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Sherlock Holmes And John Watson – A Boy, His Bear And Endless Adventures

The end of House At Pooh Corner, by AA Milne;

He laughed and jumped to his feet. "Come on!"

"Where?" said Pooh.

"Anywhere," said Christopher Robin.

* * *

So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.

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The end of Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson.

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And the end of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem last night.

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Talking to the Radio Times, Mark Gatiss said "Our original intention of the series was to go back to the beginning and see them as younger men and… restore it to its factory settings. But I think what's actually happened is that we have now done the story of how the Sherlock Homes and Doctor Watson that we have always known, how they became those men. It's actually really a backstory. The reason we [ended with] Rathbone Place is that, actually, if we do come back – and we would love to come back – we could absolutely very easily start with a knock at the door and Sherlock saying to John 'Do you want to come out and play?'. They have become the two heroes that we always knew them to be."

With Steven Moffat adding "I suppose it's that Sherlock now finally understands that's he's stronger and smarter than Mycroft in a way. But not because he is actually smarter – he's less smart – but because his emotions, his connections to other human beings, the wisdom he has gained from his connections he has made in the world, make him stronger. He sees that, partly because the extreme of [his sister] Eurus who has no connection to anything, is just pure brain, not understanding anything about what it is to be human. [This] makes him realise everything he has worked towards, everything he has tried to get away from himself and deny about himself, is what makes him the strongest. He isn't as smart as Eurus, he isn't as smart as Mycroft but he is always going to win against them because he is better and stronger. That is him becoming the Sherlock Holmes of Basil Rathbone and [fellow Holmes actor] Jeremy Brett, the one we're used to, the wise old man… who is still terrifying and still cold but has a heart that you never doubt."

And that they considered running "The Beginning" across the screen at the end of last night's episode.

But as our House At Pooh Corner and Calvin And Hobbes images at the top might suggest, Moffat said "If this was the last time – we're not planning it, but it might be, it's possible – we could end it there. We couldn't have ended it on any of the previous series because they always ended up with whopping great cliffhangers." And that a fifth series would see Sherlock and John "solving crimes".


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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