Doctor Who Vs. The Irregulars

This dark period

drama is Netflix's

second recent

Sherlock Holmes

spin-off, following

Enola Holmes. The

eponymous gang is

based on the Baker

Street Irregulars -

 "half a dozen street

 Arabs" led by

Wiggins, who only

appeared in three

Conan Doyle stories.

The five teenagers

here are recruited by Dr. Watson (portrayed by Royce Pierreson) to investigate supernatural

crimes, whilst Holmes (Henry Lloyd Hughes) remains a peripheral

presence. The characters inspired two BBC dramas - The Baker

Street Boys (in 1983), and Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street

Irregulars (2007).

Created by Tom Bidwell and developed by Drama Republic, the

eight-part series premiered on March 26 - they featured a total

of sixteen Doctor Who cast connections:

• Thaddea Graham (Bea) was Bel in Flux
• Clarke Peters [born Peter Clarke] (Linen Man) voiced Night Eagle for Dreamland
• Alex [Kirk] Ferns (Collins) voiced Parks for Big Finish's Clean Sweep (2016)
• Jonjo O'Neill (Mycroft) was McGillop in The Day of the Doctor
• Shelley Conn (Dion) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
• Anna [Charlotte] Maxwell Martin (Edith) was Suki Macrae Cantrell in The Long Game, then voiced Maddie Bower for The Diary of River Song 2 (2016)
• Denise Black [Nixon] (Mrs. Hudson here; Carrie in Shoscombe Old Place) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs. Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)
• Sacharissa Claxton (Dr. Renfield) was Passenger and Agent in Spyfall (1)
• Daniel Fearn (Barman here; Newsvendor in The Abominable Bride; Man in Holmes & Watson) was Man in The Woman Who Lived
• Kieran Hodgson (Breakwater) voiced Findel for Last of the Cybermen, Arin and Dennis for The Red House, Alam and Hilsee for The Isos Network, Bennus for The Innocent (all 2015), Klick Chervain for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (both 2017), and Devon Pryce for Tales from New Earth (2018)
• Emma Cunniffe (Laura) was Claire in Night Terrors, and voiced Caleera for Doom Coalition (2016)
• Simon Ludders (Landlord) was a Patient in New Earth, and Over- seer in Thin Ice, and voiced Luke Palmer for Torchwood: Outbreak, Magister Feris for The Angel of History, Elliot King for The War Master 2 (both 2018), and Monty and Ogron for The Uncertainty Shore (2020)
• Adam Shaw (Cambridge) was Morris in Rise of the Cybermen
• Anthony Taylor (Peter) was Andrew in Can You Hear Me?
• George Potts (Compere) voiced Ruben and Guard for The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (2015)
• Richard Price (Man here; Stagehand in Houdini and Doyle; Guard in Holmes & Watson) was Guest in The Runaway Bride and The Lazarus Experiment, Passerby in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mark of the Berserker and Partners in Crime, Takran Soldier in The Doctor's Daughter, Cyberman in World Enough and Time, The Doctor Falls, Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children, Postman and Team-mate in Kerblam!, Sniperbot in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Judoon in Fugitive of the Judoon, Dalek operator in Revolution of the Daleks, and Shadow Kin in Class