RE: The Doctor's Case

[Houdini]

"Come Watson, the game's afoot!" As you might surmise this is SK's tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his best known creation Sherlock Holmes. However in this story Dr. Watson is the first to solve a lock roomed murder. The plot parallels another famous detective story "Murder On the Orient Express" as written by Agatha Christie and her creation Hercule Poirot. One thing Agatha and Doyle had in common was a distaste for their creations with Doyle killing off Holmes when he wanted to pursue other writing directions and after many years Agatha was finding Poirot "insufferable". Of course there's a danger in trying to bury your creation, can you say "The Dark Half".

You can use Google Maps to zoom into 221B Baker Street in London UK and see the entrance to "The Sherlock Holmes Museum".

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[redman]

Does anyone know if Uncle Steve had to get permission to use the Sherlock Holmes character? Or can anyone use the name?

 

[Dana Jean]

Does anyone know if Uncle Steve had to get permission to use the Sherlock Holmes character? Or can anyone use the name?

I will tag Moderator and maybe she can answer this.

 

[redman]

I will tag Moderator and maybe she can answer this.

Thank you

 

[Kurben]

I don't know but i do know that a lot of authors have written about Holmes. Some good, some terribly bad. I must admit im no admirer of Kings try. It is not good, not bad and i feel a little indefferent about. One of these storys you can both have and lose.

 

[Bev Vincent]

There have been a lot of lawsuits concerning the use of Holmes, but the most recent rulings have upheld the position that Holmes stories published before 1923 are in the public domain and can be used by anyone.