations and when Sarah is buried under rubble, she discovers a stone hand.
David Cleeve
- Radation Suit Man
- (uncredited)
Libby Richie
- Hospital Nurse
- (uncredited)
Peter Roy
- Technic Obarl
- (uncredited)
Derek Suthern
- Path Lab Technician
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis serial replaced a four-part story called The Lost Legion set in a French Foreign Legion outpost which involved a campaign between the alien Skarkel and Khoorians. Sarah was to die at the end of the story, with The Doctor burning her body on funeral pyre. However, Elisabeth Sladen didn't want Sarah to be killed or married off, nor did she want her departure to be the focus of the story.
- GoofsThe reactor room door has a rotating handle on the front but there are no bolts on the door that correspond to it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Lively Arts: Whose Dr. Who (1977)
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Cheap 'n' cheesy nuclear plant outing for the Doctor
Review of the Complete Story:
This four-part Tom Baker story was Elisabeth Sladen's final appearance as Sarah Jane and the final moments provide a fitting, poignant closure for her character. Story-wise, it's business as usual with the Doctor involved with a rapidly-evolving alien life form that's just arrived on earth. The opening shots see the Tardis arrive in a quarry, so it's nice to see a quarry playing just that, a quarry, for once instead of standing in for an alien planet. Following a spectacular filmed explosion, the action shifts to a nuclear power plant where much of the ensuing action takes place.
The idea of a life form thriving on radiation is a good one, and there's fun to be had from the severed/crawling hand prop (and a nod to CARRY ON SCREAMING!) when the hand regrows both a digit and a body! Some stiff-upper-lipped British officials populate the cast, and are quite fabulous, although once the action shifts to an extraterrestrial planet in the last episode it does get noticeably weaker. Judith Paris was a strange, Bowie-esque alien presence, but Stephen Thorne's scenery chewing becomes quickly tiresome.
The cheesy-looking alien "rock men" brought back fond memories of HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN, a reminder of how much fun this show was when all they had going were a low budget and plenty of enthusiasm. Not one of the best stories out there, but perfectly serviceable nonetheless.
This four-part Tom Baker story was Elisabeth Sladen's final appearance as Sarah Jane and the final moments provide a fitting, poignant closure for her character. Story-wise, it's business as usual with the Doctor involved with a rapidly-evolving alien life form that's just arrived on earth. The opening shots see the Tardis arrive in a quarry, so it's nice to see a quarry playing just that, a quarry, for once instead of standing in for an alien planet. Following a spectacular filmed explosion, the action shifts to a nuclear power plant where much of the ensuing action takes place.
The idea of a life form thriving on radiation is a good one, and there's fun to be had from the severed/crawling hand prop (and a nod to CARRY ON SCREAMING!) when the hand regrows both a digit and a body! Some stiff-upper-lipped British officials populate the cast, and are quite fabulous, although once the action shifts to an extraterrestrial planet in the last episode it does get noticeably weaker. Judith Paris was a strange, Bowie-esque alien presence, but Stephen Thorne's scenery chewing becomes quickly tiresome.
The cheesy-looking alien "rock men" brought back fond memories of HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN, a reminder of how much fun this show was when all they had going were a low budget and plenty of enthusiasm. Not one of the best stories out there, but perfectly serviceable nonetheless.
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- Sep 25, 2011
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