In This Article, We Will Review The Interesting Points And Facts Of Sherlock, One Of The Best Crime Series Of The Last Decade.

Fans of crime and detective series have certainly heard the name Sherlock Holmes at least once. A very clever detective who, together with his friend Dr Watson, has solved important cases. In the past years and decades, many movies and series have been made based on the character of Sherlock Holmes, and without a doubt, Sherlock can be considered one of the best among them.

By modernizing the old elements of the series related to this character, Mark Gates and Robert Moffat were able to present a beautiful series with a much more interesting story to the fans of crime series, especially the fans of this character.

The presence of prominent actors such as Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman doubled their appeal with their artistic portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The Sherlock series first aired on BBC One in 2010 and ended in four seasons after 13 episodes. The 90-minute episodes of this series make the small number of episodes invisible, and for this reason, each episode can be viewed as a movie.

In this article, we decided to look at the interesting facts and facts of the Sherlock series; Facts you may not be aware of.

1- The birth of this series

As you probably know, many movies and series centred on the character of Sherlock Holmes have been made over the past decades, and the series Sherlock is one of the newest series about this character, which left an interesting story behind its birth. Mark Gates and Steven Moffat, the series’ writers, travelled by train to Cardiff together for years to attend the production of Doctor Who and returned by train from the same city.

According to the two, they spent most of their time on the train talking about ideas and projects they were very interested in. Sherlock Holmes was considered one of the favourite characters of both of them, and they discussed a lot about this character and his cases. One of the ideas they had in mind was to make a modernized version of the character’s stories, and because of their great interest in the character, they both agreed with the idea. Gates and Moffat only talked about this for a few months, abandoning the rest of their ideas.

After discussing the idea with his wife, Steven Moffat invited his wife, Mark Gates, to spend a day together and discuss the idea in detail. Sue, Steven Moffat’s wife, completed many of the two ideas and even wrote an overview of the story for them on paper, which surprised both writers. We can somehow mention Steven Moffat’s wife as the spiritual creator of this series. After that, Moffat and Gates began to make the series in earnest, and the result was nothing but Sherlock.

2- The story of making the experimental part and the duration of each part

When Moffat and Gates seriously started the idea of ​​making a modern series about the character of Sherlock Holmes and took the idea to the BBC, they and the network officials expected a trial version of the series to be made soon so that the final decision can make. The experimental part of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel based on the character of Sherlock Holmes was to be made into a 60-minute part, which was made by Muffat and Gates after many twists and was made available to the BBC.

When the filming of the pilot ended, it was very difficult for the BBC and the writers themselves to watch. The story went very slowly, and you did not see the cinematic elements of today. Of course, the idea of ​​making this story was interesting in itself, but it did not turn out to be a good experimental version. For this reason, the BBC decided to direct the pilot or pilot part of the series once again under the direction of Paul McGuigan, and the result was different from the initial version of Earth to Sky. Although it was never aired, the initial version of the experimental part of this series, according to leaked information, is very different from the final part in terms of story and atmosphere. The original version was later leaked in poor quality, which many fans of the series criticized.

Sherlock: “Oh my God, what’s in your little brain?” “Whatever it is is definitely very boring.”

Although the final version of the trial episode of the Sherlock series was 60 minutes, after re-editing the story and filming it again, its duration increased to 90 minutes. Moffat and Gates initially wanted each episode to have more episodes, and watch each episode eventually take 60 minutes. Still, after the changes, they decided that the best format for the storyline of this series would be 90-minute episodes each episode. It turned this series into a movie exactly in terms of time.

“If we had stuck to the same initial decision and aired the episodes in one-hour episodes, things would probably have gone very differently,” Mark Gates said in a 2014 interview. If the series can make this way, there would probably be many lfewerstory twists in each episode, and the series’ attractiveness would reduce. “Now we can look at each season of the series as a multi-part movie, and I think this format is much more appealing to fans of the series.”

3- The basic actors of the series

This is very natural in the production of all opposing films and series, in which sometimes the actors considered by the creators of a film or series may not be present in that work. We have mentioned this issue in most of the series of interesting facts articles. The creators of the Sherlock series were no exception. However, they only considered Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, and the popular actor eventually took on the role, but the story for Dr Watson was not so simple.

According to the creators of the series, they took acting tests from many prominent actors to find the right actor for the role of John Watson. The interesting thing about this subject is that the name of Matt Smith is also seen among these actors; An actor who was selected as one of the actors in the Doctor Who series one week after the Sherlock series acting test. Finally, after Martin Freeman’s acting test, the creators of the series found the right actor.

Steven Moffat and Mark Gates believed that the atmosphere between Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch was perfect. Most likely, we all completely agree with the two writers of the Sherlock series, and we probably can not visualize these two characters with the role of other actors.

