Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Co-producer Lionel Wigram was free to

 develop this Anglo-American project when 

he left Warner Bros. After legal issues with
the Conan Doyle estate were resolved, the
studio began production in 2007, and Guy
Ritchie (who imagined Holmes as a period
action hero) was assigned as director.

New York-born actor/singer Robert Downey

Jr. and Jude Law were cast as Holmes and

Watson. Irene Adler and DI Lestrade were

portrayed by Rachel McAdams and Eddie

Marsan, whilst Kelly Reilly and Geraldine

James appeared as Mary Morstan and Mrs.

Hudson. 

Location filming was conducted in London,
Manchester, Liverpool, Chatham, then
Brooklyn, and the film was released at
Christmas 2009. A sequel (subtitled A 
Game of Shadows) followed in late 2011,
and a third feature is still planned.

Shown on Sky Showcase last night, the

second mystery starred Jared Harris (Professor Moriarty), Stephen

Fry (Mycroft Holmes), and Paul Anderson (Sebastian Moran). Both films featured a total of thirty-two Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

Sherlock Holmes

• James [William] Fox (Rotherham) voiced Professor Chronotis for Big Finish's Shada
• William Hope (Standish) voiced General Tillington for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007)
• Andrew Brooke (Captain) was Kahler-Tek the Gunslinger in A Town Called Mercy
• Miles Jupp (Waiter) voiced Dominic for Power Play (2012), and Inquisitor Xavier for The Revolution (2014)
• James Greene (Governor) was the Abbott in The Bells of Saint John
• Michael Jenn (Preacher) was Clarence in The Name of the Doctor
• Paul Bateman (Prisoner here; Stallholder in A Game of Shadows) was Groundling in The Shakespeare Code
• Peter Miles (Thug), Rick English and Glenn Foster were all stunt- men on Tooth and Claw too - Miles also worked on The Girl in the Fireplace
• Marcus Shakesheff (stunts here & Sherlock; Hashisheen in A Game of Shadows) was also stuntman on The End of Time and Cold War
• Nina Armstrong and Chris Pollard were stunt performers on The Runaway Bride and Robot of Sherwood respectively
• Paul Kennington and James O'Donnell were also stuntmen on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday - O'Donnell also worked on The Doctor's Daughter
• Rob Cooper, Guy List and Ian Pead were stuntmen on Evolution of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Twice Upon a Time respectively
• Bean Peel was also stunt performer on Father's Day and Night Terrors
• Gordon Seed was also a stuntman on twenty-one stories, and the stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
• Ryan Stuart was stuntman on Nightmare in Silver too

A Game of Shadows

• Fry (also Watson for Audible's The Hound of the Baskervilles, 2021) voiced the Minister of Chance for Death Comes to Time, and appeared as C in Spyfall (1)
• Anderson made his TV debut as Jason in The Christmas Invasion
• Charles Walters (Bomber) was Robert Sleigh in An Adventure in Space and Time
• Laurence Dobiesz (Servant) voiced Wilheim Royzcki for Their Finest Hour (2018), and Torquil Jonas for The Ghost Writers (2020)
• Jonathan Christie (Diplomat) voiced Captain Schumer for The Lure of the Nomad, and Seth Heyer for Open the Box (both 2018)
• Maitland Chandler (Banker) voiced Rufus Dimplesqueeze for Other Lives, and Seo for Singularity (both 2005)
• Alexander Devrient (Gypsy)
• Becky Wright (ADR voice group) voiced Lizzo for The Rani Elite (2014), Flo Hawkins/Alayna for Iron Bright (2018), Witch for Blood on Santa's Claw, Shreela/Jana/Pip/Janey for The Baby Awakes, Mole for Brightly Shone the Moon that Night (all 2019), Alex/Lehena for The Shoreditch Intervention, Nancy/Lady Calisto/Hologram Tyrax for Plight of the Pimpernel, (both 2020), Private Claire Duval for The Curator's Gambit (2021), Terri/Fynix for Dying Hours, and Jodall for Enemy Mine (2023)
• Lukas DiSparrow (Dealer) has been cast in the 2023 Christmas special
•  Levan Doran was stuntmen on Tooth and Claw too
• Lloyd Bass was also stuntman on The Time of the Doctor and Twice Upon a Time