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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
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Subject: Re: Tom Baker on stage as Holmes
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 18:00:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 18:00:00 1985
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>> Not surprisingly, T.B. makes a superb Sherlock Holmes.
>
> I beg to differ!  Tom Baker walks through the part in Hound of
> the Baskervilles, declaiming his lines instead of speaking them.
> After seeing Jeremy Brett as Holmes, Baker's portrayal seems
> entirely wooden.  Holmes is a strange man, but not that strange.
>
> Tom Baker could probably be good as Holmes, but in this case,
> he doesn't seem to have tried to get into the part.

Having just seen HotB, I must agree with this.  I had two problems
with Baker as Holmes: first, I kept imagining him as the Doctor,
not as Sherlock Holmes.  Second, it seems that he entirely lacks
the "sharpness" necessary for Holmes' character that Jeremy Brett
had.

All in all, I find it difficult to imagine him in the part, even while
watching it.  I'd be very curious to see how this play in Ireland
turns out.

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