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What you have to understand, if you have not read the original stories, is that Mycroft Holmes is a very large, corpulent gentleman - exactly as shown in the 'Sherlock' Christmas special, which I think must have bewildered a great number of viewers, used to Mark Gatiss' usual portrayal of him as a fussy, elegant and normal sized man. When I saw the 'proper' Mycroft, I actually cheered. I believe that Mark Gatiss has based his Mycroft on Christopher Lee's version of the character from the 1970 movie 'The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes' (a wonderful movie), where Mycroft is secretive, more than a little sinister, urbane and witty, and obviously fond of his younger brother, but not showing it.
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I have just watched the first two episodes of the new season of 'The X-Files'. I was uncertain if bringing it back was a good idea, as, even to an ardent fan of the show such as myself, it was, in the later seasons, very obvious that the shark had well and truly been jumped. I did toil along with the ninth season, and when...
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