I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

New Sherlock Series Coming to Masterpiece Mystery

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By now you have no doubt heard the murmurs of the press and those lucky souls in the U.K. who have been able to watch the new series on the BBC, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock</i></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">. If you haven't, the gist is that we've left the fogs of Victorian London for a more modern-day Sherlock Holmes, played by Benedict Cumberbatch.</span><br />
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The series is the brainchild of Steven Moffat (<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Complete-Billie-Piper/dp/B000E41MS6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doctor Who</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000E41MS6" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coupling-Complete-Seasons-Jack-Davenport/dp/B0006HBLU0?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coupling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0006HBLU0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>) and Mark Gatiss (<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Complete-Matt-Smith/dp/B003EV6DBM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Doctor Who</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003EV6DBM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/League-Gentlemen-Collection-Mark-Gatiss/dp/B0007Y0982?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The League of Gentlemen</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0007Y0982" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>), and co-stars Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson, who has been recently injured during his service as an army doctor in Afghanistan. As in the Conan Doyle stories, he is brought into association with the peculiar Sherlock Holmes, whom he befriends. And this time, instead of writing up the adventures for the Strand Magazine, <b><a href="http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/">Watson chronicles his observations on his own blog</a></b>. And lest you think that Watson is the only one with a penchant for HTML, check out Holmes's blog, <b><a href="http://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/">The Science of Deduction</a></b>.<br />
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In keeping with the theme of the original stories, Sherlockians will immediately notice some familiar strains throughout but will bring the more modern elements made popular by shows such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/C-S-I-Crime-Scene-Investigation-Season/dp/B003FSTN5M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><i>CSI</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003FSTN5M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Seasons-1-5-Collection/dp/B002C3GTLM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">House</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002C3GTLM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>. For example, in "A Study in Pink," a serial killer is stalking London, disguising the crimes as suicides. The clue <i>Rache </i>makes an appearance over one of the bodies. This is one of many that will certainly catch your attention and make you feel like you're home, albeit in a renovated one.<br />
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On October 24, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/"><b>MASTERPIECE Mystery</b></a>! on PBS will debut the first of three episodes of Sherlock for the U.S. audience. The first episode to air will be "A Study in Pink," followed by "The Blind Banker" on October 31, and finally "The Great Game" on November 7. All shows are scheduled to air beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET. Here's a look at the trailer:<br />
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We've been asked by MASTERPIECE Mystery!/PBS to host a live chat on Twitter during the October 24 airing of the first episode. What this means is that we'll be participating in commentary and questions throughout the show, for those who might have their laptops or iPads open while the show is on. You don't have to be an active member of Twitter to follow along. You can simply open this link:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "sans"; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "sans"; font-size: 14px;"><b> <a href="http://is.gd/fZxDB" id="tinylink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">http://is.gd/fZxDB</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , "sans"; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b></span>and you can follow along. If you have a username, there's a place where you can sign in and participate as well.<br />
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Here's what you can do to help get as many people interested and taking part in the Twitter chat on the 24th: please share this post - forward it as an email, share it on Facebook, post the link on Twitter, or whatever you prefer. We view this as a great opportunity to use these new technologies to share in the excitement of a new Sherlock.<br />
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The program is currently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow">available for sale on Amazon</a>; it will ship in early November. Please consider clicking on these links to make your purchase, either for yourself or to make it Holmes for the Holidays for the Sherlockian in your life.<br />
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New Sherlock Series Coming to Masterpiece Mystery

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Did You Know Julian Wolff?

