Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock, Series 2

The long-awaited second series of

Sherlock - created by co-executive producers Steven Moffat and
Mark Gatiss - consolidated the
success of it's initial 2010 run by

increasing it's viewing figures and

audience share, garnering further

critical acclaim, and massive inter-

net traffic.

Holmes and Watson (again port-

rayed by Benedict Cumberbatch

and Martin Freeman) were joined

by Una Stubbs (as Mrs. Hudson),

Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper),

Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade),

Andrew Scott (Moriarty), and

Gatiss (who played Mycroft Holmes, and wrote part two). Lara Pulver debuted as Irene Adler (pictured) in the first mystery.

A repeat run of the second season concluded on Drama last night

- it featured twenty-four other regular crew members with Doctor

Who links:

• James DeHaviland was also second assistant director on seventy-four instalments of the revived show (from Planet of the Dead to The Doctor Falls), Torchwood: Children of Earth and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Rhys Griffiths was also the unit manager on fifty-seven adventures (from Tooth and Claw to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Francesco Reidy was also first assistant director on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The Husbands of River Song
• Heddi Joy Taylor was also third assistant director on forty-six stories (from The Next Doctor to The Time of the Doctor) and second assistant on another nine (The Girl Who Waited to The Day of the Doctor), after serving as floor runner on twenty-six earlier episodes (The Runaway Bride to Journey's End)
• Abdulqader Amoud was sound assistant on the 2011 Christmas special too
• David Jones was also VFX artist on forty-three episodes (from The Next Doctor to The Return of Doctor Mysterio), The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Enemy of the Bane and Class
• sound mixer John Mooney assisted on Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver Nemesis, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Battlefield and Ghost Light
• VFX supervisor Jean-Claude Deguara was SFX artist on forty-three episodes (from Rose to The Vampires of Venice)
• Frank Hanna was also the compositor on ten stories (from part 2 of The End of Time to Revolution of the Daleks)
• Jon Best (gaffer here) and Dai Hopkins both worked on Love & Monsters as best boy and grip respectively - Hopkins was also grip on Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song
• Owen Charnley was also assistant grip on twenty-eight stories (from The Impossible Astronaut to The Day of the Doctor)
• Svetlana Miko was also camera assistant on fourteen episodes (from A Christmas Carol to Survivors of the Flux)
• Becky Trotman was also assistant editor on sixty-three instalments (from The Vampires of Venice to The Doctor Falls)
• production runner Sandra Cosfield assisted on sixty-one episodes (from 2011's festive special to Eve of the Daleks)
• Geraint Williams was also unit manager on ten stories, and location assistant on another thirteen (from Planet of the Dead to Hide)
• script supervisor Non Eleri Hughes worked on series continuity for fifty-four stories (from The End of the World to The Big Bang) and Torchwood
• Gareth Skelding was location manager on forty-four episodes (from The Christmas Invasion to The Big Bang) and Torchwood
• production co-ordinator Sian Warrilow [now Reynish] was a runner on twenty-one editions (from Silence in the Library to Closing Time) and Music of the Spheres
• Gareth Webb was also a runner on Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor
• Blaanid Maddrell was production buyer on Love & Monsters, Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment too, and assistant designer on The Sarah Jane Adventures and Attack of the Graske
• props master Phil Shellard worked stand-by props on eighty-eight episodes (from Rose to The Angels Take Manhattan), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• props assistant Jackson Pope worked on thirty-two stories (from Turn Left to The Wedding of River Song) and Torchwood: Children of Earth in various posts
• Dafydd Shurmer was also art director on Blink, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, Let's Kill Hitler and Torchwood, supervising art director on six stories (from Sleep No More to Kerblam!), and production designer on Flux, Eve of the Daleks, Legend of the Sea Devils and the Centenary special

For Danny Hargreaves, Arwel Jones, Jeremy Child, Doug Sinclair,

Dewi Thomas, Will Everett and Paul Jones (crew) see Series 1.

The three feature-length mysteries first aired in the winter of

2012, and featured a total of twenty-six Doctor Who cast/crew

connections:

 A Scandal In Belgravia

(BBC TX: New Year's Day, January 7, February 25 2012/July 12, November

29 2013/November 15 2014/May 25 2015 - Alibi TX: January 21, January

22, January 26, June 1, June 2, Boxing Day 2014/January 30, January 31,

April 4, Boxing Day 2015/January 27, January 28, February 21, March 26

2016/September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 4, October 6, October 7, December 30 2018 - Watch TX: June 26, June 27 2015/August 20, August 21 2016 - Drama TX: July 21 2018/May 1, November 9 2022)

