The last thing the world needs is another Sherlock Holmes adaptation. This was the thought of Gerard Gilbert when the BBC released their plans to launch the TV series. He believed every crime fighting detective on TV today was in one way or another based on Sherlock Holmes. Therefore, be believed that having another show with the same character is unnecessary and would not be accepted by the public. He could not have been more wrong. This new Sherlock is not Holmes, and Dr. Watson is now John. The writers did an excellent job distinguishing the differences between the Victorian Conan Doyle consulting detective and this modern version we see in Sherlock. For example, he no longer smokes a pipe, instead he wears nicotine patches. Sherlock also