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If you haven't yet had the opportunity to read up on the history of the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars</a>, you're missing out. It's a fascinating series of reads - you're not only treated to larger-than-life personalities, but a glimpse into the history of Sherlock Holmes societies around the country, New York of the 1930s and 1940s, and the challenges in keeping such an interest alive in times that were economically and martially uncertain.<br />
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You can pick up a copy of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsihistoryseries.html">Nos. 4 and 5 in the BSI Archival Series at the BSJ website</a>. Previous volumes are out of print, but you can occasionally pick them up on eBay or from rare book dealers on Amazon.<br />
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The BSI Archival series continues, and there's always need for information, should you come across it. In fact, we noticed a request that was posted on the <a href="http://www.sherlockian.net/hounds/">HOUNDS-L listserv</a> by Leslie Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange"):<br />
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<i>WANTED FOR A HISTORY OF THE BSI:  Letters, writing, or biographical information of any variety on Julian Wolff, Commissionaire of the Baker Street Irregulars from 1960 to 1986 and publisher of </i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><b>The Baker Street Journal</b></a><i> until 1977.  Copies of letters and anecdotes are especially welcome.  Please contact </i><a href="mailto:susan221bee@gmail.com" style="font-style: italic;">Susan Rice</a><i> at susan221bee AT gmail DOT com.</i></blockquote>
If you knew Julian, or had some correspondence with him, or knew someone who did, please get in touch with Susan Rice, BSI, 2s ("Beeswing"). As stated in NAVA: "It is of the utmost importance that you should notice this point."<br />
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Did You Know Julian Wolff?

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Episode 28: Friendship

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Christopher Morley once said that the Sherlock Holmes stories were a textbook of friendship. We've heard this platitude before, but what does it mean? How did the relationship between Holmes and Watson manifest itself in the Canon and how does that impact us as Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts today, in the digital age?<br />
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We discuss the elements of Holmes and Watson and how they were influenced most notably by the personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; the difficulty in portraying the depth of the characters and their relationship on stage and screen; and how Sherlockians make each other's acquaintance.<br />
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We get to your comments - which you can submit below, on our <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook Page</a>, via email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com) or by calling <b>774-221-READ (7323)</b>. We read the Gas-Lamp from Vol 2. No. 1, 1952 that celebrates Dr. Watson.<br />
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<li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2MSMMG3" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes And Dr. Watson: A Textbook Of Friendship</i></b></a><b></b></i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZHVVr7" target="_blank">Dr. Thorndyke mysteries</a></b></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUHMuSxiEo">"You squashed my pea."</a> (from <i>Murder By Decree</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZEfv3u" target="_blank"><i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i></a></b></li>
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<li><b><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose69" target="_blank">Clive Merrison and Michael Williams</a></b> (BBC radio series - complete Canon on audio)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sherlock+Holmes%22">Google search results for "Sherlock Holmes"</a> (now over 15 million results)</li>
<li>I Hear of  Sherlock on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock">@ihearofsherlock</a></li>
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Episode 28: Friendship

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Baker Street: The Boys Are Back

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We seem to be getting inspiration from all places these days. In this case, it was Barbara Roden, BSI ("Beryl Stapleton") who posted a video on Facebook that caught our attention.<br />
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This video depicts various scenes from Sherlock Holmes on the screen, from the 1930s to the present, and demonstrates how the more some things change, the more they stay the same.<br />
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<blockquote>However different they are each time they return some things never change. Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and a few friends, using footage from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Baskervilles-Basil-Rathbone/dp/B0001DCYBE?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0001DCYBE" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (1939, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce), <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-Boxed-Collection/dp/B000060MVK?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000060MVK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> (1984, Jeremy Brett and David Burke), <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Mouse-Detective-Mystery-Mist/dp/B0034GK74G?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basil the Great Mouse Detective</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0034GK74G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> (1986, Disney), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr/dp/B001OQCV6A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001OQCV6A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> (2009, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law) and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sherlock</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004132HZS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i> (2010, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman).</blockquote><br />
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Baker Street: The Boys Are Back

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New Sherlock Holmes Film Gets Its Moriarty

