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5: Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 2

5: Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 2

Update: 2016-02-23
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Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed, parodied, adapted, and extended detective in the history of the genre. In this episode (part 2 of 2), Afoot panelists discuss more of their favorite Holmes' depictions and extensions. This time: Failed TV pilots that use Holmes or Holmes-like characters, the movie Young Sherlock Holmes, House, M.D., Robert Downey, Jr's portrayal in movies, the movie of The Seven-Percent Solution, and the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King.

Sherlock adaptations


Glenn Fleishman with David J. Loehr, Monty Ashley and Shannon Sudderth







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Young Sherlock Holmes (Glenn) Monty's quick picks:

  • Slylock Fox
  • Flashman and the Tiger 

House, M.D. (Monty) 

Shannon's quick picks: 

  • Mentions in other mystery novels: Dorothy Sayers' Peter Whimsy, Agatha Christie, Star Trek's Data Robert Downey, Jr. movies (Shannon) 
  • Set Decoration for the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes (particularly the first shot, "Holmes & Watson's Quarters," with the fireplace) 

David's quick picks: 

  • Tom Baker's Hound of the Baskervilles 
  • "Talons of Weng Shia-Ang," Doctor Who 
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 
  • Alan Rickman as Holmes in a stage play (1976) 

The Seven-Percent Solution (David) 

More picks 

  • The Final Solution by Michael Chabon (David)
  • "Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman (Glenn)






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5: Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 2

5: Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 2

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