SHERLOCK

Detective serials are frequently broadcast but the most well known one is undoubtedly Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle.BBC started a new version of Sherlock Holmes in July 2010.What makes it different from the other Sherlock Holmes serials is that we can see what modern Sherlock Holmes can do in modern London ,which worried most of the fans in the beginning.Watching Sherlock Holmes using technology to uncover the mysteries instead of the clasic one in the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle could have disappointed the viewers.But, contrary to the bias, Holmes adapted to the modern times and lost none of his characteristics.

Another point that draws attention about the serial is its script writers.The script of the new version,Sherlock,is written by Steven Moffat,Mark Gotissve and Stephen Thompson who are the script writers of Doctor Who at the same time.According  to Moffat, Sherlock is not a clasic detective serial.Unlike the others, it has also scenes full of action and fun.

                                                    WHO IS SHERLOCK HOLMES?

The world famous detective Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle.He is the most famous one amongst the detectives.He can uncover all the mysteries only by observing the details.He can make a deduction even from the handwritings,footprints and cigarettebutts.He uses morfin and kokoin to keep his mind busy when he doesn’t have a problem to solve.He is good at fencing and playing violin.He has never fallen in love in his life.

Writing about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle was inspired by Doctor Joseph Bell whom he met while studying medicine at the university.Doctor Bell was famous for his observations about the people and events.He also had an ability to  solve the problems benefiting from these observations.While watching Sherlock, you can see that from every detail he makes a deduction like Bell and you can’t help saying that ‘’No man like him exists.’’(I say so whenever I watch it.)

One day, Doyle wrote a letter to his mother saying that he couldn’t spare the time to write about different subjects because of Sherlock Holmes so he was thinking of writing a last story in which Holmes was going to be killed.His mother was very angry with him because she wanted the adventures of Holmes to continue.According to a rumour, after Doyle wrote his story in which Sherlock  was killed, he faced so many reactions that he had to revive Sherlock in another story.

Sherlock is one of the most amusing serials I have watched so far.In the serial,Sherlock helps the police uncover the mysteries about the murders in England with his best and only friend James Watson whom he meets in the first episode.James is an old military doctor and suffers from traumas coming from his experiences in the military service.I love the way Sherlock talks to Watson and other poor detectives.Because it is the source of humour in the serial.Whenever Sherlock finds a clue,he looks at them as if to say ‘’You are all stupid!’’ It is very enjoyable to watch how Sherlock makes fun of them.

The scene which I like most in this episode is the one where Sherlock Holmes meets Watson.Watson is a doctor who got back to London because he was wounded in the Afghanistan war.When Holmes said ‘’I think,you has just come from Afghanistan...’’ he was very surprised.A few weeks later,Holmes explained to him how he made that observation: ‘’Here is a man who is used to the hospitals.I think he is a doctor but his posture shows that he is a soldier at the same time.So he must be a military doctor.It seems that he is coming from a hot country because he has a weather-beaten face but the colour of his wrist is lighter.So the natural colour of his skin isn’t so dark.He looks tired,he must have faced a lot of difficulties or got over a serious illness. He can’t move his left arm easily.It may be wounded.In which country with a hot climate can an English doctor face difficulties and hurt his arm? Definitely Afghanistan...’’