Doctor Who Vs. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke returned as

Holmes and Watson for the seventh, and final run

of Granada's acclaimed period drama. Brett was

gravely ill during the filming of the serials and died

in 1995, aged just 61 - his portrayal is now con-

sidered definitive. Nineteen canonical Holmes cases remained unadapted.

Published in 1894, The Memoirs comprised twelve

short detective stories. However, The Three Gables

and The Mazarin Stone actually appeared in The

Case Book (issued from 1921 to 1927), whilst The

Dying Detective, The Red Circle and The Cardboard

Box were reprinted in His Last Bow (released in

1917), and The Golden Prince-Nez was included in

The Return (1903).

In the UK, the series has been rerun on Granada

Plus (closed in 2004), ITV1 (in 2006), ITV3 (2017)

and even BBC2 (from 2003 to 2005) - a repeat run began on ITV4 today.

This six-part season first aired in the spring of 1994 - it starred Caroline

John (pictured as Mrs Carnac in the second episode) and a total of twenty

five other Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

The Three Gables (UK TX: March 7 1994)

• Peter [Paul] Wyngarde (Pike here; Baron Gruner in The Illustrious Client) was Timanov in Planet of Fire
• Gary Cady (Maberley) was Luke Ward in The Mark of the Rani
• Steve Toussaint (Dixie) was Feekat in Ascension of the Cybermen
• for John Gill see The Speckled Band
• Michael Young was production designer on The Massacre too

The Dying Detective (UK TX: March 14)

• Sarah Hellings was director of The Mark of the Rani too
• Susannah Harker [born Owens] (Adelaide here; Irene in The Crucifer of Blood; Violet for The Solitary Cyclist, 1993) voiced Clare Keightley for Big Finish's Shada, and Anya for Eye of Darkness (2015)
• Hugh [Richard] Bonneville [born Williams] (Savage here; Merridew for The Remarkable Performance of Mr. Frederick Merridew; Narrator of Sherlock Holmes Short Stories) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot, A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Sir Sidney Herbert/Tsar Nicholas I for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
• Roy Hudd (Gedgrave here; Holmes for The Newly Discovered Case- book; Phillimore for The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Watson) voiced Max Miller for Pier Pressure (2006)

The Golden Prince-Nez (UK TX: March 21)

• Frank Finlay (Coram/Sergius here; Lestrade in A Study in Terror & Murder by Decree; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Other Side) voiced Jacob Williams for Bedtime Story (2007)
• Nigel [George] Planer (DI Hopkins) was Vorgenson in The Monsters are Coming!, and voiced Alex Marlowe for Hothouse (2009), and Herrax/ Old Emperor for Empire of the Racnoss (2017)
• Anna[belle Susan Wilkinson] Carteret (Anna) was offered the role of Kara in November 1984, but Eleanor Bron was cast in Revelation of the Daleks - she voiced the Apothecary for Dissolution (2021)
• Christopher Guard (Smith) was Bellboy in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• stunt arranger Greg Powell was the Knight in The Time Monster
• cinematographer Elmer Cossey was a film cameraman on (episode 5 of) Planet of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks, Revenge of the Cybermen, Image of the Fendahl and The Pirate Planet

The Red Circle (UK TX: March 28)

• John [William Francis] Hallam (Gorgiano) was Light in Ghost Light (3)
• James Coombes (Lucca) provided the Krarg voices for Shada, and was Paroli in Warriors of the Deep
• Tom Chadbon (DI Hawkins; Zygovich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady) was Duggan in City of Death, Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, then voiced Forrest for BBV Productions' Conduct Unbecoming (2000), Will Sullivan for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gordon Davidson for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016)
• Kerry Shale (Leverton here; voice of Sir Henry in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983; Holmes for Crime and Punishments, 2014) was Dr. Renfrew in Day of the Moon, then Narrator of The Lost Angel (2017)
• Joseph Long (Firmani here; Angelo in Sherlock: Pilot) was Rocco Colasanto in Turn Left, and the Pope in Extremis
• Christopher Pemsel was production designer on The Enemy of the World too

