The character Sherlock Holmes is based on a man named Joseph Bell. Author Arthur Conan Doyle had met Dr. Bell when he worked for him as a clerk. Doyle was impressed by how Dr. Bell could figure out conclusions from the smallest observations.
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Fun Fact: What Sherlock Holmes Did in Retirement
Despite his legendary detective stories, the fictional character Sherlock Holmes became a bee-keeper in his retirement at the end of the original tales.
Things I Like: Jeff Hope the Taxi Cab Driver (Sherlock)
While his name wasn’t really spoken well enough during the episode, we find out the serial killer of the first episode of Sherlock is an overlooked Taxi Cab driver. He offers Sherlock a ride to doom after he realizes that the detective is on to him. And he knows Sherlock well, as he knew Sherlock…
Sherlock (TV Series) Season 4 Review
Back in 2014 I started the British TV series Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman for the first time. The show started in 2010 but it’s filmed in the free-time of the actors, so we don’t get a season every year. But the last three seasons have been absolutely brilliant and are worth the…
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (TV Special) Review
Not long ago I became a big fan of the TV series Sherlock. The series is done in the actor’s “free-time” so-to-speak so we don’t get a new season every year. Season four doesn’t come out until 2017, so they made a special set in Victorian times (the same time-frame the original stories were set)…