Sherlock Spock

By W. R. Miller on March 2, 2014

Is Sherlock Holmes related to Mr. Spock?

Tally up the clues.

1. Sherlock Holmes: “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four (1890), Chapter 6, p. 111

2. Nicholas Meyer wrote the Sherlock Holmes story, The Seven Percent Solution, as a novel published in 1974, and the screenplay for the film version in 1976.

3. Captain Spock: “An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. If we did not fire those torpedoes, another ship did.” Nicholas Meyer, co-writer and director, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, 1991.

4. Spock: “If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Star Trek, 2009. Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and directed by J. J. Abrams.

5. Benedict Cumberbatch begins playing Sherlock Holmes in a contemporary London setting for Sherlock, a TV series co-produced by BBC and PBS, in 2010. A second series commences in 2012 and a third in 2014.

6. Sherlock Holmes to John Watson: “Once you’ve ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true.”

Sherlock, “The Hounds of Baskerville,” May 13, 2012. Written by Mark Gatiss.

7. Watson responds by calling Sherlock “Spock.”

Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 2, “The Hounds of Baskerville,” May 13, 2012. Written by Mark Gatiss.

8. Nicholas Meyer: “I love new Sherlock; it’s nice to know they return the favor!” Interview by Anthony Pascale, “Watch: Sherlock’s Star Trek II Homage + Nick Meyer’s Reaction,” May 24, 2012.

9. Benedict Cumberbatch plays John Harrison/Khan who battles Spock in Star Trek into Darkness, 2013. Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof and directed by J. J. Abrams.

What do you deduce?

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