Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Co-producer Lionel Wigram was free to

 develop this Anglo-American project when he

left Warner Bros. After legal issues with the

Conan Doyle estate were resolved, the studio

began production in 2007, and Guy Ritchie

(who imagined Holmes as a period action

hero) was assigned as director. New York

born actor/singer Robert Downey Jr. and

 Jude Law were cast as Holmes and Watson. 

Location filming was conducted in London,
Manchester, Liverpool, Chatham, then
Brooklyn, and the film was released at
Christmas 2009. A sequel (subtitled A 
Game of Shadows) followed in late 2011,
and a third feature is still planned.

Shown on 5Star tonight, the adventure

featured Rachel McAdams (as Irene Adler),

Eddie Marsan (Lestrade), Kelly Reilly (Mary

Morstan), Geraldine James (Mrs. Hudson),

Mark Strong, and twenty-one Doctor Who

cast and crew connections:

• James [William] Fox (Rotherham here; Holmes for The Beekeeper's Apprentice) voiced Professor Chronotis for Big Finish's Shada
• William Hope (Standish) voiced General Tillington for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007)
• Andrew Brooke (Captain) was Kahler-Tek the Gunslinger in A Town Called Mercy
• Miles Jupp (Waiter) voiced Dominic for Power Play (2012), and Inquisitor Xavier for The Revolution (2014)
• James Greene (Governor) was the Abbott in The Bells of Saint John
• Michael Jenn (Preacher) was Clarence in The Name of the Doctor
• Paul Bateman (Prisoner here; Stallholder in A Game of Shadows) was Groundling in The Shakespeare Code
• Peter Miles, Rick English and Glenn Foster were all stuntmen on Tooth and Claw too - Miles also worked on The Girl in the Fireplace
• Marcus Shakesheff (stunts here & Sherlock; Hashisheen in A Game of Shadows) was also stuntman on The End of Time and Cold War
• Nina Armstrong and Chris Pollard were stunt performers on The Runaway Bride and Robot of Sherwood respectively
• Paul Kennington and James O'Donnell were also stuntmen on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday - O'Donnell also worked on The Doctor's Daughter
• Rob Cooper, Guy List and Ian Pead were stuntmen on Evolution of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Twice Upon a Time respect- ively
• Bean Peel was also stunt performer on Father's Day and Night Terrors
• Gordon Seed was also a stuntman on twenty-one stories, and the stunt co-ordinator on another thirteen (from The Idiot's Lantern to Kill the Moon)
• Ryan Stuart was stuntman on Nightmare in Silver too

Date With History: 1888

Berner St. circa 1908

The Whitechapel Murders

escalated as the killer, now

known as Jack the Ripper (he

was christened in the 'Dear

 Boss' letter just three days

before), attacked two more

 prostitutes on the same night.

The first victim of the 'Double

Event' was Elizabeth Stride,
murdered at about 1 am, on
Sunday September 30th, in
Dutfield's Yard, on Berner 

(now Henriques) Street.

Less than an hour later,
Catherine Eddowes became

the fourth canonical victim of the Ripper. She was slain in Mitre Square, Aldgate, within the City of

London itself, at around 1.45 am.

Mitre Square reconstructed
for CSI: Whitechapel (2012)

Then at about 3 am, PC Alfred
Long discovered two clues in
nearby Wentworth Dwellings

on Goulston Street. A bloodied

portion of Eddowes' apron lay
 in a stairwell, and above it,
written in chalk on the wall,
was this message: "the Juwes
are the men that will not be
blamed for nothing." The true

 import of this 'graffito' is still

unclear - compounded by Met

police Commissioner Charles

Warren's insistence on having

it erased.

 

Doctor Who On This Day #272

1948 - Director Tony Virgo born in Harrow

1967 - The Power of the Daleks, Episode

4 and The Underwater Menace, Episode 1

repeated and Episode 2 first screened, all

on ABC

1968 - The Ice Warriors, Episodes 1 to

3 repeated and Episode 4 first screened,

all on ABC

1978 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part

4, The Face of Evil, Part 4 and The Robots

of Death, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on ABC

1979 - The Deadly Assassin, Part 3

first screened on TV2; and City of Death,

Part 1 first screened on BBC1

1980 - The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 3 and

The Seeds of Doom, Part 1 all repeated on ABC;

and The Armageddon Factor, Part 5 first screened

on TV2

1981 - The Armageddon Factor, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - Revenge of the Cybermen, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on ABC; and The

Armageddon Factor, Part 2 repeated on

KQED Plus

1984 - Warriors' Gate, Part 2 and

Kinda Omnibus both repeated on KQED

Plus

1985 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 1

repeated on ABC

1987 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 repeated

on KQED Plus; and The Invisible Enemy, Part

3 repeated on TV2

1988 - Kinda, Part 3 repeated on TV2; and The

Two Doctors, Part 3 (of 6) repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Invasion of Time, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus; and The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6)

first screened on TV2

1990 - Colony in Space, Episode

6 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - Pyramids of Mars, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Brain of Morbius, Part

