I can think of two such instances off hand, one is of course, Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the second is James Bond created by Ian Fleming. ^[1.1] Now into his [Downey Jnr's] fifth season, Dr Gregory House is in many respects a medical Sherlock Holmes, and series creator, David Shore, has admitted that even Dr House name is meant as a subtle homage. ^[1.2]

The stars were Clive Merrison and Michael Williams The success of the programmes led to two follow-up series of new stories, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (broadcast in 2002 and 2004), starring Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs. ^[1.3]

Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, doesn't roll into cinemas until Christmas Day in the US (Boxing Day in the UK), but already Warner Bros has begun work on a possible sequel. ^[1.4]

Rachel McAdams will play Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes; Kelly Reilly will play Watson's love interest, Mary, and Mark Strong will play mysterious new adversary Blackwood. ^[1.5]

Conan Doyle's famous super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, gets an update with this adaptation of Lionel Wigram's comic book series by writer/director Guy Ritchie (ROCKNROLLA) starring Robert Downey Jr. ^[1.6] Although the film is set in 1891, it is a film adaptation of producer Lionel Wigram (unpublished) Sherlock Holmes comic book. ^[1.7]

But, most importantly, the creator of the programs, Jim French, researched and took special care to abide by the Doyle canon: you will hear Holmes, played by John Gilbert, in all his changeable moodiness, and Dr. Watson as his alert and outspoken assistant the way Sir Arthur wrote them. ^[1.8]

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. ^[1.9]

The novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose the Reichenbach falls as the setting for the death of his character Sherlock Holmes. ^[1.10]

Downey Jr, meanwhile, confidently predicted that he was going to deliver a Sherlock Holmes 'better that it's ever been done before'. ^[2.1] I went in expecting a steampunk adventure retelling of the hoary Sherlock Holmes stories, and dreading Robert Downey Jr. ^[2.2] Meanwhile, Jude Law transforms Dr. Watson from the bumbling comic relief of most movies into a cool, competent sidekick. ^[2.3] Director Guy Ritchie has created a period/action/mystery film, starring Robert Downey Jr. ^[2.4]

Meanwhile, Holmes gets re-acquainted with Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the only person who has managed to fool him twice. ^[3.1]

Above London, Holmes handcuffs himself to Ms. Adler until she explains her motives to become involved with the case. ^[3.2] Adler warns Holmes that Moriarty is just as brilliant as he is, and infinitely more devious. ^[3.3] Did Holmes have his heart broken by a woman in the past and is that why he's so obnoxious towards them now? ^[3.4]

The implications of his [Jeremy Brett's] disappearance may threaten the kingdom's very security! Look for Christopher Lee in a brief turn as Sherlock's estranged brother Mycroft Holmes. ^[3.5] And is it all somehow connected to the mysterious reappearance of Irene Adler in London? ^[3.6] Irene Adler While Sherlock Holmes didn't have any real romances, Irene Adler was able to earn his lasting respect. ^[3.7]

Indeed, although Holmes's almost pathological need to have Watson share in his life has always been in evidence, here it has reached a fever point (perhaps because he no longer relies on the infamous "seven-percent solution" for emotional highs? ^[3.8]

It is a testament to Brett's amazing talent that his [Jeremy Brett's] Holmes remains charming, whether racing along in a manic high, intensely concentrated on the trail of evidence, or sulking disconsolately at 221b between cases. ^[3.9] Mycroft takes Holmes & Watson to a banquet at Magdalen College, Oxford to protect the third "jury" member, Cyril Overton Wilde & Cain are also guests of honour at the banquet. ^[3.10] T hrough his friendship with Dr Watson, Holmes reveals his driving forces and ambitions but also exposes his demons and fears. ^[3.11] He's a good fit for that part, catching Watson's eagerness for adventure and frequent impatience with Holmes, along with his weakness for the ladies. ^[3.12]

Holmes thinks the same way, seeing Prince Alexis as nothing more than a blackguard, but he lets the prince hire him to recover the letters in order to set a trap for Moriarty, who has escaped his every attempt to bring him down. ^[3.13] The relationships between Lestrade, Holmes and Watson bears little resemblence to the one they share in the stories by Conan Doyle and other screen intepretations. ^[3.14] When Lestrade and Watson arrive, Lady Beryl confesses to shooting the victim, an Austrian agent. ^[3.15] They escape with the aid of the Irregulars, but not before Holmes is attacked by a giant leech. ^[3.16]

Question: Which Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil, of course has a floor that's a chessboard? ^[4.1] But a look back at Basil Rathbone's incarnation of Sherlock Holmes finds more than a few bar room brawls mirroring what is being shown on screen here. ^[4.2]

The repartee between Rathbone and Bruce is delightful as always. ^[5.1]

Here's the perfect Christmas package a Sherlock Holmes mystery thriller with all the trimmings: snow falling thickly outside the Criminal Court, a prison warden whistling "Good King Wenceslas", Holmes himself nailing a holly wreath to the door of 22 1b Baker Street, and the solution to the problem wrapped up in a Bluebeard's Christmas pudding. ^[5.2]

Well, personally, I could ask for one of those good old Universal Sherlock Holmes pictures of the forties, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce but this Sheldon Reynolds television film made in Paris in 1954 is the next best thing. ^[5.3] Norton kills a copper on guard in fog-bound Baker Street, and takes his place. ^[5.4] Having already starred as Holmes in the famous Hammer film Hound of the Baskervilles, Cushing was uniquely suited to craft the definitive portrayal for these five captivating televised mysteries. ^[5.5]

Rathbone strikes a nice balance between his earlier, more wired Sherlock and his later jaded style, but the satisfactory UCLA restoration also reveals him as a bit older and more ravaged than I consume. ^[5.6] His portrayal anchored The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a British television series that ran from 1984 to 1994 and dramatized forty-one of Doyle's stories. ^[5.7] Sherlock Holmes Museum 221b Baker Street is one of London's most famous addresses as the location of the 'rooms of 221b' shared by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. ^[5.8]

Having always been something of a purist when it comes to Sherlock Holmes, I was somewhat wary before watching the new Sherlock Holmes movie by Guy Ritchie. ^[5.9]

