Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes as Dr Watson, in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (2000), "The Royal Scandal" (2001), "The Sign of Four" (2001) and "The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire" (2002). 2002 saw a new version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Richard Roxburgh. Ian Hart played Dr. Watson then and also in the 2004 BBC airing of "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking", alternatively billed as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". An original screenplay "based on the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", this film takes place in 1902, with Dr. Watson "saving a dear friend from narcotics
Sherlock Holmes (play) to "Elementary, my dear fellow! Elementary!" (in the final 1935 text; Act II Scene II). The 1976 Samuel French reprint has the phrase "Oh, this is elementary, my dear Watson" (Act I Scene III; though the scene has been placed in a different act, it is the same scene as above), but it is unclear which of the earlier versions is the basis of this reprint. It was also Gillette who introduced the famous curved pipe as a trademark Holmes prop. Sherlock Holmes (play) Sherlock Holmes is a four-act play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, based on