BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Verner/Werner or Vernet?

**Posted by The Doctor** January 18, 2014 10:36 am

Please, have we got ANY official confirmation on the doctor's name that John identifies as the 'normal GP' for the birdwatcher/librarian?

**Posted by Wholocked** January 18, 2014 11:03 am

Hrm I'm not sure where that is, but if it's the options you've posited, it will probably be Vernet, as that's a name out of canon. Sherlock's grand(mother?) was a French artist named Vernet

**Posted by The Doctor** January 19, 2014 1:30 am

It has been transcribed by Ari as 'Verner" but I wonder if it could be a canon nod.

"My ancestors were country squires... my grandmother... was the sister of Vernet, the French artist" .