It portrayed Holmes as a cocaine-addicted Freud follower whose fevered attempts at recovery and psychoanalysis were at issue more than his dogged pursuit of a criminal culprit (though there are mentions of his arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty, as the Napoleon of Crime -more on him later). ^[5.10]

When Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes hits theaters this Christmas, it won't be the same character most people are accustomed to seeing. ^[5.11]

However, the two excellent films in which Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred for Fox, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES and THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (both released in 1939) are more enough to guarantee Rathbone's continuing stature among Holmes fans. ^[5.12]

McNee also starred as Holmes the 1996 production Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Temporal Nexus. ^[5.13]

Boasting one of the more complicated plots, Watson tells Holmes much of the story of the title character and her run-in with a mysterious horseman through letters very much like Baskervilles before Holmes himself arrives to solve the case. ^[5.14] s Sherlock Holmes is no longer the sophisticated armchair sleuth who uses his genius to solve crime but rarely gets his hands dirty. ^[5.15]

The Larrabees call in Prince, a safe-cracker, to open the safe; but when he is told that Holmes is involved he hurriedly telegraphs to his chief, Professor Moriarty, king of London criminals, who is waging a deadly feud with the sleuth, and ever seeks opportunity to trap him. ^[5.16] However, Peter Cushing was no slouch in "The Hound of the Baskervilles". ^[5.17]

Within prison, Lord Blackwood triggers panic, even causing a prison warden to be struck down with a seizure. ^[6.1]

Holmes, on the other hand, has been bored silly in the three months between Blackwood's capture and his impending execution. ^[6.2]

Holmes disguises himself as a vagrant and trails Adler to a coach, within which sits a man whose face is not seen but who has a wrist mounted pistol which he uses to threaten the disguised Holmes. ^[6.3]

Blackwood uses the influence of the police to have the police hunt down Holmes and bring him to Parliament, where Lord Coward inadvertently gives Holmes the clues he needs to reveal Blackwood plans to launch a major attack on the British parliament. ^[6.4]

Blackwood falls and gets tangled in some chains used for the construction; when they finally untangle, one gets caught around his neck and he is accidentially (and ironically) hanged. ^[6.5]

Sherlock Holmes is known as the world's greatest detective, but in the new movie "Sherlock Holmes" he is oh so much more than just a mere detective. ^[6.6] The only thing saving Holmes from a boorish downfall is his relationship with Dr. John Watson, the ballast to Holmes's wavering ship of human scrutiny and unchecked etiquette. ^[6.7]

Mark Strong ("Body of Lies"), while certainly a passable heavy, makes little of the role of Blackmore. ^[6.8]

The original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories at various times referred to his skills at bareknuckle boxing and the (invented) Japanese martial art baritsu; he's also described as a master of disguise, can bend a steel rod back into shape, and has a small army of street urchins who scour London for clues. ^[6.9]

Blackwood and his legion of followers have plans for world domination via drinking potions and other hocus pocus, while Holmes goes about finding Blackwood in the only way he knows how using his 'not inconsiderable knowledge' and foolproof logic. ^[6.10] Meanwhile, Holmes's old flame Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) is back in town, a criminal beauty working secretly for a shadowy boss with a penchant for fancy weaponry. ^[6.11]

Through the direction of Guy Ritchie, Wigram has realized an impressive vision for a new and improved Holmes that remains the observant master of deduction, who is now a fully realized eccentric, martial arts-fighting superhero on par with a 19th century Batman. ^[6.12] However, Lord Blackwood mysteriously reappears from the grave only to resume his killing spree. ^[6.13] But implored by Scotland Yard and seduced by an old flame Holmes resolves to show Blackwood for a liar, to save England, and to stop Watson from settling down. ^[6.14]

And when, by all indications, Blackwood makes good on his promise, his apparent resurrection panics London and confounds Scotland Yard But to Holmes, the game is afoot. ^[6.15] Sherlock Holmes and his right-hand man Dr. John Watson, more than just a sidekick as played by Jude Law, have been working together for many years. ^[6.16]

They've tracked Mark Strong's Lord Blackwood as he's about to sacrifice his sixth victim for the sake of the dark magic he's been conjuring, but thanks to Holmes quick thinking, Blackwood is caught, tried and hung by the neck, presumably until dead. ^[6.17]

But, once you see past that, you can actually let the little holes in the plot go over your head just enough to have a grin plastered on your face for the entirety of Holmes half-naked rollercoaster ride around Victorian London. ^[6.18] In Holmes London, Original London Walks guide Corinna Marlowe gives us a flavour of Victorian London, focusing on aspects of time and place, crime and detection, and class and society. ^[6.19]

The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", was the backbone for the Broadway Musical, "Baker Street", and formed the basis of the Doyle/Gillette collaboration, "Sherlock Holmes". ^[7.1] The most famous and memorable of the Sherlock Holmes stories include The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Sign of Four, and the Red-headed League. ^[7.2] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 'A Scandal in Bohemia' was very reminiscent of Poe's 'The Purloined Letter. ^[7.3]

The Adventure of the Speckled Band' was reportedly Arthur Conan Doyle's favorite Sherlock Holmes story, and with good reason. ^[7.4]

Volume I of The Complete Sherlock Holmes starts with Holmes's first appearance, A Study in Scarlet, a chilling murder novel complete with bloodstained walls and cryptic clues, followed by the baffling The Sign of Four, which introduces Holmes's cocaine problem and Watson's future wife. ^[7.5] Tired of writing stories about Holmes, his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, killed him off at the end of 'The Final Problem,' the last tale in The Memoirs. ^[7.6] The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887. ^[7.7] This explains the furore over the death of Holmes in "The Final Problem", plunging over the Reichenbach Falls as he grappled with the arch-villain Professor Moriarty. ^[7.8] Just around the corner from the market is Bow Street Magistrates Court, the police station where Holmes solved the case of "The Man With the Twisted Lip" with one swipe of a large sponge. ^[7.9]

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. ^[7.10] To listen to "The Man with a Twisted Lip" starring Carlton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson click on the listen now button. ^[7.11]

That villain is revealed to be Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who refuses to stay in his grave after being hanged, even though Watson pronounced the man dead himself. ^[8.1]

