![]() Those gaps are filled via a perfect symbiosis with Freeman’s John (no starchy Dr. Like his progenitor, the new Sherlock also is an obsessive auto-didact with little concern for the common-sense gaps in his knowledge. The enthusiasm of Conan Doyle’s Holmes for gadgetry translates smoothly into nimble-fingered smart-phone app-titude, while the pipe gets swapped out for nicotine patches - multiples when extra concentration is required. He’s arrogant, blunt, asexual and seemingly unencumbered by the banalities of conventional morality or compassion. Rock-star thin and with the beady gaze of a raptor, Cumberbatch comes from the same school as gifted, etiquette-challenged professional problem-solvers like Dr. With his foppish taste in outerwear and scarves, it’s conceivable that Cumberbatch’s Sherlock shares the time-traveling doctor’s stylist, but there’s also a kinship in the eccentricities of two characters on their own frequently impenetrable wavelength. ![]() It’s not hard to spot the hands at work of series creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, both part of the rescue team that helped rehabilitate Doctor Who. That asset is secondary, however, to the pleasures of watching the incisive characterizations and nuanced interplay of Cumberbatch and Freeman take shape. Unlike Warners’ 2009 big-screen version, which revved up a period adventure by placing a heavy foot on the action-movie accelerator, this three-part series (with more episodes to come in 2011) brings a subtle relish to its blending of the two eras. The show deftly straddles the material’s literary essence and the dictates of modern-day entertainment, trading fog and gaslight for a sleek 21st century London that’s equal parts gloss and grit.
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