I think John's counsellor is also played very well.

And Soo Lin Yao in the blind banker 

Andrew Havill who plays the royal equerry in Scandal in Belgravia is really good. Totally believable. Love the comment to Mycroft when Mycroft apologises for his little brother's behaviour 'full time occupation, I imagine!'

Sebastian in Blind Banker. I like the bit where he makes fun of Sherlock's techniques.

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What about Dimmock from Blind Banker?

Lol, you have good critical faculties! I'm terrible at things like that...everyone always says I'd make an awful film reviewer because I can never criticise anything. I kind of know what you mean but it's never stuck out to me before - maybe it will now you've mentioned it!

I'd love to have a minor part in Sherlock! Did professional acting as a kid till I was about 18, packed in when I went to Uni.

The part of Kitty was always going to be an insipid twit and playing insipid people is not easy. But really she may as well have been reading her lines, they were so 'static' to me. Obviously Moftiss loved it so who am I to say? I just wasn't convinced.

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

Lol, you have good critical faculties! I'm terrible at things like that...everyone always says I'd make an awful film reviewer because I can never criticise anything. I kind of know what you mean but it's never stuck out to me before - maybe it will now you've mentioned it!

I'd love to have a minor part in Sherlock! Did professional acting as a kid till I was about 18, packed in when I went to Uni.

I'm always accused of being very analytical and very fanatical once I get my interest spiked in something.
I think it comes from several things, For 20 years I was in a job where it was my duty to 'criticise' or pull apart every action and decide 'what was that for/did it work' stuff like that. So I am now a natural critic of everything really.
The other thing is my location, oddly enough!
Here in Australia, through bad promotion from the TV network, Sherlock isn't a massive hit. It's popularity is more within the ranks of the late 20's & upwards. There's no teenage/early 20's fanbase really & that is where popularity gets its biggest push media wise. So there's a bunch of married couples & older people discussing this show; a very mature audience. So to get info on teh show (and to watch it asap) we have to study the internet and see what's happening. Doing that, you read a LOT of b;logs, ideas, reviews. And then we have whopping great discussions when we get together, deep stuff exploring the souls of every character etc. So we quickly weed out the 'hysteria' stuff, the incessant fanfic stuff and look for the facts only.
It's very much like that for Dr Who fans here but they have the luxury of a few decades to have built up their cult following numbers! (And as I have said before, I have no interest in Dr Who)

So when we see all this 'believe in Sherlock' stuff being plastered around countries miles from here, we get a little sad that something like that will never be the rage down here.

kazza474 wrote:

I forgot to add, ever be afraid of saying what you think about something. No-one can be right or wrong, as opinions are not owned by everyone else, only you. And you can always change your opinion, because you own it.

Hey. I posted that I didn't like Russell Tovey, never knew of him before so I have only his HOUND act to go by. I don't think there was 'enough' of his character to make any "Wow he's great" conclusion.

Kazza--Russell Tovey  played midshipman Alonso Frame in  a Doctor who xmas special called "Voyage of the Damned"  2007 with David Tennant's 10th dr.  He was AMZING  in that one.

Well I am not into Dr Who or Vampires & things so can't see me getting excited by his acting anytime soon, lol.