Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (French: Sherlock Holmes au 22ème siècle) is a British/American/French animated television series in which Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life in the 22nd century. The series is a co–production by DiC Productions L.P., Les Studios Tex and Scottish Television Enterprises and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Special Class Animated Program.

Overview
The concept for the series was created by Sandy Ross, a Scottish Television executive, who came up with the idea while skiing in Aspen, Colorado in 1996. DiC Entertainment and Scottish Television had previously worked together to create other series and this continued the trend. Some issues were raised about language carrying different connotations between cultures, but alternative action and dialogue were used to overcome this. There is a 2-part episode from the animated TV series BraveStarr that aired in September 1987 that has a similar idea in it.

Story
Set in the 22nd-century in New London, Inspector Beth Lestrade of New Scotland Yard is chasing the grotesquely deformed French rogue geneticist Martin Fenwick, when she realizes that his companion is none other than the 19th century criminal mastermind, Professor James Moriarty. They go on to discover that this is not the original Moriarty, but is in fact a clone created from cells taken from his corpse, which Sherlock Holmes had buried in a Swiss ice cave. Lestrade knows that Holmes survived and actually lived to a ripe old age and further knows that his corpse is preserved in a glass-walled, honey-filled coffin in the basement of New Scotland Yard. She takes the body from the basement and delivers it to biologist Sir Evan Hargreaves (who looks just like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) who has just invented a process of cellular rejuvenation. The biologist then uses his cellular rejuvenation technique to return life and youth to Holmes's body so that the detective can combat Moriarty. Holmes also returns to his Baker Street rooms, which had been preserved as a museum. Lestrade's compudroid reads the original Watson's journals and assumes his name, face, voice and mannerisms in order to assist Holmes in both his crimesolving duties and his difficult assimilation to Great Britain in the 22nd century.

During the series, Holmes and Watson often work on retainer for New Scotland Yard, with Beth Lestrade as their supervising officer and Chief Inspector Charles Grayson as hers, but they also work for private citizens. They are often assisted by the new Baker Street Irregulars: the football player Wiggins, the Cockney Deidre and the paraplegic Tennyson, who communicates through electronic beeps (which Holmes understands after learning about the advances in technology and Morse code). The primary villains are Moriarty and his henchman Fenwick, appearing as they do in almost half of the produced episodes.

Each episode is inspired by one of the literary works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of these are direct rewrites of the original stories, such as "The Adventure of the Empty House", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Five Orange Pips", "The Red-Headed League", and "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" - while others are drastically different from the stories on which they are supposed to be based.

Visually, the series is a blend of traditional 2-D and 3-D CGI animation.

Essential voice cast

 * Jason Gray-Stanford - Sherlock Holmes: The great detective himself, Holmes was brought back in the 22nd century to combat the clone of his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Despite initial trouble with adapting to the era, Holmes acclimatizes and uses his knowledge of the future to often help his allies out of death traps.
 * John Payne - Watson: A compudroid that initially worked as Lestrade's assistant. He later read the original Dr. Watson's journals and was able to emulate his personality from them. He currently resides at 221B Baker Street with Holmes.
 * Akiko Morison - Inspector Beth Lestrade: Descendant of Inspector G. Lestrade, Holmes' old ally from Scotland Yard. Often annoyed with Holmes' constant disregard for protocol, she nonetheless appreciates his continued help, despite direct orders from Grayson.
 * Viv Leacock - Wiggins: Leader of the new Baker Street Irregulars. Wiggins was once a football player, but has since retired from the profession due to an injury. He has shown intelligence and reasoning skills that were enough to impress even Holmes.
 * Jennifer Copping - Deidre
 * Richard Newman - Professor James Moriarty: A clone of the original created by Fenwick, hoping to use him as a brilliant servant. However, Moriarty was able to outwit Fenwick and reverse the roles on him, taking this new lease on life to re-create his old criminal empire.
 * Ian James Corlett - Martin Fenwick: A deformed and insane French scientist who specializes in cloning. He created a clone of Moriarty to do his bidding. However, he ended up being reduced to the lackey in their relationship. Whether he does this because he knows that Moriarty could devise a horrible and painful way to dispose of him, or because he has been brainwashed by Moriarty, has never been revealed.
 * William Samples - Chief Insp. Charles Grayson
 * Jo Bates - Newscaster

