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{{Infobox Object
{{Infobox Object
|image = [[Image:Hand of Omega.jpg|250px]]
|image       = Hand of Omega.jpg
|object name = Hand of Omega
|aka        = Omega device, Ark of [[Adherents of Ohm|Ohm]]
|type = [[Stellar manipulator]]
|type       = [[Stellar manipulator]]
|origin = [[Time Lord]] founders ([[Omega]], [[Rassilon]] and [[the Other]])
|made by    = [[Omega]], [[Rassilon]] and [[the Other|the other]]
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''</li><li>[[BFA]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]''</li></ul>
|first      = Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)
|mentions=<ul><li>[[DWM]]: ''[[Time & Time Again]]''</li><li>[[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''</li></ul>
|appearances = [[Hand of Omega - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
}}
}}
The '''Hand of Omega''' was a remote [[stellar manipulator]] (or one of two stellar manipulators) used by [[Omega]] and [[Rassilon]] in the antiquity of [[Gallifrey]].
The '''Hand of Omega''', known as the '''Omega device''' by the [[Dalek]]s, was a remote [[stellar manipulator]], used by [[Omega]] and [[Rassilon]] in the antiquity of [[Gallifrey]]. It had the ability to turn [[star]]s into [[supernova]]s in order to fuel [[Gallifreyan]] [[time travel]].


==Characteristics==
== Characteristics ==
===Appearance===
=== Appearance ===
The Hand resided within a dull, bronze colored metal box the size and shape of a casket. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
The Hand lay in a dull, bronze coloured, metal box the size and shape of a [[coffin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


===Powers and abilities===
=== Powers and abilities ===
The Hand could accelerate or manipulate the life cycle of [[star]]s. It also had some basic sentience and the ability to follow voice commands. It could levitate. It was also able, by order of [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]], to make [[Ace]]'s baseball bat into a weapon capable of destroying [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
The Hand could manipulate the life cycle of [[star]]s. It also had some basic sentience, was capable of levitation and could follow voice commands. It was even able, by order of the [[Seventh Doctor]], to make [[Ace]]'s [[baseball bat]] into a weapon capable of damaging [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


:''The Hand may have altered the molecular structure of the bat or perhaps infused it with some kind of energy.''
== History ==
=== Origins ===
[[Omega]] himself stated that the Hand was literally the [[hand]] of [[Vandekirian]], Omega's treacherous associate, which Omega had placed in the [[stellar manipulator|stellar manipulator.]] The name "Hand of Omega" was chosen by [[Rassilon]] for political reasons. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (BFM audio story)|Omega]]'')


==History==
Rassilon and Omega worked on the project together, ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') with some involvement from "[[the other]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') While telling [[Ace]] about the Hand, the [[Seventh Doctor]] hinted that he had participated in its creation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') One account depicted [[the Other]] as a figure distinct from the Doctor, but who was [[Loom|reloomed]] into the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') Others spoke of the "[[eternal return]]" which meant that [[Infinity Doctor|an infinity of Doctors]] existed across the many eons and timelines of [[Gallifreyan history]], with the "modern" Doctor sometimes being able to access the memories of previous iterations including [[the Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|a version]] who was married to [[Patience (The Tides of Time)|Patience]] in very early Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
===Origins===
There were two Hands of Omega. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')


:''We only have detailed information as to the fate of one of the Hands.''
=== Acquisition by the Doctor ===
According to one account, the Hand was hidden by Rassilon, but escaped. The ancient alarms left by Rassilon were not known and could not be shut off, leaving the Hand to lurk around the rooms of the [[First Doctor]], whom the Hand remembered as the Other. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'')


Omega himself stated that the Hand was literally a hand placed in the stellar manipulator which had once belonged to [[Vandekirian]], Omega's treacherous associate. The name "Hand of Omega" was chosen by Rassilon for political reasons. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'')
According to another account, the Hand had ended up in the City Obsidian in the Imperial Edifice of Infinite Steps. On the instructions of a future Doctor, [[the Corsair]] stole it to deliver it to the First Doctor, who had yet to leave Gallifrey. The Corsair speculated that she was probably responsible for the Hand being in the City Obsidian in the first place, wondering if in her future she’d have to go back to steal it from Rassilon and Omega. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'')


:''However, the story is told largely from the point of view of an insane Omega with confused memories. This ultimately makes the accuracy of the information uncertain.''
During a period of violent unrest on Gallifrey, the Doctor made off with the Hand, rather than have it fall into the clutches of any of the factions. He subsequently began his self-imposed exile with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'')


