For example, in two episodes of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ (‘Elementary, Dear Data’ and ‘Ship in a Bottle’) a “holodeck” programming error inadvertently results in Professor Moriarty (Daniel Davis) being made into a sentient being who takes control of the starship Enterprise. Yet Alan Barnes’s book, ‘Sherlock Holmes on Screen’, changes that perception by chronicling every time the character has appeared in a movie or TV show – not only as the main attraction, but even as a secondary character or as a plot device. ![]() ![]() At least, not to the same degree as horror idols Dracula or Frankenstein’s Monster – or monsters and vampires in general, for that matter. In fact, it’s rather elementary, as the big-screen Holmes would say.ĭespite being a household name and easily one of the most recognizable characters of literature, the astute logician is not commonly thought to have enjoyed a prestigious cinematic history, or viewed as a familiar icon of the silver screen. To my amazement, such a book is actually quite entertaining and wonderfully informative. Perhaps even less appealing is an encyclopedia-like collection detailing each time the world’s most famous detective has ever made an appearance on television or in a motion picture. At first, the thought of reading a large book concerning Sherlock Holmes may not seem all that appealing – unless you’re a big fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery books, of course.
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