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I read an article which stated that Elisabeth Sladen wanted to leave in an average story, rather than go out in a blaze of glory. To my mind, her final story was slightly below average, although I suppose the key matter is that the only significant part of this adventure is that Sarah Jane Smith departs the TARDIS for good. There is nothing else to speak of about The Hand of Fear. This is one of those stories which is not as good second time around, and I'm not speaking about watching it on DVD. Ever since it was released on video I have watched this story a number of times and have been quite disappointed in it. Its not a bad story and Eldrad makes for an intriguing foe, but the fact is that its not an especially good story. If Sarah had stayed on, it would not even be a memorable story.