The Geek Interpreters

[Arcadia]

Especially as that's why Sherlock invited him to his first crime scene in the first place.

 

We may have to be content with what little we get ... a snippet per season. I get the impression they're far more interested in exploring new things than in covering old ground. It was established in the first episode that John's experience as a doctor was a valuable asset, no need to beat that particular horse to death. Or something like that. That scene in TGG is one of my favorites, though, I'm in the "more Dr. John!" camp.

[Carol the Dabbler]

It was established in the first episode that John's experience as a doctor was a valuable asset, no need to beat that particular horse to death. Or something like that. That scene in TGG is one of my favorites, though, I'm in the "more Dr. John!" camp.

 

Seeing as how a number of the murder investigations have involved interpreting the condition of the corpse, it would seem to be a fairly simple matter of giving the medical dialog to John, rather than to Lestrade or Sherlock.  One thing I sure as hell do NOT want to see on this show is the Kirk Syndrome, with Sherlock taking over everything -- telling Mrs. Hudson how to polish the floor, explaining police work to Lestrade, and giving John an education in medicine -- umm, well, not any more than he's already doing, that is!

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One thing I sure as hell do NOT want to see on this show is the Kirk Syndrome, with Sherlock taking over everything -- telling Mrs. Hudson how to polish the floor, explaining police work to Lestrade, and giving John an education in medicine -- umm, well, not any more than he's already doing, that is!

 

Especially since they've done such a good job letting Sherlock be fallible without taking away from his abilities.  Even the humorous idea of having him ask a spray paint artist about techniques and tools in TBB shows that he doesn't know everything in the world, and the conversation about not putting everything in his mind palace (like the solar system) shows that he doesn't always remember things he can easily access elsewhere.  It should be an easy decision for him to keep all the medical information as John's territory, which should free up "hard drive" space for a few hundred more kinds of tobacco ash.

[sfmpco]

But he does keep a certain amount of medical information, especially if it relates to forensic science.  I do think he would be constantly adding to that part of his mind palace to stay on top of his game.

[sittything]

Medical information retained in the mind palace form of Molly Hooper, pathologist extraordinaire.  ;)

[sfmpco]

Yes, Molly helps with that but when he's out in the field looking at a murder scene, he has to know things about maggots, for example, or decay.  

[Arcadia]

CSI Baker Street!

[sfmpco]

Thank goodness they didn't name the series that.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Medical information retained in the mind palace form of Molly Hooper, pathologist extraordinaire.   ;)

 

Yes, Molly helps with that but when he's out in the field looking at a murder scene, he has to know things about maggots, for example, or decay.  

 

One would assume that his Mind-Palace Molly is portable!

[J.P.]

Another question. There are those motives everywhere that start Ceep Calm and... Does anybody know where this comes from? And why there is always a crown with this?

[Carol the Dabbler]

That's an easy one!  It derives from a motto that was posted all over the UK during, I believe, World War II:  "Keep calm and carry on."  This was an official poster, so of course there was a crown (symbol of the British government) on it.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Hmm, according to Wikipedia, I was a bit off as regards the ubiquity of the original posters.  Seems they're far better known now, as a retro theme.

 

[J.P.]

Okay, Thanks! :D

[J.P.]

Another one: there apparently were two kinds of cabs in London. I always seemed to choose the wrong one and was sent to the other cue of waiting cars. And I didn't understand much of the explanation. Someone knows?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Yes there are 2 kinds. The black cabs (like what Sherlock rides in) are the more expensive ones but there is some sort of test or something those cabbies need to do. The other cabs don't have that certification and are less expensive and not necessarily as reliable. (This from what I remember reading a few weeks back so some bits might be off.)

[Carol the Dabbler]

That's the impression I get from this article.  But it seems like those two types would be easy enough to tell apart just by looking.  J.P., are you saying that there were two types of cabs that looked alike, or maybe the same type of cab in two different types of queues?

