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I just watched the first episode, A Study In Pink, of the new BBC series Sherlock on the iPlayer (I was still feeling ill when it was on the tv). I am extrememely glad to say that any and all doubts I had about this show were completely unfounded, not that I should have doubted since it's been made by Steven Moffat, but I bloody loved it, so much so that I just went and pre-ordered the dvd. I was slightly worried when this show was first announced, about how they would update the Holmes world which is firmly cemented in my mind as a time of carriages, cobbled streets, pipes and opium addiction, but the modern setting actually felt very natural, not forced at all. Holmes was played brilliantly by Benedict Cumberbatch (and with a name like that you know he's going to be awesome) and I'm glad to see they've kept him as the almost sociopath he's always been and there was some implying of his drug use too. Martin Freeman was also fantastic as a far more modern Dr Watson, a far cry from his most famous role as Tim in The Office. The first episode was an updated version of A Study In Scarlet and as I said was bloody good, I loved how they showed us how Sherlock was thinking by putting words and pictures on the screen so we could see his process. And I cannot have been the only one to have had a little geekgasm when Moriarty was finally named at the end, I'm very interested to see how they're going to bring him into the modern world.
Is it tomorrow yet?
And where is my Sherlock Holmes book set hiding?
Is it tomorrow yet?
And where is my Sherlock Holmes book set hiding?