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'''''Sherlock Holmes''''' was an audio series released by [[Big Finish Productions]] based on the original works of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. For the first two stories, {{w|Roger Llewellyn}} played an older [[Sherlock Holmes]] with [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Richard Earl]] taking over as the titular character and Doctor [[John Watson]] respectively from then onwards.
'''''Sherlock Holmes''''' was an audio series released by [[Big Finish Productions]] based on the original works of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. For the first two stories, {{w|Roger Llewellyn}} played an older [[Sherlock Holmes]] with [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Richard Earl]] taking over as the titular character and Doctor [[John Watson]] respectively from then onwards.
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Although the character of [[Sherlock Holmes]] made a number of appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' adventures, starting with the 1985 comic story ''[[Funhouse (comic story)|Funhouse]]'', prior to the conception of [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s ''Holmes'' series, {{as of|2020|10|lc=y}} it is [[Nicholas Briggs]]' incarnation of the character that has been depicted in all instances of performed media within the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
Although the character of [[Sherlock Holmes]] made a number of appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' adventures, starting with the 1985 comic story ''[[Funhouse (comic story)|Funhouse]]'', prior to the conception of [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s ''Holmes'' series, {{as of|2020|10|lc=y}} it is [[Nicholas Briggs]]' incarnation of the character that has been depicted in all instances of performed media within the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].


The series first [[Crossover|crossed over]] with ''Doctor Who'' in the [[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|audio adaptation]] of the 1994 novel ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''. Both Briggs and Earl reprised their ''Holmes'' roles for the story alongside the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The illustration of Holmes on the cover of the original novel was based upon [[Basil Rathbone]]'s portrayal in {{wi|The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles}}, the first in {{w|Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|a series of fourteen films}} wherein Rathbone played Holmes.
The series first [[Crossover|crossed over]] with ''Doctor Who'' in the {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|audio adaptation|noital=1}} of the 1994 novel {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}. Both Briggs and Earl reprised their ''Holmes'' roles for the story alongside the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The illustration of Holmes on the cover of the original novel was based upon [[Basil Rathbone]]'s portrayal in {{wi|The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles}}, the first in {{w|Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|a series of fourteen films}} wherein Rathbone played Holmes.


Big Finish's ''Sherlock Holmes'' crossed over into the DWU again in 2016 with ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]'' which depicted crossovers with several Big Finish ranges, some related to ''Doctor Who'' and some not. Briggs' Holmes featured in two of the six stories, ''[[The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber (audio story)|The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber]]'' and ''[[The Feast of Magog (audio story)|The Feast of Magog]]'', both with [[Dorian Gray]], as played by [[Alexander Vlahos]] in the Big Finish series ''[[The Confessions of Dorian Gray]]''.
Big Finish's ''Sherlock Holmes'' crossed over into the DWU again in 2016 with ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]'' which depicted crossovers with several Big Finish ranges, some related to ''Doctor Who'' and some not. Briggs' Holmes featured in two of the six stories, {{cs|The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber (audio story)}} and {{cs|The Feast of Magog (audio story)}}, both with [[Dorian Gray]], as played by [[Alexander Vlahos]] in the Big Finish series ''[[The Confessions of Dorian Gray]]''.


There were several characters from ''Holmes'' canon who had previously appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' prose but not in performed media who were played by ''Who'' actors in this series. These included [[Hudson (All-Consuming Fire)|Mrs Hudson]] played by [[Beth Chalmers]], [[Lestrade]] played by [[John Banks]] and [[James Moriarty]] played by [[Alan Cox]]. [[Mycroft Holmes]], who had been played by [[David Warner]] in several earlier ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' stories, was played in this series by [[Tim Bentinck]]. [[Laura Lyons]], who was played by [[Anna Madeley]] in the later-released ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' story ''[[The Monstrous Menagerie (audio story)|The Monstrous Menagerie]]'', was portrayed in this series' adaptation of {{wi|The Hound of the Baskervilles}} by [[Charlie Norfolk]].
There were several characters from ''Holmes'' canon who had previously appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' prose but not in performed media who were played by ''Who'' actors in this series. These included [[Hudson (All-Consuming Fire)|Mrs Hudson]] played by [[Beth Chalmers]], [[Lestrade]] played by [[John Banks]] and [[James Moriarty]] played by [[Alan Cox]]. [[Mycroft Holmes]], who had been played by [[David Warner]] in several earlier ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' stories, was played in this series by [[Tim Bentinck]].


