Sherlock Holmes

The Prophet in the Rain continues with Holmes and Watson leaving the funeral and heading towards Holmes’ secret HQ when they notice a car following them.  They meet, in the interminable rain, an enemy they’ve run into before – a Mrs Edgar Curbishley (Tracey Childs).  I’m not familiar with this […]

5.01 The Prophet in the Rain, cont’d

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The Prophet in the Rain by Jonathan Barnes is a Sherlock Holmes story set post-war, in 1921, starring Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl from the Big Finish audio adventures range.  It’s offered as a free download to get a taster for the Big Finish box-set of The Sacrifice of Sherlock […]

5.01 The Prophet in the Rain

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From 2012, The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner by Jonathan Barnes sees Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Briggs) and Dr Watson (Richard Earl) in the aftermath of the Titantic disaster. It’s 1912, and Sherlock Holmes has been retired for many years.  He’s busy keeping bees and has no interest in revisiting his […]

The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner

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Due to early nights caused by the run-up and aftermath of the London Marathon, it’s taken me several evenings to finish this 2-hour adventure from Big Finish. The first half of The Tangled Skein plays like a traditional Sherlock Holmes adventure stepping into a mystery with a bizarre explanation – […]

2.04 The Tangled Skein, cont’d

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From 2012, Big Finish‘s audio adventure The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies (adapted by Richard Dinnick) sees Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Briggs) and Dr Watson (Richard Earl) face off against Count Dracula (Giles Watling). Taking the verisimilitude of Sherlock Holmes to its limits and encroaching on the world of fantasy […]

2.04 The Tangled Skein

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I must be enjoying the Big Finish range of Sherlock Holmes adventures, because I’ve moved straight on to The Reification of Hans Gerber. This is a non-canonical Sherlock Holmes adventure, written by George Mann and starring, as usual, Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl. I’ve only listened to the opening segment […]

2.02 The Reification of Hans Gerber

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For those who aren’t already aware, The Final Problem and The Empty House are two Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes short stories that feature the death of Holmes, followed by his subsequent resurrection some three years later. The Final Problem was Conan Doyle’s way off killing of his most famous character […]

2.01 The Final Problem / The Empty House

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I listened to a bit more of Holmes and the Ripper last night.  After the “ripper” scene-setting, we’re in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Holmes is given a mysterious and vague warning by a psychic before returning to Baker Street and receiving a visit from a bandaged man […]

1.03 Holmes and the Ripper, cont’d

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Holmes and the Ripper is the third adventure in the first season of Big Finish‘s Sherlock Holmes range, and the first to feature Nicholas Briggs as Holmes and Richard Earl as Dr Watson following from a couple of Roger Llewellyn one-hand adventures. Apparently, Nicholas Briggs played Sherlock Holmes on stage […]

1.03 Holmes and the Ripper

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I finished Big Finish‘s adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, plus the interview extras, last night. It’s pretty clear that Sherlock Holmes is a labour of love for these guys, particularly Nicholas Briggs.  Being producer, director, and title star could plunge the series into a “god complex” scenario but, […]

2.03 The Hound of the Baskervilles, cont’d

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I am sure that everyone must know, by now, of the dreadful curse of The Hound of the Baskervilles that is said to blight the family of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Briggs) is consulted when the last surviving member of the Baskerville family arrives in England to take up […]

2.03 The Hound of the Baskervilles

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My review of All-Consuming Fire ends in a typical Doctor Who / explosion style ending. Once it was over, I found myself wondering what Sherlock Holmes and Watson were really doing in the story.  After the second episode, they contributed little.  In the third episode, Benny took over for Sherlock […]

8. All-Consuming Fire, cont’d

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