Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock, Series 3

The long-awaited third season 
of Hartswood Films' Sherlock

consolidated the success of both

previous runs by increasing it's

viewing figures and audience

share again - it garnered further

 critical acclaim, and massive

internet traffic. An exclusive

online edition, Many Happy

Returns, preceded the new series

and was available on BBC iPlayer,

Red Button and You Tube channels.

Holmes and Watson (portrayed by

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin

Freeman) were again joined by

Una Stubbs (as Martha Hudson),

Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade), Vinette

Robinson (DS Donovan), Jonathan Aris (Anderson), and Mark Gatiss

(Mycroft). Newcomer Amanda Abbington played Mary Morstan.

A repeat run of the multi-award winning, three-part drama began on

U&Alibi today - it featured another forty-two Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

Many Happy Returns (BBC TX: Christmas Eve 2013)

• Christopher J Thomas was also floor runner on thirteen episodes (from Into the Dalek to The Timeless Children), and assistant director on another fifty-five (from Deep Breath to The Reality War)
• Nandie Narishkin was also stand-by art director on The Snowmen, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror
• John Mooney (series sound mixer) worked on Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver Nemesis, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light
• Warwick Boole was also a SFX technician on fifteen stories (from Asylum of the Daleks to The Day of the Doctor)
• Nicolas Hernandez (CG supervisor) was artist/supervisor on forty-four editions (from Father's Day to The End of Time)
• Benoit Leveau was also head of VFX software on fourteen instal- ments (from Into the Dalek to The Witch's Familiar)
• Arran Glasser was also SFX technician on forty-two episodes (from Deep Breath to The Witchfinders)
• Keith Barton was also SFX technician on forty-four stories (from The Day of the Doctor to The Empire of Death)
• Sara Bennett was also VFX artist/compositor on forty-three editions (from Rose to The Big Bang)
• for Dave Kneath and Jean Claude Deguara see A Scandal in Belgravia

The Empty Hearse 

(BBC TX: New Year's Day 2014, January 3, December 6 2014, August 10, 

December 4 2015/Alibi TX: February 17, February 18, March 27 2016, New 

Year's Day 2017, January 5, September 6, September 23, December 20

2017, March 25, October 27, October 28, December 31 2018, January 1

2019/Watch TX: September 11 2016/Drama TX: August 11 2018, May 22,

November 30 2022/U&Alibi TX: June 8 2025)

• Wanda Ventham (Mrs. Holmes) was Jean Rook in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl, and Faroon in Time and the Rani
• David Fynn (Shilcott) was Marcellus in The Pandorica Opens
• Rick [George] Warden (Dad) voiced Styggron/Sonk for Big Finish's The Difference Office (2022)
• for Sydney Wade (Claudie) see The Reichenbach Fall
• Jim Conway (Reporter) was Uncle Josh in The Snowmen
• Tomi May (Torturer) was Dowell in Thin Ice
• for Steve Lawes, Arwel Jones and Claire Pritchard see Series 1
• David Jones was also VFX artist on fifteen episodes (from The Next Doctor to The Name of the Doctor), and The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Enemy of the Bane

The Sign of Three 
(BBC TX: January 5, January 10, December 13 2014, August 17 2015, 
December 11 2015/Alibi TX: February 24, February 25, March 28 2016,

New Year's Day 2017, January 12, September 13, September 23, December

20 2017, April 1, November 3, November 4, December 31 2018, January 1

2019/Watch TX: September 18 2016/Drama TX: August 18 2018, May 29,

December 7 2022)

• Steve Thompson 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
• Susie Liggat was the first assistant director on Love & Monsters, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, then also producer of eight stories (from Human Nature to The Next Doctor) 
• Colm McCarthy was director of The Bells of Saint John too
• Nicholas Asbury (Landlord) was Etoine in The Zygon Inversion, and voiced Rowe for The Many Deaths of Jo Grant (2011), Anthony Burmaster for UNIT: Assembled, Chairman Bart Falco for The Silurian Candidate (both 2017), Captain Morgan/Visguard/Officer for Churchill Victorious, Dante for The Diary of River Song 4 (both 2018), Captain Zenna/Kivall for Out of Time 1, Tenebrae/Franz Albrecht Stuart for Rulers of Earth (both 2020), Mollis for Colony of Fear, Commander Stevenson/Pietersen for Return of the Cybermen, Shakespeare for The Hollow Crown, Preacher Stem for The Melting Pot (all 2021), Hari Ventross for Kaldor Nights, Dr. Sterm for Shellshock (both 2022), Belias for Never the End Is, and Inquisitor Robel for You Only Die Twice (both 2024)
• Alistair Petrie (Sholto) voiced Major Harris/German Lieutenant for Criss-Cross (2015), Julius Caesar for Living History (2016), John for Dethras, Richard Tipple for The Outliers (both 2017), Wallace Richards for Ghost Machines (2019), Magnus Drake for Faustian and Vengeance (both 2021), the Count for The Edge of the War (2023), and Albion Graves for The Silent Priest (2024)
• Jalaal Hartley (Photographer) was Dick in The Shakespeare Code
• Debbie Chazen (Vicky) was Foon Van Hoff in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Dr. Barbara Goro for The Outliers
• Tim Chipping (Duty Sergeant) voiced Grigory for The Wanderer (2012), and Constable Wolsey/Mandrake for The Widow's Assassin (2014)
• Oliver Lansley (David) was Jorj in World Enough and Time
• Rita Arya (Gail) was Gat in Fugitive of the Judoon
• Clem So (Raver) was Mongolian in Asylum of the Daleks, Artisan in The Angels Take Manhattan, Tourist in The Day of the Doctor, Clock- work Droid in Deep Breath, Bank Client in Time Heist, and Alien in Face the Raven and The Husbands of River Song
• Jozef Aoki (Tourist) voiced Toda Elji and Yoshita Hiroshi for The Barbarians and the Samurai (2018)
• Becky Trotman was also assistant editor on thirty-seven instalments (from The Vampires of Venice to The Name of the Doctor)
• Blaanid Maddrell was also the production buyer on Love & Monsters, Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment, and assistant designer on The Sarah Jane Adventures and Attack of the Graske

His Last Vow 
(BBC TX: January 12, January 17, December 20 2014, August 24 2015, 
December 18 2015/Alibi TX: March 2, March 3, March 28 2016, New Year's 
Day 2017, January 19, September 20, September 23, December 20 2017,
April 8, November 10, November 11, December 31 2018, January 1 2019/
Watch TX: September 25 2016/Drama TX: August 25 2018, June 5, December

14 2022)

• Nick Hurran was also director of The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan and The Day of the Doctor
• Lindsay Duncan (Lady Smallwood here & The Six Thatchers) was Captain Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars
• Tim Wallers (Garvie) was Captain Childers in Victory of the Daleks, then voiced Justinian for The Secret History (2015), and Commander Roxita/Chief Raldon for Day of the Vashta Nerada (2017)
• Katherine Jakeways (Benji) voiced Jill for Nightshade (2016)
• Alan Bond (Coroner) was a UNIT Soldier in The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• second unit director Mike Hedges was first assistant on Twice Upon a Time
• Owen Charnley was also the assistant grip on twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor)
• series make-up artist Amy Riley was make-up supervisor on Listen, Time Heist, Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express and In the Forest of the Night