D&D General Did Star Trek inspire Bigby's Grasping Hand?

[Greg K]

Was Bigby's Grasping Hand inspired by the giant hand from the Star Trek Episode "Who Mourns For Adonais?" ?

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Entirely plausible, but Bigby was an actual player character, and his gimmick was hand spells, and as anyone who has encountered a player character with a gimmick can tell you, player character gimmicks take on lives of their own.