Illogical, you might think, but you’d be wrong…
On paper, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Spock would seem to be pretty similar. Both are emotionally-detached male humanoids who value logic, reason, and loyalty above all else. Both are highly intelligent, if peculiar for their intelligence, and both require a confidant, Watson for Holmes and Kirk for Spock, as a sounding board/link to reality. But what if the connection goes beyond surface traits, and what if Holmes and Spock are … brace yourselves … related?
It sounds crazy but it’s not as crazy as it seems, and it all hinges on a single quote:
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
But before we get into all that, let’s look at another important connection between the two.
In “The Reichenbach Fall,” the season two finale of Sherlock, the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Holmes...
On paper, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Spock would seem to be pretty similar. Both are emotionally-detached male humanoids who value logic, reason, and loyalty above all else. Both are highly intelligent, if peculiar for their intelligence, and both require a confidant, Watson for Holmes and Kirk for Spock, as a sounding board/link to reality. But what if the connection goes beyond surface traits, and what if Holmes and Spock are … brace yourselves … related?
It sounds crazy but it’s not as crazy as it seems, and it all hinges on a single quote:
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
But before we get into all that, let’s look at another important connection between the two.
In “The Reichenbach Fall,” the season two finale of Sherlock, the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Holmes...
- 4/7/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Louisa Mellor Jan 10, 2017
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
See related CHiPs heading to the movies, Lethal Weapon influences CHiPs movie lands Vincent D'Onofrio as villain
1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
See related CHiPs heading to the movies, Lethal Weapon influences CHiPs movie lands Vincent D'Onofrio as villain
1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
- 1/9/2017
- Den of Geek
With perhaps the exception of those that love Twin Peaks, it’s very possible that Sherlock fans are the most patient fans in history. Season 3 of the drama, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, ended way back February 2014. Since then, audiences have had only a 2016 Christmas special – titled The Abominable Bride – to keep them going. Understandably, anticipation was high when the fourth season of the show finally arrived on screens on January 1st, 2017.
Fans were then rewarded for their patience with a significantly darker, shocking Sherlock premiere – titled The Six Thatchers and directed by Rachel Talalay – and Mark Gatiss has explained to TVLine that the tone he set for that first episode will only grow more intense over the coming fortnight.
“There is quite a lot of action. Episode three is probably more action-packed than we’ve done for a long time, if ever. Definitely more fighting.”
Sherlock Season...
Fans were then rewarded for their patience with a significantly darker, shocking Sherlock premiere – titled The Six Thatchers and directed by Rachel Talalay – and Mark Gatiss has explained to TVLine that the tone he set for that first episode will only grow more intense over the coming fortnight.
“There is quite a lot of action. Episode three is probably more action-packed than we’ve done for a long time, if ever. Definitely more fighting.”
Sherlock Season...
- 1/5/2017
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Kayti Burt Aug 8, 2016
From silent film to the BBC's Sherlock, we're perusing the many on-screen incarnations of the villainous Culverton Smith...
Contains potential spoilers for Sherlock series 4 (well, in the sense that it talks about the hundred-year-old story that inspired one of its characters).
In series 4 of the BBC drama, we're told Culverton Smith is to be Sherlock's "darkest villain yet". Introduced in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Dying Detective" and continuing in various film and TV adaptations over the years, the character has already had a long screen career.
In preparation for the forthcoming season of Sherlock (because what else are we supposed to do with this interminable hiatus?), we're taking a look at Culverton Smith's on-screen history through the ages. We've got your silent films. We've got your fan films. We've got your Jeremy Brett. Pick your poison — or should I say infectious disease...
First, an introduction.
From silent film to the BBC's Sherlock, we're perusing the many on-screen incarnations of the villainous Culverton Smith...
Contains potential spoilers for Sherlock series 4 (well, in the sense that it talks about the hundred-year-old story that inspired one of its characters).
In series 4 of the BBC drama, we're told Culverton Smith is to be Sherlock's "darkest villain yet". Introduced in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Dying Detective" and continuing in various film and TV adaptations over the years, the character has already had a long screen career.
In preparation for the forthcoming season of Sherlock (because what else are we supposed to do with this interminable hiatus?), we're taking a look at Culverton Smith's on-screen history through the ages. We've got your silent films. We've got your fan films. We've got your Jeremy Brett. Pick your poison — or should I say infectious disease...
First, an introduction.
- 8/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Discarded plots, quotes from canon, Martin Freeman's hatred of Watson's moustache... Here's a long list of Sherlock series 3 trivia...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
- 11/25/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Sherlock Holmes played by Benedict Cumberbatch is the most brilliant problem solver on television. The Sherlock Holmes played by Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary comes pretty close, but I give the edge to the “high functioning” sociopath with the “mind palace” in his head. (Now that’s some Intelligence.) The third and final installment of Sherlock’s third season challenged the master detective with a most vexing conundrum, a test of both imagination and morality, one that has become increasingly popular in our hero fiction of late: To kill or not to kill.