This supposed resurrection occurs at roughly the same time Holmes is visited by Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), an American con artist with a commission from a mysterious figure to find a missing person, and as Watson plans his marriage to the lovely Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly), despite Holmes's attempts at sabotage. ^[8.2] Mark Strong is a fierce-looking villain, but not quite so charismatic as to explain why he not only has henchmen, but followers. ^[8.3] Might it have been the fact that Holmes has had been attracted to Mary Morstan himself and takes exception at her marriage with the then-impecunious Dr. Watson? ^[8.4]

II, No. II, Old Series, April 1947, pp. 145-157), identifies her as a jealous woman who feels that to the physician she is always second to that other Watson must have been having a torrid love affair with another woman! Holmes cannot congratulate Watson when he declares his betrothal to Morstan in the final chapter of The Sign of Four. ^[8.5]

L's caretaker and partner Watari could be seen as his Dr. Watson, while his nemesis Light Yagami (also known as Kira) mirrors somewhat Moriarty, though the connections are not nearly as precise. ^[8.6]

When he [Eddie Marsan] leaps into action, he relies on a sword-cane and a trusty revolver, while Sherlock favors a riding crop (which die-hard fans will recall was his preferred method of self-defense in the canon). ^[8.7] The film, set in London of 1891, opens with Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr. ^[8.8] "From that point on the public couldn't get enough of Holmes and his always reliable confidant, John H. Watson, a retired military doctor. ^[8.9]

A superior villain is also distinguished in stories like this one, and the irascible Moriarty is perfectly portrayed by the gleaming character actor, Gustav von Seyffertitz, who played an impressive array of varied characters, salubrious and immoral, throughout the restful era. ^[8.10]

Did Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson ever really live at 221b Baker Street? ^[8.11]

Set in 1890s London and adapted from a graphic novel (which hasn't been published yet), it concerns Lord Blackwood (Strong), the leader of a sinister secret society who appears to have come back from the dead, and Irene Adler (McAdams), a beautiful woman from Holmes past. ^[8.12]

From the fogbound Baker Street of the 1890s to the misty highland home of the Laird of the MacGreggans goes no less an investigator than Sherlock Holmes, armed only with his trusty Dr Watson. ^[8.13]

Whereas Dust and Shadow sees Scotland Yard approach Sherlock for his theories on the killer who, coincidentally, has already had the chutzpah to contact his nemesis, Frogwares takes the opposite approach as Sherlock downplays his involvement and circumvents the Yard and the Ripper seems largely unaware of Sherlock's existence. ^[8.14]

Holmes dismisses Mrs Smithers lightly, but Mrs Hudson believes there may be more to her case and decides to follow it up, learning of Phillimore's recurring illness, and his wife's recent surprise gift. ^[8.15] Starting in 1891, a series of Holmes stories appeared in The Strand magazine, and Conan Doyle was able to give up his medical practice and devote himself to writing. ^[8.16]

Based on a comic book by producer Lionel Wigram, the story follows Holmes and Watson as they face off against the villainous Blackwood (Mark Strong) Rachel McAdams co-stars as quick-witted beauty Irene Adler. ^[8.17]

Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his companion John H. Watson, M.D., spent many years at this address in London, England, under the rent of Mrs. Hudson (his landlady). ^[8.18]

Frank Finlay, who plays Professor Coram, the key to the whole intricate story, puts in a superb performance by making his character intriguing without resort to over-the-top theatrics, while Mycroft Holmes, played by Charles Gray, steps into replace the busy Dr. Watson and acts as a perfect foil to the showmanship of his brother, Sherlock. ^[8.19]

According to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904. ^[8.20]

1960s Re-Release British 30 inch by 40 inch Poster for the 1965 James Hill Horror Movie, based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle and starring John Neville as Sherlock Holmes, Donald Houston as Doctor John Watson, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Adrienne Corri, Frank Finlay, Judi Dench, Cecil Parker, Barry Jones and Robert Morley. ^[8.21]

Holmes and Watson travel to Coffin's home in Scotland, and rapidly encounter an aggressive lawyer, a sinister Egyptian, a young doctor and a temporary minister before encountering the ailing Sloane who dies as he predicted, but who has predicted a return to life within twenty-four hours when he will carry out a ritual that will give him eternal life. ^[8.22]

We have Sherlock, who is a cold and calculating mastermind detective and Arsene, an extravagant and insolent gentleman master thief. ^[9.1] Sherlock has never found his match before. ^[9.2]

Having grappled with the machinations of a cult of Cthulhu in his [Arsene Lupin's] last PC adventure (Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened), the world's greatest detective is now ready to challenge Arsθne Lupin, the gentleman thief. ^[9.3]

In development by Frogwares, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened combines the eerie mysticism of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos with the mystery-solving powers of the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. ^[9.4] Carole Nelson Douglas has a whole series featuring Irene Adler, Holmes female adversary. ^[9.5] For those of you who, like me, just cannot get enough of this series, the DVD released by MPI Home Video includes extras like a screenwriter's commentary and an interview with Adrian Conan Doyle. ^[9.6]

In 1893 Conan Doyle visited Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps. ^[10.1] Later Holmes was truly brought back to life in The Adventure of the Empty House. ^[10.2]

But attempting to wipe him out at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, he was faced with a vociferous backlash from the general public and eventually he had no choice but to bring his sleuth back from the grave to face more puzzling mysteries.Holmes deerstalker, curved pipe and cries of "Elementary, my dear Watson!" have been immortalised in countless stage, film, television and radio productions.Each actor to have played the part has added his own personality to it and quite often Holmes personality has consumed the actor's own. ^[10.3]

Titled Sherlock Holmes, or The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner, it was a conglomeration of a few Conan Doyle stories that added certain details that would come to be associated with the character such as his deerstalker and meerschaum pipe. ^[10.4]

Amid the controversy that the new Sherlock Holmes movie depicts a character not in keeping with Sir Arthur Canon Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes, we look to Canon Doyle's own words written in the Adventure of the Empty House. ^[10.5] In 1893, Doyle killed off the Holmes character disappointing thousands of fans but Doyle had other things on his mind. ^[10.6]

Souvenirs of Sherlock Holmes (Gryphon Books, 2002), collects various magazine articles on Holmes, The Canon and the books, including the hardcover pastiches. ^[11.1]

