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"Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes" The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
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David Pirie (writer)
Original Air Date:
4 January 2000
Tagline:
He taught him the finer points...of murder!
Plot:
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell. full summary | add synopsis
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Sherlock Holmes
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Surgeon
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Gas
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Medical School
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Ian Richardson | ... | Dr. Joseph Bell |
| Sean Wightman | ... | Mortuary Clerk |
 | Robin Laing | ... | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Dolly Wells | ... | Elspeth Scott |
 | Charles Dance | ... | Sir Henry Carlyle |
| Ralph Riach | ... | The Strand Editor |
| Aly Bain | ... | The Fiddler |
| Andrew John Tait | ... | Eustace Stark |
| Alan Sinclair | ... | Medical Lecturer |
 | Alec Newman | ... | Thomas Neill |
| Tamsin Pike | ... | Sophia |
| Joel Strachan | ... | Crawford |
| David Walker | ... | Baxter (as David MacDowell) |
| Sarah Collier | ... | Mary Doyle |
| John Bett | ... | Charles Doyle |
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104 min (2 parts)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Arthur Conan Doyle:
There must be someone who can help.
Dr. Joseph Bell: At the moment there is only us. Our crusade is personal now, Doyle. Here the line is drawn. And if we have to fight the future, so be it - we will. And on, and on unto the next century.
[Bell walks away, and then turns]
Dr. Joseph Bell: Will you come?
Arthur Conan Doyle: [pauses] Aye.
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Dr. Joseph Bell: At the moment there is only us. Our crusade is personal now, Doyle. Here the line is drawn. And if we have to fight the future, so be it - we will. And on, and on unto the next century.
[Bell walks away, and then turns]
Dr. Joseph Bell: Will you come?
Arthur Conan Doyle: [pauses] Aye.
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Followed by "Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes: The Kingdom of Bones" (2001)
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I watched this two part bbc drama and thoroughly enjoyed it. It features on Arthur Conan Doyle's relationship with Dr Joseph Bell (Richardson). Some of the scenes are gruesome. But there is a lot of Holmes background within it. There are 2 main things I will draw your attention to, 1) Doyle gives Richardson his fathers watch to deduce from, this was used by doyle in the Holmes novel "Sign of 4" and 2) in the second part someone gives a girl a box containg a pair of severed ears, this was again used by Doyle in the Holmes short story "The Cardboard Box"