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An East Wind
The east wind, where both Mycroft and Sherlock talk about at the end of this episode is a very interesting reference to the 1942 movie 'The Voice of Terror' starring Basil Rathbone. The east wind is used in this movie to describe the coming Nazi forces.
Holmes' final lines from the movie: "There is an east wind coming, Watson (...) such a wind has never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it is God's wind all the less and a greener, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm is cleared."
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Re: An East Wind
It's actually a quote from the last (Chronologically) AC Doyle story 'His Last Bow' but still refers to the upcoming German War (The Great War in this case).
As for 'The Voice of Terror', I think it's my least favourite Rathbone as Sherlock film, too technological for my appreciation of his Holmes.
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Re: An East Wind
Thank you, interesting to know.
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Re: An East Wind
m0r1arty wrote:
It's actually a quote from the last (Chronologically) AC Doyle story 'His Last Bow' but still refers to the upcoming German War (The Great War in this case).
As for 'The Voice of Terror', I think it's my least favourite Rathbone as Sherlock film, too technological for my appreciation of his Holmes.
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Yeah, indeed, the movie actually quotes 'His Last Bow' here. Shame that I referred to the Rathbone movie first... But then, 'His Last Bow' is probably one of my least favourite stories in the Canon. For the very same reasons why 'The Voice of Terror' is not a great movie. Holmes is a detective, not a spy.
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Re: An East Wind
Yeah, I squealed when they did this reference. Love it.
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Re: An East Wind
I read somewhere else that THE EAST WIND was in reference to Mary Poppins. remember, she came to the banks house when the wind was in the East, and then she left, when the west wind arrived. Also, there's a poem, about the winds....It's an old nursery rhyme.
When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man nor beast;
When the wind is in the north,
The skilful Asher goes not forth;
When the wind is in the south,
It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;
When the wind is in the west,
Then 'tis at the very best.
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Mmm, I think a SH reference is more likely.
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I panicked a little I admit when I heard Sherlock say that..recognising it as a nod from the very end of canon and thinking noooo not the end!
I wonder now if it was perhaps a signal to the end of "strict canon" , as the move into third brother territory and other storylines may indicate.