That's what many pastiches do, add to or reinterpret the Holmes myth. ^[11.2]

When Granada Television began reproducing the Sherlock Holmes mysteries for television, and PBS began broadcasting them in the early 90's, the world was reintroduced to the hero of logic, justice, and deduction. ^[11.3]

Many aficionados consider the (Granada Television adaptation, with Nigel Bruce Jeremy Brett as Holmes, as the most faithful depiction of the stories ever produced. ^[11.4] Chances are, however, you won't easily find this particular volume but will more likely get a collection of Sherlockiana that includes several from The Adventures along with some from other volumes. ^[11.5]

As a young medical student in the 1870s, Doyle worked for Dr Bell as his out-patient clerk in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. ^[12.1] He was the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who partly based the character of Holmes on his own teacher at medical school in Edinburgh, a Dr Joseph Bell. ^[12.2] The character of Holmes is modeled on Conan Doyle's former teacher Joseph Bell. ^[12.3]

The Mary Russell books are great mysteries, to be sure, but the appeal goes far beyond that. ^[13.1]

It's the opportunity to see the turn of the century, with all its political and social upheavals, through the eyes of two great detectives Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. ^[13.2]

The narration is exquisitely charming and you can sense from how it is written that Mary Russell is a scholar, not a novelist (while Laurie R. King, if you read her other work from a third-person standpoint, is very much a storyteller--it just goes to show how far she goes for character and separating herself from Russell). ^[13.3]

Perfectly located on fashionable Baker Street within a short walk from the fictional detectives address at 221b Baker Street, this hotel is currently offering a fantastic Sherlock Holmes package. ^[13.4]

Sherlock Holmes (2009) ^[13.5] Dr. Jekyll begins to freak out at Holmes before convulsing and falling behind the altar. ^[13.6]

He [Edmund Hastie] draws up a list of suspects from among those recently dismissed from the Admiralty, but, given a false address, has to track down his chief suspect from only the postmark on the ransom note. ^[13.7]

Jeffers's Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes might better be subtitled the Forgetful Adventures of Dr Watson. ^[13.8]

Literature and history fans have to be particularly intrigued at the clash of minds that Frogwares has served up with their latest effort, yet another entry in the 'versus collection: the mighty powers of deduction of super sleuth Sherlock Holmes versus the cold, calculating madness of Jack The Ripper. ^[14.1] That might be slightly exaggerated, but these little favour runs really do make up a large part of Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper's gameplay. ^[14.2] Strangely, all the traditionally brunette female characters of Stoker's Dracula, Mina Harker and the Brides of Dracula were all played by blonde haired actresses in this play. ^[14.3]

Mike Ashley has edited New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, and Lyndsay Faye has written Dust and Shadow. ^[14.4] Holmes & Dracula's investigations cross paths at a dog-fighting establishment, where Watson, mistaking him for Holmes, rescues Dracula from the police. ^[14.5]

Sure, it would be different, but the best and most memorable Sherlock productions have been different from what came before, all the way back to William Gillette ending his stage adaptation with Holmes getting hitched. ^[15.1] The contents of the notebooks, which date from 1885 to 1889, are disclosed in a new biography, Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes, by Andrew Lycett. ^[15.2]

"Holmes, with his keen sense of observation, his lean face and hooked nose, his long legs, his deerstalker hat, his magnifying glass, and his ever-present pipe. ^[15.3]

So when it came time for Director Patti Neff-Tiven and Weird City Theatre to put on a production of William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes stage play, they knew they would be working with one of the biggest cultural icons in history. ^[15.4]

Not unbiased because he [Frederic Worlock] looks alarmingly similar -as worthy as is humanly possible to Sidney Pagets drawings of Holmes from the Strand Magazine illustrations, but mostly we admire Rathbone because he portrayed the same Holmes that we as readers accept through the buffer of Dr. Watson explaining away not magnifying Holmes shortcomings. ^[15.5]

Filming of the series was such an on-the-spot decision (having made three feature-length productions since the completion of The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, it was thought they would continue in that fashion) that, when they were ready to start filming of the first episode, "The Golden Pince-Nez," Edward Hardwicke was not available to fill the vital role of Watson. ^[16.1] Casebook is a solid continuation of the series of Holmes adaptations with six wonderful hours of Doylean delight. ^[16.2] "Sherlock Holmes became a cinema icon almost as soon as the movies were up and projecting onto silver screen," writes David Stuart Davies in his book "Starring Sherlock Holmes. ^[16.3]

His 56 short stories and four novels were published in popular magazines between 1887 and 1927. ^[17.1]

Jeremy Brett is generally considered to be the definitive Holmes of recent times, having played the role in four series (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes) created by John Hawkesworth for Granada television between 1984 through to 1994 as well as depicting Holmes on stage. ^[17.2]

If you arrive in Baker Street by Underground railway, you can admire the walls of the Metropolitan Line platforms which are decorated with colored murals depicting scenes from several of the Holmes stories. ^[17.3] Vasiliy Livanov as Holmes and Vitaliy Solomin as Watson (probably, the best Watson EVER in cinema). ^[17.4]

Sit back and enjoy: House of Fear, The Scarlet Claw, Spider Woman, Pursuit to Algiers, Sherlock Holmes in Washington, Voice of Terror, The Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, The Woman in Green, Dressed to Kill, The Pearl of Death, and Terror by Night. ^[18.1] Her latest book is England's Secret Weapon the Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes, published on June 30 2009 by Middlesex University Press. ^[18.2]

It examines the way Hollywood used Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen films that spanned the years of World War II in Europe, from The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1939 to Dressed to Kill in 1946. ^[18.3]

The talented duo of Evelyn Ankers, the heroine of Voice of Terror, and Hillary Brooke, who had a small role in the same film, appear in several later Holmes films Brooke most memorably in The Woman in Green. ^[18.4] The Spider Woman and her henchmen capture Holmes. ^[18.5]

Once you get over the studied weirdness of seeing Holmes and Watson running around in modern dress, riding in cars, and dealing with World War II issues, these films settle down into an enjoyable, if never groundbreaking, series of entertainments. ^[18.6]

