Doctor Who Vs. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series 2

The centenary of The Final
Problem was marked by the
Royal Mail in 1993

Jeremy Brett and David Burke returned

as Holmes and Watson for the second

season of Granada's acclaimed period

drama. This series (first screened in the

summer of 1985) saw the introduction

of Conan Doyle's other recurrent

characters. The detective's brother,

Mycroft Holmes was played by Charles

Gray (reprised from The Seven-Per-Cent

Solution in 1976), and Colin Jeavons was Lestrade (following an appearance as

Moriarty in The Baker Street Boys in

1983). Moriarty was portrayed here by

Eric Porter.

A repeat run of the six mysteries (all

originally serialised in The Strand from

1891) concluded on ITV4 today - they

featured a total of sixteen Doctor Who

cast and crew connections

The Copper Beeches

(UK TX: August 25 1985)

The Greek Interpreter

(UK TX: September 1)

• George Costigan (Kemp) was Max Capricorn in Voyage of the Damned
• Oliver Maguire (Gregson) was a Shrieve in The Ribos Operation
• stuntman Jim [Derek Christopher] Dowdall had uncredited roles in Day of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and Frontios

The Norwood Builder (UK TX: September 8)

• Jeavons was Damon in The Underwater Menace, and George Tracey in K9 & Company
• Ken [Alan] Grieve was director of Destiny of the Daleks too

The Resident Patient (UK TX: September 15)

• Patrick [David] Newell (Blessington here; PC Benson in A Study in Terror; Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson; Bobster in Young Sherlock Holmes) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion
• Tim [born Michael John Leigh] Barlow (Count here; Wilder in The Abominable Bride) was Tyssan in Destiny of the Daleks
• Brett Forrest (Son) was Guard in (part 2 of) The Face of Evil
• John [Henry] Ringham (DI Lanner) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space

The Red Headed League (UK TX: September 22)

• Tim McInnerny (Clay here; Carmichael in The Abominable Bride) was Klineman Halpen in Planet of the Ood, and voiced Admiral Dolne for Big Finish's The Well-Mannered War (2015)
• [John] Roger Hammond (Wilson here; Rucastle for The Copper Beeches, 1991; Cunningham for The Reigate Squires, 1992) was Francis Bacon in The Chase (1), and Dr. Runciman in Mawdryn Undead, then voiced Harold Withers for The Eternal Summer (2009)
• Richard [born Ian Carmichael] Wilson (Ross) was Dr. Constantine in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Merryweather here; Station Master in The Bruce Partington Plans; Broker in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, both 1965; Ralph for The Blanched Soldier, 1994; Frankland for The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1998) was George Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, the Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), the Duke of Forgill/Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken

The Final Problem (UK TX: September 29)

• Michael [John] Goldie (Artist) was Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space
• Marc [Raymond] Boyle was also a stuntman on Terror of the Autons, fight arranger on The Time Warrior, and had roles as Prisoner/UNIT Motorcyclist in The Mind of Evil, Kronos in The Time Monster, and Exxilon in Death to the Daleks             
• Alf [Charles Richard] Joint (Thug here; McMurdo in The Sign of Four) was Heavy in The Ambassadors of Death, Primitive/Guard in Colony in Space, and stunt arranger on Battlefield