this feature length episode be apart from the equally dreadful the last vampyre the bad adaption of a story by sir arthur conan doyle . one really wonder what be go on in the producer mind waste jeremy brett rapidly diminish energy and life span for this crude story and especially after have be so faithful to the spirit of doyle work before . the theme of holmes dream depict exactly the event to come stand in stark contrast to his previously state belief in rationality and fact and logical deduction . one can not help feel the scriptwriter take to holmes former vice of drug abuse . sad and unworthy of jeremy brett talent .