Additional voice cast

 * Sharon Alexander
 * Gillian Barber
 * Kathleen Barr
 * Lisa Ann Beley
 * Sudsy Clarke
 * Bernard Cuffling
 * Michael Richard Dobson
 * Paul Dobson
 * Erin Fitzgerald
 * Vince Gale
 * Merrilyn Gann
 * Christopher Gaze
 * MacKenzie Grey
 * Jeff Gulka
 * Phil Hayes
 * Adam Henderson
 * Saffron Henderson


 * Terry Klassen
 * Campbell Lane
 * Blu Mankuma
 * Cusse Mankuma
 * Scott McNeil
 * Maxine Miller
 * Lachlan Murdoch
 * Jane Perry
 * Tamara Phillips
 * Gerald Plunkett
 * Laara Sadiq
 * Alvin Sanders
 * Malcolm Stewart
 * Simon Webb
 * Peter Wilds
 * Kevin T. Williams
 * Dale Wilson

Episode list
The show premiered in the United Kingdom in the late spring of 1999 on CITV and then premiered in the Fall in the United States. In the US, the series was split into two seasons, with the first airing on Fox Kids, and the other which was planned to air on Kids' WB in 2001, but instead aired on Broadcast syndication.

Home media releases
In September 1999, Vision Video and Universal Studios Home Video UK released a VHS tape of the series in the United Kingdom which contained the first three episodes in a feature-length format.

In 2002, Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video released The Rise and Fall of Sherlock Holmes, a VHS/DVD which like with the UK VHS, consisted of the first three episodes in a feature-length format. The episode "The Sign of Four" was also included on the DVD version.

In 2003, Sterling Entertainment released another VHS/DVD of the series titled Out of This World. The release contained the episodes "The Sign of Four", "The Adventures of the Dancing Men" and "Silver Blaze", with the episode "The Gloria Scott" as a bonus episode on the DVD.

On 21 February 2012 Mill Creek Entertainment released Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century...On the Case on DVD, consisting of the first 10 episodes of the series in production order, also containing an episode of Stargate Infinity. On the same day a complete series boxset was released containing all 26 episodes alongside 5 bonus episodes from other Cookie Jar owned series. These releases have since been discontinued and are now out of print.

On April 3, 2018, Mill Creek Entertainment re-released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 as Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century: The Complete Series. This version also came with a digital download code.

United States

 * Fox Kids (1999–2000)
 * Syndication (2001), (2002–2005), (2006)
 * Qubo (2013–2018)

United Kingdom

 * CITV (1999–2001)
 * Scottish Television (2000–2010), STV Glasgow, STV Edinburgh (2016)

France

 * Toon Disney (2003-200?)

Australia

 * Seven Network (2000–unknown), (The Big Breakfast)
 * KidsCo (2009–2014)

Italy

 * Italia 1 (2003)
 * Italia Teen Television (2004)
 * DeA Kids (2009)
 * Planet Kids (2014)

Bulgaria

 * Nova TV (200?)

Romania

 * TVR 1 (2000-2001)

Asia

 * Disney Channel Asia (2000-2002)

New Zealand

 * TV3

Singapore

 * Kids Central

Malaysia

 * TV2

South Africa

 * M-Net (K-T.V.)
 * K-T.V. World

Thailand

 * UBC Kids

Arab world

 * Disney Channel

Canada

 * Family Channel

Indonesia

 * antv

Hong Kong

 * TVB Pearl

Germany

 * BFBS (Room 785)