Anglo-Canadian, to be precise.

Good spot; forgot that one!

How great is John in the opening scene in the crackhouse?
‘What’s that?’
‘A tire lever.’
‘Why?’
‘Cause there are loads of smackheads in there, and one of them might need help with a tire.’

Canonical references

Insane fan theory: In the original stories, there are references to three distinct Moriarty brothers, all of whom have the given name James (both things are almost certainly carelessness on the part of Conan Doyle). Also in the canon, Professor James Moriarty was a mathematical genius who wrote a book called The…

I think this episode might have been Penelope Wilton's audition for the remake of Murder, She Wrote.

Don't know how effective this was as an ad, because for the life of me I can never remember what company was being advertised; I just remember it as the 'herding cats' ad, which is hilarious, especially when you contrast the gruff, weather-beaten cowboys (catboys? that just sounds wrong) with their fluffy charges.…

Which doesn't sound threatening until you learn that the hedgehog's name is Spiny Norman.

'You're my wife now, Dave.'

There'll only be seventeen of us commenting, but it'd be cosy.

I was chatting with a friend yesterday and say I really do need to watch LoG again; it's been way too long. That bit in series one with the guy (played by Gatiss) leading the tour of Stumphole Cavern is brilliantly squirmy-creepy, and Gatiss's deadpan, monotone delivery is wonderful.

I understand they're co-creators of the show, but Gatiss is the showrunner (with input from Moffat and Sue Vertue, although how much I don't know). But with Moffat showrunning Doctor Who, I'd guess his actual hands-on work with Sherlock is minimal; he was quoted as saying he hands in his script and that's it. One…

Fun fact: since Conan Doyle's story about the Mary Celeste was published anonymously, there was a good deal of speculation over who wrote it; Robert Louis Stevenson was a popular choice, which pleased and flattered ACD a good deal.

The disappearance of the Waratah off the coast of South Africa is an even cooler nautical mystery.

I have a feeling that how you react to tonight’s episode is very much going to depend on what you think of the Ben Kinglsey/Michael Caine film Without a Clue. If you laugh like drains during the film, and think it’s a wonderful and affectionate tribute to some great characters, you’ll be fine. If, on the other hand,…

but with Steven Moffat, showrunner and public face of the show

Watch Sherlock tonight, and then start reading a review of the episode and take a drink every time the reviewer mentions 'fan service'. You'll be under the table in no time.

I'm guessing you've seen the Beeb's TV version of 'Lost Hearts' from the early 1970s? Very creepy (although I prefer their adaptation of 'A Warning to the Curious'; then again, that might be because it's my favourite James story).

'The Monkey's Paw' is such a great, great story; there's a reason it keeps turning up in anthologies of great ghost and horror stories (along with 'Thurnley Abbey', of similar vintage, and the earlier 'The Signalman', and 'The Haunted and the Haunters' by Bulwer-Lytton of 'dark and stormy night' infamy. I had to keep…

It's a shame that Teller never got a chance to play silent film comedian Harry Langdon. I saw some clips of Langdon, courtesy of the TV series Hollywood, recently, and everything about Langdon - the way he moved, reacted, the expressions on his face - made me think of Teller. There's a pretty striking resemblance, too: