# For those of you who love Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes---

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**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-love-doctor-who-or-sherlock-holmes/1027088 "2026-01-27T14:23:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-love-doctor-who-or-sherlock-holmes/1027088/1 "2026-01-27T14:23:52Z")

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–which, on the SDMB is almost everybody…TOM BAKER IS BACK!

Our beloved Fourth Doctor (all scarf, teeth & curls) will play Sherlock Holmes in an audiodrama!

> **[Doctor Who icon Tom Baker confirmed to play Sherlock Holmes once again – and...](https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/tom-baker-sherlock-holmes-audio-newsupdate/)**
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> Baker will star opposite John Leeson in Sir Sherlock: The Red Letter Day.

> The worlds of Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes continue to collide, with Fourth Doctor star Tom Baker set to play Holmes in a new audio drama.
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> The audio drama, titled Sir Sherlock: The Red Letter Day, will be released in March 2026, and will see the former consulting detective finally accept a knighthood in 1924.
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> “Having lived the quiet life on the Sussex Downs, Holmes is drawn back to London, where, joined by his friend Doctor John Watson, they are both embroiled in a new murder investigation,” the synopsis says.
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> This will actually be the third time Baker will play the iconic detective, having previously done so in the BBC’s on-screen adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and on stage in 1985’s The Mask of Moriarty.

Note th novel & CD edition–get one SOON! Kickstarter ends quick!

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If it’s just voice work, then it will remind me of the narrator on _Little Britain_ rather than Doctor Who.  
_“And so we conclude our journey around Little Britain. Tonight’s program has ended a little sooner than usual because I need to do a poo now. Good Bye Bye!”_