=== Cast connections ===
=== Cast connections ===
Many other [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] actors have appeared in the series including [[Matt Addis]], [[James Albrecht]], [[Ken Bones]], [[Lucy Briggs-Owen]], [[Ian Brooker]], [[Natalie Burt]], [[Derek Carlyle]], [[Nicholas Chambers]], [[Tracey Childs]], [[Jemma Churchill]], [[Sam Clemens]], [[Jeremy Clyde]], [[Michael Cochrane]], [[John Dorney]], [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], [[Amy Ewbank]], [[Andrew Fettes]], [[India Fisher]], [[Sheryl Gannaway]], [[Jane Goddard]], [[Terrence Hardiman]], [[Nigel Hastings]], [[Andrew Havill]], [[Eve Karpf]], [[Caroline Keiff]], [[David Killick]], [[Joe Jameson]], [[Toby Longworth]], [[Anjella Mackintosh]], [[Michael Maloney]], [[Terry Molloy]], [[Christopher Naylor]], [[Jamie Newall]], [[David Peart]], [[Leighton Pugh]], [[Elizabeth Rider]], [[Blake Ritson]], [[Lex Shrapnel]], [[Dan Starkey]], [[Joannah Tincey]], [[Giles Watling]], [[Eve Webster]] and [[Gemma Whelan]]. [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Richard Earl]] also had many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' credits to their names.
Many other [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] actors have appeared in the series including [[Matt Addis]], [[James Albrecht]], [[Ken Bones]], [[Lucy Briggs-Owen]], [[Ian Brooker]], [[Natalie Burt]], [[Derek Carlyle]], [[Nicholas Chambers]], [[Tracey Childs]], [[Jemma Churchill]], [[Sam Clemens]], [[Jeremy Clyde]], [[Michael Cochrane]], [[John Dorney]], [[Barnaby Edwards]], [[Amy Ewbank]], [[Andrew Fettes]], [[India Fisher]], [[Sheryl Gannaway]], [[Jane Goddard]], [[Terrence Hardiman]], [[Nigel Hastings]], [[Andrew Havill]], [[Eve Karpf]], [[Caroline Keiff]], [[David Killick]], [[Joe Jameson]], [[Toby Longworth]], [[Anjella Mackintosh]], [[Michael Maloney]], [[Terry Molloy]], [[Christopher Naylor]], [[Jamie Newall]], [[David Peart]], [[Leighton Pugh]], [[Elizabeth Rider]], [[Blake Ritson]], [[Lex Shrapnel]], [[Dan Starkey]], [[Joannah Tincey]], [[Giles Watling]], [[Eve Webster]] and [[Gemma Whelan]]. [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Richard Earl]] also had many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' credits to their names.
 