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Following last week's news that <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/09/one-of-queerest-men-gree_27.html#.Vq2mu_krLb0" rel="nofollow">Stephen Fry would play Mycroft Holmes</a>, it seems that we now have the results of the long-awaited casting of Professor Moriarty. Those of you familiar with the award-winning television drama <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Season-Jon-Hamm/dp/B000YABIQ6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Mad Men</i></b></a> may recognize the name Jared Harris. He plays Lane Pryce, the finance chief at the advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, set in 1960s New York.<br />
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But it is 1890s London that will see him next as he becomes the Napoleon of Crime, Professor James Moriarty - forever known as the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes. This is difficult role to fill, as it's one of the most iconic in the Canon, yet one that's given precious little description, other than what Holmes conveys to us mostly in "The Final Problem":<br />
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"He is extremely tall and thin, his forehead domes out in a white curve, and his two eyes are deeply sunken in his head. He is clean-shaven, pale, and ascetic-looking, retaining something of the professor in his features. His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his face protrudes forward, and is for ever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion. He peered at me with great curiosity in his puckered eyes."</blockquote>
Beyond that, we don't really hear too much about him. Do you know how many stories Professor Moriarty was mentioned in? Leave a comment below with your answer.<br />
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Back to Jared Harris: his acting skills have been recognized recently, as he has received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his outstanding performances, both in <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Case-Benjamin-Button-Single-Disc/dp/B001U0HBPG?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001U0HBPG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> and Mad Men. Not only that, but he actually has some interesting Sherlockian connections that we'd be remiss if we omitted them:<br />
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His father was the late Richard Harris, the Irish actor with an offscreen life as interesting as his roles.<br />
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<li>Moriarty was of Irish descent</li>
<li>Richard Harris starred in the 1970 film <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Molly-Maguires-Sean-Connery/dp/B0001FGBLG?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Molly Maguires</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0001FGBLG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>, the movie about the secret society that was part of the coal mining industry in Pennsylvania in the 1870s - the very same secret society that was so prominent in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valley-Fear-Sherlock-Holmes-Mystery/dp/1451565976?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Valley of Fear</i></b></a> - the other story in which Professor Moriarty prominently figured.</li>
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The other point is that he was married to Emilia Fox, who is the daughter of actor Edward Fox. The elder Fox played Alistair Ross in the 1991 movie adaptation of Paul Giovanni's play <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crucifer-Blood-Charlton-Heston/dp/B0036BDQ7Y?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Crucifer of Blood</i></b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0036BDQ7Y" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>.<br />
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Any other potential tie-ins that we missed? Feel free to leave a comment and set us straight.<br />
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Based on his pedigree, his previous performances and his look - with a little makeup and wardrobe, it's possible Harris will look very similar to Paget's original interpretation of the professor - we think this may be an excellent casting choice. Let's hope the script and plot are just as promising...<br />
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New Sherlock Holmes Film Gets Its Moriarty

"Moriarty may have been engaged" [VALL] Following last week's news that Stephen Fry would play Mycroft Holmes , it seems ...

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Stephen Fry to Play Mycroft Holmes in Upcoming Film

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"Mycroft one of the queerest men" [GREE]</h4>
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As anticipation for the sequel to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr/dp/B001OQCV6A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a> mounts, another detail has been made public: Stephen Fry will play the part of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother.<br />
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There are a number of interesting tie-ins that make this particularly interesting, but we'll start with the announcement first. Mr. Fry himself broke the news on the Danny Baker show on BBC 5 Live, and the news was <a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/25/stephen-fry-is-mycroft-holmes-see-his-resemblance-to-guy-ritchie/">immediately shared by Bleeding Cool</a>. The direct quote from Fry was:<br />
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I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film Guy Ritchie directed with Robert Downey Jr., and that sort of part is fun, but just once in a while to play a genuine all round sort of lead figure with complexity and tragedy and wit and all the sort of things that Oscar [Wilde] had was a once in a lifeftime thrill.</blockquote>
The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/26/arts/entertainment-us-stephenfry.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesarts">New York Times (via Reuters) also reported on it</a> and Fry confirmed it on his own <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/25610767520">Twitter account</a>:<br />
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We think it's an inspired casting decision for a number of reasons:<br />
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<li>Fry has often played opposite Hugh Laurie (now on the Sherlock Holmes-insipired <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Seasons-1-5-Collection/dp/B002C3GTLM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>House, MD</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002C3GTLM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>), including the braniac gentleman's gentleman in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jeeves-Wooster-Complete-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001V7UXG2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeeves & Wooster</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001V7UXG2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, who has often been compared to one or both of the Holmes brothers.</li>
<li>He played Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wilde-Special-Stephen-Fry/dp/B00005V5NU?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Wilde</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005V5NU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>. Wilde made an appearance in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/West-End-Horror-Posthumous-Memoir/dp/0393311538?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>The West End Horror</b></i></a>, the follow-on novel to <b><i>The Seven Per-Cent Solution</i></b> by Nicolas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case").</li>
<li>Mr. Fry was also deeply interested in the <a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/">bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green to the city of Portsmouth</a> and he narrated the BBC 4 documentary "The Man Who Loved Sherlock Holmes." We initially referenced him in the November 19, 2006 entry <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/11/his-voice-was-gentle-iden_19.html#.Vh6HbHpViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Even His Voice Was Gentle" [IDEN]</a>.</li>
<li>We know that Holmes referred to his brother as "one of the queerest men" in London. That term can be taken in a couple of ways - one being quirky and the other meaning gay. Well, Stephen Fry's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000410/bio">IMDb biography</a> includes both kinds of references: "Writer, actor, comedian, doer of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not...Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as '90 percent gay, 10 percent other.'" He is also credited as "Cricket fan, Sherlockian, charter member Groucho Club (Soho)."</li>
<li>Stephen Fry is a noted author in his own right, so we can be sure that he is a reader as well (and we're assuming this means the Canon). He has written a number of books, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking-Within/dp/1592403115?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592403115" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moab-My-Washpot-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569472025?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>Moab Is My Washpot</b></i></a><i><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1569472025" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hippopotamus-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569470545?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>The Hippopotamus</b></i></a><i><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1569470545" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liar-Stephen-Fry/dp/156947012X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Liar</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=156947012X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, and most recently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Fry-America-Fifty-States/dp/0061456381?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061456381" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</li>
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We hope that his turn as Mycroft - a infrequently appearing role that has been played by the likes of Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Robert Morley and a handful of others - will be a memorable one. On paper, he would seem to have the pedigree for it. Let's hope that the script and direction makes it at least palatable.<br />
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Stephen Fry to Play Mycroft Holmes in Upcoming Film