The penultimate entry in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series, Terror by Night takes place almost exclusively on a speeding train, en route from London to Edinburgh. ^[18.7]

Your job in Frogwares new point-and-click adventure game, Secret of the Silver Earring, is to help Holmes and Dr. Watson discover the truth and in the process uncover a web of lies, intrigue, murder, and greed. ^[18.8]

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective MobyGames, reserved, Do not,, redistribute. ^[18.9] The Scarlet Claw finds Holmes and Watson in Canada investigating a grisly murder in a film that resembles Universal's classic horror films from the 1930s. ^[18.10]

Robert Downey Jnr is inspired in the role of Holmes and his quirky interpretation of a classic character adds a great amount of depth that was maybe missing in some of the more starchy portrayals of the past. ^[19.1] The most recent effort finds the incredibly talented Robert Downey Junior filling the flat at 221B accompanied of course by Jude Law fulfilling the role of Holmes sidekick Doctor John Watson. ^[19.2] With James Cameron being quiet since Titanic and Avatar a movie that took years to create, it was going to take a lot for Sherlock Holmes to do well straight away. ^[19.3]

Sherlock Holmes (2009): (Downey) Jude Law, Rachel McAdams,. ^[19.4]

For 19th-century scenes, "London is so limited with streets that haven't been spoiled," says Sherlock Holmes location manager Adam Richards. ^[20.1] The upstairs rooms of the pub contain a reconstruction of Holmes sitting room, originally exhibited at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and moved to this spot soon after. ^[20.2] A note attached to a rock is thrown through the Baker Street window telling Watson to bring the aluminum crutch to Charing Cross Station, where he is met by an old woman. ^[20.3]

Frogwares is responsible for the recent series of Sherlock Holmes adventure games, which began with Mystery of the Mummy back in 2002. ^[21.1]

She finds refuge with the resident of 221B Baker Street, the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful chronicler Dr. John Watson, who are investigating murders perpetrated by a fiend calling himself Jack the Ripper. ^[21.2] This terrifying new game pairs Sherlock Holmes against one of the world's most famous serial killers, Jack the Ripper. ^[21.3]

The Year is 1888, London has been overtaken by a series of gruesome murders and police are left baffled, with no leads. ^[21.4] Take on the role of master sleuth Sherlock Holmes as you venture into the dark, grim streets of London searching for the macabre trail of Jack the Ripper. ^[21.5] Things like role-playing, virtual reality, and alternate history Holmeses all have great potential for pushing the borders of the real estate at 221B Baker Street out to entirely new expanses. ^[21.6] The story itself takes place quite early in the Canon in 1888, with a flashback based on Pinkerton's book about the Molly Maguires in the coal mines of Pennsylvania which is set in 1875. ^[21.7]

Dear Holmesians, It has been quite some time that we have seen some activity at the Society. ^[22.1]

Dear Sherlockians, Most Sherlockians worldwide annually observe Jan. 6 as the anniversary of the birth of Sherlock Holmes. ^[22.2]

Hello, A further note regarding cricket: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote two short stories about Holmes and Watson that are not included in most editions. ^[22.3]

Dear Sumal and Holmesians, The book is, as you rightly point out, about an autistic 16-year-old boy, a fan of Sherlock Holmes. ^[22.4]

Dear Holmesians and Tim, That is an interesting question! Which place/City in India would be qualified to call itself, "The Sherlock Holmes Capital of India"? ^[22.5]

This made-for-TV film featured Roger Moore as Holmes, Patrick Macnee as Watson, and Charlotte Rampling as Holmes love interest Irene Adler. ^[22.6]

One can imagine this not sitting well with ardent Sherlockians; all others may find this Sherlock Holmes marvelous if calorie-free popcorn entertainment, with the CGI rendering of Victorian-era London particularly appealing eye candy. ^[22.7]

Story: Holmes decides to develop a program using information from his monograph on tobacco ash to enable the use of the Analytical Engine in identifying ashes. ^[23.1] Later in the year, an advertisement placed by Holmes lures out Crowley's Scarlet Woman, Waddell, from whom he learns more of Crowley's beliefs and rituals. ^[23.2]

The idea which vaulted Holmes to stardom very quickly was that of making him the hero of a continuing series of short stories which would appear in Strand Magazine, illustrated with those famous Sydney Paget drawings. ^[24.1] It is interesting to note that the publisher thought he [Sydney Paget] was engaging the services of Walter Paget but wrote to his brother instead. ^[24.2]

The other visual trademark of Holmes, his curved meershaum pipe, did not originate from either the text or illustrations of the original stories. ^[24.3] The first short stories featuring Holmes crime-solving prowess were published in the Strand Magazine in 1887. ^[24.4]

As well as the script, the booklet contains black & white photos of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke in their tv roles as Holmes and Watson. ^[25.1]

The main drawback of the storyline adaptations and format is that they may have removed some of the exploration into the incisive detective skills of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and the series became sanitised with the playing down of both of Holmes predilections for drugs and the violin. ^[25.2] This depiction may not sit well with diehard fans of previous film and TV adaptations but it is more than sufficient for Wigram's vision of Holmes as a crime-fighting action hero. ^[25.3]

It is narrated, as are most of the Holmes tales, by Dr John Watson, who tells of receiving his medical degree in 1878 and going to India in time for the Second Afghan War, which began in November of that year. ^[25.4]

Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, but Sidney Paget gave him a face. ^[26.1] The first Holmes film was made in 1903 and a number of actors have become forever associated with the Great Detective. ^[26.2]

Though D.H.Friston was the first artist to depict Sherlock Holmes, followed by Charles Doyle, most of the Sherlock Holmes illustrations in The Strand Magazine were drawn by Sidney Paget (for 38 adventures). ^[26.3]

The character of Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic in literature, so easily recognizable that his hat alone conjures up the image of a stuffy Victorian sitting room, a faithful doctor, and a seemingly-impossible conclusion that, of course, makes sense once the clues are explained. ^[26.4] So it was something of a surprise when he agreed to take on Sherlock Holmes, an iconic cinematic character for over five decades. ^[26.5] The outcry against the death of such a popular character as Holmes was so great that in 1903 Conan Doyle was forced to give in to the pressure of his fan mail. ^[26.6]

