Lestrade

Inspector Lestrade was a detective of Scotland Yard. He came from the old school that was more concerned with making an arrest than amassing evidence.

In 1885, he unsuccessfully dragged a lake looking for Hatty Doran's body. Dr. John Watson's notes on the case were later written as a story by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in The Strand. In 1887, the Seventh Doctor saw him drinking in the Tank. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)

In 1897, he took credit for the apprehension of Professor Janus after receiving great assistance from the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. He wanted to pass their names onto Queen Victoria. But the Doctor convinced him to cover up their involvement. (COMIC: Bat Attack!)

Behind the scenes

 * Inspector Lestrade is best known as a supporting character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories but also exists as a real person in the Doctor Who universe.
 * In-story dating of places the murder of Hatty Doran in 1887 or 1888.
 * Rupert Graves played Inspector Lestrade in, a modern-day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Graves went on to play John Riddell in TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.