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Remembering Bernard Davies, BSI

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We received news of the passing of a legendary Holmesian earlier this week. Bernard Davies, BSI ("<i>A Study in Scarlet</i>") passed beyond the Reichenbach. Chairman of the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/press_cutting.php?id=232">Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a> from 1983-86, he was a member of the Society since 1959 and an Honorary Member. He received the investiture "<i>A Study in Scarlet</i>" from the Baker Street Irregulars in 1985 - an exalted title, as it is one of only four investitures of the original novels, and also because it was previously held by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Private-Life-Sherlock-Holmes-Anniversary/dp/093850147X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vincent Starrett</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=093850147X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Davies was a prolific writer - such that in 2008, the SHSL compiled his scholarship in the two volume collection<b><i> </i></b><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/shop_item.php?item_id=0"><b><i>Holmes and Watson Country</i></b></a>, which is still available for sale from the Society. One of his landmark pieces is on the location of 221B Baker Street.<br />
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But his interests didn't begin and end with Holmes; Davies was also an avid scholar of Dracula, having served as Co-President and Co-Founder of the Dracula Society. As <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FLeslie-S.-Klinger%2FB002LABYP2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_2&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Les Klinger</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> put it in the introduction of the two-volume work: "Davies's breadth of interests, research skills, and writing ability make him a national treasure."<br />
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A personal remembrance from Roger Johnson, BSI ("'Pall Mall Gazette'"), Press & Publicity Officer for the SHSL:<br />
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I knew Bernard for nearly forty years, and liked and respected him immensely. A couple of years ago, when the Sherlock Holmes Society decided to publish a collection of Bernard's collected Holmesian writings I immediately volunteered to act as editor. It was a pleasure and an honour to help prepare the book for publication. <br />
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In a reasonably full acting career, he appeared just once in a professional production of a Sherlock Holmes story, when he played Norlett and Bert Stevens in Michael & Mollie Hardwick's audio dramatisation of "Shoscombe Old Place" in 1970. Robert Hardy and Nigel Stock were Holmes and Watson.<br />
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Bernard was one of the giants in our peculiar field - and in others, such as the Dracula Society. He was also a dear friend, who will be greatly missed.</blockquote>
If you have a personal memory of Bernard Davies that you'd like to share, please feel free to leave it as a comment below.<br />
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10 Reasons Sherlock Holmes Would Be an Ideal Venture Capitalist

