Doctor Who Vs. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Produced by Tiger Aspect for BBC1,

this adaptation of Conan Doyle's most

famous and prolific Sherlock Holmes

mystery was shot extensively on

location in Liverpool, Cumbria and the

Isle of Man.

The narrative here differs considerably

from the original novel, published in

1902, following serialisation in The Strand magazine.

First shown in the UK on Boxing Day

2002 (and in America a month later),

Holmes and Watson were portrayed

here by Australian Richard Roxburgh

(pictured right) and Liverpool-born

Ian Hart (left). Roxburgh then played

Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, whilst Hart later depicted Conan

Doyle in Finding Neverland. A sequel (also written by Allan Cubitt),

The Case of the Silk Stocking saw Hart reprise his role opposite 

Rupert Everett's Holmes.

Shown on Drama today, the BAFTA nominated serial featured

Richard E Grant, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, John Nettles,

Geraldine James, and eleven other Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Grant (Stapleton here; Sherlock Holmes in The Other Side, 1992; Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock, 2002) and McIntosh (Beryl) were reunited on The Snowmen and The Name of the Doctor, when they reprised their roles of Dr. Walter Simeon and Vastra
• Ron Cook (Barrymore) was Magpie in The Idiot's Lantern
• Liza Tarbuck (Mrs. Barrymore) voiced Captain Kaliko for The Infinite Quest, and Lysette Barclay for Plague of the Daleks (2009)
• Danny Webb (DI Lestrade here; DI Carter in A Scandal in Belgravia) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori in The Dark Husband (2008)
• Jim Norton (Coroner here; Walter in Elementary) voiced Major Thomas Kennet for Scream of the Shalka, opposite Grant's Ninth Doctor
• Stephan Bessant (Warder) voiced Julius for The Council of Nicaea (2005)
• Julie Scott was also co-executive producer on ninety-one stories (from The Runaway Bride to Last Christmas), Time Crash, Music of the Spheres, Dreamland, City of the Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, An Adventure in Space and Time, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and Doctor Who at the Proms
• Mark Isaac was also focus puller on sixteen instalments of the revived series (from Rose to School Reunion)
• Bob Shipsey was also a camera operator on The Doctor's Wife and Night Terrors
• script supervisor Karen Jones began her career as a production assistant (PA) on Mindwarp