Sherlock and crime-fighting colleague, best mate,...
Sherlock and crime-fighting colleague, best mate,...
- 2/3/2014
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
Finally finished shepherding Hobbits through their various adventures, Sir Ian McKellen is taking on another of British genre fiction's most famous literary creations, as he joins the exponentially expanding list of actors to don the deerstalker cap of Sherlock Holmes. McKellen will reteam with Gods And Monsters director Bill Condon for A Slight Trick of the Mind, in which a long-retired Holmes reopens an unsolved case from fifty years earlier. The detective's autumn years have been explored in the past, most notably in Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Final Problem" "His Last Bow," in which Holmes comes ...
- 9/5/2013
- avclub.com
It has now been confirmed by BBC1, the third series finale of "Sherlock" will be titled "His Last Vow".
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
- 7/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
News Simon Brew 20 Jul 2013 - 00:37
The Steven Moffat-penned finale episode of Sherlock series 3 now has its title...
You may recall a week or so back that it was teased that the final episode title for Sherlock series 3 would be buried somewhere in the midst of the series 2 repeats? Well, apparently, the clue was to be found in the credits, but it seems that not many people managed to find it. Er, we don't know anyone, anyway.
As it turns out, the BBC has formally announced the title of Sherlock series 3 episode 3 anyway. It's going to be called His Last Vow, it's going to be written by Steven Moffat, and it's a play, presumably, on Conan Doyle's His Last Bow. His Last Bow was a short story collection, with one of said collection going by that main title.
How closely Moffat sticks to the story remains to be seen,...
The Steven Moffat-penned finale episode of Sherlock series 3 now has its title...
You may recall a week or so back that it was teased that the final episode title for Sherlock series 3 would be buried somewhere in the midst of the series 2 repeats? Well, apparently, the clue was to be found in the credits, but it seems that not many people managed to find it. Er, we don't know anyone, anyway.
As it turns out, the BBC has formally announced the title of Sherlock series 3 episode 3 anyway. It's going to be called His Last Vow, it's going to be written by Steven Moffat, and it's a play, presumably, on Conan Doyle's His Last Bow. His Last Bow was a short story collection, with one of said collection going by that main title.
How closely Moffat sticks to the story remains to be seen,...
- 7/19/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The title of Sherlock's third series finale has been revealed.
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
- 7/19/2013
- Digital Spy
The very busy Steven Moffat—who Writes and Produces both Sherlock and Doctor Who—teases fans about the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed Sherlock.
After a delay that has driven fans crazy, season 3 of the BBC’s Sherlock is finally being filmed and will air this November. For the first time, the show may be simulcast in Britain and America, rather than forcing Americans to wait, or find ways to download the episode. Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying, "Hopefully we're going to broadcast it simultaneously here and in the States by the end of the year, I'm hoping. That is a hope that we talked about a while ago". And speaking of America, there are rumors that an episode will be shot here in the USA.
Benedict “Khan” Cumberbatch and Martin “Bilbo” Freeman are both back in their roles as Holmes and Watson. Fortunately, movie stardom did...
After a delay that has driven fans crazy, season 3 of the BBC’s Sherlock is finally being filmed and will air this November. For the first time, the show may be simulcast in Britain and America, rather than forcing Americans to wait, or find ways to download the episode. Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying, "Hopefully we're going to broadcast it simultaneously here and in the States by the end of the year, I'm hoping. That is a hope that we talked about a while ago". And speaking of America, there are rumors that an episode will be shot here in the USA.
Benedict “Khan” Cumberbatch and Martin “Bilbo” Freeman are both back in their roles as Holmes and Watson. Fortunately, movie stardom did...
- 6/27/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Feature Den Of Geek 3 May 2013 - 07:00
We tot up the facts, rumours, and spoilers circulating about Sherlock’s currently filming third series…
Spoiler warning: we've tried to structure this in a way that means those who want to avoid spoilers, can.
The answer to that question, like most, depends very much on whom you ask. Pose it to the average, non-tv obsessed fellow in the street and they might reply, Sherlock, that’s the one with the flappy coated chap and him from The Office who’s now him from The Hobbit. They’re doing a third series? That’s grand, that. The wife’ll be pleased.
Burrow further into Sherlock fandom and ask someone familiar with the #setlock hashtag and the Purple Shirt of Sex though, and you’ll likely receive not just an answer, but a shooting schedule, a Tumblr of set-visit snaps, and a PowerPoint presentation...
We tot up the facts, rumours, and spoilers circulating about Sherlock’s currently filming third series…
Spoiler warning: we've tried to structure this in a way that means those who want to avoid spoilers, can.
The answer to that question, like most, depends very much on whom you ask. Pose it to the average, non-tv obsessed fellow in the street and they might reply, Sherlock, that’s the one with the flappy coated chap and him from The Office who’s now him from The Hobbit. They’re doing a third series? That’s grand, that. The wife’ll be pleased.