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"more than I could possibly venture" [GREE]</h4>
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As Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts, we're accustomed to people of various vocations and with a myriad of hobbies trying to shoehorn Sherlock Holmes into their particular interests. From tennis to dentistry, Holmes has been linked with many more topics than <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Novels-Collections/dp/1450585132?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b>the original 60 stories</b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1450585132" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> would otherwise indicate.<br />
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So it should be no surprise when something as far-flung as the high paced venture capital world brings Holmes into the limelight. Certainly, Robert Downey, Jr.'s turn as the detective played a role; but the author of <b><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-sherlock-holmes-is-the-ideal-vc-2010-9">10 Reasons Sherlock Holmes Is the Ideal VC</a></b> did a little more homework.<br />
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Here are are the 10 reasons given; if you'd like the full explanation behind each, please <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-sherlock-holmes-is-the-ideal-vc-2010-9">click through to the original article</a>.<br />
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<li>Complete and utter attention to his clients</li>
<li>Immensely perceptive and observant</li>
<li>He's a world-travelled, experienced entrepreneur himself</li>
<li>Massive intellectual curiosity; great erudition</li>
<li>Loves the Big Idea, Huge Risk-Taker & Admires Disruption</li>
<li>Great Mentor, Coach and Board Member</li>
<li>Great Ear for the Customer</li>
<li>Driven with Enormous Energy</li>
<li>High Standards and Innate Sense of What is Right</li>
<li>Sense of Humor</li>
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What do you think? Does the Sherlock Holmes that you know fit into these categories? Is there anything you'd object to?<br />
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Tip of the old deerstalker to <a href="http://sassholes.blogspot.com/">Jeff Sass</a> for sharing this article.<br />
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10 Reasons Sherlock Holmes Would Be an Ideal Venture Capitalist

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Douglas Wilmer BBC Holmes on DVD

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Last November, we announced the availability of the <a href="https://amzn.to/35F7RsR" target="_blank"><b>Peter Cushing Sherlock Holmes series on DVD</b></a> (<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/11/what-remains-for-you-sign_27.html#.Vv0wS6QrLb1" rel="nofollow">"What Remains for You?" [SIGN]</a>), which included five episodes on the three-DVD set. But notably, none of the Douglas Wilmer episodes made it into that digital revival.<br />
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Today, we're pleased to see that the BBC have come to their senses and released this classic run on DVD, starring Douglas Wilmer, BSI ("The Lyceum Theatre") and Nigel Stock: <a href="https://amzn.to/301rGco" target="_blank"><b>Sherlock Holmes: 1964-1965</b></a> <b>is now available for sale <a href="https://amzn.to/301rGco">on Amazon</a></b> (please click through to support this site).<br />
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A full 13 episodes on this two-disc set will put you in a distinctly Victorian and Holmesian mood, including "The Red-Headed League," "The Six Napoleons," "The Beryl Coronet," "The Devil's Foot," "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," "The Speckled Band" and more. This was a groundbreaking series, as they were mostly faithful to the Canon, the production values were fairly high, and the schedule was grueling on the actors (causing Wilmer to bow out, handing the reins to Peter Cushing). It was part of what Wilmer spoke about during his 1998 tour of the United States.<br />
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Below you can go to Amazon to purchase this valuable set that has been years in the making. If you're not a Sherlockian yourself, you might consider purchasing this and putting it away as a holiday gift for that Sherlock Holmes fan in your life. And of course, we have other Douglas Wilmer items to choose from below as well.<br />
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The Pachydermic Sherlock Holmes

