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[[File:Rivals-of-SH-S01E01-1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A Message from the Deep Sea]]

''A Message from the Deep Sea'' is the 1st episode in season 1 of the BBC TV series: [[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]. Aired on 20 september 1971. 50 min.

Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional character created by Richard Austin Freeman in 1907.

'''Sherlockian links'''

* [[John Neville]] (Dr. Thorndyke) also played Sherlock Holmes in [[A Study in Terror (movie 1965)|A Study in Terror]] in 1965.

* [[Terence Rigby]] also played [[Dr. Watson]] in 1982 in TV mini-series [[The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV episode 1982)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]] with [[Tom Baker]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]]. He also played Inspector Layton in 1983 in TV movie [[The Sign of Four (TV movie 1983)|The Sign of Four]] with [[Ian Richardson]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]].

* [[Paul Darrow]] (Dr. Hart) also played [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] in [[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Link]] in 1992.

* [[Nicholas Smith]] (Solicitor) also played Hunkston in 1975 in the movie [[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]], Charles Milverton in 1997 in the play [[The Return of Sherlock Holmes (play 1997)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]] and Mr. Bull in 1967 in the TV movie [[The Beetle Hunter]].


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== Plot summary ==

Dr. Thorndyke is asked by a former student to help on his first murder case. A prostitute is murdered and it seemed to be a woman has killed the lady. Dr. Thorndyke helps find the actual murderer with the evidence available.


== Cast ==

* '''Dr. Thorndyke''' : [[John Neville]]
* '''Dr. Jervis''' : James Cossins
* '''Dr. Davidson''' : Bernard Archard
* '''Sergent Bates''' : [[Terence Rigby]]
* '''Mrs Goldstein''' : Eve Pearce
* '''Judge''' : Morris Percy
* '''Dr. Hart''' : [[Paul Darrow]]
* '''Solicitor''' : [[Nicholas Smith]]
* '''Superintendant Miller''' : Edward Dentith
* '''Sam Turner''' : Ray Lonner
* '''May O'Brien''' : Jean Marlowe
* '''Paul Petrofsky''' : Stanley Lebor	 
* '''Polton''' : Frank Mills
* '''Kate Wilfer''' : Valérie Bell
* '''Edith Johnson''' : Joanna Cooper


* '''Director''' : Jonathan Alwyn
* '''Screenplay''' : George Markstein
* '''Producers''' : Robert Love, Jonathan Alwyn
* '''Music''' : Robert Sharples



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