Sherlock Holmes And The Strange Case Of The Lestrade Hallucinations

The Zero Imperative

P.R.O.B.E. - The Zero Imperative (1994)

This was the first in a series of Doctor Who spin-offs written by Mark Gatiss and produced by BBV Productions.

Now working for P.R.O.B.E. (The Preternatural Research Bureau) - an organisation tasked with investigating paranormal activities - former UNIT scientific advisor Doctor Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, which have taken place near a soon-to-be-closed psychiatric hospital.

When the hospital is unexpectedly reprieved by rich Industrialist Peter Russell events takes a shocking twist.

Are the incumbent director of the clinic, Doctor Dove and his predecessor Doctor O'Kane harbouring the killer?

What age-old horror is hidden in the hospital grounds, and what exactly is the secret of room zero?

Cast includes:

Caroline John

Louise Jameson

Jon Pertwee

Sylvester McCoy

Colin Baker

Mark Gatiss

Sophie Aldred

Peter Davison

It could have all been so very different ...

Miss Minogue

Meanwhile, in Glasgow 1963...

Blink

"Lots of planets have a north!"

 Headingley Lane, Leeds - 1935

Sherlock WHO?

Benedict Cumberbatch & Wanda Ventham

"Sherlock" cast-members who have also appeared in episodes of Doctor Who, or Torchwood: or have voiced characters in, (or narrated,) Doctor Who audio stories:


Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes):

Howard Carter ( and also an unnamed thing) in the Big Finish audio stories anthology:

“Forty-Five”.

Una Stubbs (Mrs. Hudson):
Flo in the Big Finish audio story: “Horror of Glam Rock”.

Rupert Graves (Greg Lestrade):
John Riddell in TV episode “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”.

Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes):
Professor Richard Lazarus, in TV episode :“The Lazarus Experiment”. Gantok in TV episode: “The Wedding of River Song”. Spitfire Pilot (uncredited) in TV episodes: “Victory of the Daleks” and “A Good Man Goes To War”. Big Finish audio stories: Walther Schwieger in “The Sirens of Time”; Jasper Jeake in “Phantasmagoria”; Karl Hendryk in “The Mutant Phase”; Thinnes in “Sword of Orion”; Vincenzo in “The Stones of Venice”.

Vinette Robinson (Sergeant Sally Donovan):
Abi Lerner in TV episode: “42”.

Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper):
Charlotte in the Big Finish audio story: “The Foe from the Future”.

Wanda Ventham (Sherlock's mother – also Benedict's real-life mother):
Jean Rock in TV episode: “The Faceless Ones”. Thea Ransome (and also the Fendahl Core') in TV episode: “Image of the Fendahl”, and Faroon in TV episode: “Time and the Rani”.

Sydney Wade (Claudie Bruhl):
Young Melody Pond in TV episodes: 'The Impossible Astronaut' / 'Day of the Moon'.

Gemma Chan (Soo Lin Yao) :
Mia Bennett in TV episode: “The Waters of Mars”

Russell Tovey (Henry Knight):
Alonso Frame in TV episodes: “Voyage of the Damned” and “ End of Time”

Bertie Carvel ( Seb Wilkes):
'the mysterious man' in TV episode: “The Lazarus Experiment”

Siobhân Hewlett (Helen):
Harriet Derbyshire in the Torchwood episode: “To the Last Man”.

Joseph Long (Angelo):

Rocco Colasanto in TV episode: “Turn Left”

Katherine Parkinson (Kitty Riley):
Voiced engineer Danika Meanwhile in the Big Finish audio adventure: “The Death Collectors.”

Danny Webb ( DI Carter):

John Jefferson in TV episodes: “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit”.
Also voiced Byron in the Big Finish audio story: “The Girl Who Never Was”: and several characters in: “The Dark Husband”

Andrew Havill (The Equerry):

The Chief Steward in TV episode: “Voyage of the Damned”. Also voiced Aleister Portillon and Squire Claude Portillon in the Big Finish audio story: “The Witch from the Well”.

