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 On This Day #349

 

1940 - Director John Pennant Roberts

born in Weston-Super-Mare

1945 - Director Sarah Hellings born in

England

1961 - Director Paul Wilmshurst born

in London

1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 1: The Roof of the

World on TV1; The Reign of Terror, Episode 1:

 A Land of Fear, The Romans, Episode 1: The

Slave Traders, The Web Planet, Episode 5: The

 Invasion and The Crusade, Episode 3: The

Wheel of Fortune all repeated on ABC

1967 - The Moonbase, Episode 1 and The

Macra Terror, Episode 4 both repeated and

The Faceless Ones, Episode 1 first screened,

all on ABC

1968 - The Space Museum, Episode 4: The Final Phase repeated
and The Time Meddler, Episode 4: Checkmate first screened, both
on TV1; The Enemy of the World, Episodes 4 to 6 all repeated on
ABC; and The Web of Fear, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated and 
Episode 3 first screened, all on ABC

1969 - The Power of the Daleks, Episodes 5 and 6 and The 

Underwater Menace, Episode 2 repeated and The Moonbase,

 Episode 2 first screened, all on TV1; and The Evil of the

Daleks, Episode 3, The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode

 1 and The Ice Warriors, Episode 2 all repeated on ABC

1970 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

2 and The Dominators, Episode 3 both

 repeated on ABC

1973 - The Time Warrior, Part 1

first screened on BBC1

1979 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

 2 first screened on TV2; and Nightmare

of Eden, Part 4 first screened on BBC1

1980 - Destiny of the Daleks, Part

2 first screened  on TV2

1981 - The Sontaran Experiment,

Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - Underworld, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - The Robots of Death, Part 4 repeated

on ABC; and Castrovalva, Part 3 repeated on

KQED Plus

1984 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode

 1 and Enlightenment Omnibus both

repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - The Five Doctors repeated

on KQED Plus

1987 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part

 4 repeated on KQED Plus; and The Pirate

Planet, Part 1 repeated on TV2

1988 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

2 repeated on KQED Plus; and Snakedance,

Part 1 repeated on TV2

1989 - Meglos, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus
1990 - Planet of Evil, Part 1 and Kinda

Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - The Web Planet, Episode 3:

Escape to Danger repeated on UK

Gold

1993 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 6 repeated

on UK Gold; and Arc of Infinity, Part 1 repeated

on ABC

1995 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated

on UK Gold

1996 - The Ultimate Foe and Time

and the Rani Omnibuses both

repeated on UK Gold

1997 - The Romans, Episode 1: The Slave Traders first screened
 on Space; The Invasion of Time Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Horns of Nimon, Part 4 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1998 - The Romans, Episode 2: All Roads

Lead to Rome repeated on Space; and

Remembrance of the Daleks, Part 1

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Romans, Episode 4:

Inferno repeated on Space

2000 - The Time Monster, Episode 3 repeated

on Prime; and The Ark in Space, Part 1 repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2001 - The Android Invasion, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids (Can); 
Mawdryn Undead Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Mark of
 the Rani, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both repeated on BBC Prime; The 
Mysterious Planet Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and Survival,
Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on MiND

2002 - Revenge of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on WSKG;
The Masque of Mandragora, Part 3 repeated on Lakeland PTV; Horror 
of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Pirate Planet, 
Part 4 and The Stones of Blood, Part 1 both repeated on MiND; The 
Horns of Nimon, Part 1 repeated on KUED; State of Decay Omnibus
 repeated on MPT; The Two Doctors, Parts 3 and 4 (of 6) both repeated
on KBTC; The Mysterious Planet Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; and
Battlefield, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV

2003 - The Space Museum, Episode 3: The Search repeated on ABC; 

and The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Brain of Morbius, Part 1 repeated on ABC

2005 - The Two Doctors, Parts 3 and 4 (of 6) both repeated on ABC
2007 - The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern both repeated on
UK Gold; Love & Monsters and Fear Her both repeated on France 4;
Army of Ghosts first screened on Nederland 2; and The Sound of 
Drums first screened on ΣΚΑΙ

2008 - Black Orchid, Part 2 and Earthshock, Part 1 both first

screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; New Earth first screened on

Syfy (Spa); and Planet of the Ood and The Sontaran Stratagem

both repeated on BBC3
2009 - The Doctor Dances repeated on Syfy (Spa);

The Impossible Planet repeated on Syfy (FRG);

Midnight and Doctor Who Confidential: Look Who's

Talking both repeated on BBC3; and Turn Left and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Here Comes the

