Mr. Sholto, it is my duty to inform you that anything which you may say will be used against you. I arrest you in the queen’s name as being concerned in the death of your brother.” “There, now! Didn’t I tell you!” cried the poor little man, throwing out his hands, and looking from one to the other of us. “Don’t trouble yourself about it, Mr. Sholto,” said Holmes. “I think that I can engage to clear you of the charge.” “Don’t promise too much, Mr. Theorist,—don’t promise too much!” snapped the detective. “You may find it a harder matter than you think.” “Not only will I clear him, Mr. Jones,
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The is the piece of the plot that most resembles that of Star Trek VI. The director, Nicholas Meyer, seems to be a Sherlock Holmes fan. He wrote a 1974 novel, "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscenses of John H. Watson, M.D.", made into a movie directed by Herbert Ross in 1976. Meyer is also a fan of H.G. Wells, whom he made into a real character in his own time travel movie from 1979, "Time After Time," starring Malcolm McDowell.
