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Hand of Omega
User Omega (creator); Seventh Doctor; Imperial Daleks
Function Stellar manipulator
Appears in Remembrance of the Daleks

The Hand of Omega is a fictional device from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Omega is a Fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Since their first appearance in 1963 there have been several variant models of the Daleks, a fictional alien race in the long-running BBC Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.

In Remembrance of the Daleks the Seventh Doctor explains that the "Hand of Omega" is the mythical name for the remote stellar manipulator invented by Omega, the first of the Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey. Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld Omega was a stellar engineer who used the Hand to create the supernova which would be the power source for the Gallifreyans experiments and subsequent mastery over time travel. Omega is a Fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The attempt resulted in a supernova that apparently consumed Omega, but instead shunted him into an antimatter universe. A supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas) is a stellar Explosion. In Particle physics and Quantum chemistry, antimatter is the extension of the concept of the Antiparticle to Matter, where antimatter is composed The supernova subsequently collapsed into a black hole, the nucleus of which was harnessed by Omega's colleague Rassilon as the Eye of Harmony, and giving the Time Lords the power to live up to their name. A black hole is a theoretical region of space in which the Gravitational field is so powerful that nothing not even Electromagnetic radiation (e A gravitational singularity (sometimes spacetime singularity) is approximately a place where quantities which are used to measure the Gravitational field become Rassilon is a Fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Eye of Harmony, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is the name given In homage to Omega, and to live up to their apparent "infinite capacity for pretentiousness", the Time Lords dubbed the manipulator the "Hand of Omega", presumably as a metaphor that Omega changed stars "with his touch".

History

The Hand of Omega was removed from Gallifrey by the First Doctor prior to his self-imposed exile before the events of the first Doctor Who episode. The First Doctor is the name given to the initial incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running He then hid it in a funeral parlour in London in the year 1963, as seen in the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast

The Hand resided in a casket that made it resemble a coffin. A coffin (also known as a casket in North American English) is a funerary Box used in the display and containment of deceased remains – either for The casket had a dull, bronze appearance to it, but what material it was actually made from is unknown. Seemingly possessed of some basic intelligence, the Hand had the ability to levitate and follow simple orders. It was also able, on the Doctor's orders, to suffuse a baseball bat with energy, which the Doctor's companion Ace then used briefly as a weapon. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Ace (given name Dorothy) is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series

In Remembrance, the Seventh Doctor returned to 1963, apparently to move the Hand to another hiding place. The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In truth, he was laying a trap for the Daleks and their creator, Davros. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Davros had hoped to use the Hand to transform the sun of the Dalek homeworld Skaro into a power source for time travel. Skaro is a fictional planet from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who created by the writer Terry Nation However, the Doctor had altered the Hand's programming so that instead of enhancing Skaro's sun, the Hand turned it supernova, obliterating Skaro and, presumably, the Daleks themselves. A supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas) is a stellar Explosion. The Hand of Omega returned to Gallifrey afterward.

Other appearances

In the spin-off novel War of the Daleks by John Peel, it was revealed that the planet Antalin had been destroyed in Skaro's place. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor War of the Daleks is an original novel written by John Peel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series John Peel (born 1954 is a British Writer, best known for his books connected to several television series The canonicity of the novels, as with all spin-off media, is open to interpretation. The Whoniverse is the Fictional universe in which Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and

The Virgin New Adventures novel Lungbarrow by Marc Platt provides some additional history on the Hand during the early years of its creation on Gallifrey. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Lungbarrow is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Marc Platt (born 1953 is a British writer He is most known for his work with the BBC Science fiction Television The Hand was hidden by Rassilon, but escaped just before the Doctor left Gallifrey. The ancient alarms left by Rassilon were not known and could not be shut off, leaving the Hand to lurk around the Doctor's rooms.

In the BBC Books novel The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks it is revealed that there were two Hands, both used by Omega. The Eight Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television Terrance Dicks (born 10 May 1935 in East Ham, Essex (now Greater London) is an English Writer, best known for The Hand also appears in The Infinity Doctors by Lance Parkin. The Infinity Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television Lance Parkin is a British Author, best known for writing Fiction and reference books for Television series, in particular Doctor Who

The origins of the Hand are further explored in Omega, a Big Finish Productions audio drama. Omega is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and This is a list of audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions There it is stated that the Hand was literally a hand placed in the Stellar Manipulator: that of Vandekirian, Omega's treacherous associate. The name "Hand of Omega" was chosen by Rassilon for political reasons. However, aside from the canonicity issues, the story is told largely from the point of view of an insane Omega with confused memories, as well as trying to make a point about the malleability of written history. This ultimately makes the accuracy of the information uncertain.

The Hand of Omega also plays a vital part in The Seventh Door an ultimately rejected audio script for Big Finish Productions in 2000, which was Chris McKeon's original Valeyard story concept before his involvement in co-writing Time's Champion with Craig Hinton. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and Craig Paul Alexander Hinton ( May 7 1964 &ndash December 3 2006) was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs Craig Paul Alexander Hinton ( May 7 1964 &ndash December 3 2006) was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs


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