Burrow further into Sherlock fandom and ask someone familiar with the #setlock hashtag and the Purple Shirt of Sex though, and you’ll likely receive not just an answer, but a shooting schedule, a Tumblr of set-visit snaps, and a PowerPoint presentation...
- 5/2/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Frances Roberts Feb 1, 2013
Elementary delves into military secrets in this week's very decent instalment...
This review contains spoilers.
1.13 The Red Team
The stakes were high in this week’s gripping Elementary. Holmes had not only to solve a series of murders, but deduce the details of a military plan so cripplingly effective, that if executed, it would kill hundreds of thousands of people.
Suspended from his role at the NYPD after his distinctly criminal activities of the previous episode, Holmes was forced to look elsewhere for distraction, and found it in a favourite hobby: baiting conspiracy theorists. Beginning the episode with typical disdain for crackerjack theories, Holmes soon found a viable thread amongst the nonsense, one that led him to the Red Team.
The war games and secret plan plot puts The Red Team somewhere in the territory of Conan Doyle’s The Case of the Bruce Partington Plans or His Last Bow.
Elementary delves into military secrets in this week's very decent instalment...
This review contains spoilers.
1.13 The Red Team
The stakes were high in this week’s gripping Elementary. Holmes had not only to solve a series of murders, but deduce the details of a military plan so cripplingly effective, that if executed, it would kill hundreds of thousands of people.
Suspended from his role at the NYPD after his distinctly criminal activities of the previous episode, Holmes was forced to look elsewhere for distraction, and found it in a favourite hobby: baiting conspiracy theorists. Beginning the episode with typical disdain for crackerjack theories, Holmes soon found a viable thread amongst the nonsense, one that led him to the Red Team.
The war games and secret plan plot puts The Red Team somewhere in the territory of Conan Doyle’s The Case of the Bruce Partington Plans or His Last Bow.
- 2/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Fans of the excellent BBC series Sherlock can rest assured that the recent Hollywood success of Benedict Cumberbatch and his on-screen partner in crime fighting Martin Freeman will not spell the end for the incredibly popular series. The two English actors have both recently been turning heads across the pond in major big budget blockbusters. Freeman is of course the lead in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, while Cumberbatch is not only voicing the dragon Smaug in Jackson’s opus but also playing the arch villain in next year’s Star Trek Into Darkness.
Naturally, for fans of Sherlock, Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis’ captivating modern day re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, there is a worry that its two leads will soon become too big for TV and understandably opt to further their movie careers at the expense of the TV series. However, in a recent interview with Yahoo UK,...
Naturally, for fans of Sherlock, Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis’ captivating modern day re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, there is a worry that its two leads will soon become too big for TV and understandably opt to further their movie careers at the expense of the TV series. However, in a recent interview with Yahoo UK,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Robert Keeling
- We Got This Covered
Where’s Sherlock Holmes when you need him?
Sherlock creator Steven Moffat dropped three one-word spoilers on Twitter Friday in advance of the show’s third season, which goes into production in January ahead of an expected Fall 2013 launch on PBS.
The clues he offered were, “Rat. Wedding. Bow.” (Keep in mind, the three words Moffat dropped ahead of Season 2 last year were, “Woman. Hound. Fall.”)
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What does it all mean?! Nancy Tartaglione of our sister site Deadline speculated it could mean the Arthur Conan Doyle...
Sherlock creator Steven Moffat dropped three one-word spoilers on Twitter Friday in advance of the show’s third season, which goes into production in January ahead of an expected Fall 2013 launch on PBS.
The clues he offered were, “Rat. Wedding. Bow.” (Keep in mind, the three words Moffat dropped ahead of Season 2 last year were, “Woman. Hound. Fall.”)
Related | Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks His Silence on That ‘Mortifying’ Downton Abbey ‘PR Disaster’
What does it all mean?! Nancy Tartaglione of our sister site Deadline speculated it could mean the Arthur Conan Doyle...
- 8/24/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
After the first season of the BBC's "Sherlock" aired to great critical acclaim and success, show runners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss teased which of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories would make up the three telemovies of the second season. At the time they said 'Woman’, ‘Hound’ & ‘Fall' which many immediately guessed as being "A Scandal in Bohemia"," "The Hound of Baskervilles" and "The Final Problem".
Now the pair have released the three words that will define the upcoming third season of the show, however these ones aren't as easily identifiable - 'Rat, Wedding, and Bow'. Moffat and Gatiss announced the trio of words this afternoon at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Of the three it is 'Bow' that seems to be the easiest to pin down - the Wwi spy themed short story "His Last Bow" which was also the last chronological instalment of the Holmes stories.
Now the pair have released the three words that will define the upcoming third season of the show, however these ones aren't as easily identifiable - 'Rat, Wedding, and Bow'. Moffat and Gatiss announced the trio of words this afternoon at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Of the three it is 'Bow' that seems to be the easiest to pin down - the Wwi spy themed short story "His Last Bow" which was also the last chronological instalment of the Holmes stories.
- 8/24/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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