The Many Hands is a BBC Books original novel written by Dale Smith and based on the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.

The Doctor and Martha are confronted by the walking dead, first a solitary figure which attacks a stagecoach containing Benjamin Franklin, then by an army of the creatures rising from the putrid waters of the Nor' Loch.

The British soldiers under Captain McAllister who have arrested the Doctor find themselves following his lead.

Meanwhile, at the Surgeon's Hall, Martha has met a couple of physicians, Alexander Monro, senior and junior, who apparently brought the first corpse back to life.

They lock her in a small room with dozens of hands, disembodied but disturbingly active.