== Stories ==
=== Main series ===
{|class="wikitable"
! # ||Title ||Author ||Notes ||Released
|-
|1.1
|''The Last Act''
|rowspan=2|David Stuart Davies
|Audio adaptation of Davies' [[1999 (releases)|1999]] one-man play.<br>First appearance of Roger Llewellyn as Sherlock.
|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|1.2
|''The Death and Life''
|Audio adaptation of Davies' [[2008 (releases)|2008]] one-man play.<br>Last appearance of Roger Llewellyn as Sherlock.
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2009
|-
|1.3
|''Holmes and the Ripper''
|[[Brian Clemens]]
|Features [[Jack the Ripper]].<br>First appearance of [[Nicholas Briggs]] as Sherlock and [[Richard Earl]] as Watson.
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
|1.4
|''The Speckled Band''
|[[Arthur Conan Doyle (writer)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]
|Dramatic reading of Doyle's 1892 short story.
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2010
|-
|rowspan=2|2.1
|''The Final Problem''
|rowspan=2|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adapted by [[Nicholas Briggs]])
|Adaptation of Doyle's 1893 short story.
|rowspan=2|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|-
|''The Empty House''
|Adaptation of Doyle's 1905 short story.
|-
|2.2
|''The Reification of Hans Gerber''
|[[George Mann]]
|Features Inspector [[Charles Bainbridge]] from ''[[Newbury & Hobbes (series)|Newbury & Hobbes]]''. Novelised in 2013 by [[Titan Books]] as ''The Will of the Dead''.
|November 2011
|-
|2.3
|''The Hound of the Baskervilles''
|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (adapted by [[Richard Dinnick]])
|Adaptation of Doyle's 1902 novel.
|December 2011
|-
|2.4
|''The Tangled Skein''
|David Stuart Davies (adapted by Richard Dinnick)
|Adaptation of Davies' 2007 novel ''Sherlock Holmes and the Tangled Skein''.<br>Sequel to ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', featuring [[Dracula]].
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|-
|2.5
|''The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner''
|rowspan=17|[[Jonathan Barnes]]
|A prequel to {{wi|His Last Bow (short story)|His Last Bow}}.
|April 2012
|-
|3.1
|''The Guttering Candle''
|
|rowspan=4|December [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|-
|3.2
|''The Adventure of the Gatekeeper's Folly''
|
|-
|3.3
|''The Adventure of the Bermondsey Cutthroats''
|
|-
|3.4
|''The Sowers of Despair''
|
|-
|4.1
|''Poppyland''
|
|rowspan=4|December [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|-
|4.2
|''At the Gates of Shambhala''
|
|-
|4.3
|''The Man in the Moonlight''
|
|-
|4.4
|''The Tragedy of Pargetter Square''
|
|-
|5.1
|''The Prophet in the Rain''
|
|rowspan=4|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|-
|5.2
|''The Body in the Garret''
|
|-
|5.3
|''The Beast in the Darkness''
|
|-
|5.4
|''The Shadow in the Water''
|
|-
|6.1
|''The Master of Blackstone Grange''
|
|rowspan=2|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|-
|6.2
|''The Adventure of the Fleet Street Transparency''
|Crossover with ''[[The Invisible Man]]''. [[Blake Ritson]] returns to the role of Dr. [[Kemp (The Invisible Man)|Kemp]], having previously played him in the Big Finish Classics adaptation of ''The Invisible Man''.
|-
|7.1
|''The Seamstress of Peckham Rye''
|
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|7.2
|''The Fiends of New York City''
|
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|}
 
=== In other series ===
{|class="wikitable"
! Title ||Author ||Notes ||Released
|-
|''Ghosts of Christmas Past''
|[[Tony Lee]]
|A release in ''[[The Confessions of Dorian Gray]]''
|December 2012
|-
|''[[The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber (audio story)|The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber]]''
|rowspan=2|[[David Llewellyn]]
|rowspan=2|In ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish]]''.
|rowspan=2|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|''[[The Feast of Magog (audio story)|The Feast of Magog]]''
|-
|''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]''
|[[Andy Lane]] (adapted by [[Guy Adams]])
|In Big Finish's ''[[Novel Adaptations]]'' series. Featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]].
|[[December (releases)|December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Sherlock Holmes was an audio series released by Big Finish Productions based on the original works of Arthur Conan Doyle. For the first two stories, Roger Llewellyn played an older Sherlock Holmes with Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl taking over as the titular character and Doctor John Watson respectively from then onwards.

Connections to the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

Although the character of Sherlock Holmes made a number of appearances in Doctor Who adventures, starting with the 1985 comic story Funhouse, prior to the conception of Big Finish's Holmes series, as of October 2020 it is Nicholas Briggs' incarnation of the character that has been depicted in all instances of performed media within the Doctor Who universe.

The series first crossed over with Doctor Who in the audio adaptation [+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"All-Consuming Fire (audio story)","2":"audio adaptation"} of the 1994 novel All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]. Both Briggs and Earl reprised their Holmes roles for the story alongside the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. The illustration of Holmes on the cover of the original novel was based upon Basil Rathbone's portrayal in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the first in a series of fourteen films wherein Rathbone played Holmes.

Big Finish's Sherlock Holmes crossed over into the DWU again in 2016 with The Worlds of Big Finish which depicted crossovers with several Big Finish ranges, some related to Doctor Who and some not. Briggs' Holmes featured in two of the six stories, The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber [+]Loading...["The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber (audio story)"] and The Feast of Magog [+]Loading...["The Feast of Magog (audio story)"], both with Dorian Gray, as played by Alexander Vlahos in the Big Finish series The Confessions of Dorian Gray.

