The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) is a Canadian television film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring Matt Frewer and Kenneth Welsh. The film is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name. The first of four Holmes adaptations starring Frewer as Holmes, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was followed by "The Sign of Four" in 2001, then "The Royal Scandal" (a blend of "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans") in 2001, with "The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire" (an original story) the final film released in
The Moor (novel) moor is central to the story, brooding over it as the moor broods over the surrounding landscape. It also has Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould as a central character. He has a strong intellectual curiosity and is the driving force behind the investigation. Laurie King uses many of the elements of The Hound of the Baskervilles. These elements are introduced deliberately on the part of the criminals and there are echoes of the original story. The way that Holmes reacts to the many mentions of the original case, with a mixture of pride and exasperation, allows for some very humorous moments. The