"If This Man Was Murdered, How Was It Done?" [STUD]

There's a trailer available on YouTube for the hour-long documentary The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes. As you may have surmised, the title refers to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his rather contentious relationship with his most famous creation.

According to the description of the video:

In the lead up to the launch of the SHERLOCK HOLMES movie, this 60 minute drama documentary uncovers the secrets behind the real Sherlock Holmes, looks at the possible codes within the stories, and finds that the real Holmes is more of an action hero and a surprise than most would imagine.

Interviews with Surgeons from the Royal College, literary experts and Holmes' officionados this really is a fascinating journey of discovery into the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of all time - why and who killed SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Those of you in the know may recognize a few Holmes and Doyle experts:  Owen Dudley Edwards, who edited portions of the 9-volume set The Oxford Sherlock Holmes; Roger Johnson, BSI ("The Pall Mall Gazette"), editor of The Sherlock Holmes Society Journal; and Catherine Cooke, BSI ("The 'Book of Life'"), Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collection at the Marylebone Library in Westminster, London.






Interesting piece of trivia: when we first watched it, the video had 221 views on it. We're not sure if that was purely a Canonical coincidence or if the creators artificially set it at that number.

If you're interested in this documentary, you can buy a copy of the DVD here: The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes.

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"You Can't Sit There and Play with Me Like a Cat with a Mouse" [ABBE]

We've seen the meetings of greats before: Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud, Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde, Abbott & Costello and Frankenstein. The list goes on.

Now, if your inner MGM child wants to connect with your inner Universal adult, you have the opportunity to see Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes. Because Basil of Baker Street wasn't enough of a murine tribute to Holmes, and because evidently Tom needs to wrack his brain with deducing clues in addition to chasing a wily little mouse, the felonious feline is becoming a Holmesian suck-up in this family-friendly animated feature film. I could summarize the plot here, but would it really matter? If you'd like an official plot summary, Animation World Network has it.

You can take a look at the trailer below:

If you're so inclined, go right ahead and purchase a copy of the DVD. And feel free to check out the other links above for other mash-ups that might be worth a read or a viewing.

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"I Have Figured Out Your Connections" [3GAR]

In one of our last posts, we asked for connections between Leonard Nimoy and Sherlock Holmes, and you graciously submitted yours. Thank you for that!

To those of you who were wondering what the connections are, we'll start with our own - we were thinking of three.

1. After completing his run on the Star Trek television series, Mr. Nimoy returned to the stage. In 1974, he played the title character in the U.S. tour of William Gillette's play "Sherlock Holmes."

2. Around that same time, Nimoy starred in a 15-minute short educational film called "Sherlock Holmes: Interior Motive," in which the origins of the Earth were explained. Here we have a short clip from it. Thankfully, it's not a long clip.




3. In Star Trek VI, Nimoy (as Mr. Spock) used the quote, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." He credited "an ancestor of mine" with saying it first.

Thank you so much for playing along! We'll see if we can develop similar quizzes and fun items for the future.

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