 Girls both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2010 - The Long Game repeated on Space;

and The Idiot's Lantern and Doctor Who

Confidential: The Writer's Tale both

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2011 - The Caves of Androzani, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MTV3 
SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Shakespeare Code repeated on BBC America;
Evolution of the Daleks repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Time of Angels
repeated on Space; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe screened
at BBC TV Centre, London; and The Dead Shoes, Part 2 first

broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - A Christmas Carol repeated on BBC3; The Wedding

 of River Song first screened on DR3; and Doctor Who

Symphonic Spectacular began at the Sydney Opera House

2013 - Logopolis, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Remembrance of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC;
Rose, The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead all repeated on
France 4; The Christmas Invasion repeated on BBC Entertainment
LA and RAI4; The Runaway Bride repeated on RAI4; The Lazarus

Experiment repeated on Syfy (Port); The Sontaran Stratagem
 repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Hungry Earth repeated on BBC Nordic;
 A Town Called Mercy, An Adventure in Space and Time, Doctor Who Prom (2010), Doctor Who Explained, Greatest Moments: The Doctor,
Greatest Moments: The Companions and Greatest Moments: The 

Enemies all repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The Power of Three
 repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME;
The Snowmen repeated on Idaho PTV; The Bells of Saint John and
The Rings of Akhaten both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD;

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Fox (FRG); The 
Crimson Horror repeated on Fox and Jeem TV (UK); Nightmare in 
Silver repeated on Iowa PTV; Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 
repeated on BBC3; and Doctor Who Confidential: The Born

Identity repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2014 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Horror; 

Robot, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Time of Angels, 

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror all
repeated on Watch; The Vampires of Venice repeated on UKTV (NZ);
The God Complex repeated on Syfy (Ben); Asylum of the Daleks and
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship both repeated on BBC America; Deep

Breath repeated on BBC Entertainment LA HD; and In the

Forest of the Night and Dark Water both repeated on BBC

Entertainment AP

2015 - The Android Invasion, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; 

The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Horror; The 

Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part 2, Snakedance, Part 3, Turn Left and The 

Curse of the Black Spot all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Beast Below
repeated on TV Cultura; Let's Kill Hitler repeated on BBC Entertainment
AP; The Snowmen and The Bells of Saint John both repeated on BBC America; Nightmare in Silver and The Name of the Doctor both
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; and Death in Heaven 
repeated on RAI4

2016 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 and The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 
both repeated on Retro TV; Bad Wolf repeated on Syfy (Aus); Midnight

 repeated on BBC Nordic HD; The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and
 The Vampires of Venice all repeated on BBC America; The Time 

of the Doctor repeated on The Zone; Dark Water repeated on BBC 

First (ME); and Sleep No More repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2017 - The Leisure Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV; 
Rise of the Cybermen repeated on ABC and ABC ME; Journey's End 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Almost People and A Good Man 
Goes to War both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Let's Kill Hitler repeated 
on Syfy (Aus) and Syfy (Bra); Kill the Moon repeated on BBC 
America; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on W and BBC 
America; In the Forest of the Night and Dark Water both repeated 
on RAI4; Death in Heaven and The Magician's Apprentice both 
repeated on Space; Under the Lake and Before the Flood both 
repeated on DR3; The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion 
both repeated on BBC First (RSA); and Twice Upon a Time

screened at the Guild Hall, York
2018 - Fear Her, Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code,
Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan all repeated on W; Army of
Ghosts and Doomsday both repeated on Drama and W; A Town
Called Mercy and The Angels Take Manhattan both repeated on 
RAI4; Heaven Sent and Hell Bent both repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU; The Tsuranga Conundrum and Demons of

the Punjab both repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Battle

of Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on BBC2 and BBC First (ME)
2019 - Nightmare of Eden, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC;
Terror of the Vervoids Omnibus repeated on Idaho PTV; Paradise
Towers Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; 42, Human Nature and
The Family of Blood all repeated on One ARD; Journey's End, The
Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks and The
Time of Angels all repeated on W; The Caretaker and Kill the
Moon both repeated on BBC Polska HD; and The Eaters of

Light and World Enough and Time both repeated on BBC

 Entertainment EU

2020 - The Chase, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated

on Retro TV; Midnight repeated on ABC ME; Oxygen

and Extremis both repeated on One ARD; and

Fugitive of the Judoon repeated on BBC Polska HD

2021 - Death to the Daleks, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;

The Wedding of River Song repeated

on BBC Polska HD; Into the Dalek

repeated and The Vanquishers first

screened, both on BBC First Turkey;

Mummy on the Orient Express

repeated on ABC2; and Spyfall, Part

2 repeated on BBC Entertainment EU

2022 - The Lazarus Experiment repeated

on Fox SciFi; and Amy's Choice repeated

on ABC2

2023 - Planet of Fire, Part 4 and The

Caves of Androzani, Part 1 both repeated

on Retro TV; Forest of the Dead, Midnight

and The Almost People all repeated on

Fox SciFi; and Blue Peter: Doctor Who

Takeover! first screened on CBBC

2024 - The Ribos Operation, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on KBTC