<P> In the NHK puppetry Sherlock Holmes, Pike is a pupil of Beeton School and assists Holmes in his investigation . He also works as informant and is fast at his job but tight with money . Besides he sells photographs of girls to male pupils . Tomokazu Seki voices him . </P> <P> Toby is a dog who is used by Sherlock Holmes . He is first introduced in The Sign of the Four and is described by Watson as an "ugly long haired, lop - eared creature, half spaniel and half lurcher, brown and white in colour, with a very clumsy waddling gait ." Though used by Holmes, the dog belongs to Mr Sherman who keeps a menagerie of creatures at No. 3 Pinchin Lane in Lambeth . Toby lives at No. 7 within his house . Holmes states he would "rather have Toby's help than that of the whole detective force in London" and requests the dog by name . </P> <P> Toby also featured in the novel Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula; or, The Adventures of the Sanguinary Count by Loren D. Estleman, when Watson and Holmes called on Toby to track Count Dracula after finding him in a meat - packing district--Dracula's carriage having rolled through a distinctive piece of rubbish--allowing the two to track Dracula to Watson's house in time to learn that he has abducted Mary Watson . </P> <P> In the Holmes-esque The Great Mouse Detective, Toby is a Basset Hound and a permanent resident of 221b Baker Street . He is frequently used by Basil, the eponymous protagonist, as a means of transport and to pick up trails . </P>

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