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'''Sherlock Holmes''' was a male [[human]] detective of [[19th century]] [[England]]. His adventures were written by [[John Watson]] and edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].
'''Sherlock Holmes''' was a male [[human]] detective from [[19th century]] [[England]]. Somewhat fictionalised accounts of his adventures were written by [[John Watson]] and edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|fictional character]] created by Conan Doyle.


In [[1887]], Holmes and Watson assisted [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] in battling [[Azathoth]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'')
In [[1887]], Holmes and Watson assisted [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] in battling [[Azathoth]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'')


Later that year, they traveled to [[2010]] to attend the wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
Later that year, they travelled to [[2010]] to attend the wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')


==Holme's Family==
==Holmes' Family==
*[[Siger Holmes]]
*[[Siger Holmes]]
*[[Sherringford Holmes]]
*[[Sherringford Holmes]]
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==Fictional / Meta-Fictional Status==
==Fictional / Meta-Fictional Status==
On both occasions of their meeting (and various side references to said meetings) it is suggested that '''Sherlock Holmes''' and [[John Watson]] are not in fact their names.  
On both occasions of their meeting the Doctor and his associates (and during the various references to said meetings) it is suggested that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are not in fact their real names, simply the pseudonyms used in the 'stories'.  
In fact, the accounts of their encounters with [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] are only accounted by Bernice herself and Jon Watson, both of whom write diaries of said events. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
 
Information regarding their encounters with [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] is only provided in subjective form by Bernice herself and Watson, both of whom write diaries of said events. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Happy Endings]]'')


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Revision as of 14:12, 17 May 2007

Sherlock Holmes was a male human detective from 19th century England. Somewhat fictionalised accounts of his adventures were written by John Watson and edited by Arthur Conan Doyle, in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a fictional character created by Conan Doyle.

In 1887, Holmes and Watson assisted the Doctor in battling Azathoth. (NA: All-Consuming Fire)

Later that year, they travelled to 2010 to attend the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane. (NA: Happy Endings)

Holmes' Family

Fictional / Meta-Fictional Status

On both occasions of their meeting the Doctor and his associates (and during the various references to said meetings) it is suggested that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are not in fact their real names, simply the pseudonyms used in the 'stories'.

Information regarding their encounters with Bernice Summerfield and Ace is only provided in subjective form by Bernice herself and Watson, both of whom write diaries of said events. (NA: All-Consuming Fire, Happy Endings)

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