Your James Bond, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who

Bond: Sean Connery
Sherlock: Cumberbatch, brought something new and edgy to the character. Not sure if Sir Arthur would approve but I like it.
Dr Who: Sylvester McCoy. Just to be different.
 
Maybe for Dr Who I should just have said any actor appearing in any episode with Kate O'Mara in her prime ! After all, I wouldn't have been looking at them anyway.

JohnnyO. o/
 
Best Bond?

David Niven

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I am totally stealing the idea for this from @MarkB from the "film" thread as it had me think which three I would pick - and curious what others would pick...

For me it's;

James Bond: Sean Connery,
Sherlock: Jeremy Brett,
Doctor Who: Matt Smith (I disliked him at first then he really grew on me) *Honorary mention to Tom Baker

+1, although I've never made it through a complete episode of Doctor Who.
 
james bond - roger moore. i know hes a bit of a pantomime james bond, still like him as bond though.
sherlock - robert downey jr.
dr who - tom baker

for dr who, ive always thought christopher walken would make a fantastic doctor. i know hes american, but... :)
 
Daniel Craig had potential but he's got a 50% success rate. I enjoyed Casino Royale and Skyfall, but Quantum of Solace and Spectre sucked.

I agree. I love the first few 1960s Bond films because they are so stylish - the cars, the clothes and the music. I was also lucky enough to have met John Stears, who was responsible for the special effects in the early films (and Star Wars) a few times, and talked with him about the films. The gadgets in the early films were flights of fancy, with perhaps a nod to some of the stuff SOE & MI9 came up with; nowadays we all have so many clever things that the modern films seem slightly humdrum in that department.
 
the only Sherlock to deal with his sidelines of fighting were the downey films. Other wise is pure Brett.

when they filmed the brett series for the bbc, one of the staffers had a son hang around a lot on set, and enjoyed a lot of time with brett. In the last decade they let him have a single tv movie as Sherlock. it was a quasi period piece case of the black stockings I believe. was meant to be a modernized reboot, but only one tv movie done.
 
I agree. I love the first few 1960s Bond films because they are so stylish - the cars, the clothes and the music. I was also lucky enough to have met John Stears, who was responsible for the special effects in the early films (and Star Wars) a few times, and talked with him about the films. The gadgets in the early films were flights of fancy, with perhaps a nod to some of the stuff SOE & MI9 came up with; nowadays we all have so many clever things that the modern films seem slightly humdrum in that department.

I watched a documentary about Bond a while ago, apparently after Thunderball came out the studio had an enquiry from the navy about the rebreather, how long it lasted and where they could get them. They were a bit non-plussed with the response that it lasted as long as you could hold your breath.
 
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