Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock, Series 1

Sherlock Holmes, the immortal
character of fiction created by

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is age-

less, invincible and unchanging.

In solving significant problems

of the present day he remains

- as ever - the supreme master

of deductive reasoning.

The Voice of Terror (1942)

Sherlock was conceived in 2008 by

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss,

as a modern-day reworking of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Both then

scripted the first and third serials respectively, and served as series

executive producers, whilst Gatiss

would also portray Mycroft Holmes.

Benedict [Timothy Carlton]
Cumberbatch (born 1976) was
cast as the latest incarnation of the Great Detective. Matt Smith auditioned for the part of that other Doctor, Watson, now depicted by Martin [John Christopher] Freeman (b. 1971). Dublin-born Andrew Scott debuted as James Moriarty in The Great Game.

The untransmitted, hour-long pilot of A Study in Pink (filmed in 2009)

was eventually remade a year later, and the run (produced in reverse
order) launched on BBC One and HD in July 2020. A repeat run of the

thrillers began on Drama last night - they featured a total of thirty-

one regular and twenty-five guest Doctor Who cast/crew connections:

• Cumberbatch voiced Howard Carter for Big Finish's False Gods, and Thing 2 for Order of Simplicity (both 2008)
• Una Stubbs (Mrs. Hudson) voiced Flo for Horror of Glam Rock (2007)
• Rupert Graves (DI Greg Lestrade) was John Riddell in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper) voiced Charlotte Willis for The Foe from the Future (2012), and Millicent Belanger for The Viyran Solution (2014)
• Vinette Robinson (DS Sally Donovan) was Abi Lerner in 42, Rosa Parks in Rosa, and voiced Cynthia Quince for Dead to the World (2015)
• Jonathan Aris (Anderson) voiced the Department Head for Altered Status (2021)
• cinematographer Steve Lawes was a focus puller on five instal- ments (from Rose to World War Three)
• Arwel Wyn Jones was also production designer on Series 11 (following work on forty-two other episodes of the revived series, Time Crash, Attack of the Graske, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood: Children of Earth)
• Toby Ford first assistant director on A Good Man Goes to War too
• third assistant director Barry Phillips was a floor runner on The Runaway Bride, The Shakespeare Code, Daleks in Manhattan and The Lazarus Experiment
• Richard Dyer was also sound recordist on The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit
• SFX supervisor Danny Hargreaves worked on eighty episodes (from The Girl in the Fireplace to The Doctor Falls) and Class
• VFX supervisor James Etherington was an artist on Midnight, The Next Doctor and The Big Bang
• Marcus Shakesheff was also a stuntman (here; Sherlock Holmes & A Game of Shadows) on The End of Time and Cold War
• Lee Sheward was also the stunt co-ordinator (here & Murder Rooms) on fifteen episodes (from The End of the World to The End of Time) and Torchwood: Miracle Day
• Louise Martin was also costume assistant on eighteen stories (from Voyage of the Damned to The End of Time)
• James Scott was focus puller on Closing Time too
• Lee Bhogal was also assistant editor on Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, Closing Time, The Doctor Falls, The Sarah Jane Advetures and Torchwood
• Nicky James was also the location manager on sixteen adventures (from The Curse of the Black Spot to The Name of the Doctor) and Torchwood
• script supervisor Llinos Wyn Jones was production assistant on Attack of the Cybermen, and later worked on the revived run and Torchwood
• Doug Sinclair was also supervising sound editor on forty-two episodes (from Rose to The Waters of Mars), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Dewi Thomas was stand-by props on Blink and Closing Time too 
• Paul Jones was also stand-by carpenter on fifteen stories (from The Runaway Bride to Closing Time), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• foley mixer Will Everett was foley editor on Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, Torchwood: Children of Earth and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Julie Ankerson was also foley artist on over one-hundred-and-thirty instalments (from Rose to The Doctor Falls) and both spin-off TV series
• art director Dafydd Shurmer was stand-by director on Blink, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks and Let's Kill Hitler
• Christina Tom was also graphic designer on thirty-two stories (from Human Nature to The Day of the Doctor) and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• make-up designer Claire Pritchard was an artist on eleven episodes (from Dalek to The Time of the Doctor)
• Barry Phillips (third assistant director) was floor runner on The Runaway Bride, The Shakespeare Code, Daleks in Manhattan and The Lazarus Experiment, then first assistant director on Spyfall (2) and Orphan 55
• composer David Arnold provided a new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune for Big Finish's Eighth Doctor releases

Pilot (Unaired)

• Zawe Ashton (DS Donovan) was Journey Blue in Into the Dalek
• Joseph Long (Angelo here; Firmani in The Red Circle) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Nick Arthurs was also film editor on The Curse of the Fatal Death and Hide
• Ray Holman was also costume designer on fifty-nine stories (from Blink to The Power of the Doctor) and Torchwood
• Joelle Rumbelow was also set decorator (here & The Great Game) on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Waters of Mars and The Snowmen, after serving as props buyer on nine earlier episodes (from Boom Town to Forest of the Dead), then latterly art director on The Crimson Horror

