He played the faithful Dr. Watson opposite Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes in the famed Granada Television series of the 1980s and ’90s.

The detective's iconic tweeds, robes, and deerstalker hat came from the imaginations of illustrators and filmmakers far more than from Arthur Conan Doyle himself.

In the last episode of Series 2 of Sherlock, we saw the man himself wince after being given a deerstalker hat as a gift. However, as Benedict Cumberbatch films Series 3, it looks like the detective may have changed his mind about the iconic headgear. The actor, 36, was spotted wearing a grey deerstalker as he filmed scenes with co-star Martin Freeman in London on Wednesday. Sherlock, who faked his own death in the finale of Series 2, is seen emerging from a doorway to a crowd of paparazzi - presumably stunned to see the detective is alive. As fans of the show will know, Sherlock wasn't too enamoured with the distinctive hat when he was given one on-screen. In the Series 2 finale of the BBC show The Reichenbach Fall, Sherlock Holmes was presented with a deerstalker by DI Lestrade and his Scotland Yard colleagues as thank you gift for helping solve a case. Among the new castmembers are Martin's real-life partner, Mr Selfridge actress Amanda Abbington. It has been rumoured Amanda will be playing Watson's love interest Mary Morstan, who the doctor goes on to marry. In August, show creator Steven Moffat hinted at the forthcoming series: 'These three words might be a title, it might be a clue. They are Rat. Wedding. Bow.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2307082/Perhaps-Sherlock-likes-Deerstalker-Benedict-Cumberbatch-wears-iconic-Holmes-hat-films-new-series.html#ixzz2QBTTkNXK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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For other uses, see The Hound of the Baskervilles (disambiguation). The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Sherlock Holmes mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the third novel out of four to be written. Holmes and Watson must fight against a seemingly supernatural hound that has been haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Dr James Mortimer calls upon Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in London to ask for advice. He explains that he is a doctor working in a tiny village calle

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It is a mystery even Sherlock Holmes might have had a problem solving: who and what inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of Turner Classic Movies]: Sherlock Holmes uncovers a plot to murder the heir to a country estate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEWS: "This 1939 version of 'HOUND' is, in my opinion, the best film version of a Sherlock Holmes mystery ever done. This is the first of 14 motion pictures teaming the outstanding duo of Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as his bumbling cohort, Dr. John H. Watson (although we see a not-so-bumbling Watson in this film). .... This version of 'Hound'...exudes the perfect eerie and foggy atmosphere that is ideal for a Sherlock picture. .... The supporting cast of characters is good here as well." -- David Von Pein; July 31, 2002 CLICK TO ENLARGE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUDIO/VIDEO: THE COMPLETE FILM: TRAILER: TRAILER FOR THE 1959 FILM: EIGHT SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIE TRAILERS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTO GALLERY: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUY THIS MOVIE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUY ALL 14 MOVIES STARRING BASIL RATHBONE AS SHERLOCK HOLMES: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. It is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. Sir Charles Baskerville, baronet, is found dead on the grounds of his country house, Baskerville Hall. The cause is ascribed to a heart attack. Fearing for the safety of Sir Charles's nephew and the only known heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, coming from Toronto, Canada to claim his inheritance, Dr James Mortimer travels to London and asks Sherlock Holmes for help. Mortimer explains that the Baskerville family is afflicted by a curse. According to an old account, said to have been written in 1742 and describing events which had occurred a century earlier still, during the English Civil War, Hugo Baskerville was infatuated with a farmer's daughter. He kidnapped her and imprisoned her in his bedroom. She escaped and the furious Baskerville offered his soul to the devil if he could recapture her. Aided by friends, he pursued the girl onto the desolate moor. Baskerville and his victim were found dead. She had died from fright, but a giant spectral hound stood guard over Baskerville's body. The hound tore out Baskerville's throat, then vanished into the night.