This, after all, is a movie by the director of Cockney gangster-geezer romps Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and RocknRolla. ^[27.1]

Fresh on the heels of an ambitious bid to kick-start his own original franchise with the fun but overly familiar RocknRolla, Guy Ritchie may have finally accomplished that goal with Sherlock Holmes, an energetic, pulpy, and lavishly gothic mystery-adventure that merges tradition with reinvention to thrilling effect. ^[27.2]

Holmes was not the first private detective to be found in the pages of fiction, but he stood apart from his literary precursors in his relentless emphasis on deductive reasoning and his seemingly preternatural powers of reasoning and analysis. ^[27.3]

Although surely not the model for Dr. Watson, Doyle himself was a medical doctor And Sherlock, who was originally named, Sherringford Holmes (thank goodness Doyle gave up on that idea), was based on his old teacher, Dr. Joseph Bell; who apparently possessed amazing deductive abilities. ^[27.4]

Madame Tussauds London is joining in celebrating the new Sherlock Holmes movie with the unveiling of an exhibit featuring Robert Downey Jr. ^[28.1] Ideal for shopping and sightseeing, the elegant boutique 4-star deluxe Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes London is situated on the world famous Baker Street, providing easy access to all areas of London. ^[28.2]

Hotel Information : The design-led recently refurbished Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes London flawlessly combines tradition with contemporary style in an unrivalled location. ^[28.3] A 9 foot bronze statue of Holmes complete with pipe was recently unveiled outside the Marylebone Street exit of the station, designed by the English sculptor John Doubleday. ^[28.4]

The Sherlock Holmes star met a Madame Tussauds waxwork of himself, dressed as his character in the new Warner Bros film, which received its world premiere in London on Monday. ^[28.5]

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton' may actually be my favorite Sherlock Holmes story to date. ^[29.1]

The Valley of Fear: This story had the same structure as A Study in Scarlett, but in this case, the reader is warned that the second half of the tale is set in America and assured that it will return to Baker Street. ^[29.2]

William S. Baring-Gould, in the first volume of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967), has mentioned at least six striking similarities between Watson and Doyle to strike home his idea that Watson was a Scot, and Doyles self-projection. ^[29.3]

Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Lionel Wigram and Simon Kinberg all worked on the screenplay for the first pic, which is set in the world of Holmes but creates a new story and challenges for the iconic characters. ^[29.4]

In the case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes drew away the spotlight from his more serious works like, "The White Company" and "The Lost World", so much so that he is now more remembered for his detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. ^[29.5] First of note was William Sabine Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. ^[29.6] Finally amongst these extended works is Leslie S Klinger's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. ^[29.7]

It may also be mentioned that in his [Sridhar's] annotation to the story in the first volume of "The Annotated Sherlock Holmes" (New York: Clarkson and Potter, 1967), William S. Baring-Gould places the happenings "after 7 January 1887. ^[29.8]

For the Sherlockian, much of the delight found in The Bookman comes from the amazing amount of material dealing with Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle articles, reviews, letters, and chatty commentary it all found its way into its pages. ^[29.9] It substantially expands and updates my 1990 book on Sherlockian paperback pastiches, parodies and other items. ^[29.10] He [Sridhar] is perpetually scruffy, comic, and far from masterful. ^[29.11]

I kind of liked the closing scene where Holmes acts out the hanging of Blackwood, trying to explain to Watson how he managed to escape death from the gallows. ^[29.12] He [Ralph Musgrave] says some negative things about Sherlock and Watson punches him in the face. ^[29.13] His first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. ^[29.14] So Guy Richie better not mess with my Holmes! Already seeing Holmes without his trademark cap and pipe had me nervous, but with Robert Downey, Jr. ^[29.15]

In two stories ('The Musgrave Ritual' and 'The Adventure of the Gloria Scott'), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. ^[29.16]

The reader should be aware that the four Sherlock Holmes novels (like "The Hound of the Basketvilles", "A Study In Scarlet", et al) are NOT in this edition --they will be published in a third volume next year. ^[29.17]

It's the type of eccentric character who rarely does what's expected, which is the type of character Downey excels at playing, harking back to Downey's Chaplin or the character he played in Shane Black's excellent and sadly underrated "Kiss, Bang " (also produced by Joel Silver for those keeping track). ^[29.18] Coincidentally, all five star the inimitable Peter Cushing (Star Wars) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective, with Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson. ^[29.19] It is watchable and entertaining and takes the interesting approach of treating Holmes as though he were a real person. ^[29.20]

Oh yes, and according to Reuters, Mr Lancelyn Green's friend Nicholas Rathbone Utechin, a relative of the Sherlock Holmes actor Basil Rathbone, said his death had revived rumours of "the curse of Conan Doyle". ^[29.21]

The fourth of Arthur Wonter's quintet of Sherlock Holmes films, Triumph of Sherlock Holmes was a fairly faithful adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear. ^[29.22]

The 2009 BSJ Christmas Annual, written by Peggy Perdue, curator of the Toronto Public Library's Arthur Conan Doyle Collection examines the astonishing array of advertisements that have used and abused the image of Sherlock Holmes over the course of more than a century. ^[29.23]

Published in a separate book 'The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook', aficionados of the great detective might enjoy the following words by the author's wife, Lady Conan Doyle: 'He sometimes wrote his Sherlock Holmes stories in a room full of people talking! He would write in a train with the hum of conversation around him, or in a cricket pavilion during the match, while waiting for the rain to stop. ^[29.24]

Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr. ^[30.1]

She is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and is a long-standing volunteer at Portsmouth Museum where she is helping to catalogue the world's largest collection of Sherlock Holmes material. ^[30.2]

"The wife of the editor of Lippincott liked Study in Scarlet," says Sherlock Holmes expert Ely Liebow, "and her husband arranged to dine with Doyle and a writer named Oscar Wilde" when he was visiting England. ^[30.3] The Baker Street Irregulars, an American literary society, has published The Baker Street Journal since 1946 The Sherlock Holmes Society of London publishes The Sherlock Holmes Journal. ^[30.4]

Sherlock Holmes Audio books are having a massive revival. ^[30.5]