A Study in Pink 
(BBC TX: July 25, July 26, November 9, November 28 2010/July 20,

December 24 2011/May 17 2013/October 25 2014/May 4 2015 - Alibi TX:

Boxing Day 2013/January 7, January 8, December 23 2014/January 9,

January 10, April 4, December 23 2015/January 6, January 7, August 27 2016/September 2, September 3, December 18 2017/February 11, September 8, September 9, December 27 2018 - Watch TX: June 5, June 6 2015/July 30, July 31 2016/February 12, December 3, December 20 2017/

April 15, July 8 2018 - Drama TX: June 30 2018, April 10, October 19 2022)

• Phil Davis (Jeff here & Pilot; DI Gilbert in Mr. Holmes) and Victoria Wicks (Margaret) both appeared in The Fires of Pompeii, as Lucius and the High Priestess respectively - Davis also voiced Titus for The Cannibalists (2009)
• Tanya Moodie (Ella) voiced Marathanga/Martha for L.E.G.E.N.D. (2019), and Kilda for The Castle of Kurnos 5 (2020)
• Syrus Lowe (Aide) voiced Patrice Okereke for The Last Party on Earth (2019)
• Peter Brooke (Passenger) was a Man in Daleks in Manhattan
• stuntman (here & The Reichenbach Fall) Paul Heasman was an uncredited Nazi in Silver Nemesis, and stunt arranger on Survival
• Iwan Roberts was also the location manager on fourteen episodes (from A Christmas Carol to The Day of the Doctor)

The Blind Banker 
(BBC TX: August 1, August 2, November 16, December 5 2010/July 27, 
December 25 2011/May 24 2013/November 1 2014/May 11 2015 - Alibi TX:
January 14, January 15, Christmas Eve 24 2014/January 16, January 17,

April 5, Christmas Eve 2015/January 13, January 14, August 27 2016/

September 2, September 3, December 18 2017/February 18, September 22, September 23, December 28 2018 - Watch TX: June 12, June 13 2015/

August 6, August 7 2016/February 19, December 10, December 21 2017/

April 22, July 15 2018 - Drama TX: July 7 2018, April 17, October 26 2022)

• Steve Thompson (here, The Reichenbach Fall & The Sign of Three) was also writer of The Curse of the Black Spot, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Time Heist and The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
• Euros Lyn was also director of ten revived series adventures (from The End of the World to The End of Time), Music of the Spheres and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Gemma Chan (Soo Lin Yao) was Mia Bennett in The Waters of Mars
• Bertie Carvel (Wilkes) was the Mysterious Man in The Lazarus Experiment
• Paul Chequer (DI Dimmock here & Series 4: The Six Thatchers) voiced a Servo Robot for AudioGos' Tsar Wars (2011)
• Olivia Poulet (Amanda) voiced Myrren for Requiem for the Rocket Men, Pazmi for Planet of the Rani (both 2015), Carla for The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016), Jerasta for Songs of Love (2017), Ros Green/Jakernia for Fire and Ice (2021), and Felsa Mavelock for Stone Cold (2023)

The Great Game 
(BBC TX: August 8, August 9, November 23, December 12 2010/August 3,
December 26 2011/May 31 2013/November 6, November 8 2014/May 18

2015 - Alibi TX: January 19, Christmas Day 2014/January 23, January 24,

April 6, Christmas Day 2015/January 20, January 21, August 27 2016/

September 2, September 3, December 18 2017/February 25, September

29, September 30, December 29 2018 - Watch TX: June 19, June 20 2015/

August 13, August 14 2016/February 26, December 17, December 22 2017/

April 29, July 22 2018 - Drama TX: July 14 2018, April 24, November 2 2022)

• John [Gibb] Sessions [born Marshall] (Kenny here; Rutherford in Murder Rooms; Conan Doyle in Mr. Selfridge; Mycroft in Mr. Holmes) voiced General Tannis for Death Comes to Time, Mozart for My Own Private Wolfgang (2007), Roland for Castle of Fear (2009), then provided the voice of Gus for Mummy on the Orient Express
• Matthew Needham (Bezza) was Old Swarm in The Halloween Apocalypse and Once, Upon Time
• Rita Davies (Blind Lady) voiced Janneus in Primeval (2001)
• Jeany Spark (Homeless Girl) voiced Florence Nightingale for The Angel of Scutari (2009), Jelena for Prisoner of the Sun (2010), Daisy Chapel for Operation: Hellfire (2020), Ifor Tragacanth/ Cham'Yal for The Doomsday Contract, Gonch/Piir Mother for The Melting Pot (both 2021), and Carol Protraxus/General Polly Juno for Bad Day in Tinseltown (2022)
• Lauren Crace (Lucy) voiced Jemima for The Two Masters (2016)
• Alison Lintott (Julie) was the Nurse in World Enough and Time
• Peter Davison as the Planetarium Voice
• Jason Hunjan (here & A Game of Shadows) was also a stuntman on Voyage of the Damned and The Next Doctor