Created by : John Dickson Carr(1906-1977), an American author of detective stories. He was a master of the "locked room mystery", in which a murder is committed inside a locked room, and then Dr Fell has to work out with deductive logic how the murderer could commit such an apparently "impossible" crime.
John Dickson Carr First Appeared in print.: Dr Gideon Fell first appeared in "Hag's Nook" in 1933.
First radio appearance :Probably in 1990 with Sir Donald Sinden in The House on Gallows Lane. sinden's mellow voice is ideally suited to the mature character of Fell.
Partner/Sidekick : Carr had produced Sir Henry Merrivale several years earlier which probably led to the creation of Fell.
Arch Enemies : Fell's enemies were usually clever and tried to cover their crimes with devious means.
Setting/Location : The closed or "locked" room where it appears that the crime must have been impossible to commit. The Blind Barber is set aboard an ocean liner,
a sort of "locked room" setting in itself. Tv connections : It's a shame that Dr Fell has not yet transferred to tv.
Theme tune : Dr Fell radio tune
