Sherlock How Sherrinford Connects To The Original Holmes Books Plan

Sherlock: How Sherrinford Connects To The Original Holmes Books Plan

Sherlock’s series finale used the name “Sherrinford”, which has a very close connection to the source material. Here are its origins.

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Sherlock How Sherrinford Connects To The Original Holmes Books Plan

Sherlock’s series finale used the name “Sherrinford”, which has an interesting connection to the original plan for the famous detective. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet in 1887 and was so well-received he went on to appear in four novels and 56 short stories, in which he solved a variety of cases and even faked his death once. Sherlock Holmes and company have been adapted to all types of media for over a hundred years, and some of the most recent adaptations have reignited interest in the source material.

One of the most recent adaptations of the Great Detective is the BBC’s TV series Sherlock, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. The series brought Sherlock Holmes (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) to the present day, adapting their characters and stories to the modern world but without losing their essence. Sherlock also addressed the detective’s fake death, after which the quality of the series began to decline, and sadly reached its lowest point in the season finale. Titled “The Final Problem”, it wasn’t the exciting end to the series that fans were expecting, with a messy plot that left a lot of plot holes, but it was also packed with references to the books, including one to Conan Doyle’s original plans for the character.

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“The Final Problem” introduced a third Holmes sibling: Eurus Holmes (Sian Brooke), who spent most of her life locked in a mental institution, where she came up with an elaborate plan to hurt her siblings and those close to them. The episode also took a brief look at a very tragic and traumatic moment in Sherlock’s childhood, as it turned out that the dog named Redbeard was actually his childhood friend Victor Trevor, who Eurus trapped in a well, killing him. Due to her dangerous and evil nature, Mycroft sent Eurus to a Government “Black site” and maximum-security facility called Sherrinford, which isn’t a name exclusive to the series.

According to many sources, Conan Doyle’s surviving notes show that “Sherrinford” was the name he originally planned for the detective, with his last name being “Hope”. Some sources say Conan Doyle ended up changing it to “Sherlock Holmes” after his first wife reportedly told him that “Sherrinford Hope” wasn’t a good name, so she convinced him to change it, while others explain that the stories of “Sherrinford Holmes” (sometimes written as “Sherringford”) were rejected by publishers, so Conan Doyle chose a name that was more pleasing to hear. “Sherrinford” has since been used by various artists to name a third Holmes sibling, and this was first seen in the detective’s fictional biography written by William S. Baring-Gould in 1962 and titled Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. “Sherringford” Holmes also appeared in the Doctor Who novel All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane and the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game adventure The Yorkshire Horrors.

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Sherlock gave a different use to the name “Sherrinford” and made it a fun Easter egg for fans of the books to enjoy. As for Eurus Holmes, she and her arc weren’t well-received neither by critics nor viewers, but at least she stands on her own and is separate from all the Sherrinford Holmes that have been created, though the series still managed to keep a (subtle) link between the name and the mysterious third Holmes sibling.

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