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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

This is the film Mark Gatiss says he and Stephen Moffat used as “a template” when they created the BBC adaptation.

“The relationship between Sherlock and Watson is treated beautifully; Sherlock effectively falls in love with him in the film, but it’s so desperately unspoken. There’s an amazing scene where, to get out of a situation where a Russian ballerina wants Sherlock to father her child, he claims Watson and he are gay.”

Read the full script here