Doctor Who Vs. Sherlock Holmes, Series 1 (1965)

The BBC's second television

adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's

detective stories began in 1964 -

Douglas Wilmer (1920-2016) and

Nigel Stock (1919-1986) now

portrayed the Great Detective and

Doctor Watson in the pilot episode.

A full, twelve-part series (the net-

work's first since 1951) followed a

year later, and gained eleven million

viewers.

Wilmer was replaced by Hammer's

own Holmes, Peter Cushing (1913

-1994) for the second run in 1968, but returned to the role for Gene

Wilder's The Adventure of Sherlock

 Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) -

he even made a cameo appearance

in The Reichenbach Fall episode of

Sherlock (2012).

The whole first season of Sherlock

Holmes (shown in black and white) exists in the archives (although two

instalments are incomplete), and was given an American DVD release in

2010. The cases featured Patrick Troughton, Roger Delgado, Trevor

Martin, and a total of thirty-nine other Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

The Speckled Band (UK TX: May 18 1964, September 25 1964)

• Stock played Professor Hayter in Time Flight
• Donald [Macleod] Douglas (Armitage here; Colonel for The Bruce Partington Plans, 1994) was Vural in The Sontaran Experiment
• costume supervisor Joyce Hawkins was costume designer on Horror of Fang Rock and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)

The Illustrious Client (UK TX: February 20 1965)

• Peter [Paul] Wyngarde [born Cyril Louis Goldbert] (Gruner here; Pike in The Three Gables, 1994) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
• Jennie Linden (Violet) was Barbara in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and voiced Professor Klyst for Big Finish's Unregenerate (2005)
• Norman Mitchell [Driver] (Johnson) was a Policeman in (episode 7 of) The Daleks' Master Plan
• Billy Cornelius (Leary) was a Man-at-Arms in The Crusade (4), and Morok Guard in The Space Museum
• Martin Gordon (Footman) was a Prison Officer in The Mind of Evil
• cinematographer Ken Westbury was a film cameraman on The Gunfighters, The Abominable Snowmen, Fury from the Deep and The Invasion of Time
• Peter [Alexander] Diamond (stuntman here, A Study in Terror & The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother) was a regular stunt double/fight arranger on eighteen episodes (from The Dalek Invasion of Earth to The Daemons)
• Anthony Read was also script editor of thirty-eight stories (from Image of the Fendahl to The Armageddon Factor), then writer of The Horns of Nimon

The Devil's Foot (UK TX: February 27)

• Frank Crawshaw (Owen) was Arnold Farrow in Planet of the Giants

The Copper Beeches (UK TX: March 6)

• Alethea Charlton (Mrs. Rucastle) was Hur in 100,000 BC, and Edith in The Time Meddler
• Michael [Anthony] Robbins (Toller here; Breckinridge in The Blue Carbuncle, 1968) was Richard Mace in The Visitation

The Red-Headed League (UK TX: March 13)

• Carla [Patricia] Challoner (Mary Jane) auditioned for the role of Victoria Waterfield in April 1967

The Abbey Grange (UK TX: March 20)

• Kenneth [James] Thornett (DS Mitchell) was an Inspector in The Feast of Steven

The Six Napoleons (UK TX: March 27)

• James [Rutherford Worsfold] Bree [born Thomson] (Barnicot here; Butler in The Case of Magruder's Millions; Coroner in The Empty House, 1986; Barrister in Without a Clue; Dietrich in The Leading Lady) was the Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, and the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe
• Arthur Hewlett (Brown) was Kalmar in State of Decay, and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids
• Desmond Cullum Jones (Constable) was Worker in The War Machines (2)
• Donald [Marland] Hewlett (Harker) was Hardiman in The Claws of Axos
• Terry Leigh (Venucci) was Sailor in The Chase (3), and Egyptian Warrior in The Daleks' Master Plan (9)

The Man With The Twisted Lip (UK TX: April 3)

• Olaf [born Ole Krohn] Pooley (Lascar) was Professor Eric Stahlman in Inferno
• cinematographer Dick Bush was film cameraman on The Rescue and The Romans

The Beryl Coronet (UK TX: April 10)

• Leonard [Meyer] Sachs (Holder) was Admiral Gaspard de Coligny in The Massacre, and Lord President Borusa in Arc of Infinity
• Sandra Hampton (Lucy) was Maimuna in The Crusade (4)

The Bruce Partington Plans (UK TX: April 17)

• Derek Francis (Mycroft Holmes here; Eccles in Wisteria Lodge) and Bart Allison [born Henry James Patrick] (Platelayer) both appeared in The Romans, as Emperor Nero and Maximus Pettulian respectively
• Erik Chitty (Waiter) was Charles Preslin in The Massacre (1), and Co-ordinator Engin in The Deadly Assassin
• Gordon [Massey] Gostelow (Johnson here; Sherman in The Sign of Four, 1987) was Milo Clancey in The Space Pirates
• John [Edward Arthur] Woodnutt (Station Master here, Pawnbroker in part 13; Merryweather in The Red Headed League, 1985; Ralph for The Blanched Soldier, 1994) was Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space (5), Duke of Forgill and Broton in Terror of the Zygons, and Seron in The Keeper of Traken
• cinematographer AA Englander was a film cameraman on The Ambassadors of Death and The Claws of Axos 

Charles Augustus Milverton (UK TX: April 24)

• Stephanie Bidmead (Lady Farningham) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
• Derek [Ralph] Smee (Fitzallen) was John Ransome in Spearhead from Space
• Stanley Speel was a film cameraman on Planet of Evil too

The Retired Colourman (UK TX: May 1)

• [Terence] Michael Hayes was also director of The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor and City of Death
• [William] Maurice Denham (Amberley here; Merridew in The Last Vampyre; Coram for The Golden Prince-Nez (1993) was Azmael in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced the President for The Paradise of Death
• William Wilde (Ernest) was the Draconian Captain in Frontier in Space, then provided the voice of Prisoner Zero for The Eleventh Hour

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (UK TX: May 8)

• Neil [Edwin] Stacy (Jules) voiced Cyril Haggard for The Emerald Tiger (2012)
• Ivor [Charley] Salter (Sergeant) was the Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers, and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid