I recently found the Hand of fear book by Terrance Dicks in a second hand book shop here in Hobart
I also found this item too on the conditions during filming at the time
http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2001/7/5/166513.htmlIf you look at the dvd, you can see from the outset just how hot it was as the air has that shimmering heat look in the background scenes.
Friends from the UK here and living there then and now, tell me that 1976 was a real scorcher as this article hints.
In the dvd you can also see how dry the grass is (brown) but at some point during filming they must have had a downpour in Gloucester near Oldbury power station .
With an interest in the weather, my research reveals that the dry spell actually started in '75 as for instance the Android Invasion filmed in Oxfordshire looks similarly sunny and very light.
Here in Tasmania, we're used to hot weather, but the consistant heat in the UK in '76 seems beyond that what even we're used too, but I know my mainland friends would say we get it easy in Tasmania and the rest of Australia really cops it with horrid heat over time during summer.
Still interesting background for the filming and its no wonder Lis swallowed a fly during filming!.
See you in Cromhall quarry
Phil
