I loved Heidi as a child!  I haven't dared to read it as an adult.  No doubt it wouldn't live up to the memory. 

I've only ever heard "British Empire" myself. That's a bit weird. 
But that's interesting that Doyle was critiqued in that way. I suppose Mark and Steven's style does come from those stories (though it's never bothered me, personally). 

I didn't meant to imply that I thought it bothered you,  it's OK. But yes, it is ironic. Or maybe it's fitting, since they admire Doyle.

I read that play in a French class a couple of years ago! I recall liking it.
I remember we read some scenes aloud in class and the metre made it difficult sometimes, but it sounded nice.

I'm finally getting around to reading A Study in Scarlet in my illustrated Sherlock Holmes book that's been sitting on my shelf for 3 years. I had not realized that the stuff about the solar system actually came straight from Doyle!

I am reading Good Omens at the moment (I've got just over 100 pages left, so I feel like I'm actually getting close to the end). I have to admit I'm kind of disappointed by it thus far, even though there have been some fun moments. I had entertained the possibility that because the show has such a big Tumblr fandom, that it wouldn't quite live up to the hype, but I still wish I was enjoying it more. It's sort of amusing, but I haven't laughed out loud much at all. I'll see how I feel when I get to the end, but I've found it rather slow and meandering (so many characters!).
I'm a little curious how the story and character were handled in the TV series, and how much may have been changed or updated to our present moment (the way the female characters are described vs male characters, and the use of the r-word in a joke are a couple times when the book feels very dated), but I don't feel in much of a hurry to find out (I don't have Amazon Prime so unless my library gets the DVD or it's available in some other way I likely won't see it anytime soon).

I think so. It's an Amazon series, but I know BBC was involved in some way and was supposed to air it at some point.