Sherlock (TV series)

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Sherlock was a television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series, and was created by the BBC from 25 July 2010 to 15 January 2017.

Crossovers with the DWU

As with various other adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes series, a number of official crossovers have occurred between the two series.

In the earliest documented crossover between Doctor Who and Sherlock, the BBC Christmas ident Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars features the Sherlock versions of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson alongside the Twelfth Doctor, who all attend a Christmas party alongside Sprout Boy, the main character of the short.

Perhaps most notably, on 8 January 2017, the Sherlock TV series briefly crossed over with the DWU by featuring the Torchwood logo in the series 4 episode The Lying Detective. (more information to be added)

References in the DWU

The series has also been referenced a few times as in-universe fiction.

On 20 April 2017, the novel The Shining Man featured a section where the Twelfth Doctor asks Noah Holland if he had read Sherlock Holmes, to which he replied "The guy on the telly?".

7 days later, on 27 April 2017, the comic story Killer App was released as part of DWA15 23. Within the comic, a poster for Sherlock, featuring the BBC One logo.

Cast and crew connections

(the below is mostly copied from Sherlock#Behind the scenes)

Sherlock was co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and written entirely by them and Stephen Thompson.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson, Sherlock retells Arthur Conan Doyle's classic stories, in a modern setting and original storyline. The series also stars Gatiss himself as Mycroft Holmes, Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade, Louise Brealey as pathologist Molly Hooper, and Una Stubbs as landlady Mrs Hudson.

Some other notable common actors with DWU productions are Vinette Robinson, Lindsay Duncan, Russell Tovey, Phil Davis, Tim McInnerny, Eleanor Matsuura and Gemma Chan.

Rachel Talalay, Euros Lyn, Toby Haynes, Douglas Mackinnon and Colm McCarthy have each directed Sherlock episodes. Nick Hurran has directed two.