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

The BBC's second television adapt-

ation of Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved

crime 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 their lost version

of 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 forty other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

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

• Stock was 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
• Camilla [Jocelyn] Hasse [born Langley] auditioned for the role of Susan at Room 2119, TV Centre on June 25 1963, with Anna Palk, Maureen Crombie, Waveney Lee, Heather Fleming, Camilla Hasse and Anne Castaldini (Christa Bergman and Bridget Wood were also considered)

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/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) 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

Doctor Who On This Day #318

1959 - Actor Paul McGann born in

Kensington, Liverpool

1964 - Planet of Giants, Episode 3:

Crisis first screened on BBC1

1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 3: Five Hundred Eyes,

The Aztecs, Episode 3: The Bride of Sacrifice, The

Reign of Terror, Episode 3: A Change of Identity,

Planet of Giants, Episode 1, Galaxy 4, Episode 3:

Air Lock and The Myth Makers, Episodes 1 and 3

all repeated on ABC

1971 - The Mind Robber, Episode 3

and The Ambassadors of Death, Episodes

1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 all repeated on ABC

1974 - The Curse of Peladon, Episode 4, The Sea Devils,

 Episode 6, The Mutants, Episode 6, The Time Monster,

Episode 3 and The Three Doctors, Episode 4 all repeated

on ABC

1978 - The Face of Evil, Part 1 repeated

on ABC

1980 - Designer Peter Brachacki died in

London, survaged 54

1981 - Full Circle, Part 4 repeated on

KQED Plus
1982 - City of Death Omnibus repeated

on KQED Plus
1983 - The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

on ABC; and Mawdryn Undead, Part 2 first screened on TV1

1984 - Day of the Daleks, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus
1985 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Revelation of the Daleks, Part

4 repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 1 repeated

on KQED Plus
1988 - Delta and the Bannermen, Part

3 first screened on ABC
1989 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus; and Remembrance of the Daleks,

Part 2 repeated on ABC

1990 - Robot, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus;

and Survival, Part 1 first screened on ABC

1991 - The Horns of Nimon, Part 3 repeated on ABC; and

 The Two Doctors, Part 4 (of 6) both repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;
Underworld, Part 2 repeated on ABC; and The Trial of Davros

 first performed at Remembrance '93 convention at the Village

Hotel, Hyde, Manchester

1994 - The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1996 - The Mind Robber, Episode 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1997 - The Aztecs, Episode 1: The Temple of Evil first screened 

on Space; and Destiny of the Daleks, Part 4 repeated on UKTV

1998 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus repeated on MPT;
The Seeds of Death Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The War

Games, Episodes 9 and 10 both repeated on NHPTV; Inferno,

 Episodes 2 and 3 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Frontier in 

Space, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Colorado PTV; 

Robot, Part 1 repeated on BBC America and Part 2 first

screened on Prairie PTV and repeated on BBC America;

Genesis of the Daleks, Part 5 repeated on WQED; Horror

of Fang Rock, Part 4 and The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 both

repeated on BBC Prime; The Invasion of Time Omnibus

repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Warriors of the Deep

Omnibus repeated on WUFT

1999 - The Edge of Destruction, Episode 2 repeated 

on Space; The Time Monster, Episodes 5 and 6 both 

repeated on KBTC; Carnival of 

Monsters, Episode 4 and The Green Death, Episode 1 both repeated
on WCET; The Time Warrior, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on NHPTV;
Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated on Twin Cities PTV; The Android 
Invasion, Part 2 repeated on Lakeshore PTV and Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on Colorado PTV; The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus
 repeated on MPT; The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated on WQED; The 
Invisible Enemy, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; The Invasion 
of Time Omnibus repeated on KRWG; The Armageddon Factor 

Omnibus repeated on KNME; Castrovalva Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; Planet of Fire, Part 2 repeated on WUSF; and Attack of the 
Cybermen Omnibus repeated on KSPS

2000 - The Daemons, Episode 1 repeated on Prime; Invasion of

the Dinosaurs, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Robots

of Death, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America

2001 - The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids (Can);

Planet of Fire, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Attack

of the Cybermen, Part 3 (of 4) both repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2003 - The Stones of Blood, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC
Kids (Can); The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on UK

 Gold; and The Two Doctors and The Ultimate Foe Omnibuses

both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2004 - The Curse of Peladon, Episodes 3 and 4 both

repeated on KBTC; The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated

on NHPTV; The Keeper of Traken, Part 1 repeated on

KUED; Logopolis, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Iowa

PTV; Snakedance, Part 3 repeated on WILL; Delta and 

the Bannermen Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and

Silver Nemesis, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MiND

2005 - Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 repeated on ABC
2006 - Boom Town first screened on NHK BS2
2007 - Tooth and Claw and School Reunion

both repeated on France 4

2008 - The Leisure Hive, Part 4 and State of Decay,

Part 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4;

The Christmas Invasion and The Runaway Bride both

repeated on BBC3; The Age of Steel screened on

WVPB; The Impossible Planet and Doctor Who

Confidential: You've Got the Look both repeated on

 WGVU; and The Poison Sky repeated on Syfy (US)

2009 - The Unquiet Dead repeated on Syfy (Rus);

Rise of the Cybermen repeated on OETA; The Age

of Steel and Doctor Who Confidential: From Zero

to Hero both repeated on WGVU; The Lazarus 

Experiment, 42 and Human Nature all repeated on

Syfy (Spa); and The Doctor's Daughter and Doctor

Who Confidential Cutdown: Sins of the Fathers both

repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2010 - Human Nature repeated on WVPB and Idaho PTV;

