The Hand of Fear (TV story): Difference between revisions

The planet is barren and ruined, but her ring activates some instruments. [[Booby trap]]s have been set long ago by Eldrad's rival, [[Rokon|King Rokon]], on the minuscule chance of her return. The Kastrian opens a door and triggers a trap. A syringe-like dart hits her.

After she explains that the dart contained [[Eldrad's acid|an acid]] of her own design, Doctor and Sarah take the dying Eldrad to a [[regenerator chamber]] deep below the surface of Kastria, in the [[thermal chamber]]s. The regenerator chamber is rigged to destroy Eldrad, but a malfunction allows a full regeneration. The new form of Eldrad reveals he had based his earlier form on Sarah, the first human he encountered. Eldrad is now much taller and male. He boasts that he destroyed the solar barriers in a rivalry with King Rokon. They find Eldrad's ultimate goal, the Kastrian [[race bank]], with which he intends to revive the dormant Kastrian people. The Bank, however, is empty.  

An image of Rokon appears on a video screen, informing Eldrad that without the barriers, facing perpetual subterranean existence and a small possibility of his return, the Kastrian race elected to destroy themselves and the Race Bank. Rokon mockingly salutes Eldrad from the grave as "King of Nothing." A bitter Eldrad now decides to rule the [[Earth]] instead and demands that the Doctor return him. He refuses, stating that his obligation to Eldrad is now satisfied.  

Eldrad pursues the Doctor and Sarah to an abyss. Tripping over the Doctor's scarf, which has been stretched out across the passageway by the Doctor and Sarah, Eldrad falls straight into the depths to his apparent doom. The Doctor drops Eldrad's ring into the abyss as well. He notes that Eldrad's fate is uncertain, as silicon-based lifeforms are difficult to kill.