Doctor Who Vs. 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 opposite

Peter Cushing's Holmes in The Greek

Interpreter, and would later depict Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle in Photographing

Fairies. Eric Porter and Colin Jeavons

played Moriarty 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 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 the third case) 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 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 a 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)