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Sherlock For a Day

mizz_britain wrote in meta_holmes Aug 26, 2013 11:41

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version: doyle canon, character: dr. john watson, version: bbc sherlock, location: 221b baker street, character: sherlock holmes

Deerstalking at Comic Con

mizz_britain wrote in meta_holmes Aug 13, 2013 16:47

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version: bbc sherlock, character: sherlock holmes

Questions on the SH Fandom

gaedhal wrote in meta_holmes Oct 15, 2011 01:07

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Sherlock Holmes and Cocaine

malignantdaisy wrote in meta_holmes May 06, 2011 00:44

I just finished re-reading Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson by Jack Tracy and Jim Berkey (1978), a great book I picked up at a used book store back when I first discovered and devoured the Holmes canon about 13 years ago.

With BBC's Sherlock on my mind lately, re-reading this book brought up some interesting points about the portrayal of Holmes's ( Read more... )

Help finding an essay--hope this is allowed?

haveloved wrote in meta_holmes Apr 16, 2011 17:42

(Hey, mods--if this isn't allowed, I can take it down; just let me know!)

Okay, so I read A Study In Scarlet a few years back--2008--and I've only resumed reading through the canon in the past few months. Back when I started, I swear that I read somewhere a really convincing argument that said that Watson wasn't shot in the shoulder, but in the... ( Read more... )

version: doyle canon, character: dr. john watson

Sherlock's Mummy

goldvermilion87 wrote in meta_holmes Apr 08, 2011 03:22

So, the only reference to Sherlock and Mycroft's mum in the BBC series is

Mycroft:  And you know how it always upset Mummy
Sherlock: I upset her?  Me? It wasn't me that upset her, Mycroft
John: N-no wait. Mummy?  Who's Mummy?
Sherlock: Mother. Our Mother. This is my brother, Mycroft.

To me, that sounds clearly past tense. It could be short for " ( Read more... )

character: dr. john watson, version: bbc sherlock, character: sherlock holmes, character: mycroft holmes

JAM!

nessa_atalanta wrote in meta_holmes Feb 24, 2011 16:15

What's this thing about Watson and jam?I remember reading a comic(?)about it ages ago,and then last week I've saw this ( Read more... )

Meta-meta: Anderson and the Dinosaurs

sadbhyl wrote in meta_holmes Jan 30, 2011 08:50

This seemed to be the place to ask this, and the mods agreed, so here goes ( Read more... )

character: anderson, version: bbc sherlock

Mummy Issues

neadods wrote in meta_holmes Jan 29, 2011 18:32

On the heels of the excellent Deducing Mrs. Hudson post on Baker Street Supper Club, I've been thinking about the family dynamics of the Holmes brothers ( Read more... )

version: bbc sherlock, character: sherlock holmes, character: mycroft holmes

Kicking off the Conversation: Mike Stamford

neadods wrote in meta_holmes Jan 17, 2011 20:58

I'm going to break the ice with a crosspost from my journal: The Evolution of Mike Stamford, the unsung hero of all incarnations of the Holmesian canon, the man who introduced Watson and Holmes ( Read more... )

version: doyle canon, version: bbc sherlock, character: mike stamford