Doctor WhoVs. The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Series 1

Jeremy Brett's definitive portrayal

of the Great Detective returned to

Granada's acclaimed period drama,

and was now joined by Edward

Hardwicke (1932-2011) who replaced

David Burke as Dr. Watson.

In 1965, Burke had appeared in The

 Greek Interpreter opposite Peter

Cushing's Holmes, and would later

depict Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in

Photographing Fairies.

Eric Porter and Colin Jeavons played

Moriarty (in The Empty House) and

Lestrade, whilst Patrick Allen starred

as Sebastian Moran.

These seven mysteries (from the

collection of thirteen, all originally

serialised in The Strand from 1903) first aired in the summer of 1986.

A repeat run of the third season began on ITV4 today - it featured

Ian Marter (in his final television role, as Inspector Fereday in part

three) and eighteen other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Empty House (UK TX: July 9 1986)

• James [Rutherford Worsfold] Bree [born Thomson] (Coroner here; Dr. Barnicot in The Six Napoleons, 1965; Butler in The Case of Magruder's Millions; Barrister in Without a Clue; Dietrich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe, and Lama in Downtime
• Paul Lacoux (Adair) voiced Dr. Mark Mathias for Big Finish's The Harvest (2004)

The Abbey Grange (UK TX: July 16)

• Nicolas Chagrin (Viviani) was Quillam in Vengeance on Varos
• Zulema [Noel] Dene [born Walliker] (Theresa) voiced Danna for Soldier Obscura (2018)

The Musgrave Ritual (UK TX: July 23)

• Teresa Banham (Janet) was the Governor of HMP Broadfell in The End of Time, then voiced Mrs Bartholomew/Angelica for Jago & Litefoot 13 (2017), and Aletta Songul for Torchwood: Oracle (2023)
• for Liam Foster see The Speckled Band

The Second Stain (UK TX: July 30)

• Alan Bennion (Bates) was Slaar in The Seeds of Death, Izlyr in The Curse of Peladon, and Azaxyr in The Monster of Peladon

The Man With The Twisted Lip (UK TX: August 6)

• [Frank] Denis Lill (DI Bradstreet here, The Bruce-Partington Plans, The Mazarin Stone; Dr. Watson in The Crucifer of Blood, 1979) was Dr. Fendelman in Image of Fendahl, and Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening
• Albert Moses (Lascar) was an Indian Sailor in Carnival of Monsters
• Ozzie Yue (Malay) was the Foreman in The Angels Take Manhattan

The Priory School (UK TX: August 13)

• Nicolas Gecks (Wilder here; Makepeace in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady; Lestrade in Sherlock, 2002) was Albert Dumfries in The Sound of Drums
• Michael Bertenshaw (Aveling) was Cole in The Next Doctor
• prolific Big Finish actor Christopher Benjamin (Huxtable) was Sir Keith Gold in Inferno, then Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp, but is best known as Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang - a role reprised for The Mahogany Murders (2009), Jago & Litefoot (2010-21), Voyage to Venus, Voyage to the New World (both 2012), The Justice of Jalxar (2013), Mind Games, The Screaming Skull (both 2014), Stage Fright, The Haunting (both 2015), The Beast of Kravenos, Jago & Litefoot Revival (both 2017), Jago & Litefoot Forever (2018), The Talents of Greel (2019) and Merry Christmas, Mr. Jago (2020) - he also voiced Tardelli for Grand Theft Cosmos (2008)

The Six Napoleons (UK TX: August 20)

• Marina Sirtis (Lucrezia) voiced Karen for The Last Diner (2021)
• Gerald [Theron] Campion (Hudson) was Wilkins in Shada
• Steve [born Phokion Stavros] Plytas (Venucci here; Manikuros in The Greek Interpreter, 1965) was Wigner in The Tenth Planet
• Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Mendelstam) was Alien Scientist in The War Games, and voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Shamur for The Children of Seth (2011), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
• Vincenzo Nicoli (Pietro) voiced Pagus for Cry of the Vultriss, and Vibax for Assets of War (both 2020)