The Strand (magazine)
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The Strand was a magazine that serialised detective stories penned by Dr Arthur Conan Doyle. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"])
Ian Chesterton felt that the First Doctor "might have stepped straight out of the drawings of the famous magazines of the period, The Strand or Vanity Fair." (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"])
It was suspected by some that Doyle appropriated the contemporaneous exploits of the mysterious Madame Vastra and her assistants, which he attributed to his main protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])
However, Henry Gordon Jago believed that he and his close friend Professor George Litefoot were the inspiration for Holmes and Dr John Watson. (AUDIO: Jago in Love [+]Loading...["Jago in Love (audio story)"])
Marnal's first story of the Time Lords was published in an issue of The Strand. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])
