Dr. Watson If you won't, I will for you". Holmes suavely responds: "You may do what you like, Doctor". Therefore, the story is presented as "a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson", and most other stories of the series share this by implication. In the first chapter of "The Sign of Four", Holmes comments on Watson's first effort as a biographer: "I glanced over it. Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism...
Dr. Watson though the "body" is not. The character of Alexandra Eames (as portrayed by Kathryn Erbe) in "" is loosely based on the character of Doctor Watson. The series ran from 2001-2011. In the 2010– BBC television show "Sherlock", Martin Freeman portrays Watson as a discharged military doctor who strikes a complicated yet good friendship with the brilliant but eccentric Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch). As with the original character, Watson served in the British Army in Afghanistan. The adaptation is set in contemporary London. The 2012 CBS show "Elementary" changes the character to a Asian American woman, Dr Joan H. Watson (Lucy