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'''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''' was a writer most well-known for the books about the detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Doyle fictionalized the adventures of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and Dr. [[John Watson]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'')
'''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''' was a writer most well-known for the books about the detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Doyle fictionalized the adventures of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and Dr. [[John Watson]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'')


In [[1880]], Doyle aided [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], though the Doctor suspected that they may have met before. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') Indeed, in an earlier adventure [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] refered to him as an 'old friend'. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'') In [[1902]], he met and aided [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] again. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'') Some years later, he examined the famous [[Cottingley fairy photos]] and pronounced them genuine. ([[TW]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'')
In [[1880]], Doyle aided [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], though the Doctor suspected that they may have met before. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') Indeed, in an earlier adventure [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] refered to him as an 'old friend'. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'') In [[1902]], he met and aided the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth Doctor]] again. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'') Some years later, he examined the famous [[Cottingley fairy photos]] and pronounced them genuine. ([[TW]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'')


==Minor references==
==Minor references==

Revision as of 00:18, 22 February 2011

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer most well-known for the books about the detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle fictionalized the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. (NA: All-Consuming Fire)

In 1880, Doyle aided the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, though the Doctor suspected that they may have met before. (MA: Evolution) Indeed, in an earlier adventure the Doctor refered to him as an 'old friend'. (PDA: The Murder Game) In 1902, he met and aided the Tenth Doctor again. (NSA: Revenge of the Judoon) Some years later, he examined the famous Cottingley fairy photos and pronounced them genuine. (TW: Small Worlds)

Minor references

As a doctor, he accompanied Redvers Fenn-Cooper on an expedition to observe giant reptiles which resembled dinosaurs, though at first he had trouble believing they existed. The implication is that this would be an inspiration for The Lost World. (DW: Ghost Light)

Behind the scenes

  • Though Jack Harkness implies in Small Worlds that such a hard-minded skeptic would have trouble accepting the Cottingley fairy photos, in reality, in his later years he accepted the existence of the supernatural, including the literal existence of fairies.
Arthur Conan Doyle