Murder! 'Orrible Murder!

Murder! Mystery! Intrigue! All the latest news on British detectives - TV, books, etc. Plus, reviews of new and old shows. I cover: Endeavour/Morse/Lewis Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Foyle's War Sherlock Shetland Father Brown Cadfael Inspector Alleyn Broadchurch Agatha Christie's Poirot Vera and many more... Find my full list of detective reviews here: http://www.longish95.blogspot.com/p/the-detectives.html I also run www.http://longishthoughts.tumblr.com

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“I shall ever regard him as the best and wisest man I have ever known.”

-Dr. John Watson

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RIP David Burke.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Surely your mother knows where he is…

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Big mood.

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As a person who is more than a little interested in The Great War, I often wished there was a little more content in the show, regarding our two intrepid heroes and their efforts during that time.  For Jack especially, nothing is really ever seen.  For this reason, I decided to do some photo manipulations, to give us all the wartime photos they likely had taken, as was the custom back the.  

I present Lance Corporal Jack Robinson and Red Cross Nurse Phryne Fisher.  The uniform Jack is wearing is the uniform for an Australian Lance Corporal, his rank according to the show concept document.  And according to the information given about the photo I used for Phryne, that is a French Red Cross nurse.  I tried to make both of them look appropriately young.

I hope the other folks in the MFMM fandom enjoy these.  I had a lot of fun making them, and I’m trying to figure out other kinds of photo sets that could be made for our dashing duo, if anyone has ideas.

The gentleman, whose photo I used for Jack, is Lance Corporal Francis Benjamin Hutton 4516.  Unit: 46th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.  He was killed in action on the Western Front, 16 November 1916.  He was born in Melbourne.  Son of Mrs. Ellen Hutton, of 112, Easy St., Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.  Unfortunately, I could not find the name of the nurse in the photo.  Below are the original photos of them.

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“I shall ever regard him as the best and wisest man I have ever known.”

-Dr. John Watson

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never ending morseverse textposts ∞

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I hope there is an episode of Endeavour where a member of the police force uses a good old police box, it is the 60s after all, and ‘doctor who’ is already on the telly at this point. I want Morse to be brooding in his trench-coat next to the box, and have a little kiddie approach him and harmlessly ask him 'if he’s the doctor.’

And Morse being slightly uninformed about pop culture ask- “Sorry?- Why… Is somebody hurt?”

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Happy to fulfill that mental image!

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Quarantine: Poirot edition

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tag yourself, I’m Miss Lemon

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Part 3 of the Great British Detect Off

 Start at the beginning 

Part 2

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Did this never continue? This is fantastic!

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Jeremy's fan letter

The following is an excerpt from Bending the Willow by David Stuart Davies: One incident that David Burke recounted brought the house down at the Northern Musgraves’ Jeremy Brett Memorial Lunch. it is a tale that reveals not only Brett’s humour and eccentricity, but also his endearing, self-effacing qualities:

“Jeremy said to me on one occasion, “I was feeling so low the other day that I sent myself a fan letter.”

“Are you serious?”

“I’m absolutely serious.”

“What did you write to yourself?”

“Dear Jeremy, I would just like to say what a wonderful actor you are. Your Sherlock Holmes puts every other attempt at the part in the shade. Basil Rathbone is not fit to clean your boots; and Douglas Wilmer and Robert Stephens should beg you to give them lessons. You’re much prettier than all of them, for a start. There is only one word for your performance–magic. Please send me a signed photograph. Yours, Joe Bloggs. P. S. I’ve heard that you’re a really nice person, too.”

”Did you really write that?”

”Yes, I did.”

“Did you send it?”

”Yes. I put a first-class stamp on it. I wanted to get it as soon as possible. It came the next morning.”

“And did you read it?”

”Of course I read it. I read it a dozen times. I felt wonderful afterwards.”

”Well, did you send yourself a signed photograph?”

”David, I may be mad–but I’m not barking mad! In any case, the bugger didn’t send a stamped addressed envelope!”

[katyharrald]

Detective Portraits Some small studies I turned into Detective Portraits, featuring their nearest and dearest possessions. 

Murder Murder Murder

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It may be Star Wars Day for everybody else, but for the British detective fan, May the 4th marks the anniversary of Reichenbach. 124 years today.

My dear Watson, 

I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr. Moriarty, who awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions which lie between us. He has been giving me a sketch of the methods by which he avoided the English police and kept himself informed of our movements. They certainly confirm the very high opinion which I had formed of his abilities. I am pleased to think that I shall be able to free society from any further effects of his presence, though I fear that it is at a cost which will give pain to my friends, and especially, my dear Watson, to you. 

I have already explained to you, however, that my career had in any case reached its crisis, and that no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this. Indeed, if I may make a full confession to you, I was quite convinced that the letter from Meiringen was a hoax, and I allowed you to depart on that errand under the persuasion that some development of this sort would follow. Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict the gang are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope and inscribed “Moriarty.” I made every disposition of my property before leaving England, and handed it to my brother Mycroft. Pray give my greetings to Mrs. Watson, and believe me to be, my dear fellow,

    Very sincerely yours,     Sherlock Holmes

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( From left to right, Granada!Watson, 2009!Watson, BBC!Watson)

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Oh Granada Watson you big softie!! 😆 A 10/10 for Granada Holmes from me…no hang on make that 11/10

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The fandom life is a complicated one. 

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Well, if you want to do things by the book, it’s actually in my custody. So I’ll take the responsibility for it.

Endeavour - PYLON || Inspector Morse - Dead on Time || Inspector Morse - The Remorseful Day

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a friend at the uni said “okay but what if instead of Inspector Morse there was just Endeavour but set in the 80s” after I made them watch s1e1 with me

what I heard was “what if instead of 1960s the Endeavour gang all had the worst 1980s fashion trends going on simultaneously” and I just laughed through drawing this

Morse being the decade-defining style icon he is in Endeavour has great denim-denim-mullet + a horrible moustache going on for him Jakes has the 80s Teddy revival just because I think his style is a bit more 50s in canon + he has some sense of style at least and Jim is like. Trying his best. Business in the front party in the back but not as ratty as Morse.

@jitterbugbear I think especially you’ll like this as well

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I am scarred for life.