Such sightings and stories may simply be a more modern manifestation of earlier stories of mythical black dogs and other such creatures in remote areas of Britain, such as those that inspired The Hound of the Baskervilles.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1902 ), an escaped prisoner from Princetown serves as a red herring for Holmes and Watson.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who once lived in Birmingham, may have borrowed Baskerville's surname for one of his Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles – which, in turn, was borrowed by Umberto Eco for the character William of Baskerville in his best-selling novel, The Name of the Rose ( Sean Connery played the character in the film based on the book ).

Tor Royal Lane is a dead end road which leads down from the town to the site of the disused Whiteworks tin mine, about 3 km or 2 miles to the south-east, which overlooks Fox Tor Mires, the presumed site of the Grimpen Mire to be found in Arthur Conan Doyle's tale The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Holmes is described in The Hound of the Baskervilles as having a " cat-like " love of personal cleanliness.

* A policeman who briefly talks to Dr. Watson and Stapleton when they first arrive on the moors in The Hound of the Baskervilles.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

Moore played Watson to Cook's Holmes in 1978's Hound of the Baskervilles.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

In Arthur Conan Doyle's story, The Hound of the Baskervilles, the villain is a naturalist who collects butterflies, making him an " evil " entomologist.

* Sir Charles Baskerville and Sir Henry Baskerville, The Hound of the Baskervilles

Roxburgh also portrayed Holmes in the 2002 TV adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, making him one of the only two actors to portray both Holmes and Moriarty on film, Anthony Higgins being the other.

Moriarty now has supernatural powers and employs the Hound of the Baskervilles as his henchman.

* Hound of the Baskervilles

It is played in chapter 10 of the Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

One of his most notable roles was Sir Henry Baskerville in the 1939 Sherlock Holmes film The Hound of the Baskervilles.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1939 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

Powell has also lent his voice to musical works, such as David Bedford's album The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, or the 2002 rock opera The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman, where he played the role of John Watson.

In 1959 he appeared in 13 films, the busiest year of his career, including Jack the Ripper, Too Many Crooks, Carlton-Browne of the F. O., The Hound of the Baskervilles and I'm All Right Jack, which was critically and commercially the most successful of le Mesurier's credited films that year.

It was here that he wrote some of his most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles.

* Episode 17 Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles

* Arthur Conan Doyle-The Hound of the Baskervilles

* " The Hound of Heaven " is the title of the fifth chapter in Robert L. Short's 1965 book The Gospel According to Peanuts where he describes Snoopy as a " little Christ " carrying out " Christ's ambivalent work of humbling the exalted and exalting the humble.

According to one, the earliest Harrier types were crossed with Bloodhounds, the Talbot Hound, and even the Basset Hound.

According to a local legend Hound Tor was created when a pack of hounds were turned to stone ( see Bowerman's Nose ).

Hound was the first to introduce Spike to the concept of " transforming " and also gave Spike a tour of the nearby desert while beguiling him with tales of Cybertron.

Hound would also end up being rescued by Spike, who nearly drowned in the process of saving him.

While resuscitating Spike on the shore, Hound makes the mistake of thinking that the human Spike had " flooded his engine ".

After Chip was captured by the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Spike mounted a rescue with the help of Mirage and Hound.

1998 Programme. Black Comedy was revived as a double-bill with Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound at the Comedy Theatre by Warehouse Productions on April 22, 1998 directed by Greg Doran with the following cast:

* A scan of the 1998 programme for The Real Inspector Hound and Black Comedy

* The Real Inspector Hound / Black Comedy ( Tour: 25 March-11 April 1998, West End: 16 April-31 October 1998, Tour: 18 August-23 October 1999 )

Gowers ' works include the following music scores: Comic Act ( 1998 ), Forever Green ( 1989 ), The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1988 ), The Sign of Four ( 1987 ), Whoops Apocalypse ( 1986 ), Anna Karenina ( 1985 ), Smiley's People ( 1982 ), I remember Nelson ( 1982 ), Therese Raquin ( 1980 ), Stevie ( 1978 ), Children of Rage ( 1975 ), A Bigger Splash ( 1974 ), Farlige kys ( 1972 ), Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen ( 1970 ), The Virgin and the Gypsy ( 1970 ), Balladen Om Carl-Henning ( 1969 ), Hamlet ( 1969 ), Thomas er Fredloes ( 1968 ), Marat / Sade ( 1966 ).

* The Bible — the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan ( 1993 )

* Lady Chatterley's Lover According to Spike Milligan ( 1994 )

* Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan ( 1994 )

* D. H. Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane: According to Spike Milligan — Part II of " Lady Chatterley's Lover " ( 1995 )

* Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan ( 1996 )

* Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan ( 1997 )

* Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan ( 1998 )

* Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan ( 2000 )

* Classic Adventures: According to Spike Milligan ( 2002 )

* Spike Milligan wrote a parody of the novel called Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan ( 1996 ).

According to Kricfalusi, Spike pushed for more South Park-like themes in the new show.

According to writer Spike Feresten, Jerry Seinfeld and several members of the production team went to Soup Kitchen International for lunch weeks after " The Soup Nazi " aired.

According to an interview in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Gilvezan auditioned for both the parts of Spike Witwicky and Bumblebee in " The Transformers ", but, was only given the role of Bumblebee because the produces did not want the two characters to be voiced by the same person.

According to the book Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivals by Jerry Beck, Stanton was also friends with famed animation promoters " Spike and Mike ".

* According to the DVD commentary for this episode, the scene between Faith and Spike was meant to lay groundwork for a possible spin-off featuring Faith and Spike.

* According to the comic Spike: Old Times, Cecily was already Halfrek, a vengeance demon ( and longtime friend of Anya ), at the time of her meeting with William, and subsequently massacred the room of people who had laughed at his poetic efforts.

" According to Fury, the resurrection of Spike and Drusilla's relationship " was really significant in terms of what love means to Spike.