Sep 11, 2018
The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery Of The Amber Beads (2.12, Thames, 1973)
"How'd you know that it wasn't Rose?"
"I keep telling you, because of the hands!"
"Oh yeah, the 'ands, of course, let's not forget the 'ands! And the stars, I suppose, and your crystal ball, and your frogs a-stewin' in your pot, and your - and your feelin's, and all that flummery! Listen, this is a police station Miss Stanley, not a tent on Brighton Pier!"
#the rivals of sherlock holmes#rivals rewatch#rivals spoilers#hagar stanley#fergus hume#hagar of the pawnshop#sara kestelman#joss ackland#stephan chase#philip locke#sarah craze#rosemary lord#kathleen byron#doris rogers#jonathan adams#patricia gerrard#frederick radley#once again major thanks to @lost-spook for some images i stole#hagar is definitely one of my favourite rivals#she's so unique and different to the others#and i love the relationship between her and rose#when she becomes protective mother hen#joss ackland plays a much nicer policeman than the other rivals have to contend with#he's the only male character in this who isn't awful too#the ever dependable philip locke is skin crawlingly horrible as vark#byron is excellent in her brief appearances#but it's hagar and rose that make this one#i want much more of them