Dr. David Q. Dawson



Dr. David Q. Dawson is a character based on Dr. John Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories and the deuteragonist from The Great Mouse Detective. He is the Queen's previously 66th Regiment in Afghanistan He is voiced by Val Bettin.

Personality
Dr. Dawson is a bumbler who has a good heart and joins Basil on their hunt to find Hiram, Olivia's father, from the diabolical Professor Ratigan.

Role in the film
In the film, Dr. David Q. Dawson is a surgeon who returns home to London, England after military service in Afghanistan. After he hops off his carriage, Dawson comes across a little girl mouse named Olivia Flaversham, crying her eyes out about her father Hiram being kidnapped by Fidget the bat, sidekick to the dastardly Professor Ratigan. Feeling very sorry for the young mouse, he escorts her to Baker street as quickly as possible. He is surprised by Basil's strangeness, but soon catches on to his personality.

Trivia
Dr. Dawson used Daffy Duck's catch phrase, "You're despicable!" when he and Basil were tied up in a giant mouse trap by the dastardly Padriac Ratigan