A Scandal in Bohemia the same trick on Watson that Holmes uses on Irene Adler in the story. In addition, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, who played Holmes and Watson in the film, did the story for their radio series, "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". The episode was followed by a sequel, "Second Generation", featuring Irene's daughter hiring Holmes in retirement. The story was adapted for a 1951 TV episode of "We Present Alan Wheatley as Mr Sherlock Holmes in..." starring Alan Wheatley as Holmes, Raymond Francis as Dr. Watson and Olga Edwardes as Irene Adler. The 1965 Broadway musical "Baker Street" was
Dr. Watson Dr. Watson John H. Watson, known as Dr Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and the first person narrator of all but four of these stories. He is described as the typical Victorian-era gentleman, unlike the more eccentric Holmes. He is astute, although he can never match his friend's deductive skills. Whilst retaining his role as Holmes's friend and confidant, Watson has been adapted in various films, television series, video games, comics and radio programmes. In Conan Doyle's early rough plot outlines,