Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
Opening titles
Genre	Action/Adventure Crime Science fiction Mystery
Created by	Sandy Ross
Written by	Eleanor Burian-Mohr Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by	Paul Quinn
Starring	Jason Gray-Stanford John Payne Akiko Morison Viv Leacock Jennifer Copping Richard Newman Ian James Corlett William Samples Jo Bates
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani Elizabeth Partyka
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment Les Studios Tex STV Productions
Distributor	DHX Media
Release
Original network	Fox Kids (US) Scottish Television (UK)
Original release	6 May 1999 – 21 July 2001

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is an animated television series, in which Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life in the 22nd century. The series is a co–production by DiC Entertainment and Scottish Television and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Special Class Animated Program.

The concept series was created by Sandy Ross, a Scottish Television executive, who came up with the idea while skiing in Aspen, Colorado in 1996.DiC Entertainment and Scottish Television had previously worked together to create other series and this continued the trend. Some issues were raised about language carrying different connotations between cultures, but alternative action and dialogue were used to overcome this. There is an episode from the cartoon BraveStarr that aired in September 1987 that has similar idea in it.

Set in the 22nd century in New London, Inspector Beth Lestrade of New Scotland Yard is chasing grotesquely deformed French rogue geneticist Martin Fenwick, when she realizes that his companion is none other than the 19th century criminal mastermind, Professor James Moriarty. They go on to discover that this is not the original Moriarty but in fact his clone, created from cells taken from his corpse, which Sherlock Holmes had buried in a Swiss ice cave. Lestrade knows that Holmes survived and actually lived to a ripe old age, and further knows that his corpse is preserved in a glass-walled, honey-filled coffin in the basement of New Scotland Yard. She takes the body from the basement and delivers it to biologist Sir Evan Hargreaves (who looks just like Doyle), who has just invented a process of cellular rejuvenation. The biologist then uses his cellular rejuvenation technique to return life and youth to Holmes's body, so that the detective can combat Moriarty. Holmes also returns to his Baker St rooms, which had been preserved as a museum. Lestrade's compudroid reads the original Watson's journals and assumes his name, face, voice, and mannerisms in order to assist Holmes in both his crime-solving duties and his difficult assimilation to England in the 22nd century.

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