Steven Moffat Almost Wrote Sherlock as a Villain. Here's What Changed His Mind.
2026/06/17
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Steven Moffat Almost Wrote Sherlock as a Villain. Here's What Changed His Mind.
Before Sherlock became the character we know, Steven Moffat spent a significant period wrestling with a much darker version of the concept.
His initial concern was straightforward: a modern Sherlock Holmes, transplanted from Victorian London to contemporary Britain, risked reading as a sociopath rather than a hero.
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