Doctor Who Vs. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series 2

The centenary of The Final
Problem was marked by
the Royal Mail in 1993

Jeremy Brett and David Burke returned

as Holmes and Watson for the second

season of Granada's acclaimed period

drama. This series (first screened in the

summer of 1985) saw the introduction

of Conan Doyle's other recurrent char-

acters. Mycroft Holmes was depicted by

Charles Gray (reprised from The Seven-

Per-Cent Solution in 1976), and Colin

Jeavons was Lestrade (following an app-

earance as Moriarty in The Baker Street

Boys in 1983). Moriarty was portrayed

here by Eric Porter.

A repeat run of the six mysteries (all

originally serialised in The Strand from

1891) began on ITV4 today - they

featured a total of sixteen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections

The Copper Beeches

(UK TX: August 25 1985)

The Greek Interpreter

(UK TX: September 1)

• George Costigan (Kemp) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
• Oliver Maguire (Gregson) was a Shrieve in The Ribos Operation
• stuntman Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios

The Norwood Builder (UK TX: September 8)

• Jeavons was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 & Company
• Ken [Alan] Grieve was director of Destiny of the Daleks too

The Resident Patient (UK TX: September 15)

• Patrick [David] Newell (Blessington here; PC Benson in A Study in Terror; Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson; Bobster in Young Sherlock Holmes) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion
• Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Count here; Wilder in The Abominable Bride) was Tyssan in Destiny of the Daleks
• Brett Forrest (Son) was Guard in (part 2 of) The Face of Evil
• John [Henry] Ringham (DI Lanner) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space

The Red Headed League (UK TX: September 22)

• Tim McInnerny (Clay here; Carmichael in The Abominable Bride) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015), and the eponymous role for Puccini and the Doctor (2024)
• [John] Roger Hammond (Wilson here; Rucastle for The Copper Beeches, 1991; Cunningham for The Reigate Squires, 1992) was Francis Bacon in The Chase (1), and Dr. Runciman in Mawdryn Undead, then voiced Harold Withers for The Eternal Summer (2009)
• Richard [born Ian Carmichael] Wilson (Ross) was Dr. Constantine in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Merryweather here; Station Master in The Bruce Partington Plans; Broker in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, both 1965; Ralph for The Blanched Soldier, 1994; Frankland for The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1998) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), the Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken

The Final Problem (UK TX: September 29)

• Michael [John] Goldie (Artist) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
• Marc [Raymond] Boyle was also a stuntman on Terror of the Autons, fight arranger on The Time Warrior, and had roles as Prisoner/UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, and Exxilon in Death to the Daleks             
• Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Thug here; McMurdo in The Sign of Four) was Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death, Primitive/Guard in Colony in Space, and stunt arranger on Battlefield

Doctor Who On This Day #136

1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

6 first screened on BBCtv

1966 - The Crusade, Episodes 1 and

3 both repeated on ABC

1968 - The Savages, Episode 2, The War Machines,

Episodes 2, The Smugglers, Episode 2, The Tenth

Planet, Episodes 2 and 4 and The Power of the

Daleks, Episode 6 all repeated on ABC

1969 - The Faceless Ones, Episodes 5 and 6, The

Evil of the Daleks, Episode 7 and The Tomb of the

Cybermen, Episode 1 all repeated on ABC

1970 - Inferno, Episode 2 first

screened on BBC1
1971 - The Space Pirates, Episodes 2, 5 and 6 and

 The War Games, Episodes 2 repeated and Episode

 3 first screened, all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Krotons, Episode 1, The Space Pirates,

 Episodes 2, 3 and 5 and The War Games, Episode

2 all repeated on ABC

1973 - The Space Pirates, Episode

3 and The Silurians, Episode 4 both

repeated on ABC

1974 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

4, The Silurians, Episode 5, Terror of the

Autons, Episode 2 and Colony in Space,

Episode 5 all repeated on ABC

1975 - The Silurians, Episode 6 first screened on TV1;

and Death to the Daleks, Parts 1 and 3 both repeated

and The Monster  of Peladon, Part 2 repeated and Part

3 first screened, all on ABC

1976 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part

1 repeated on ABC

1978 - Day of the Daleks, Episodes 2 and 3 and

The Robots of Death, Part 4 all repeated on ABC

1979 - The Power of Kroll, Part 4 repeated

and The Armageddon Factor, Part 2 first

screened, both on ABC

1980 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 2 first

screened on WTTW 11
1981 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated

on KQED Plus
1982 - Revenge of the Cybermen

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Kinda, Part 2 first screened on TV1; The Visitation 
Omnibus first screened on WTTW 11; and Terminus, Part

 3 repeated and Part 4 first screened, both on ABC

1984 - The Robots of Death, Part 2 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Castrovalva, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Time Warrior, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Inferno, Episode 7 repeated on KQED Plus; and

The Brain of Morbius, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on ABC

1988 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 4 repeated on TV de

Galicia; and Logopolis Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11
1989 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 repeated on KQED

