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