Resonance

There are currently two popular Sherlock Holmes TV shows: Elementary and Sherlock. Elementary is set in NYC (though with a British actor as Holmes) and—what drew me to watch it in the first place—Lucy Liu as Watson.

While I was watching an episode set in London, and Mycroft and Holmes were arguing over the Baker Street flat, I thought, in this world, are there tourists searching Baker Street for Sherlock Holmes’ apartment? In other words, did Arthur Conan Doyle even exist?

Then I thought, why d...