Plus; and Robot, Part 1 repeated on TV de Galicia

1991 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Sea Devils, Episode 2 and The Hand

of Fear Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 1 to 4 all repeated
on UK Gold; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 repeated on ABC

1994 - State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold; and

Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1995 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 1 repeated on UK

Gold; and The Two Doctors, Part 1 repeated on VOX

1997 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Aztecs, Episode 1: The Temple of Evil repeated

on Space; and Vengeance on Varos and The Mark of the

Rani Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - The Krotons, Episode 1 repeated on Space; Inferno,
Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Colony in Space,
Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on WCET; Day of the Daleks,
Episode 4 and The Curse of Peladon, Episode 1 both repeated
on NHPTV; Planet of the Spiders, Parts 4 to 6 all repeated on
LPB; Robot, Part 2 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Ark in 
Space, Part 3 repeated on Lakeshore PTV and Omnibus repeated
 on KNME; Terror of the Zygons, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
MiND; The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC
America; The Masque of Madragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on MPBN; The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; and Warriors' Gate Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2000 - 100,000 BC, Episode 2: The Cave of Skulls repeated

on Prime; The Mind Robber, Episode 4 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Inferno, Episode 6 repeated on TG4

2001 - Genesis of the Daleks, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on
BBC America; The Stones of Blood, Part 2 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Destiny of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on Prime

2002 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 1 repeated

on BBC Kids (Can); Remembrance of the Daleks, Part

2 repeated on BBC Prime; and The Greatest Show

in the Galaxy, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - Robot, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids

(Can); The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated on Tele 5;

Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

and Shada, Episode 3 released on BBCi

2004 - The Dominators, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated

on WCET; The Seeds of Death, Episodes 3 and 4 both

repeated on KBTC; Terror of the Autons Omnibus repeated

 on MPT; The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated on UK

Gold; The Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

 on Iowa PTV; Four to Doomsday, Part 3 repeated on

WILL; Arc of Infinity Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids 
(Can); Mawdryn Undead, Part 1 repeated on KUED;

and Vengeance on Varos, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) and

The Two Doctors, Parts 1 to 4 (of 6) all repeated on

MiND

2005 - The Armageddon Factor, Part 1 repeated on ABC
2007 - Rose repeated and The Parting of the Ways first

screened, both on KOCE; and Dalek and Doctor Who

Confidential: The Daleks both first screened on KQED Plus
2008 - The Silurians, Episodes 6 and 7 both first screened

on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; Bad Wolf repeated on ABC2; The

Girl in the Fireplace and Doctor Who Confidential: From

Script to Screen both first screened on WGVU; Rise of the

 Cybermen and Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen both

first screened on KQED Plus; 42 repeated on Syfy (US)

and TV3 (Spa); and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: The World of Who repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2009 - The Krotons, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, 
TV2 and TV4; Tooth and Claw and Doctor Who Confidential: Fear 
Factor both repeated on UNC-MX; The Girl in the Fireplace and
Doctor Who Confidential: From Script to Screen both repeated on 
WTTW 11; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
From Zero to Hero both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Love & Monsters 
repeated on KQED Plus and Syfy (Rus); The Runaway Bride 
repeated on WGVU; Blink repeated on OETA; and Doctor Who 
Confidential: The New World of Dr. Who repeated on KQED Plus

2010 - The Age of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: 
From Zero to Hero both repeated on UKTV (Aus); Daleks in 
Manhattan repeated on WTTW 11; Utopia first screened on
WVPB; The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential: The
 Italian Job both first screened on WXXI; The Unicorn and the 
Wasp first screened on Idaho PTV; Forest of the Dead and
 Doctor Who Confidential: River Runs Deep both first screened 
on MPTV; Planet of the Dead first screened on Houston PM; 
Victory of the Daleks first screened on Prime; Flesh and Stone 
first screened on Space and ABC1; Amy's Choice repeated on
BBC3; Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Blinded by the Light 

first screened on ABC1; and Orbis, Episode 1 first broadcast
on Radio 7
2011 - Full Circle, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4;

Rise of the Cybermen repeated on Watch;

Silence in the Library repeated on BBC

America; The Doctor's Wife repeated on

BBC3; and Cobwebs, Episode 1 first

 broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - Terror of the Vervoids, Parts 11 and 12 both repeated

 on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Doctor Dances and Doctor Who

 Confidential Cutdown: Weird Science both repeated on

ABC2; The Long Game repeated on YLE TV2; Rise of the 

Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern and 

Love & Monsters all repeated on France 4; Vincent and 

the Doctor repeated on BBC America; and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: Look Who's Talking repeated
 on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - The Unquiet Dead and Aliens of London both

repeated on BBC America; The Empty Child repeated

on Syfy (Port); Utopia repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP; Last of the Time Lords repeated on Watch; The

Beast Below first screened on YLE TV2; The Curse

of the Black Spot repeated on DR3; The Crimson

 Horror first screened on Prime; and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: Bigger on the Inside

