Nicholas Briggs

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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Holmes and the Ripper continues much the same as it began.  There’s enough intrigue to keep the interest up, but it does seem to go out of its way to make things more convoluted than they need to be.  Conan Doyle’s original stories were more about Holmes deducing startling facts […]

Holmes and the Ripper, cont’d

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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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The second episode of Big Finish‘s adaptation of All-Consuming Fire continued from the first, beginning with a “mission report” from Ace who doesn’t seem to be very involved in the adventure right now. The usual issues with audio adventures arise, such as not really being sure what certain noises and […]

8. All-Consuming Fire, cont’d

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All-Consuming Fire is a Big Finish audio adventure based on the original 1994 Andy Lane Doctor Who New Adventures novel as adapted by Guy Adams, and features the 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) in a Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Briggs) adventure. The story opens with the Sherlock Holmes music followed by Watson (Richard […]

8. All-Consuming Fire

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Working through my collection of Big Finish audio dramas, I’ve been listening to The Speckled Band starring Nicholas Briggs as Sherlock Holmes, and Richard Earl as Dr Watson. My only previous experience of this pairing was a 10-minute Christmas freebie given away in the past and, to be honest, it […]

The Speckled Band

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