4- The influence of extremist fans on the production process of the series

All the popular movies and TV series and, in general, all the popular works in different mediums of the entertainment world have many fans worldwide. Many extremist fans are willing to do crazy things to see their favourite actor or singer. This issue had a great impact on the production process of the Sherlock series. When the news of the filming of the series was released in real locations in Cardiff, fans greeted it with the hashtag #Setlock #, which caused many problems in making the series. In some of the filming locations of the series, up to 300 fans gathered to watch their favourite actors play their roles.

Martin Freeman described the issue as “unpleasant” and said:

“I love the fans, but some of them are very interested in creating different problems.” This is why Martin Freeman said that one day during the filming, when he took a packet of chips out of his bag to drink, a group of fans attacked Martin Freeman by attacking the barriers and destroying them, creating a very unpleasant scene…

“Every single member of the series and all the actors are literally in love with the fans, and we owe the success of this series to them,” Mark Gates said in 2014. The people who cause these disturbances are undoubtedly not fans of this series.

Due to the presence of these people, it was challenging for us to film long sequences in the open air and real locations. For this reason, we decided to avoid filming outdoors as much as possible because the actors’ focus was not disturbed. “If you are a big fan of this series, you have noticed that the number of sequences produced in the open air in each season is less and less compared to the previous season.”

5- The effect of the series on the sale of Sherlock Holmes books

When a film or series adapted from a book or novel is released, sales of the course for its adaptation increase dramatically, especially noticeable for the Sherlock series. Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes character books, died in the 1930s and almost a century ago, and now the profits from the sale of his books go to his children and their children, and no doubt they owe much to the current sales of this book. They are satisfied.

When Sherlock aired in 2010, Arthur Conan Doyle’s work experienced significant sales; his books focusing on the character of Sherlock Holmes and his other books had a very significant jump in sales.

According to data published by the Nielsen BookScan database, which surveys various books globally, sold 57,000 Arthur Conan Doyle books in 2009. This number increased to 90 in 2010 after the release of the Sherlock series. Reached a thousand numbers. This becomes even more interesting when about 50% of these sales, i.e. 50,000 of the books sold by this author, are related to only one week after the airing of this series.

6- The difference between the version distributed in the United States

When released in another country or continent, many series may undergo minor changes due to the specific laws of the destination country, which is very strange and possibly very funny for Sherlock. The show aired on PBS in the United States, and when it aired the Sherlock series, many fans noticed a lot of changes. The version that aired on the BBC was very different from PBS in the United States.

Sherlock: “Anderson, lower your voice, IQ, yo. You’reking down the street.”

Only the second season of the series in the United States was half an hour shorter than the full version; Yes, you heard right, 30 minutes! ‌ In an interview with The Independent media, one of the producers of this series mentioned that PBS had removed about 10 minutes from each episode of the second season of the series, and the reason for this decision is only for financial gain.

ITobe was able to show more advertising content to its audience during the airing of this series. The network decided not to harm the scheduling of other programs of this network and make more money. For this reason, the second season of this series on PBS is half an hour shorter than the original version!

7- Harrison Ford; Serial propaganda fan

We are all aware of the high quality of the Sherlock series, and critics agree. Among the many fans of this series, it will probably be fascinating to hear the name of Harrison Ford, one of the best actors in the history of cinema. He has spoken many times about his great interest in the TV series, and in 2013 on The Graham Norton Show, in which he co-starred with Benedict Cumberbatch, he called the series “unique” and said that he is the biggest fan of the series…

“Harrison loves Sherlock, and his passion has spread to me, and we love it so much right now that we can’t stop watching it,” said Harrison Ford’s wife, Calista Flahart, in an interview with Radio Times. “We’ve probably watched all parts of it five times over.”

8- What will be the future of the series?

Two of the BBC’s most successful series, Sherlock and Doctor Who, starring Mark Gates and Steven Moffat, have been filmed in Cardiff, and there are many rumours about the two, which may be a crossover in the future. Let’s watch two series. Steven Moffat made it very clear that the probability of this happening is close to zero, and no idea has been put forward about it, and it probably will not be raised in the future.

In seven years, only 13 episodes of the Sherlock series have aired, which is minimal compared to other series. Many TV series will air more than 60 episodes or more, but the creators of the Sherlock series will prefer quality over quantity. However, Steven Moffat said in a 2016 interview: “I feel like this series still has a lot of potentials, and maybe we haven’t fully explored it.

naturally, the production of this series will stop for a while, and for this reason, I think there is a possibility that we will see more episodes of it in the future. “I would like this series to continue slowly but steadily for years.”

What is your opinion, dear and regular companions of site, about the Sherlock series? How do you think the future of this series will be? Will we see a new part of it in the future? Would you please share your opinion with us and other audiences?