There were several characters from Holmes canon who had previously appeared in Doctor Who prose but not in performed media who were played by Who actors in this series. These included Mrs Hudson played by Beth Chalmers, Lestrade played by John Banks and James Moriarty played by Alan Cox. Mycroft Holmes, who had been played by David Warner in several earlier Bernice Summerfield stories, was played in this series by Tim Bentinck.

Cast connections[[edit] | [edit source]]

Many other Doctor Who universe actors have appeared in the series including Matt Addis, James Albrecht, Ken Bones, Lucy Briggs-Owen, Ian Brooker, Natalie Burt, Derek Carlyle, Nicholas Chambers, Tracey Childs, Jemma Churchill, Sam Clemens, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Cochrane, John Dorney, Barnaby Edwards, Amy Ewbank, Andrew Fettes, India Fisher, Sheryl Gannaway, Jane Goddard, Terrence Hardiman, Nigel Hastings, Andrew Havill, Eve Karpf, Caroline Keiff, David Killick, Joe Jameson, Toby Longworth, Anjella Mackintosh, Michael Maloney, Terry Molloy, Christopher Naylor, Jamie Newall, David Peart, Leighton Pugh, Elizabeth Rider, Blake Ritson, Lex Shrapnel, Dan Starkey, Joannah Tincey, Giles Watling, Eve Webster and Gemma Whelan. Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl also had many Doctor Who credits to their names.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main series[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Notes Released
1.1 The Last Act David Stuart Davies Audio adaptation of Davies' 1999 one-man play.
First appearance of Roger Llewellyn as Sherlock. 		November 2009
1.2 The Death and Life Audio adaptation of Davies' 2008 one-man play.
Last appearance of Roger Llewellyn as Sherlock. 		December 2009
1.3 Holmes and the Ripper Brian Clemens Features Jack the Ripper.
First appearance of Nicholas Briggs as Sherlock and Richard Earl as Watson. 		April 2010
1.4 The Speckled Band Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dramatic reading of Doyle's 1892 short story. June 2010
2.1 The Final Problem Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adapted by Nicholas Briggs) Adaptation of Doyle's 1893 short story. October 2011
The Empty House Adaptation of Doyle's 1905 short story.
2.2 The Reification of Hans Gerber George Mann Features Inspector Charles Bainbridge from Newbury & Hobbes. Novelised in 2013 by Titan Books as The Will of the Dead. November 2011
2.3 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (adapted by Richard Dinnick) Adaptation of Doyle's 1902 novel. December 2011
2.4 The Tangled Skein David Stuart Davies (adapted by Richard Dinnick) Adaptation of Davies' 2007 novel Sherlock Holmes and the Tangled Skein.
Sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles, featuring Dracula. 		January 2012
2.5 The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner Jonathan Barnes A prequel to His Last Bow. April 2012
3.1 The Guttering Candle December 2013
3.2 The Adventure of the Gatekeeper's Folly
3.3 The Adventure of the Bermondsey Cutthroats
3.4 The Sowers of Despair
4.1 Poppyland December 2014
4.2 At the Gates of Shambhala
4.3 The Man in the Moonlight
4.4 The Tragedy of Pargetter Square
5.1 The Prophet in the Rain August 2016
5.2 The Body in the Garret
5.3 The Beast in the Darkness
5.4 The Shadow in the Water
6.1 The Master of Blackstone Grange March 2018
6.2 The Adventure of the Fleet Street Transparency Crossover with The Invisible Man. Blake Ritson returns to the role of Dr. Kemp, having previously played him in the Big Finish Classics adaptation of The Invisible Man.
7.1 The Seamstress of Peckham Rye July 2021
7.2 The Fiends of New York City May 2022

In other series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Notes Released
Ghosts of Christmas Past Tony Lee A release in The Confessions of Dorian Gray December 2012
The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber David Llewellyn In The Worlds of Big Finish. May 2015
The Feast of Magog
All-Consuming Fire Andy Lane (adapted by Guy Adams) In Big Finish's Novel Adaptations series. Featuring the Seventh Doctor. December 2015

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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