The Mazarin Stone (UK TX: April 4)

• writer Gary Hopkins was commissioned to provide a story for the aborted season 23 - Power Play was eventually adapted by Big Finish in 2012
• for Denis Lill (DI Bradstreet) see The Man With the Twisted Lip

The Cardboard Box (UK TX: April 11)

• Joanna David [Joanne Hacking] (Susan) voiced Mrs. Audley for The Broken Crown (2011)
• Ann [Margaret Nicholson] Rye (Mrs. Clyde) voiced Lillian Dillane for Nocturne (2007)

Doctor Who Vs. V For Vendetta

People should not be afraid

of their governments.

Governments should be

afraid of their people.

Based on Alan Moore's cult

graphic novel, this British fantasy

thriller (from the makers of The

Matrix) was shown on (the

Discovery network's) DMAX

channel last night.

Warner Bros' UK cinematic

release was originally scheduled

for November 2005 to coincide

with the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, which inspired the

titular V.

Set in a futuristic, dystopian Britian ruled by a totalitarian regime, Evey

Hammond (played by Natalie Portman) is rescued from the secret police

- the corrupt Fingermen - by a ruthless freedom fighter in a stylised Guy

Fawkes mask, known only as V (portrayed by Hugo Weaving).

V For Vendetta illustrator David Lloyd later stated that the "Guy Fawkes

mask has now become a brand and placard to protest against tyranny,

[its] an icon of popular culture" (and has since been adopted by the

Anonymous activist group).

The film also starred John Hurt (as the Big Brother-like leader of the

fascist Norsefire Party, Chancellor Sutler), Stephen Rea, Roger Allam,

Ben Miles, Eddie Marsan, and these twenty-five Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• James [Brian Mark] Purefoy was originally cast as V but left the role six weeks into production - he later voiced Count Dracula for Big Finish's Son of the Dragon (2007)
• Rupert Graves (Dominic) was John Riddell in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Stephen [John] Fry (Dietrich) voiced the Minister of Chance for Death Comes to Time, and was C in (part 1 of) Spyfall
• Tim [Peter] Pigott-Smith (Creedy) was Captain Harker in The Claws of Axos, and Marco in The Masque of Mandragora
• Guy Henry (Heyer) voiced Director Ikron for Infamy of the Zaross (2017)
• John [Ronald] Standing [born Leon] (Lilliman) voiced Fenric for Gods and Monsters (2012), and Professor Threadstone for Vampire of the Mind (2016)
• Cosima Shaw (Patricia) was Steffi Ehrlich in The Waters of Mars
• Derek Hutchinson (Bureaucrat) voiced Altus for The Burning Prince (2012), Usher for A Life in the Day, Brother Callis for Eye of Darkness (both 2015), Geoff Evans for Black Thursday (2019), and Dr. Brownlow for No Place Like Home (2024)
• Michael Simkins (CS Bradley) voiced Raxxil for The Planet of Witches (2020)
• Amelda Brown (Mistress) voiced Margaret for The Gunpowder Plot
• John [Henry] Ringham (Old Man) was Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
• Madeleine Rakic-Platt (Young Evey) was Ella in Forest of the Dead, and Lily Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth
• Malcolm Sinclair (Wilson) voiced Monty for The Beautiful and the Damned (2026)
• Paul Antony-Barber (Father) was Kendrick in Rise of the Cybermen
• Richard Laing (Lieutenant) voiced Ukarme for The Mind's Eye (2007), Clerks for Dead London (2008), and Lieson Tilpractice Frong/Skorpios/ Geoff for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
• Matthew Bates (Fedco Man) voiced Overseer Thracken for Forever (2011), and Russell Courtland for The Tears of Isis (2015)
• Greg Donaldson (Operator) voiced Telligan for Dalek Empire 3 (2004), Coach Bela Destry for The Game (2005), and David for Power Play (2012)
• Peter Walpole was also a set decorator on the first five instalments of the revived series in 2005
• Lesley Smith (stylist) began her career as a make-up assistant on State of Decay
• technician Andy Hagon was a foley mixer on The Empty Child
• Stuart Clark was a stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways too
• James O'Donnell was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday
• Rocky Taylor and Christopher Fosh both worked on The Idiot's Lantern, as stuntman and voice over artist respectively
• Andy Smart was also a stuntman on Evolution of the Daleks and Let's Kill Hitler

Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 2

The crime drama's second season (originally

shown on BBC1 in early 1997), again starred

Amanda Burton (as Home Office pathologist

Professor Sam Ryan) and William Armstrong

(Dr. Stewart). The opening serial (penned by

John Milne) won an Edgar Award from the

Mystery Writers of America.

A repeat run of the eight-part series began on

Drama last night - it featured Geoffrey Beevers,

and a total of twenty-one Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

Blood, Sweat and Tears

(TX: February 14 & 15 1997)

• Barry Jackson (Cross) and Ian [Stuart] Liston (MC) both appeared in The Armageddon Factor, as Drax and the Hero - Jackson was also Ascaris in The Romans, Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown, and reprised his eponymous role for Big Finish's The Trouble With Drax (2016)
• Frederick [William] Treves (Reeve) was Lieutenant Brotadac in Meglos
• John [Edward] Cater (Captain) was Professor Krimpton in The War Machines
• Ruth Lass (Terri) voiced Elodie Kendall for Future Phantoms (2024)
• Tom Lucy (Referee) was a stunt co-ordinator on the revived run and Torchwood
• associate producer Margot Hayhoe was an AFM on The War Machines, Fury from the Deep and The Ambassadors of Death, then production manager (PM) on Logopolis, Castrovalva and Snakedance
• cinematographer John McGlashan was a film cameraman on Pyramids of Mars and The Face of Evil

Cease Upon the Midnight (TX: February 28 & March 1)

• Catherine Morshead was also director of Amy's Choice and The Lodger
• Roberta [Alexandra Mary] Taylor (Dr. de Groot) voiced Berengaria for The Holy Terror (2000), Angela Wisher for Cuudlesome (2008), and Maid for I Was Churchill's Double (2018)
• Linda [Virginia] Marlowe [born Bathurst] (Isobel) voiced May Carlisle for Casualties of War, Commander Claire Spencer for The Word Lord (both 2008), Osloo and Anne Tessler for The Macros (2010), and Gusta Pardo for The Tyrants of Logic (2018)
• regular stunt arranger Rod Woodruff was stunt co-ordinator on Rose and World War Three

Only the Lonely (TX: March 21 & 22)

• Lloyd McGuire (Matthews) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, and voiced General Lieutenant Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
• director Nicholas Laughland was an AFM on Earthshock
• cinematographer Ken Westbury was film cameraman on The Gunfighters, The Abominable Snowmen, Fury from the Deep and The Invasion of Time
• Anthony Combes was film editor on The Wedding of River Song too

Friends Like These (TX: April 4 & 5)

• Christopher Fairbank (Palmer) was Fenton in Flatline, and voiced Doc Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009), Pierre Aronnax for The Wreck of the Titan (2010), and Marc Brunel for Iron Bright (2018)
• Michael [John] Attwell (Quayle) was Isbur in The Ice Warriors, and Bates in Attack of the Cybermen
• Stewart [John Llewellyn] Bevan (Wyn's Man) played Clifford Jones in The Green Death, Global Conspiracy, Hello Boys! and Return of the Autons - he also voiced BOSS for The Green Life (2019)
• Greg Donaldson (PC) voiced Telligan for Dalek Empire 3 (2004), Coach Bela Destry for The Games (2005), and David for Power Play (2012)

Doctor Who Vs. Silk, Series 1

This popular legal drama from BBC Productions was created by 

prolific screen writer Peter Moffat, and began in February 2011.

With female QCs (Queen's Counsels or 'silks') in a tiny minority,

Northern barrister Martha Costello (portrayed here by Bolton-

born Maxine Peake) is anxious to join that elite number prog-

ressing through the courts of London. For season one, Martha

was joined at the fictional Shoe Lane Chambers by Clive Reader

(played by Rupert Penry-Jones), Billy Lamb (Neil Stuke), Nick

Slade (Tom Hughes), and Niamh Cranitch (Natalie Dormer).

