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Lucy Liu Is Not the First Female Watson

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As we've <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/01/croo_20.html" rel="nofollow">previously</a> shared, CBS is planning <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/09/pushing-another-one-in-my-direction.html">a New York version</a> of the 21st century adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories, in the spirit of the BBC's "Sherlock." It is titled "Elementary" and the release date has not yet been determined.<br />
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While we already knew that Jonny Lee Miller would play Holmes as a recovering drug addict, <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lucy-liu-sherlock-holmes-watson-cbs-pilot-elementary-295560"><b><i>Hollywood Reporter</i> has just noted</b></a> that Lucy Liu - you read that correctly - of <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B003F1ERDC" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="7d4ccb9f619c75ee5a9f1f0190197c34" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Charlie's Angels" href="http://www.amazon.com/Charlies-Angels-Cameron-Diaz/dp/B003F1ERDC/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=7d4ccb9f619c75ee5a9f1f0190197c34&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_3422206" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie's Angels</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_3422206" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=thebakerstree-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=7d4ccb9f619c75ee5a9f1f0190197c34&_cb=1454206631992" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i> fame would play his sidekick as <b><i>Joan</i></b> Watson.<br />
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<i>HR</i> dubiously states that this is the first time that Watson would be "played by a woman." We say "dubiously," because we would take issue with this technicality. Of course, Joanne Woodward portrayed <b><i>Dr. Mildred Watson</i></b>, who was treating George C. Scott's Justin Playfair who believed he was Sherlock Holmes in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003TKF9/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00003TKF9" rel="nofollow"><b><i>They Might Be Giants</i></b></a>. And Margaret Colin played <i>Jane Watson</i>, a descendant of the good doctor, who brought a cryogenically frozen Holmes back to life in the 1987 CBS (yes, CBS!) television movie and pilot <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093850/" rel="nofollow"><i>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</i></a>.<br />
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And lest you think CBS is new at this, in addition to the never picked up pilot of 1987, they also inflicted upon us the 1990 movie <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000244FZU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000244FZU" rel="nofollow"><b><i>The Hands of a Murderer</i></b></a> with Edward Woodward. Brace yourselves.<br />
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Lucy Liu Is Not the First Female Watson

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Episode 39: #BelieveInSherlock

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When a fictional character's impact overflows to reality to affect what people are talking about, where they go and how they act, it's quite an accomplishment. When it happens in a nearly identical, if time-appropriate manner nearly 120 years apart, it must have something to to with Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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As this podcast is all about Sherlock Holmes, you can rest assured that is indeed the case. But what of it? This updated and renewed interest in our beloved master is curious, but in the end, quite elementary. Much of the chatter and buzz seen on the Internet in particular, has been generated by the Robert Downey, Jr. outings in two films, and more recently by Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal in two seasons of the BBC television show <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004132HZS/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B004132HZS"><i>Sherlock</i></a>.<br />
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In this episode, we welcome the ladies from another Sherlock Holmes-related podcast, the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabes.com/">Baker Street Babes</a>, namely Kristina Manente, Maria Fleischhack, and Ardy to discuss the machinations behind the movement that has taken hold across the world called "<b><i>Believe in Sherlock</i></b>." With the conclusion (in the U.K.) of the BBC's second season of the show with an episode titled "The Reichenbach Fall," you can probably imagine what the outcome was. We won't spoil it by giving away the details, but suffice it to say that there were some upset fans at the conclusion - so upset, in fact, that they took to the streets and the web alike, demonstrating their love of the character and their wish to see his good name cleared.<br />
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We discuss the beginnings of this newfound and fervent interest in Holmes, as generated through the Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat-created series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and get the perspective from Londoners who were not only there to witness the activities of this movement, but who contributed to and even instigated some of them. We'll conclude with a reading of the latest Editor's Gas-Lamp from the Winter 2011 (Vol. 61, No. 4) of the <i>Baker Street Journal</i>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabes.com/">The Baker Street Babes</a><b style="font-style: italic;">  </b></li>
<li><a href="http://earlfoolish.tumblr.com/post/15969467726/so-i-guess-you-all-have-heard-read-seen-the-news">The post that started it all</a> (earlfoolish.tumblr.com)</li>
<li><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.tumblr.com/post/16296064521/operation-221b-the-believe-in-sherlock-holmes">Operation: 221B swings into play</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/harrietpotter23/the-world-believes-in-sherlock-holmes-357q">The World Believes in Sherlock Holmes</a> (BuzzFeed)</li>
<li><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.tumblr.com/post/16692521495/28-01-12-to-mark-the-anniversary-of-sherlock">Signage at 187 Gower Street</a> (aka 221B Baker Street)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/01/what-is-the-believeinsherlock-movement-and-how-did-it-get-so-widespread-so-quickly?utm_source=Feedburner%3A+Frontpage+Partial+RSS+Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torcom%2FFrontpage_Partial+%28Tor.com+Frontpage+Partial+-+Blog+and+Stories%29">An analysis of how it started</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meghan-okeefe/benedict-cumberbatch_b_1231634.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008">A bit about the Benedict Cumberbatch fascination</a></li>
<li><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=200241406014380769875.0004b74641f320b9bd5f3&msa=0&ll=56.559482,-1.054687&spn=107.163543,254.882812&iwloc=0004b75739e6297235496">A map of the movement across the globe</a></li>
<li><i><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i></li>
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Episode 39: #BelieveInSherlock

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Sherlocktron Has a New Home

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Recently, Sherlocktron, a long-time Internet information center for Sherlock Holmes, was forced to move to a new Internet service provider at <a href="http://sherlocktron.com/">http://sherlocktron.com/</a>. <br />
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The site owner, Willis Frick, has now updated the files at the new web site. <b><i>But</i></b> he he is <b><i>looking for your help to make sure the listings are up to date</i></b>. <br />
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At this point, he has been able to verify the Web addresses (URLs) and email addresses of the purveyors of Sherlockian items and of the society publications listed. However, many Sherlockian purveyors and societies do not have a means to contact them electronically to verify the information - and that is where he needs your help, dear readers.<br />
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Please take a few minutes to looks at these files: <br />
<a href="http://sherlocktron.hostoi.com/pub.list.pdf%C2%A0">Sherlockian Publication List</a> (PDF)<br />
<a href="http://sherlocktron.hostoi.com/ads.list.pdf">Sherlockian Purveyor List</a> (PDF)<br />
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If there are any additions, corrections or deletions required, please notify Willis by email: <b>sherlock1 [AT] cox [DOT] net.</b><mailto:sherlock1 cox.net=""><b> </b><br /></mailto:sherlock1><br />
<mailto:sherlock1 cox.net="">For information about these lists see:  </mailto:sherlock1><br />
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<mailto:sherlock1 cox.net=""><a href="http://sherlocktron.hostoi.com/about.the.ads.listing.pdf">About Sherlockian Purveyors</a> (PDF)<br /><br />It would be a wonderful gesture to extend to Willis, as he finishes up this project. After all, someday you may be looking for something Sherlockian or for a  newsletter from a society, and this resource may come in handy.</mailto:sherlock1><br />
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