Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds of film adaptations - to arrive at their thoroughly modern Sherlock. Moffat and Gatiss explain the challenges they encountered adapting the original adventures of the iconic super-sleuth. Go behind the scenes on the set of the hit television series, including interviews with actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver, who talk about the reinvention of their fictional characters.
A competent and engaging making-of documentary that benefits from articulate, enthusiastic contributors in Moffat, Gatiss, Cumberbatch, and Freeman. The exploration of Holmes's literary and cinematic lineage gives it more depth than a standard EPK featurette, making it genuinely interesting for fans. However, the documentary form is fairly conventional — talking heads, archive clips, set visits — and the cinematography is functional at best. The ending wraps up neatly but without particular insight or surprise, and the whole piece is ultimately of limited value outside the Sherlock fan base.