Eldrad
was once hailed as the saviour
of the world of Kastria. He
erected force-barriers around
the planet, preventing its imminent
destruction. However, when the
Kastrians refused to submit
to his dictatorship, he removed
his force-fields, condemning
an entire civilisation to a
slow and agonizing death. For
this, the mightiest of crimes,
the people of Kastria sentenced
Eldrad to obliteration.
Millions
of years later, the Doctor's
TARDIS materialises in an English
quarry. A freak accident traps
the Doctor's young friend, Sarah
Jane Smith, under tons of rock.
When she is rescued, she is
frantically clinging to a large
stone hand. Taken to a local
hospital, it soon becomes clear
that Sarah has been possessed.
After
she goes missing - still clutching
the hand - the Doctor follows
the trail of death and destruction
to a nearby atomic power station.
What
strange power does the hand
have over Sarah? Why has she
fought her way to the very core
of the nuclear reactor? How
can she possibly survive the
normally lethal radiation? To
answer these questions, the
Doctor must travel across the
galaxy to a long-dead world
- after which, life will never
be quite the same again... |