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2014 - The Green Death, Episode 5 and 6 both first screened on
Horror; The Keeper of Traken, Part 3, Snakedance, Part 4, Daleks
in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment,

42, Human Nature and Amy's Choice all repeated on Syfy (Aus);

School Reunion repeated on KCPT2; The Family of Blood and 

Blink both repeated on BBC America; The End of Time, Part 1 

repeated on KLRU; The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone both 

repeated on Really Scary TV; Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs

 on a Spaceship both repeated on BBC3; A Town Called Mercy 

repeated on Syfy (Port); The Angels Take Manhattan repeated
on Ztélé and Syfy (Port); The Bells of Saint John and The Rings 
of Akhaten both repeated on Fox (FRG); Cold War repeated on
WGVU; and Best of the Doctor repeated on BBC Nordic HD and 
BBC Polska HD

2015 - The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6, The Time Warrior, 
Parts 1 and 2, The Hand of Fear, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated

and Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both first
screened, all on Retro TV; The Androids of Tara Omnibus 
repeated on Horror; Rise of the Cybermen, The Idiot's Lantern, 
The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit all repeated on Syfy
(Aus); The Age of Steel repeated on Syfy (Aus) and UNC-MX; 
The Doctor's Daughter repeated on UKTV (NZ); Flesh and Stone,
The Vampires of Venice and Doctor Who Confidential: Blinded by
 the Light all repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania
and ME; The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon,
The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife and The Name 
of the Doctor all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska 
HD; The Rebel Flesh repeated on OETA; The Almost People 
repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The God Complex repeated
 on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and UKTV (Aus); Closing 
Time and The Wedding of River Song both repeated on UKTV 
(Aus); The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on WGVU; Hide 
repeated on RAI4; The Crimson Horror and Nightmare in Silver 
both repeated on Space; Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline
and In the Forest of the Night all repeated on BBC America; Dark
 Water repeated on BBC America and France 4; Last Christmas 
repeated on TLC TV; Doctor Who Confidential: From Zero to Hero 
repeated on UNC-MX; Doctor Who Confidential: You've Got the 
Look repeated BBC Entertainment AP; and Destination: Nerva

first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2016 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 
WETA-UK; Army of Ghosts repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Fires 
of Pompeii and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship both repeated on Syfy
(Aus); Midnight repeated on TV Cultura; Cold Blood and Doctor 
Who Confidential: What Goes on Tour both repeated on ABC2; 
Let's Kill Hitler repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Sleep No More repeated on BBC First (ME); and

Death in Heaven repeated on KUAC

2017 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated on The Zone; 
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Part 4 and Battlefield, Part 1
both repeated on Retro TV; Bad Wolf repeated on BBC Polska HD
 and One ARD; The Parting of the Ways repeated on One ARD; 
The Impossible Astronaut repeated on BBC Polska HD and Fox 
(FRG); Day of the Moon and The Curse of the Black Spot both 
repeated on Syfy (LA); Let's Kill Hitler and Doctor Who Extra:

Into the Dalek both repeated on BBC Polska HD; In the
Forest of the Night, Dark Water, Death in Heaven, and Under 
the Lake all repeated on BBC America; and The Magician's 
Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar both repeated on BBC 
America and Syfy (Bra)
2018 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 4 and 

The Dominators, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro

TV; The Unquiet Dead repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Forest of the Dead repeated on W; The Snowmen,

Part 2 (of 2) repeated on Star World Premiere; The 

Witch's Familiar repeated on ABC and ABC ME;

 Under the Lake repeated on Fox (FRG); Before the Flood
 repeated on Fox and BBC First (RSA); The Eaters of Light 
repeated on Syfy (Bra); World Enough and Time and The 
Doctor Falls both repeated on Sony SciFi; and Class,

Episode 1 repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - Terror of the Autons, Episode 4 and The Claws of

Axos, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The Unquiet

Dead repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Parting of the Ways

repeated on ABC; The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood both

repeated on Sony SciFi; and The Runaway released on

BBC VR, Occulus and Vive Port

2020 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4 and 5 and
The Pirate Planet Omnibus all repeated on Retro TV;
Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of 
London and World War Three all repeated on Sony SciFi;
The Time of the Doctor repeated on RAI4; Before the 
Flood and The Girl Who Died both repeated on BBC 
Polska HD; and Oxygen and Extremis both repeated on 
BBC Entertainment EU

2021 - The Invasion of Time Omnibus

repeated on MPTV; Time and the Rani,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;

The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh,

The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to

War, Let's Kill Hitler and Night Terrors

all repeated on W; and Delia: The Myths

and the Legendary Tapes first screened

on BBC4

2022 - The Waters of Mars repeated on

Fox SciFi; and Closing Time repeated on

BBC Polska HD

2023 - Rose and The End of the World

both repeated on Fox SciFi

2025 - The Curse of Peladon Omnibus

repeated on U&Eden; Deep Breath

repeated on ABC Entertains; and The

Story and the Engine repeated on BBC2

2026 - The Space Museum, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

and Listen repeated on BBC3