Clive Mantle (Dr. Frankland):
Voiced Oliver Cromwell in the Big Finish audio story: “The Settling”, and Tuvold in: “The Burning Prince”.
Also narrated the audio book version of the Doctor Who novel: “The Coming of the Terraphiles.”

Paul Chequer ( DI Dimmock):

Eugene Jones in the Torchwood story: “Random Shoes”, and one of the servo robots in the AudioGO Serpent Crest audio story: “Tsar Wars.”

Victoria Wicks ( Margaret Patterson):
High Priestess in TV episode: “The Fires of Pompeii”

Lindsay Duncan (Lady Smallwood):

Adelaide Brooke in TV episode: “The Waters of Mars”

David Fynn (Howard Shilcott):
Marcellus in TV episode: “The Pandorica Opens”

Sasha Behar (Dr. Mortimer):
Spurrina in TV episode: “The Fires of Pompeii”

Ian Hallard (Defence Barrister):
Played Doctor Who director Richard Martin in the 2013 docu-drama: “An Adventure in Space and Time.”

Malcolm Rennie (Judge):

Anzor in the Big Finish audio story: “Mission to Magnus”

Kevin Trainor (Billy):
Voiced Lucern/Cornet Swallow in the Big Finish audio story: “The Witch from the Well”

Jalaal Hartley (photographer):
Richard Burbage in TV episode: “The Shakespeare Code”

Jim Conway (reporter #2):
Uncle Josh in TV episode: “The Snowmen”; and 'a man' in the Torchwood episode: “The Categories of Life”.

Tim Wallers (John Garvie):
Childers in TV episode: “Victory of the Daleks”.

Rita Davies ('blind lady'):
Voiced Janneus in the Big Finish Productions audio story: “Primeval”; and Tashek in the Big Finish 'I, Davros' audio story: “Innocence”

Chipo Chung (TV presenter):
Chantho, a Malmooth, in TV episode: “Utopia”; and a fortune-teller in TV episode: “Turn Left”

Brigid Zengeni (Kate Whitney):
Megaira in the Big Finish 'Bernice Summerfield' series audio story: “The Oracle of Delphi”

John Sessions (Kenny Prince):
Mozart in the Big Finish audio story: “My Own Private Wolfgang”. Roland of Brittany in the Big Finish audio story: “Castle of Fear”. Tannis in the webcast: “Death Comes to Time”.

Tim Chipping (Duty Sergeant):
Voiced Grigori Rasputin and the Dahensa in the Big Finish audio story: “The Wanderer”

Robin Sebastian (Mr. Harcourt):
The Player in the Big Finish audio story: “The Masquerade of Death”

Commander Antimon in the Big Finish audio story: “Imperiatrix”

Jeany Spark (homeless girl):
Vvoiced Florence Nightingale in the Big Finish audio story: “The Angel of Scutari”; and Jelena in: “Prisoner of the Sun”.

Peter Brooke (taxi passenger):
A Hooverville resident in TV episode: “Daleks in Manhattan”.

Debbie Chazen (Vicky):
Foon Van Hoff in TV episode: “Voyage of the Damned”. Narrated the audiobooks: “Wishing Well”, “Shining Darkness” and “The Slitheen Excursion.”

Nicholas Asbury (a landlord):
Voiced Rowe in the Big Finish Productions 'Companion Chronicles' audio story: “The Many Deaths of Jo Grant”

Ifan Huw Dafydd (Clerk of the Court):
Voiced Bishop Parrash in the Big Finish audio story: “Faith Stealer”; and Lurnix in the Big Finish 'Bernice Summerfield' audio story: “The Poison Seas”

Claire Cage (Eddie's Neighbour):
David's wife in the Torchwood episode: “Sleeper”.

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