“Sherlock” starring Cumberbatch managed to film all the Holmes novels – except one

BBC’s Sherlock is perhaps the most popular adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s duet and the showrunners’ unique approach to storytelling led to skyrocketing ratings and financial success.

The brilliant detective and his partner were placed in the reality of modern London and equipped with advanced technologies in addition to advanced deduction.

Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat haven’t skimped on Easter eggs and references to the author’s original works, adapting all but one.

Unfortunately for fans, the creators bypassed the novel, which could have played a key role in revealing the interaction between Holmes and Moriarty.

So the basis for the first season was ‘A Study in Scarlet’, the second was ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’, the third was ‘The Sign of Four’ and the fourth was a mix of 56 stories by the author. It turns out I’m out of the picture “Valley of Fear”.

The final installment of the series was first published in the Strand Magazine between 1914 and 1915.

The plot concerns an attempt on the life of a certain Mr. Douglas, which Moriarty’s henchman reports in a coded letter to Sherlock. As soon as the code can be solved, the Scotland Yard inspector reports the man’s death.

We’ll go without spoilers, because the book is worth reading, but let’s point out that it would be too late to use it even for a possible fifth season.

The story would have been most appropriate early in the show, when Holmes’s adversary was still alive and playing with his mind.