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

Following Granada's The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

next portrayed the iconic duo in the West End

production of The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

Specially written by TV screenwriter Jeremy 
Paul, the play was staged at the Wyndham 
Theatre in 1988 and 1989.

A repeat run of the fifth series of the

acclaimed period drama (now dramatised as

The Casebook) continued on ITV4 today.

The final dozen (of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes

short stories were originally published as The

Case-Book in The Strand magazine between

1921 and 1927.

These six adapted cases originally aired in

the winter of 1991 - they featured Michael

Jayston, and a total of fourteen Doctor Who

cast/crew connections:

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: February 21 1991)

• Cheryl Campbell (Frances) was Ocean Waters in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets

The Problem of Thor Bridge (UK TX: February 28)

• Philip Bretherton (Cummings) voiced Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Scrivener for Recorded Time, Darcy/ Heathcliffe/D'Urberville for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011), the Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014), and Sir Keith Kordel for Rise and Shine (2015)

Shoscombe Old Place (UK TX: March 7)

• [Robert] Michael Bilton (Stephens) was Charles de Teligny in The Massacre, Collins in Pyramids of Mars, and Time Lord in The Deadly Assassin
• Denise Black [born Nixon] (Carrie) voiced Eva Jericho for Damaged Goods, Control for Rise and Shine (both 2015), and Mrs. Mountford for The Haunting of Malkin Place (2017)

The Boscombe Valley Mystery (UK TX: March 14)

• Leslie Schofield (McCarthy) was Leroy in (episode 4 of) The War Games, and Calib in The Face of Evil
• James [Brian Mark] Purefoy (James) voiced Count Dracula for Son of the Dragon (2007)
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: March 21)

• Roy [Trevor] Holder (Johnson) was Krelper in The Caves of Androzani
• Carol Noakes (Baroness) voiced Olerik for The Acheron Pulse (2012)

The Creeping Man (UK TX: March 28)

• for Colin Jeavons (Lestrade) see Series 2
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Presbury) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod-uctions' Unnatural Selection (1996), then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Adrian Lukis (Bennett) voiced Officer Bragg for Cobwebs (2010), Byzan for The Children of Seth (2011), Professor Jeffrey Broderick for Counter Measures 1 (2012), Harvey Marsh for The Justice of Jalxar, Sigmund Freud for Return of the Repressed (both 2013), and Ansillon for Blood of the Time Lords (2022)
• Peter Guinness (Wilcox) voiced Childeric for The Holy Terror (2000), Baron Teufel/Zoff for The Beast of Orlok (2009), Rovus for The Star Men (2017), and Mr. Dread for Dreamland
• Sarah Woodward (Jenkins) voiced Theodora for Secret History (2015), Vesh Taralesh for Stolen Goods (2018), and Anla Jessick for The Quest of the Engineer (2020)
• Steve Swinscoe (Wilcox) began his TV career as David S. in The Happiness Patrol