• Andrew Havill (Equerry here & Sherlock Uncovered) was the Chief Steward in Voyage of the Damned, and voiced Aleister Portillon/ Squire Claude for Big Finish's The Witch in the Well (2011), and Colonel Wildman for The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
• Danny Webb (DI Carter here; Lestrade in The Hound of the Baskervilles) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
• Anthony Cozens (Geek here; Constable in The Case of the Silk Stocking) was the Concierge in The Husbands of River Song
• Freeman's stunt double Paul Kulik was stuntman on Rose too
• Greg Bennett (Driver) was a Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
• stunt co-ordinator Gareth Milne was George Cranleigh in Black Orchid, Peter Davison's double on Warriors of the Deep, and Mortuary Attendant in Vengeance on Varos
• Ruben Mayor (technical director) and Dan Newlands (matchmove artist) both worked on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe too

The Hounds of Baskerville

(BBC TX: January 8, January 14, March 2 2012/July 19, December 6 2013/
November 22 2014 - Alibi TX: January 28, January 29, February 2, June 8,

June 9, December 27 2014/February 6, February 7, April 5, December 27

2015/February 3, February 4, February 21, March 26 2016/September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 11, October 13, October 14,

December 31 2018 - Watch TX: July 3, July 4 2015/August 27, August 28

2016 - Drama TX: July 28 2018/May 8, November 16 2022)

• Clive Mantle (Frankland here; Thug in Without a Clue) voiced Oliver Cromwell for The Settling (2006), Tuvold for The Burning Prince (2012), Tillegat/Lieutenant Treeves for Destroy the Infinite (2014), and Chuke for Genetics of the Daleks (2020)
• Sasha Behar (Dr. Mortimer) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, then voiced Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (both 2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet 2/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (2022)
• Simon Paisley Day (Barrymore) was the Steward in The End of the World, and Rump in Face the Raven
• Russell [George] Tovey (Knight) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned, The End of Time (part 2) and reprised for The Lives of Captain Jack (2017)
• Stephen Wight [born Gray] (Fletcher) voiced Unsworth for The Flying Dutchman (2020)
• Chipo Chung (Presenter) was Chantho in Utopia, and Fortune Teller in Turn Left
• Kevin Trainor (Billy) voiced both Lucern/Cornet Swallow for The Witch in the Well
• Peter Bennett was also first assistant director on fourteen episodes (from Bad Wolf to The End of Time and Attack of the Graske), production manager on four others, then producer on a further six and Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Alexandra Merchant was also stand-by art director on The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky and The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Reichenbach Fall

(BBC TX: January 15, January 21, March 21 2012/August 2, December 13

2013/November 29 2014 - Alibi TX: February 4, February 5, February 9,

June 15, June 16, December 28 2014/February 13, February 14, April 6, December 28 2015/February 10, February 11, February 21, March 27 2016/

September 9, September 10, December 19 2017/March 18, October 20,

October 21, December 31 2018/January 1 2019 - Watch TX: July 10, July

11 2015/September 3, September 4 2016 - Drama TX: August 4 2018/May

15, November 23 2022)

• Toby Haynes was also director of The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
• for Vinette Robinson (DS Donovan) see Series 1
• Katherine [Jane] Parkinson (Kitty) voiced Danika Meanwhile for The Death Collectors (2008)
• Sydney Wade (Claudia) was the Little Girl [Melody Pond] in The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon
• Jaye Griffiths (Barrister [Sorrel]) was Jac in The Magician's Apprentice and The Zygon Invasion, and voiced Daylin for The Neverwhen (2016), Til Rork for The Sentient (2019), and Sister Ursula for Abbey of Heretics (2020)
• Malcolm [Forbes] Rennie (Judge) voiced Anzor for Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Paul Leonard (Director) was James Stonehouse in The Halloween Apocalypse
• Tony Way (Warder) was Alf in Deep Breath
• Ifan Huw Dafydd (Clerk) voiced Bishop Parrash for Faith Stealer (2004)
• prolific Big Finish actor Ian Hallard (Barrister [Crayhill]) voiced Sabian for Primeval (2001), the Matrix for Neverland (2002), Mouse/Winkler/Luigi/Heavy for Invaders from Mars, Zeuro for A Storm of Angels, Castellan Wynter for Gallifrey (all 2005), Joseph Banks for The Transit of Venus, Suit/Captain Cannibal for Izzy's Story, John Polidori for Mary's Story, Duncan for An Earthly Child, Chessman for Cyberman 2 (all 2009), Comtech Bron Kell for Dark Eyes 2, and Davent/Warrior for Destroy the Infinite (both 2014) - he was also Gary Talbot in Global Conspiracy?, depicted Richard Martin for An Adventure in Space and Time, then Alan-a-Dale in Robot of Sherwood