Sherlock Holmes: Terror By Night 1946Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) has been commissioned by Roland Carstairs to safeguard the fabulous Star of Rhodesia diamond that is owned by his mother, Lady Carstairs. ^[31.1]

Sherlock Holmes may have been the epitome of scientific reason, but Arthur Conan Doyle, his creator, was obsessed by seances and spiritualism. ^[31.2]

After seeing a medium talking in different voices and a table moving jerkily, apparently tapping out words uttered by the spirits, he [Lionel Atwill] wrote of witnessing 'a new revelation' to the human race in which religion had become a 'real thing' and not merely 'a matter of faith'. ^[31.3]

Based very loosely on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON is one of the Universal Sherlock Holmes films in which the World's Greatest Consulting Detective and the good Dr. Watson pitch in to help Britain defeat the Nazis, after which Holmes pauses to quote Winston Churchill just before the fadeout. ^[31.4] Watson and Inspector LeStrad (Dennis Hoey) rescue Holmes as the two men carrying the trunk flee. ^[31.5] Returning to the book, Holmes is hot on the heels of the remnants of the Moriarity organization, chiefly Colonel Sebastian Moran, ace Shikari. ^[31.6]

In the dark and dangerous streets of Victorian London, children are disappearing and legendary detective Sherlock Holmes played by Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Tomorrow Never Dies, Pirates Of The Caribbean), and his wise and faithful assistant Dr Watson, played by Bill Paterson (Foyle's War, Bright Young Things, Miss Potteo, are called in to investigate. ^[31.7]

With a cast of characters that includes historical greats like Winston Churchill as well as a beggar girl whom Watson adopts, Holmes follows a trail that leads ultimately and unpredictably to the fabled and fabulous lost Hapsburg Tiara. ^[31.8]

Holmes notices that Blackwood has scrawled occult symbols and inscriptions on the walls of his prison cell, and Blackwood warns Holmes that death will not be an obstacle to him. ^[32.1]

Although he [Dashiell Hammett] was never completely successful due to the intense popularity of Holmes, he was knighted for his nonfiction work on the Boer War and also wrote other historical works such as The White Company (1890). ^[32.2]

Some of the stories are daring but unhappy attempts to amaze the reader, like Barbara Hambly's "The Lost Boy," a rather dull tale in which Sherlock Holmes meets Peter Pan (!), Peter Calamai's "The Steamship Friesland," an unremarkable story where Holmes solves a case by communicating with a spirit from afterlife, Martin Powell's "Sherlock Holmes in The Lost World," an implausible pastiche mixing two of Conan Doyle's works (The Lost World and the Sherlock Holmes saga) as in a flat B-movie or "The Granchester Grimoire" by the duo, Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett, a confused and confusing piece revolving around a missing book and involving both Holmes and occult detective Carnacki. ^[32.3]

This Hollywood version of Holmes required a commercial score befitting the project, thus Ritchie employed the services of Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe for the film. ^[32.4] The musical score, by Hans Zimmer, is quirky and affecting, playing off the bohemianism side of Holmes character. ^[32.5]

"He [Stephen Whitty] enjoys filming people getting kicked in the face, or getting zapped with the 1890 equivalent of the Taser, or whizzing through another speculative flash-forward sequence, as when Holmes an egghead Charles Bronson coolly calculates how much damage he's about to do to his opponent in the prize-fighting ring. ^[32.6]

Now owned by Greene King, there's a Sherlock Holmes ale brewed specifically for the pub. ^[33.1] "Mycroft lodges in Pall Mall," Holmes told Watson, "and he walks round the corner into Whitehall every morning and back every evening. ^[33.2] Sir Henry Littlejohn, who taught forensic medicine to Doyle also made a large impression and contributed to the development of Holmes character. ^[33.3]

Nevertheless, public demand and a lucrative income brought the return of Holmes, with stories appearing until 1927. ^[33.4]

The characteristics that make Holmes attractive to readers: his integrity, trustworthiness, sensibility, rational decisiveness, lack of emotionalism, and intellectual superiority are measured and reported by Watson. ^[33.5]

In the second part of the Sherlock Holmes London Walk, the author introduces some more intriguing addresses, including the former site of Scotland Yard (which got its name because there was once a palace here belonging to the Kings of Scotland. ^[33.6] Around the corner is the Sherlock Holmes Pub, which appears in The Hound of the Baskervilles as the Northumberland Hotel. ^[33.7]

Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Silver Pictures Production, in association with Wigram Productions, a Guy Ritchie Film, "Sherlock Holmes. ^[34.1] When not battling baddies with stick fighting and martial arts, Holmes relaxes with a bit of bare-knuckle boxing. ^[34.2]

Downey Jr is a delight, giving his Holmes an impish sense of mischief and proving unexpectedly nimble in the bouts of bare-knuckle, bare-chested boxing that Ritchie shoehorns into the story (now, that isn't a surprise). ^[34.3]

I'm sure Warner Brothers would like me to change the subject and tell you about the amazing diabolical conspiracy that tests Holmes's ingenuity, along with his faith in the supremacy of reason. ^[34.4] Ritchie initially felt Downey was too old for the role because he wanted the movie to show a younger Holmes on a learning curve like Batman Begins. ^[34.5]

Warner Brothers are rumoured to be already planning a sequel to Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Sherlock Holmes flick despite the fact that it doesn't go on release for another three months. ^[34.6]

Dear Dr Roy, The 'Sherlock Holmes name was derived from a pair of cricketers however some early notes give his name as Sherrinford Holmes. ^[35.1]

Dear Pinaki and other SHians, Like has been discussed before, a few of us watched the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in serial form in the mid 80s. ^[35.2]

Those who have played Sherlock Holmes in a series include Eille Norwood in the 1920's, Basil Rathbone in the 1940's and 1950's, Peter O'Toole in the 1980's, and Jeremy Brett in the 1980's and 1990's, as well as John Cleese, Peter Cook, Christopher Plummer, Roger More, Nicol Williamson, Frank Langella, Ian Richardson, Edward Woodward, Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, and Jonathan Pryce. ^[36.1]

