Happy belated Sherlock Holmes Day! (Ok, I had no idea that there was a SH day until yesterday. Now it’s my third favorite holiday, after Halloween and Free Comic Book Day. Hey, it tops Star Wars Day.)
Let’s talk about our favorite, underappreciated Sherlock Holmes stories. My all-time favorite SH story is The Speckled Band. It starts with a young girl hiring Sherlock and Watson to find out what happened to her sister, who died terrible agony. “The band! The speckled band!” Were her last words. It’s awesome, but has not been turned in a full length episode. In the BBCbatch version, it is mentioned as “The Speckled Blonde” but spares the details.
I deduce it’s one of Gatiss’ favorites, but was shot down by Moffat.
Will I be shot down for admitting I prefer Charles Augustus Magnesun/Milverton to Moriarty? He’s better, creeper, and more love-to-hate than Moriarty. Even when Sherlock says his name, he sounds better. Moriarty exists just to kill Sherlock. CAM exists to blackmail everyone. Moriarty is the what-if of Sherlock: Sherly reversed. CAM has his own disgusting personality and could exists without Sherlock.
Some of my past Sherlock posts: - The Return Of Sherlock Holmes, Pt.1
- “Sherlock.Sherlock. Sherlock.”
- Help, Sherlock Has Me Hostage
- Dear Moffat (of Sherlock)
And posts from around the blogsphere:
- Sherlock Holmes Museum , by Holly
- Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, by Cup Of Tea With That Book Please
- What Would Sherlock Holmes Make Of the Skripals? , Off-Guardian
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I had no idea this day existed, either! Thanks so much for mentioning my post 🙂
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It really needs more publicity. Maybe interest died down cause the end of season 4 seemed final.
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I didn’t know this day existed either.. What a hopeless fan I am…
It’s not my favorite but The Speckled Band was th first Sherlock story I ever read and there was no turning back 😍😍
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Not hopeless! It actually became an official Day in 2013, although it has been Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday for a long while.
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Ahh ok.. that’s absolutely cool though… and totally deserving for being the best detective ever 😍😍😍
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I love the Speckled Band story! I read an abridged version of it when I was very small and remained fascinated by it until I finally read the original version. There is so much Sherlock Holmes material and with only three episodes per series, the BBC Sherlock has no chance of getting to it all.
Ugh, CAM is so creepy. I think he has a stronger “stage presence” as it were, than Moriarty. He comes across is truly sinister, whereas Moriarty kind of comes across as wanting to be sinister, but despite his total depravity he’s just not. It’s like he’s trying too hard to be the most clever villain ever, and CAM just IS that evil.
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YES You described CAM and Moriarty perfectly! I also think Moriarty is trying to be friends with Sherlock, in a way, like The Master with The Doctor.
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