The six-part series (not repeated since 2015) featured twenty-

eight Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

• Stuke was Lee Clayton in Fugitive of the Judoon, and voiced the titular role for Big Finish's The Crooked Man (2014)
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (Kate) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)
• Owen [Nigel Courtney] Teale (Frogett) was Maldak in Vengeance on Varos, and voiced Hayton for The Mind's Eye (2007)
• Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (DS Scarrow) and Pip [Dean] Torrens (Maikin) both appeared in Human Nature and The Family of Blood, as Clark and Headmaster Rocastle respectively - Torrens also voiced Charlie Gibbs for Eldrad Must Die! (2013), and Kenton for Break the Ice (2022)
• Philip Bretherton (Haig) voiced Plenipotentiary Suskind for Arrangements for War (2004), Scrivener for Recorded Time, Darcy, D'Urberville and Heathcliff for A Most Excellent Match (both 2011), and Vituperon for The Devil's Armada (2014)
• Kerry Godliman (WPC Banks) voiced Karen Coltraine for The Eight Truths and Worldwide Web (both 2009)
• Adrian Schiller (Zeigler) was Uncle in The Doctor's Wife, and voiced Zanith for Time Works (2006)
• Sheila Ruskin (Magistrate) was Kassia in The Keeper of Traken
• Rupert [Makepeace] Wickham (Wiles) voiced Captain Dudgeon for No Man's Land (2006), Major Jonas Faber for Klein's Story, and Butterfly for Survival of the Fittest (both 2010)
• Fenella Woolgar (Wendy) was Agatha Christie in The Unicorn and the Wasp, and voiced Commander Hellan Femor for Fitz's Story (2009), Morella Wendigo for Nevermore (2010), Leanne for Ghost Walk, Professor Jemima Still for Time in a Bottle (both 2018), Vanessa Seaborne for Planet of the Drashigs (2019), and Lady Malina Rigel Smythe for Shadow of the Sun (2020)
• Paul Thornley (Turley) voiced Marko for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Michael Rond for Fitz's Story, Gomori for Paper Cuts (2009), and Robbie Flint/Cyril for Criss-Cross (2015)
• Adrian Dunbar (Gillespie) voiced McCarthy for Brave New Town (2008)
• Diana [Marilyn] Quick (Justice Frank) voiced Prime for Scream of the Shalka, then voiced Sophie Kinzky for Hidden Depths (2022)
• Ariyon [Debo] Bakare (Antwi) was Leandro in The Woman Who Lived
• Sam Graham (Cutler) voiced Guthrie for City of Spires (2010), and McMullan for Destination Nerva (2012)
• Peter Hamilton Dyer (Clerk) began his TV career as Embery in Remembrance of the Daleks
• Greg Donaldson (Gaoler) voiced Telligan for Dalek Empire (2004), Coach Bela Destry for The Game (2005), and David for Power Play (2012)
• Lauren [Rose] Crace (Lindsey) voiced Jemima for The Two Masters (2016)
• Georgina Beedle (Joanna) voiced Elinor Daxus for You Only Die Twice (2024)
• Catherine Morshead was also director of Amy's Choice and The Lodger
• Steve Thompson was also writer of The Curse of the Black Spot, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Time Heist and The Science of Doctor Who
• Jake Jackson was also the music mixer on seventy-one stories (from The Runaway Bride to The Time of the Doctor)
• Iain Erskine was film editor on Nightmare in Silver too
• Lewis Peake was also an art department assistant on Planet of the Dead and The Waters of Mars
• Adam Harvey was the assistant editor on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• David Foster was also the orchestrator on seventy-six instalments (from Voyage of the Damned to Last Christmas)
• Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen episodes (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
• Gordon Seed was a stuntman on nineteen adventures and stunt co-ordinator on another eleven (from Series 2 to The Time of the Doctor)