SHERLOCK
Sherlock is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Thirteen episodes have been produced, with four three-part series airing from 2010 to 2017 and a special episode that aired on 1 January 2016. The series is set in the present day, while the one-off special features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the original Holmes stories. Sherlock is produced by the British network BBC, along with Hartswood Films, with Moffat, Gatiss, Sue Vertue and Rebecca Eaton serving as executive producers.The third series became the UK's most watched drama series since 2001.The series is filmed in Cardiff, Wales,London used for exterior shots of Holmes and Watson's 221B Baker Street residence.
CHARACTERS
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Played by BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath."
Holmes is an eccentric with no regard for contemporary standards of tidiness or good order.
Dr.JOHN WATSON
Played by MARTIN FREEMAN
“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
Watson is intelligent, if lacking in Holmes's insight, and serves as a perfect foil for Holmes: the archetypal late Victorian gentleman against the brilliant, emotionally detached analytical machine.
MYCROFT HOLMES
Played by MARK GATISS
“All lives end.Hearts are broken.Caring is not an advantage."
Possessing deductive powers exceeding even those of his younger brother,is nevertheless unsuitable for a detective work as he is unwilling to put in the effort to bring cases to their conclusions.
JIM MORIARTY
Played by ANDREW SCOTT
“MISS ME ??"
Holmes likens Moriarty to a spider at the center of a web and calls him the "Napoleon of crime"
MOLLY HOOPER
Played by LOUISE BREALY
“If there's anything you need - it's fine."
Molly Hooper is a 31-year-old specialist registrar working in the morgue at St Bartholomew's Hospital with an apparent crush on Sherlock.
MARY WATSON
Played by AMANDA ABBINGTON
“Well Watson...Get the Hell on with it"
Mary Watson, née Morstan, is the wife of Dr. Watson. She does receive six pearls from a chaplet of the Agra Treasure.