2 repeated on UK Gold; and The

Deadly Assassin, Part 4 repeated

 on ABC

1994 - The Twin Dilemma, Part

2 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - Terror of the Zygons, Part

1 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Caves of Androzani

Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus repeated

 on KQED Plus; The Sun Makers, Part 1 repeated on

UK Gold; and The Invasion of Time, Part 2 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated on Space 

1999 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 3 repeated on

Space; and City of Death, Part 1 repeated on UKTV

 (Aus)

2000 - The Silurians, Episode 3 repeated

on Prime; and The Three Doctors, Episode

1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2001 - The Mind of Evil, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on KERA; 

Nightmare of Eden, Part 3 first screened on Prairie PTV; Warriors' 

Gate Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); Earthshock Omnibus 

repeated on UK Gold; Time Flight, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on Iowa PTV; Planet of Fire, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC 

Prime; and Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) and The Happiness

 Patrol, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on MiND

2002 - Terror of the Zygons, Part 4 repeated on WCNY; The Brain 

of Morbius, Part 3 repeated on Lakeland PTV; The Androids of Tara

Omnibus repeated on MPT; City of Death, Part 3 repeated on KUED;

 Image of the Fendahl, Part 4 and The Sun Makers, Part 1 both 

repeated on MiND; The Invasion of Time, Part 5 repeated on WILL;

Full Circle Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); Logopolis, Part 4

repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Visitation Omnibus repeated on 

UK Gold; Arc of Infinity, Part 4 repeated on WQED; Terminus, Parts

 3 and 4 both repeated on WCET; Resurrection of the Daleks, Parts

 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Caves of

 Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Twin 

Dilemma, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on NHPTV; and The Two 

Doctors, Parts 5 and 6 (of 6) both repeated on Colorado PTV

2003 - The Daleks, Episode 5: The Expedition repeated on ABC; 

Pyramids of Mars Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); and

Horror of Fang Rock, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on UK Gold

2004 - The Monster of Peladon, Part 5 repeated on ABC

2005 - Arc of Infinity, Part 4 repeated

on ABC; and The Parting of the Ways

first screened on Prime

2006 - Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child,

The Doctor Dances, Boom Town and The Parting of the Ways all

repeated on Syfy (US); Bad Wolf repeated on UK Gold and Syfy

(US); and Doomsday and Doctor Who Confidential: One Year

On both repeated on BBC3

2007 - Rose, The End of the World and The Unquiet

Dead all repeated on France 4; Aliens of London

repeated on WVPB; The Long Game repeated and

Doctor Who Confidential: The Dark Side first screened, 

both on LPB; Father's Day repeated on Prairie PTV; Boom Town 

repeated on OETA; The Parting of the Ways first screened on Rocky 

Mountain PBS; New Earth first screened on Nederland 2; The Idiot's 

Lantern, The Impossible Planet, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday all repeated on UK Gold; The Satan Pit first 

screened on één and repeated on UK Gold; Smith and Jones first 

screened on ΣΚΑΙ; and The Sound of Drums first screened on

Syfy (US)

2008 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 and The Sun Makers, Part 1 both 

first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The End of the World repeated 

on Panhandle PBS; Aliens of London repeated on Syfy (Spain); World 

War Three repeated on KLCS; The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances 

both repeated on WJCT; The Girl in the Fireplace first screened on Syfy 

(Rus) and repeated on KQED Plus; Army of Ghosts and Doctor Who 

Confidential: Welcome to Torchwood both first screened on KVCR;

 and Doctor Who Confidential: From Script to Screen repeated on

KQED Plus

2009 - Voyage of the Damned repeated

on UKTV (Aus); and Utopia repeated on BBC3

2010 - Tooth and Claw repeated on Space

2011 - The Robots of Death, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Doctor

Dances repeated on Space; The Idiot's Lantern

repeated on Watch; Planet of the Ood repeated

on UKTV (Aus); The Next Doctor and Planet of

the Dead both repeated on BBC America; and

The Girl Who Waited first screened on Prime

2012 - Day of the Moon first screened on DR3; Asylum of the

Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all 

repeated on BBC America; The Power of Three first screened on 

ABC1 and repeated on BBC America; and The Angels Take

Manhattan first screened on BBC1 and ABC1 iView

2013 - Death to the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; The Face of Evil, Parts 3 and 4

both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Bad Wolf and 

The Parting of the Ways both repeated on UKTV; Voyage of the Damned, 

Planet of the Ood and The Sontaran Stratagem all repeated on France 4; Gridlock, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42, Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Blink, Utopia and 

