apparent early computer capable of matching or even surpassing Holmes' deductive abilities (the novel concludes with the discovery that the "Thinking Engine" is actually a hollow construct with the still-living but crippled Professor Moriarty inside it). Radio A radio adaptation of "The Adventure of the Three Students", dramatised by Edith Meiser, aired on 2 November 1931 in the American radio series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson. Meiser also adapted the story as an episode of the American radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, that aired on 24 November 1940. Felix Felton dramatised the story as a radio adaptation for the BBC Home Service as part of the 1952–1969 radio series starring Carleton Hobbs as Holmes and Norman Shelley as Watson, with Felton playing Hilton Soames. The adaptation aired in November 1957. "The Three Students" was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in 1993 by Denys Hawthorne (who also played Hilton Soames) as part of the 1989–1998 radio series starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson, with Desmond Llewelyn as Bannister. The story was adapted as the second episode of The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a series on the American radio show Imagination Theatre, starring John Patrick Lowrie as Holmes and Lawrence Albert as Watson. The episode aired in 2006. References Notes Sources External links (including "The Adventure of the Three Students") Three Students, The Adventure of the 1904 short stories Works originally published in The Strand Magazine Universities and colleges in fiction Examinations and testing in fiction