Hi there

If you look through the forum index you will see that while this board is called the BBC Sherlock Fan Forum, there is room to discuss the original works of Arthur Conan Doyle, and also to discuss other adaptations including the Jeremy Brett series (here) , so welcome!

I haven't read the original stories (well, I'm most of the way through A Study In Scarlet but haven't finished it yet), or seen any other adaptions except for the Robert Downey Jr. films, so I'm probably not the best person to answer about references, but I can tell you that the BBC Sherlock writers are big fans of the originals and say that their show follows the canon closely. The first episode is titled A Study in Pink, and it is definitely a version of A Study in Scarlet, there are clear references that even I, a newbie, have spotted. I don't know about The Valley of Fear, I'm sorry.

I hope you get a chance to watch the BBC series so you can judge for yourself, but I think it is great, and it has inspired me to read more of ACD work.

We do have a thread on Jeremy Brett in the Other Adaptations section, but you can open another if you want to ask something really specific. I love the Granada serious, it's genius.

Ok....