The actor, who's best known for his iconic stint as the Doctor in the beloved BBC sci-fi, has turned his hand to playing Sherlock Holmes a number of times – in the BBC's 1982 series The Hound of the Baskervilles, in the 1985 stage play The Mask of Moriarty, and now in AUK's audio drama series Sir Sherlock.
Speaking exclusively to Radio Times about returning to the role, Baker said: "The sheer pleasure of waking up and knowing you’re going to be engaged in something exciting, like being an actor.
He added: "So, really, I can be a bit like Holmes as an actor and as a person, I suppose. I bring myself to the role more than the other times I’ve played him, I guess.
"I like people to like what I do and, if I’ve got the power, being allowed to do it my way. If I haven’t got the power, I just have to go along with it.
View Green Video on the source website"So, subsequently, he loved anything I had to say. I mean, I can’t remember a word of it but I’m sure I said some interesting things. We had fun together, recording Sir Sherlock. Oh, we did. Well, who wouldn’t if you’re being constantly admired?"
"Well, you really couldn’t get away from seeing Jeremy Brett, could you? His performance was a real eye-opener, and he clearly relished it so shamelessly and so protectively," he said.
"Basil Rathbone was so very well spoken. A very erudite and centred Holmes, not given to those explosions of a manic nature that Jeremy Brett used. The writers and actors have to make fresh what’s already so familiar to us, really. I tried to give something fresh as Sir Sherlock. I inspired myself! Ha."
The synopsis for The Doctor's Son reads: "When Doctor John Watson vanishes from his Baker Street bedroom in the dead of night, Sir Sherlock Holmes wakes to a mystery unlike any he has faced before.
"Holmes, Sergeant Emily Lestrade and the ever-tenacious Norton pursue the missing pieces to this personal puzzle, in order to make the picture clearer. Is this a kidnapping to extort money or a genuine countdown to the good Doctor’s demise?"
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