Sherlock Holmes and the case of The Missing Link was an episode of the ITV series Science Fiction. The semi-biographical piece focuses on Sherlock Holmes investigating the real-life Piltdown Man hoax, of which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was said to be possibly involved. Murder on the Bluebell Line was another production dealing with Piltdown Man mystery.
Cast[]
- Tom Baker as Himself/Host
- Paul Darrow as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Reece Dinsdale as Sherlock Holmes
- Gerard Horan as Dr Watson
- Patrick Godfrey as Professor Arthur Woodward
- William Chubb as Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Christopher Campbell as Dr Arthur Keith
- Andrew Abrahams as Charles Dawson
- Jacqueline Naylor as Madame Blavatsky
- Gillian Goddman as Esmeralda
- John Axon as Student