“I have to say, brilliant though they all were, the moment Benedict and Martin were in the same room, you just thought, ‘There it is.’ I remember saying, ‘That’s the show right there. That’s the show we got.’” — Steven Moffat [complete interview here]

(via Steven Moffat: The Man Who Revitalized ‘Doctor Who’ And ‘Sherlock’ : NPR)

FYI: My editors in DC are currently fighting over who gets to edit Fresh Air’s Doctor Who/Sherlock/Steven Moffat piece today.

serafinab:

Oh, Watson.

Two things:

1) This is what I currently look like.

2) Steven MoffAt, who co-created Sherlock, is our guest today.

What can explain the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes? Critic John Powers says it’s that Sherlock “embodies an archetypal aspect of the human psyche” — and appeals to the part of us that loves a good mystery.

David Bianculli, on the new adaptation of Sherlock Holmes airing Sunday October 24 on PBS’s Masterpiece: “This new version isn’t just good. It’s terrific, and the changes bringing the characters into modern-day London are inspired. Sherlock no longer injects himself with a seven percent solution of cocaine to get a buzz when he’s bored or baffled. Now he slaps nicotine patches on his arm. (Lots of them.) And this new Sherlock Holmes carries a cell phone — but, like the antisocial misfit that he is, he much prefers to text than to talk.”