 

I do recall seeing the plain black cabs and also some similarly-shaped vehicles with advertising all over them, but I don't know how that fits in with any of the above.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

- The bullet shaped building with diamond pattern is called "The Gherkin" because ... uh, because the British have a lovely sense of humor and often give names like that to things.

Just in case no one said this already, a "gherkin" is a small pickled vegetable resembling a cucumber -- in fact, jars labeled "gherkins" (at least in the US) generally contain small pickled cucumbers.  (By the way, "the Gherkin" is the polite name for that building.)

 

We've all seen "The Gherkin" from the outside:

 

 

It's a major part of the view from the late Sir William Shad's office balcony in "Blind Banker," and is also shown briefly in establishing shots from (I believe) other episodes.  But have you ever wondered what it looks like from the inside?  It actually looks a heck of a lot more like the outside than I assumed it would (well, other than the naked Alan Rickman, that is):

 

 

Source

[Arcadia]

I remember the "Rickman-off". How come we never hear anyone trying to do an impersonation of Benedict Cumberbatch?

[besleybean]

He is inimitable!

[sfmpco]

 

- The bullet shaped building with diamond pattern is called "The Gherkin" because ... uh, because the British have a lovely sense of humor and often give names like that to things.

Just in case no one said this already, a "gherkin" is a small pickled vegetable resembling a cucumber -- in fact, jars labeled "gherkins" (at least in the US) generally contain small pickled cucumbers.  (By the way, "the Gherkin" is the polite name for that building.)

 

We've all seen "The Gherkin" from the outside:

 

 

It's a major part of the view from the late Sir William Shad's office balcony in "Blind Banker," and is also shown briefly in establishing shots from (I believe) other episodes.  But have you ever wondered what it looks like from the inside?  It actually looks a heck of a lot more like the outside than I assumed it would (well, other than the naked Alan Rickman, that is):

 

 

 

Source

 

 

The Gherkin is also visible outside of Magnussen's office windows and I'm wondering if they used the same interiors of the tall building for Shad Sanderson and where Magnussen lived.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yes, I believe I did hear that they used Tower 42 for both -- just different angles, so it wouldn't be obvious.

 

But the Gherkin is visible from an astonishing number of places on that side of London.  For one thing, it's visible from the Thames for miles and miles, apparently because it's located inside a bend of the river.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

According to the commentary for "Last Vow," Tower 42 was used for some exterior shots of Magnussen's building as well as some interiors, such as Janine's office.  But one commenter on that page has this to say:
 

AFAIK, they didn't film in Tower 42 at all (but it was used in The Blind Banker, so that'll be why they remembered it). I remember reading somewhere that the downstairs scenes were shot in a building in Cardiff, and Magnussen's flat is in the studio. But once they get into the lift and until Sherlock goes up the stairs to Magnussen's flat, they are on floor 32 of Heron Tower (you can see the floor number as they leave the lift).

The locations are muddled due to how the scene is shot and cut, but Janine's reception area (with a view of the Gherkin) is in the south-facing room beside the lifts, and Magnussen's office is in the "atrium" on the north side. You can see floor plans and building details here: http://www.herontower.com/the-building/schedule-of-areas (the filming took place at the bottom of "Village 11").

 
In any case, all three buildings (Gherkin, 42, and Heron) are very close together, as shown on this map (Regus London is in Tower 42), and they're the tallest buildings in the area, so would be readily visible from one another's upper stories.

[Carol the Dabbler]

The link in that quote doesn't seem to work.  But apparently the Heron Tower is now known as the Salesforce Tower, and this brochure shows the floor plan (in addition to lots of pretty pictures, both inside and out).

 

[J.P.]

Another question: Can someone explain the meaning of Jack the Ripper's book Sherlock found in TEH?

[Arcadia]

"How I Did It" by Jack the Ripper? Something like a diary or journal in which Jack the Ripper chronicled how he killed all those women and got away with it. I think you were supposed to think the skeleton was the Ripper. Planted by Anderson  in hopes of catching Sherlock's attention and luring him back to London.

 

Or did I misunderstand the question? :D