Doctor Who Vs. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke returned

as Holmes and Watson for the seventh, and

final run of Granada's acclaimed period drama.

Brett was gravely ill during the filming of the

serials and died in 1995, aged just 61 - his

portrayal is now considered definitive.

Nineteen canonical Holmes cases remained

unadapted.

Published in 1894, The Memoirs comprised

twelve short detective stories. However, The

Three Gables and The Mazarin Stone actually

 appeared in The Case Book (issued from 1921 

to 1927), whilst The Dying Detective, The Red

Circle and The Cardboard Box were reprinted

 in His Last Bow (released in 1917), and The

Golden Prince-Nez was included in The Return

 (1903).

In the UK, the series has been rerun on Granada Plus (closed in 2004),

ITV1 (in 2006), ITV3 (2017) and even BBC2 (from 2003 to 2005) - a

repeat run began on ITV4 today.

This six-part season first aired in the spring of 1994 - it starred

Caroline John (pictured as Mrs Carnac in the second episode) and

a total of twenty-five other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Three Gables (UK TX: March 7 1994)

• Peter [Paul] Wyngarde (Pike here; Baron Gruner in The Illustrious Client) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
• Gary Cady (Maberley) was Luke Ward in The Mark of the Rani
• Steve Toussaint (Dixie) was Feekat in Ascension of the Cybermen
• for John Gill see The Speckled Band
• Michael Young was production designer on The Massacre too

The Dying Detective (UK TX: March 14)

• Sarah Hellings was director of The Mark of the Rani too
• Susannah Harker [born Owens] (Adelaide here; Irene in The Crucifer of Blood; Violet for The Solitary Cyclist, 1993) voiced Clare Keightley for Big Finish's Shada, and Anya for Eye of Darkness (2015)
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [born Williams] (Savage here; Merridew for The Remarkable Performance of Mr. Frederick Merridew) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Sir Sidney Herbert/Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Roy Hudd (Gedgrave here; Holmes for The Newly Discovered Casebook; Phillimore for The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Watson) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)

The Golden Prince-Nez (UK TX: March 21)

• Frank Finlay (Coram/Sergius here; Lestrade in A Study in Terror & Murder by Decree; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Other Side) voiced Jacob Williams for Bedtime Story (2007)
• Nigel [George] Planer (DI Hopkins) was Vorgenson in The Monsters are Coming!, and voiced Alex Marlowe for Hothouse (2009), and Herrax/Old Emperor for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
• Anna[belle Susan Wilkinson] Carteret (Anna) was offered the role of Kara in November 1984, but Eleanor Bron was cast in Revelation of the Daleks - she voiced the Apothecary for Dissolution (2021)
• Christopher Guard (Smith) was Bellboy in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster
• cinematographer Elmer Cossey was a film cameraman on (episode 5 of) Planet of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks, Revenge of the Cybermen, Image of the Fendahl and The Pirate Planet

The Red Circle (UK TX: March 28)

• John [William Francis] Hallam (Gorgiano) was Light in Ghost Light (3)
• James Coombes (Lucca) provided the Krarg voices for Shada, and was Paroli in Warriors of the Deep
• Tom Chadbon (DI Hawkins; Zygovich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady) was Duggan in City of Death, Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, then voiced Forrest for BBV Production' Conduct Unbecoming (2000), Will Sullivan for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gordon Davidson for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016)
• Kerry Shale (Leverton here; voice of Sir Henry in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983; Holmes for Crime and Punishments, 2014) was Dr. Renfrew in Day of the Moon, then Narrator of The Lost Angel (2017)
• Joseph Long (Firmani here; Angelo in Sherlock: Pilot) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Christopher Pemsel was production designer on The Enemy of the World too

The Mazarin Stone (UK TX: April 4)

• writer Gary Hopkins was commissioned to provide a story for the aborted season 23 - Power Play was eventually adapted by Big Finish in 2012
• for Denis Lill (DI Bradstreet) see The Man With the Twisted Lip

The Cardboard Box (UK TX: April 11)

• Joanna David [Joanne Hacking] (Susan) voiced Mrs. Audley for The Broken Crown (2011)
• Ann [Margaret Nicholson] Rye (Mrs. Clyde) voiced Lillian Dillane for Nocturne (2007)