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"I got an elephant" [BLAN]</h4>
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As the old adage goes, "an elephant never forgets." But if we asked you if you could remember where in the Canon an elephant is mentioned, you'd probably have a difficult time remembering. For two reasons, really: (1) you're not an elephant; (2) it's only mentioned in one story, and in that case, it was an elephant gun, not the animal itself.<br />
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Regarding elephants, this piece of news was shared in Peter Blau's <a href="http://www.sherlocktron.com/2010.pdf">Scuttlebutt from the Spermacetti Press</a> in July:<br />
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<a href="http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/">Elephant Family</a> (a financial support organization for endangered Asian elephants) draws attention to its work with an Elephant Parade of decorated life-size model baby elephants displayed in major cities around the world; the parade has now reached London, where 258 elephants are to be sold in an auction that will end on July 4.  Cherrie Waltho has reported (and photographed) a Sherlock Holmes elephant in Baker Street (Nick Utechin notes that it's almost outside #109, which was James Holroyd's choice for 221B).</blockquote>
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More information, along with color photographs, is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/" target="_blank">available at their website</a></span> at where there's also a shop that sells miniature reproductions in four sizes, from 10 cm (£27.50) to 35 cm (£199.00).  The artist who created the Sherlock Holmes elephant is Turdsak Piromkraipak, and it was sponsored by the Evening Standard.  The organizers are hoping for an audience estimated at 25 million, and that the auction will raise £2 million.</blockquote>
Evidently, the online auction was very successful, as £2.4 million were raised, bringing the grand total to over £4 million.<br />
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Some of the other animals mentioned include:<br />
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<li>Of course the famous cheetah and baboon (SPEC); </li>
<li>Bear (grizzly, STUD; rug, PRIO); </li>
<li>Birds - including bittern (HOUN), buzzard (EMPT), canary (CROO, BLAC), cormorant (VEIL), curlew (PRIO, HOUN), ducks (GLOR), goose (BLUE), grouse (SIGN), owl (STUD), patridge (VEIL), petrel (REIG, NAVA), pheasant (NOBL), pigeon (LAST), plover (PRIO), raven (HOUN), swan (ABBE), woodcock (BLUR, NOBL);</li>
<li>Bison (STUD)</li>
<li>Cat (YELL, NORW, CHAS, LAST)</li>
<li>Cattle (STUD, PRIO, HOUN)</li>
<li>Coyote (STUD)</li>
<li>Crocodile (SIGN)</li>
<li>Dog (SIGN, BLUE, SILV, REIG, CHAS, MISS, ABBE, COPP, CREE, LION, STUD, SUSS, SHOS); breeds - airedale (LION), beagle (MISS), bloodhound (HOUN, VALL, CREE), bull pup (STUD), bull terrier (GLOR), draghound (MISS), foxhound (MISS), hound (SIGN, HOUN, 3GAB), lurcher (SIGN), mastiff (COPP, HOUN), Newfoundland (SIGN, CREE), sheep dog (HOUN), sleuth-hound (CREE), spaniel (SIGN, HOUN, SUSS, SHOS), wolfhound (CREE);</li>
<li>Fish - dace (SHOS), eel (SHOS), herring (SIGN), pike (HOUN, SHOS), shark (SIGN), trout (SHOS);</li>
<li>Fox (HOUN);</li>
<li>Gila (SUSS);</li>
<li>Horse (too many to list);</li>
<li>Ichumenon/mongoose (CROO);</li>
<li>Insect - bees (SECO, LAST, LION), beetle (SIGN), butterflies and moths (3GAR, HOUN), centipedes (SIGN), cockroaches (COPP), flies and bluebottles (BLAC), mosquitoes (SIGN), scorpions (SIGN);</li>
<li>Jackal (SIGN);</li>
<li>Kid/lamb (WIST);</li>
<li>Langur (CREE);</li>
<li>Leech (GOLD);</li>
<li>Lion (DEVI, MAZA, VEIL);</li>
<li>Mouse (COPP, ILLU);</li>
<li>Mule (STUD);</li>
<li>Oysters (SIGN, DYIN); </li>
<li>Pig (BLAC, VALL);</li>
<li>Rabbit (BOSC, SIGN, NORW, SIGN);</li>
<li>Rat (SUSS);</li>
<li>Seal (BLAC, SILV);</li>
<li>Sheep (STUD, SILV, PRIO);</li>
<li>Slowworm (SIGN);</li>
<li>Snake (CROO, CHAS, SPEC, DYIN, SIGN);</li>
<li>Stoat (SIGN, CROO)</li>
<li>Tiger (EMPT, SIGN, IDEN, ABBE);</li>
<li>Weasel (SIGN);</li>
<li>Whale (BLAC);</li>
<li>Worm (THOR)</li>
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Whew! Feel free to drop any others in we may have missed by leaving a comment.<br />
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Meanwhile, you can listen to our episode on <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles55" target="_blank">Weird Animals in the Canon</a> from Trifles:<br />
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