The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan is a spoof of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The plot is almost the same as the original, the main differences being that the Spike Milligan version is considerably shorter, and there is more humorous content.
Written from the viewpoint of Dr. Watson (who is accompanied by a duck throughout the story), Holmes takes on the case of a strange curse on the Baskerville estate, including wearing an odd pair of boots owned by Sir Henry Baskerville, bullying a German butler and forcing Dr. Mortimer to openly scream "fuck!" in exclamation. The illustrations also repeatedly show Watson being attacked, or about to be attacked, by a small dog.
It is worth noting that Spike Milligan himself had appeared in the 1978 film of The Hound of the Baskervilles in a cameo role, and it is perhaps this that compelled him to satirize the novel.
The illustrations pay tribute to the Sherlock Holmes films and the portrayal of Holmes and Watson by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
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