Doctor Who Vs. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series 1

Over ten years, Granada TV faithfully

adapted forty-two of Sir Arthur Conan 

Doyle's classic crime stories in the form

of thirty-six episodes and five feature-length specials. 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

were the first mysteries to feature the

Great Detective, and were published in

The Strand magazine from 1891, then

 in book form a year later.

The collection of twelve cases were

dramatised for ITV over two series, 

followed by three other seasons - The 

Return of Sherlock Holmes (from 1986

to 1988, also over thirteen parts), The

 Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (from

1991-1993, nine serials), The Memoirs

of Sherlock Holmes (six episodes in 

1994). 

Jeremy Brett (1933-1995) portrayed 

Holmes, a role now considered the
definitive depiction in any medium, and was joined by David Burke

(born 1934) as Dr. John Hamish Watson for The Adventures only.

Edward Hardwicke (1932-2011) then played the doctor in all the

remaining stories. Rosalie Williams (1919-2009) was Mrs Hudson.

A repeat run of the first, seven-part season began on ITV4 today

- it featured a total of twenty-four Doctor Who cast and crew

 connections:

A Scandal in Bohemia (UK TX: April 24 1984)

• Michael [Alexander] Carter (Norton) made his TV debut as an uncredited Prisoner and UNIT Soldier in The Mind of Evil
• [Cathal] Max [Parnell Macaulay Lloyd] Faulkner (John) was a UNIT Soldier in The Ambassadors of Death, Exxilon in (part 1 of) Death to the Daleks, Miner in The Monster of Peladon (6), Guard Captain in Planet of the Spiders (4), Thal Guard in Genesis of the Daleks (3), Crewman in Planet of Evil (1), Corporal Adams in The Android Invasion, and Nesbin in The Invasion of Time

The Dancing Men (UK TX: May 1)

• director John Bruce (here, The Speckled Band, The Red Headed League, The Second Stain) was a production assistant on The Dominators
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (Cubitt) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters

The Naval Treaty (UK TX: May 8)

• Gareth [Daniel Noake] Thomas (Harrison) voiced Lord Tamworth in Big Finish's Storm Warning (2001), Kalendorf for Dalek Empire and Return of the Daleks (2006), and Astaroth Morax for Last of the Colophon (2014)
• Alison Skilbeck (Annie) was the Deputy in Frontios
• David [Michael] Rodigan (Forbes) was Broken Tooth in The Mysterious Planet
• John Taylor (Ferrier) was a Crewmember of The Wheel in Space

The Solitary Cyclist (UK TX: May 15)

• John [Michael Frederick] Castle (Selby here; St. Clair for The Crucifer of Blood) voiced Edmund Trevithick for Nightshade (2016)

The Crooked Man (UK TX: May 22)

• Norman Jones (Wood here; Rangey for The Naval Treaty; Sir George for The Final Problem, both 1992) was Khrisong in The Abominable Snowmen, Major Baker in The Silurians, and Hieronymous in The Masque of Mandragora
• Lisa Daniely [born Mary Elizabeth Bodington] (Nancy) was Madeleine Issigri in The Space Pirates
• Denys [Vernon] Hawthorne (Barclay here; Soames for The Three Students) was Rudge in Terror of the Vervoids
• James Wilby (Young Barclay here; Spaul for The Red Headed League, 1990) voiced Tenebris for The Acheron Pulse and The Shadow Heart (2012), Professor John Torrance for The Sontaran Project (2017), and Pascal for Blind Summit (2018)
• Michael Lumsden (Henry) voiced Newton Pallister for The Crash of the UK-201 (2018)

The Speckled Band (UK TX: May 29)

• Rosalyn Landor [born Landau] (Helen) voiced Vanessa Elledge/Ood for Prisoner of the Ood (2018), Caldicott for The Scream of Ghosts (2019), Cantiple/Korravin Second for Ancient History, Chief Shethan for Susan's War 2, Morin/Quarks for Dominant Species (all 2024), and Professor Abigail Macleod for Doctor Who and the Brain Drain (2025)
• John [Harry] Gill (Driver here; Sutro in The Three Gables) was Oak in Fury from the Deep
• Tim Condren (Thorne) was a Saxon Warrior in The Time Meddler (4), and Guerilla in Day of the Daleks
• production manager Liam Foster began his career in TV as an AFM on Spearhead from Space

The Blue Carbunkle (UK TX: June 5)

• Amelda Brown (Jennie) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• Brian [Reginald] Miller (DI Bradstreet here; Norton for A Scandal in Bohemia, 1990) was Dugdale in Snakedance, provided a Dalek voice for Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks, was Harry Sowersby in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Mad Woman in the Attic, and Barney in Deep Breath - he also voiced Abbotly for Ghost Town (2002), and Rexus for Reborn (2011)
• Don McCorkindale (Windigate here; Leper for The Blanched Soldier; Warder for The Problem of Thor Bridge) voiced Don Fabrizio for The Ghosts of N-Space, and Porthintus for The Wreck of the World (2017)
• [Albert] Frank Mills (Peterson) was the Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons
• John Cannon (Rough) was Miner in The Monster of Peladon, Elgin in The Hand of Fear, Passerby in The Talons of Weng Chiang, Trog in Underworld, Technician in The Pirate Planet, Guard in The Armageddon Factor and The Creature from the Pit, Extra in Time Flight, Helmsman in Enlightenment, and Servant in The King's Demons
• Eric Kent (Rough here; Butcher in A Study in Terror) was an un- credited Technician in The Seeds of Death, and Roundhead in The Time Monster (3)