Partners in Crime and Doctor Who Confidential: A Noble

Return both repeated on MPTV and WTTW 11; Silence

in the Library repeated on WXXI; and The End of

Time, Part 2 and Doctor Who Confidential: Look

Who's Talking both repeated on Houston PB

2011 - City of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Arc of Infinity, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2

 and TV4; Father's Day and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:

Monsters Inc. both repeated on UKTV (Aus); and The Rebel Flesh

first screened on Syfy (Spa)

2012 - The Time Warrior, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn 

and the Wasp all first screened on Fox (FRG); and Doctor Who 

Confidential Cutdown: Alter Ego repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - City of Death, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Earthshock Omnibus, Father's Day and The Doctors Revisited:

The Fifth Doctor all repeated on Watch; The Satan Pit repeated

on UKTV
(Aus); 42 repeated on BBC America; Forest of the Dead repeated on
Syfy (Port); The Vampires of Venice repeated on BBC Entertainment
LA; Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Doctor Who Confidential: 

Arthurian Legend and After Effects all repeated on BBC
Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Pandorica Opens repeated on
BBC Nordic; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on France 4; Night Terrors and
The Girl Who Waited both repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship first screened on Syfy (Spain); The Power 
of Three repeated on WTTW Prime; The Angels Take Manhattan 
repeated on Really Scary TV; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on ABC2;
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror both
repeated on BBC Brazil HD; Nightmare in Silver repeated on Ztélé;

The Night of the Doctor released on BBC iPlayer; and The Science

of Doctor Who first screened and Never Mind the Buzzcocks: 
Doctor Who special repeated, both on BBC2

2014 - The Time Monster, Episodes 3 and 4 both first screened

on Retro TV; Logopolis, Parts 1 and 2 both first screened on Horror;
Human Nature repeated on UKTV (NZ); The Family of Blood repeated
on Watch and UKTV (NZ); The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords,
Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, The Hungry 
Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica 
Opens and The Big Bang all repeated on BBC America; The Stolen 
Earth, Journey's End, The Eleventh Hour and Victory of the Daleks all
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Beast Below repeated on Syfy (Aus) and
KCPT2; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on KLRU; The Doctor, the 
Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska 

HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on YLE TV2; The Power of 
Three repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The Snowmen repeated on

WTTW Prime and Jeem TV (ME); The Name of the Doctor repeated

on Really Scary TV; The Caretaker repeated on DR3; In the

Forest of the Night first screened on BBC Entertainment LA;

An Adventure in Space and Time first screened on Really

Scary TV; and Doctor Who Extra: Death in Heaven repeated

on BBC Red Button

2015 - The Daleks, Episode 3: The Escape repeated on KMOS; 

The Mutants, Episodes 1 and 2 and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Italian Job all repeated on UNC-MX; The Monster of

Peladon, Parts 1 and 2 

and Image of the Fendahl, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro TV; 
Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime and Planet of the Ood all 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Fires of Pompeii repeated on UNC-MX
and Syfy (Aus); The Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter, The Unicorn 
and the Wasp, Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead and Midnight
 all repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Eleventh Hour, The

Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks all repeated on UKTV (Aus);
The Angels Take Manhattan repeated on BBC Entertainment EU,

Romania and ME; The Snowmen, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold 
War and Hide all repeated on Syfy (Port); The Bells of Saint John 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania, ME and Syfy (Port);
Listen first screened on Jeem TV (ME); Mummy on the Orient Express 
repeated on WGVU; In the Forest of the Night repeated on OETA, WILL
and Syfy (Aus); Before the Flood repeated on DR3; The Woman Who 

Lived repeated on FX (Ind); The Zygon Invasion repeated on BBC First
 (Ben); The Zygon Inversion first screened on BBC First (RSA) and 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Sleep No More first screened on 
BBC1 and BBC HD; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on Movie
Mix (UK)

2016 - The Curse of Peladon Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK;

The Girl in the Fireplace and Rise of the Cybermen both repeated

 on BBC America; Smith and Jones both repeated on BBC Polska

HD; The Waters of Mars repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Hungry

Earth and Cold Blood both repeated on Syfy (LA); The Lodger

 repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; A Good Man Goes to War 

repeated on The Zone; Closing Time and The Wedding of River

Song both repeated on Watch; Deep Breath repeated on RAI4

and Syfy (Aus); and Class, Episode 3 repeated on TLC TV and

Episode 5 first screened on ABC2 and repeated on BBC First

(ME)

2017 - The Invasion of Time, Parts 5 and 6 both repeated on Retro

 TV; Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on Jones! too; Gridlock repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Daleks in Manhattan repeated on BBC Polska HD; The

Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp all

 repeated on BBC America; Amy's Choice and The Hungry Earth both

 repeated on Space; The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife

 and The Rebel Flesh all repeated on One ARD; The Almost People 

and A Good Man Goes to War both repeated on DR3; and Listen

 repeated on BBC First (ME)

2018 - State of Decay, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV;

Extremis and Doctor Who Extra: Kill the Moon, Mummy on the

Orient Express and Flatline all repeated on BBC Polska HD; and

Demons of the Punjab repeated on BBC First (ME)

2019 - Planet of Fire, Parts 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; and

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated

on BBC Polska HD

2021 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The

Rescue and The Edge of Destruction,

Episode 1 both repeated on KBTC;

The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated

on Iowa PTV; Destiny of the Daleks,

Parts 1 and 2 and Meglos, Parts 3 and

4 all repeated on Retro TV; The Doctor's

Wife, The Rebel Flesh and The Almost

People all repeated on W; Sleep No More

repeated on ABC ME; and Once, Upon

Time first screened on BBC1 and BBC HD

2022 - Mawdryn Undead, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

and The Doctor Dances repeated

on Fox SciFi

2023 - Infamy of the Zaross, Part

1 repeated on Radio 4 Extra