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:''For other individuals of the same name, see [[Carter]].''
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|individual name=Dr. Carter
|image   = CarterHOF.jpg
|image=CarterHOF.jpg
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|job    = Pathology{{!}}Pathologist
|species=Human
|species = Human
|origin=[[Earth]]
|origin = [[Earth]]
|appearances=[[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''
|only    = The Hand of Fear (TV story)
|actor=Rex Robinson
|actor   = Rex Robinson
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'''Dr. Carter''' was a pathologist.
[[Dr]] '''Carter''' was a [[pathology|pathologist]] who was given the hand of [[Eldrad]] to examine after [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was brought to the [[hospital]] where he worked.
 
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Carter was in the [[hospital]] following an accident at a [[quarry]]. There he met the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane]]. The Doctor tasked him with investigating the stone hand that Sarah had found in the quarry.
Carter and the [[Fourth Doctor]] examined readings from an [[electron microscope]] that showed the hand was absorbing [[radiation]].
 
Sarah came into his lab, used Eldrad's ring to render Carter unconscious and took the hand. When he came to, he reported the theft and discovered he'd been unconscious for over an hour. Carter drove the Doctor to [[Nunton Experimental Complex]] in pursuit of Sarah.


While doing so, he was attacked by Sarah Jane, who had come under the influence of [[Eldrad]]. Thereafter, he joined the Doctor's effort to track down Sarah, giving the Doctor a ride to the [[Nunton Experimental Complex]]. However he was possessed by Eldrad and when told to attack the Fourth Doctor, fell off the staircase of the power plant and plummeted to his death, proclaiming "''Eldrad must live, it is the law.''"
The use of the ring on Carter brought him under Eldrad's influence — in Sarah's words, he had "seen the light of [[Kastria]]". In an attempt to prevent the Doctor from reaching Sarah, Carter attacked him, but his own momentum saw him fall several storeys down inside the complex to his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
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Latest revision as of 10:45, 23 May 2023

Dr Carter was a pathologist who was given the hand of Eldrad to examine after Sarah Jane Smith was brought to the hospital where he worked.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Carter and the Fourth Doctor examined readings from an electron microscope that showed the hand was absorbing radiation.

Sarah came into his lab, used Eldrad's ring to render Carter unconscious and took the hand. When he came to, he reported the theft and discovered he'd been unconscious for over an hour. Carter drove the Doctor to Nunton Experimental Complex in pursuit of Sarah.

The use of the ring on Carter brought him under Eldrad's influence — in Sarah's words, he had "seen the light of Kastria". In an attempt to prevent the Doctor from reaching Sarah, Carter attacked him, but his own momentum saw him fall several storeys down inside the complex to his death. (TV: The Hand of Fear)

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