Some authors have supplied stories to fit the tantalising references in the canon to unpublished cases (e.g. "The giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared" in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"), notably The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle's son Adrian Conan Doyle with John Dickson Carr, and The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Ken Greenwald, based rather closely on episodes of the 1945 Sherlock Holmes radio show that starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and for which scripts were written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher; others have used different characters from the stories as their own detective, e.g. Mycroft Holmes in Enter the Lion by Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright (1979) or Dr. James Mortimer (from The Hound of the Baskervilles) in books by Gerard Williams. ^[36.2] Billy Wilder. ^[36.3]

Featuring first-hand accounts of some of the world's greatest stage & screen stars, including: Sir Laurence Olivier, Charlton Heston, Alec Guinness, John Gielgud (another fine portrayer of Sherlock Holmes), Elizabeth Taylor, Christopher Plummer (and yet another!), Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Sofia Loren, Edith Evans, and even Marilyn Monroe. ^[36.4] It plays like a stage play and, visually, is closer to the cheap Monogram Charlie Chans of the 1940s than the Basil Rathbone Holmes series. ^[36.5]

Dour Scot Olaf Hytten is Sheerluck Jones in this; Hytten was later part of the stock company of actors populating Universal's Sherlock Holmes series of the 1940s, with Olaf usually playing butlers, innkeepers and the like. ^[36.6] Not one of Billy Wilder's best, but a solid effort and an unorthodox Holmes film. ^[36.7]

Incidentally, the Radio Times November 1954 contained the following: ' In this month's BBC radio production of 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes John Gielgud is to play Holmes with Ralph Richardson as Dr. Watson. ^[36.8]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford edition) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Lancelyn Green (ed. ^[36.9]

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. ^[36.10] And so the Case of the Sherlock Holmes Television Series can at last be closed thanks to 8mm package films. ^[36.11]

The scenes at 221B Baker St., Holmes address, were shot on a sound stage at Leavesden Studios outside the city (where the Harry Potter films are also made), but central London does offer two life-size re-creations of his study. ^[36.12] This Watson is as two-fisted as Holmes, an Army vet about to marry and leave their cluttered 221-B Baker St. digs behind. ^[36.13] Kyle Freeman, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast for many years, earned two graduate degrees in English literature from Columbia University, where his major was twentieth-century British literature. ^[36.14] The author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, became one of the most celebrated men in British literature and his protagonist became an enduring icon. ^[36.15]

Interestingly, though Conan Doyle openly acknowledged his debt to Poe, Sherlock Holmes dismisses the American author's detective in one story when he tells Watson: "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin Now in my opinion, Dupin is a very inferior fellow. ^[36.16] Between 1921 and 1923 they produced a total of 47 two-reelers, all featuring noted West End actor Eille Norwood in the lead with Hubert Willis as Watson. ^[36.17]

Interestingly, in the initial Feluda stories, Satyajit Ray had distinctly given him an image resembling the way Stamford had described Sherlock Holmes to Watson in the first pages of "A Study in Scarlet", i.e. as someone who has lots of positive shades, but, due to his unsocial and somewhat Bohemian nature, is looked upon as peculiar and unreliable by the elders. ^[36.18]

Dear Holmesians, If there was to be a film made on Sherlock Holmes, whom among the current Hollywood actors do you think is suited to play Sherlock Holmes? ^[36.19]

A Guide to the Appearance and Habits of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Specially Prepared for the Granada Television Series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ^[36.20]

Doyle changed the characters names to Watson and Holmes before he penned the work, which was first published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. ^[37.1]

In 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' (Strand, Feb. 1892), a story that demonstrates Holmes's physical courage and emotional nerve, he fails to inform Watson of the mortal danger in which he puts him when the two await the arrival of a poisonous snake in confined quarters. ^[37.2] In ' The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (Colliers, 25 Oct. 1924), Holmes is even more demonstrative regarding his concern for Watson. ^[37.3]

Holmes and Watson ventured here one cold winter's night to discover the origin of the goose whose gizzard contained "The Blue Carbuncle. ^[37.4]

The first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), met with enormous acclaim, and Holmes and Watson were firmly settled in their niche among the imperishable characters of English literature. ^[37.5]

Features black & white gloss photos of Jeremy Brett and David Burke in their tv roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson. ^[38.1] Holmes and Watson stop the sacrifice just in time and neutralize Lord Blackwood, after which the police, led by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), arrive and arrest him. ^[38.2]

Other familiar details are still present here: the flat at No. 221b Baker Street, landlady Mrs. Hudson, Watson's soon-to-be wife Mary Marstan, Inspector Lestrade of the Scotland Yard, and even Irene Adler, the beautiful and mysterious woman who bested Holmes and stole his heart in one classic short story. ^[38.3] I have seen many television shows and films that portray Holmes, and while this is not the best Holmes film, it certainly is one of them. ^[38.4]

In this episode, to the Jeremy Brett portrays the famed detective who, with the help of his companion Dr. Watson ((and David Burke), aids the King of Bohemia in recovering letters written to his mistress, the beautiful Irene Adler (confound Holmes Gayle Hunnicutt). ^[38.5]

The Memoirs includes two of my favorite Holmes stories, The Golden Pince-nez and The Cardboard Box, both of which are brilliantly brought to life by the Granada production team behind this presentation. ^[38.6]

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a prolific writer in both fiction and non-fiction but it is in the former genre, with his creation of the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, for which he is above all and enduringly remembered. ^[38.7]

And, if I remember right, Doyle never consciously sought to portray any of Holmes frailties as a necessary vice, be it his cocaine habit, his highly eccentric lifestyle or his lack of a social circle. ^[38.8]

Arthur Twidle illustrated "The Bruce-Partington Plans" much as Sidney Paget had in dramatic chiaroscuro, with a Holmes who resembled Paget's. ^[39.1] What might seem like a somewhat slow and plodding memoir to current audiences is given extra appeal and zest by some of the stars, in particular of course, its well-known star, John Barrymore. ^[39.2] He [Dashiell Hammett] continued the exploits of Holmes and Watson nine years later in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). ^[39.3] The adventure fits perfectly with Sir Arthur's Canon, and is set in the spring of 1902, when Holmes discovers a cryptic exchange in the newspapers that suggests a Jacobite conspiracy. ^[39.4]

Images of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes set to Nothing Else Matters as performed by Apocalytica. ^[39.5]