![]() Thus a “three pipe problem” has become a “three patch problem”!įor those who missed it, the series stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as John Watson and Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade. Sherlock makes full use of modern forensic methods, all of which help him gather evidence at top speed.Īnd (can you believe it!) the man whom Father Knox called “one of the world’s great smokers” now uses nicotine patches instead. (The website and John’s blog really do exist online, by the way.) Rather than publishing articles and “monographs,” he has a website called “The Science of Deduction.” This cutting edge Sherlock has a smart phone permanently attached to his hand, which he consults at lightning speed. John doesn’t publish their exploits in The Strand Magazine he writes a blog. Holmes and Watson are now Sherlock and John and still live at 221B Baker Street. Most of my fears were laid to rest by the end of the first episode.Īs lifelong Holmes fans themselves, the writers showed due reverence to the Canon, yet did a very clever job of adapting it to fit into the 21 st Century. Would the duo be turned into comic book action figures, as they were in the 2009 Guy Ritchie film? I hoped not. ![]() So when I learned of a new TV series called Sherlock on BBC One, I was skeptical.ĭeveloped and written by Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffat (who I was unfamiliar with), it places Holmes, Watson and company in modern times. I’ve always been a purist, disdaining Sherlock Holmes pastiches that stray too far from the spirit and content of John Watson’s original Canon. ![]()
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