The Sound of Drums all repeated on Space; The Stolen Earth and 

Journey's End both screened at Doctor Who at 50 event held at BFI 

Southbank; Closing Time repeated on BBC Entertainment LA

and WTTW Prime; The Wedding of River Song repeated on Jeem

(UK); Asylum of the Daleks repeated on MPTV; Dinosaurs on a

Spaceship repeated on Iowa PTV; A Town Called Mercy repeated

 on BBC America; Cold War first screened on Idaho PTV; Doctor 

Who Confidential: Open All Hours repeated on WTTW Prime;

 and Doctor Who Confidential: Out of Time repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP

2014 - Death to the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; 

The Armageddon Factor, Parts 3 and 4, Cold Blood and Vincent and 

the Doctor all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Dalek repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Silence in the Library repeated on Really Scary TV; Forest of the Dead 

and Midnight both repeated on BBC America; Planet of the Dead 

repeated on YLE TV2; Flesh and Stone repeated on WPT; The God 

Complex repeated on Watch; Closing Time repeated on Karusel;

The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan both repeated 

on RAI4; The Bells of Saint John repeated on DR3; The Rings of 

Akhaten repeated on WSIU and DR3; Cold War repeated on BBC 

Polska; Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

and Doctor Who Extra: The Caretaker repeated on BBC Red

Button

2015 - 100,000 BC, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; The 

Mind of Evil, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on Retro TV; The Long 

Game repeated on TV Cultura; The Impossible Planet repeated on 

Disney XD; Blink repeated on KCPT2; Planet of the Ood repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; The Lodger repeated on BBC

Entertainment LA; The Rebel Flesh repeated on Watch; The 

Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War both repeated on BBC

 Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Asylum of the Daleks repeated on

 BBC America and Syfy (Port); Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated 

on BBC America; The Day of the Doctor repeated on Syfy (Aus) and

 Part 2 (of 2) first screened on FX (Ind); The Time of the Doctor 

and Listen both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Into the Dalek repeated 

on WGVU; Dark Water repeated on RAI4; The Witch's Familiar first

screened on BBC First (Ben); and Earth Conquest repeated on Space

2016 - The Three Doctors, Episode 4 and Carnival of Monsters, 

Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; Army of Ghosts and The

Big Bang both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Doomsday and The

Runaway Bride both repeated on RAI4; The Unicorn and the

Wasp repeated on The Zone; The Girl Who Waited and

The God Complex both repeated on BBC America; Deep

Breath repeated on Syfy (LA); Time Heist repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP; Flatline repeated on BBC First

(ME); Hell Bent repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The

Doctors Revisited: The Fifth Doctor repeated on Watch

2017 - Robot, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

 New Earth and Tooth and Claw both repeated on Space;

Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice and Amy's

Choice all repeated on BBC America; and World Enough

and Time and The Doctor Falls both repeated on BBC

First (ME)

2018 - Underworld, Parts 2 and 3, The Twin Dilemma, Part 4 and

 Attack of the Cybermen, Parts 1 to 3 (of 4) all repeated on Retro 

TV; The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School

 Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen, The 

Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet, The 

Satan Pit, Love & Monsters, Fear Her, The Return of Doctor 

Mysterio, The Pilot, Smile Thin Ice, Knock Knock, Oxygen,

 Extremis, The Lie of the Land, World Enough and Time and

The Doctor Falls all repeated on BBC America; The Rings of 

Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 

and The Crimson Horror all repeated on BBC Polska HD;

 Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, In the Forest of the 

Night, Dark Water and Death in Heaven all repeated on Sony 

SciFi; The Demons of Red Lodge repeated on Radio 4 Extra; 

and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD screened on Comet TV

2019 - The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

KBTC; The Creature from the Pit Omnibus repeated on WSRE;

State of Decay Omnibus repeated on MPTV; The Awakening

Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Enlightenment, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; The Ultimate Foe Omnibus repeated

on Iowa PTV; Bad Wolf and The Ghost Monument both repeated 

on One ARD; Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited, The God 

Complex, Closing Time and The Doctor, the Widow and the

Wardrobe all repeated on W; The Tsuranga Conundrum and

Demons of the Punjab both repeated on BBC Polska HD and

RAI4; Kerblam! repeated on BBC Polska HD; and Point of

Entry, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2020 - Into the Dalek repeated on BBC Polska

HD; and The Ghost Monument and Can You

Hear Me? both repeated on BBC First Turkey

2021 - The War Machines, Episodes 3

and 4 and The Tomb of the Cybermen,

Episodes 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro

TV; The Next Doctor repeated on ABC2;

Asylum of the Daleks repeated on ABC

ME; The Witchfinders repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; and Spyfall, Part 1

repeated on BBC Polska HD

2022 - The Doctor's Wife repeated

on W HD