Rassilon and Omega worked on the project together. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], curiously, seemed to remember the project, suggesting his presence. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') This would imply that [[the Other]], who sought rebirth as [[the Doctor]], had a presence there. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
According to another, contradictory, account, the First Doctor acquired the Hand of Omega whilst on Earth in 1963, when it was given to him by his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Echoes of Future Past (short story)|Echoes of Future Past]]'')


One Hand was a remote stellar manipulator designed to turn [[Qqaba]] into a [[supernova]] which would serve as a power source great enough to allow the [[Gallifreyan]]s the power of [[time travel]]. In a sense, this Hand made it possible for the Gallifreyans to call themselves [[Time Lord]]s.
When the Doctor returned to [[London]] in [[November]] [[1963]] to collect it during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], it lay in a funeral parlour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


:''The Hand of Omega almost certainly created the [[black hole]] which would imprison Omega ([[DW]]: [[The Three Doctors]]). As the Time Lords could retrieve the Hand, unlike Omega himself, possibly Rassilon used it again to create the [[Eye of Harmony]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')''
The Doctor was setting a trap for the [[Renegade Dalek|Renegade]] and [[Imperial Dalek]] factions and the Imperial Dalek leader, [[Davros]]. Davros had hoped to use the Hand to transform ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the second sun of the Dalek homeworld [[Skaro]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger (short story)|The Stranger]]'') turning it into a power source for time travel. However, the Doctor had altered the Hand's programming. Instead of enhancing Skaro's sun, it went supernova, vaporising Skaro and presumably the Daleks themselves. The Hand of Omega returned to Gallifrey afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


===Acquisition by the Doctor===
After defeating [[WOTAN]] on [[20 July]] [[1966]], the First Doctor checked to see if the Hand of Omega had been buried in Shoreditch Cemetery as per his instructions, only to discover that it had been removed. He determined that his [[Seventh Doctor|future self]] would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)|The Rag & Bone Man's Story]]'')
[[Image:Hand Doctor 1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The "old geezer with white hair" returns to his TARDIS shortly after hiding the Hand of Omega at a funeral parlour in 1963.]]
[[Image:Hand Doctor 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Doctor returns to collect his casket later in 1963.]]
The Hand was hidden by Rassilon, but escaped. The ancient alarms left by Rassilon were not known and could not be shut off, leaving the Hand to lurk around [[First Doctor|the Doctor]]'s rooms, who the Hand remembered as the Other. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')


During a period of violent unrest on Gallifrey, the Doctor made off with the Hand, rather than have it fall into the clutches of any one of the factions. He subsequently began his self-imposed exile with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Time & Time Again]]'')
The [[Dalek Prime]] later claimed that the sun which the Hand had turned supernova was not Skaro's, but [[Antalin]]'s, a decoy planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'')


When [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] returned to [[1963]] [[London]] to collect it, it resided at a funeral parlour.
According to rumours, [[the Enemy]] destroyed the Hand of Omega at the start of the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'')


[[Image:Hand of Omega.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Hand of Omega (left) heading for Antalin's sun.]]
In the early stages of the [[Last Great Time War]], Dalek agents duped [[Susan Foreman]] into returning to August 1963, hoping that she could lead to the Hand of Omega during the [[Shoreditch Incident]] only for the [[Eighth Doctor]] to intervene. He tricked the Daleks into letting him and Susan leave 1963 whereupon he delivered the Daleks a fake Hand. Once they discovered the deception, the Daleks attempted to exterminate him however he escaped. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]'')
The Doctor was laying a trap for the [[Renegade Dalek|Renegade]] and [[Imperial Dalek]] factions and the Imperial Dalek leader [[Davros]]. Davros had hoped to use the Hand to transform the sun of the Dalek homeworld [[Skaro]] into a power source for time travel. However, the Doctor had altered the Hand's programming so that instead of enhancing Skaro's sun, the Hand made it go supernova, vaporizing out what the Doctor and Davros believed to be Skaro and, presumably, the Daleks themselves. The Hand of Omega returned to Gallifrey afterwards. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


The sun which the Hand had turned supernova was not Skaro's, but [[Antalin]]'s. ([[EDA]]: ''[[War of the Daleks]]'')
=== Other universes ===
In an [[Infinity Doctor's reality|alternate universe]], there were two Hands of Omega. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')


It is possible that the Hand of Omega (or something based on it) was used by Rassilon in [[The End of Time]]. However, there is nothing to confirm this.
== Behind the scenes ==
* A scene which shows the Other present during the creation of the Hand appears in the [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|''Remembrance of the Daleks'' novelisation]], the first ever work to mention the Other in any media, although the production team had already conceived of the character when working out the Doctor's backstory.


