Doctor Who Vs. Without a Clue

"The brains behind Sherlock Holmes

belonged to Dr. Watson, according

to this farce, the shy doctor having

invented the fictitious sleuth as a

front for his own crime detection

skills. As Holmes captured the

public's imagination (depicted in

The Strand magazine), Watson

was forced to hire actor Reginald

Kincaid (played here by Michael

Caine) to impersonate him. How

they fare while investigating a

plot (hatched by Paul Freeman's

Professor Moriarty) to undermine

the British Empire with forged

fivers is the comedy basis for

this mismatched buddy movie. Its lots of fun, despite the hammy

performances, and Ben Kingsley's Watson wipes the floor with

Caine's Holmes." Alan Jones, Radio Times.

Released by Orion in late 1988, the ITC production originally had

the working title The Impostor of Baker Street, then was intended

to be marketed as Sherlock and Me. Shown on Talking Pictures

today, the film also featured Jeffrey Jones (as Lestrade), and a 

dozen Doctor Who cast connections:

• [Peter John] Freeman voiced Jalnik for Big Finish's The Foe from the Future (2012)
• Lysette [Ann Chodzko] Anthony (Leslie) voiced Clara Harris for Assassin in the Limelight (2008), Hazel Bright for Hothouse (2009), and Sophia for The Secret History (2015)
• Harold [Sidney] Innocent (Johnson) was Gilbert M in The Happiness Patrol, and voiced Freeth for The Paradise of Death
• Ivor Roberts (Reporter) was Mogran in Genesis of the Daleks
• James [Rutherford Worsfold] Bree [born Thomson] (Barrister here; Barnicot in The Six Napoleons, 1965; Coroner in The Empty House, 1986) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, and Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe
• Clive Mantle (Thug here; Frankland in The Hounds of Baskerville) voiced Oliver Cromwell for The Settling (2006), Tuvold for The Burning Prince (2012), Tillegat and Lieutenant Treeves for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Chuke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
• John Tordoff (Andrews) was Alec Leeson in (episode 4 of) Colony in Space
• Richard Henry (Hadlers) was a Mentor in Mindwarp
• Chris Webb (Henchman here; Stuntman on The Sign of Four, 1987) was a Monoid in The Ark
• stuntmen Stuart Fell and Terry [Anthony] Walsh both worked on the classic run
• Rocky [Laurie] Taylor (stunts here & A Game of Shadows) was a stuntman on The Idiot's Lantern
• Terry Forrestal (stunts here; Sir Hugo in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1982) was a Driver in K9 and Company