:''With Gallifrey now destroyed, the Hand's fate remains unknown.''
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==Behind the scenes==
*A scene which shows the Other present during the creation of the Hand appears in the [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)]], the first-ever work to mention of the Other in any media. (Although the production team had already conceived of the character when working out the Doctor's backstory.) This reference contradicts known information about the [[Minyan]]s, who, by implication, destroyed their civilization after an encounter with the Time Lords, rather than the Gallifreyans.
 
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 4 December 2022

The Hand of Omega, known as the Omega device by the Daleks, was a remote stellar manipulator, used by Omega and Rassilon in the antiquity of Gallifrey. It had the ability to turn stars into supernovas in order to fuel Gallifreyan time travel.

Characteristics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Hand lay in a dull, bronze coloured, metal box the size and shape of a coffin. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Powers and abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Hand could manipulate the life cycle of stars. It also had some basic sentience, was capable of levitation and could follow voice commands. It was even able, by order of the Seventh Doctor, to make Ace's baseball bat into a weapon capable of damaging Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Origins[[edit] | [edit source]]

Omega himself stated that the Hand was literally the hand of Vandekirian, Omega's treacherous associate, which Omega had placed in the stellar manipulator. The name "Hand of Omega" was chosen by Rassilon for political reasons. (AUDIO: Omega)

Rassilon and Omega worked on the project together, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) with some involvement from "the other". (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks) While telling Ace about the Hand, the Seventh Doctor hinted that he had participated in its creation. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) One account depicted the Other as a figure distinct from the Doctor, but who was reloomed into the Doctor. (PROSE: Lungbarrow) Others spoke of the "eternal return" which meant that an infinity of Doctors existed across the many eons and timelines of Gallifreyan history, with the "modern" Doctor sometimes being able to access the memories of previous iterations including a version who was married to Patience in very early Gallifrey. (PROSE: Cold Fusion, The Infinity Doctors)

Acquisition by the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to one account, the Hand was hidden by Rassilon, but escaped. The ancient alarms left by Rassilon were not known and could not be shut off, leaving the Hand to lurk around the rooms of the First Doctor, whom the Hand remembered as the Other. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)

According to another account, the Hand had ended up in the City Obsidian in the Imperial Edifice of Infinite Steps. On the instructions of a future Doctor, the Corsair stole it to deliver it to the First Doctor, who had yet to leave Gallifrey. The Corsair speculated that she was probably responsible for the Hand being in the City Obsidian in the first place, wondering if in her future she’d have to go back to steal it from Rassilon and Omega. (PROSE: One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)

During a period of violent unrest on Gallifrey, the Doctor made off with the Hand, rather than have it fall into the clutches of any of the factions. He subsequently began his self-imposed exile with Susan. (COMIC: Time & Time Again)

According to another, contradictory, account, the First Doctor acquired the Hand of Omega whilst on Earth in 1963, when it was given to him by his seventh incarnation. (PROSE: Echoes of Future Past)

When the Doctor returned to London in November 1963 to collect it during his seventh incarnation, it lay in a funeral parlour. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

The Doctor was setting a trap for the Renegade and Imperial Dalek factions and the Imperial Dalek leader, Davros. Davros had hoped to use the Hand to transform (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) the second sun of the Dalek homeworld Skaro, (PROSE: The Stranger) turning it into a power source for time travel. However, the Doctor had altered the Hand's programming. Instead of enhancing Skaro's sun, it went supernova, vaporising Skaro and presumably the Daleks themselves. The Hand of Omega returned to Gallifrey afterwards. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

After defeating WOTAN on 20 July 1966, the First Doctor checked to see if the Hand of Omega had been buried in Shoreditch Cemetery as per his instructions, only to discover that it had been removed. He determined that his future self would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it. (PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story)

The Dalek Prime later claimed that the sun which the Hand had turned supernova was not Skaro's, but Antalin's, a decoy planet. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)

According to rumours, the Enemy destroyed the Hand of Omega at the start of the War in Heaven. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

In the early stages of the Last Great Time War, Dalek agents duped Susan Foreman into returning to August 1963, hoping that she could lead to the Hand of Omega during the Shoreditch Incident only for the Eighth Doctor to intervene. He tricked the Daleks into letting him and Susan leave 1963 whereupon he delivered the Daleks a fake Hand. Once they discovered the deception, the Daleks attempted to exterminate him however he escaped. (AUDIO: The Shoreditch Intervention)

Other universes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternate universe, there were two Hands of Omega. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A scene which shows the Other present during the creation of the Hand appears in the Remembrance of the Daleks novelisation, the first ever work to mention the Other in any media, although the production team had already conceived of the character when working out the Doctor's backstory.
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