BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Richard Brook is Real.

**Posted by Jayie** November 8, 2012 12:36 am

I was watching an awesome TV show called "Firefly" earlier for the first time since watching "The Reichenbach Fall" and I noticed something.

Guys. GUYS.

He's REAL! Richard Brook(s) is freaking real!

Of course, he's not actually Moriarty.

BUT, in this episode he does play a sociopathic villain who says he does what he does for joy of causing pain rather than any need of money. He also goes up against a genius who notices things no one else does, draws her out by kidnapping a doctor she cares about, she offers to make the ultimate sacrifice, to the doctor's horror, but ended up having a contingency plan that allowed her to survive, and he appears to die by the end of the episode but it is left very vague.

Coincidences are amazing things, no? :D

**Posted by SusiGo** November 8, 2012 7:36 am

Now that's really interesting. Was it filmed before or after TRF?

**Posted by Jayie** November 8, 2012 11:31 am

Way before, back in 2003.

**Posted by SusiGo** November 8, 2012 11:33 am

Now that's really strange. Wonder if Moftiss knew the show.

**Posted by Jayie** November 8, 2012 11:40 am

Quite possibly. It was a sort of western sci-fi. It got cancelled in the middle of its first season, but grew enough of a cult following to get a movie made of it. Dunno, seems like the writers for "Dr Who" would watch that sort of thing. It'd be awesome if they did. :D

**Posted by Harriet** November 8, 2012 11:47 am

How about that! So amazing you discovered this...

**Posted by Jayie** November 9, 2012 3:25 pm

I know right? I've seen this episode I don't know how many times, it's my favorite in the series, never realizing that Richard Brook(s) was playing the villain. I looked at his IMDB page and it doesn't look like he ever played a character called the Storyteller though. Oh well, the fact that an actor named Richard Brooks who played a sociopathic villain exists is too awesome to say.

**Posted by Davina** November 9, 2012 8:42 pm

The play on words is with Reichen (Rich in English) and Bach (Brook in English) however. There is a coincidence that an actor with the name Richard Brooks played a psychopath however it is just that, a coincidence.

**Posted by Jayie** November 9, 2012 8:48 pm

Davina wrote:
There is a coincidence that an actor with the name Richard Brooks played a psychopath however it is just that, a coincidence.

Oh I know, but it is quite the awesome coincidence.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** November 23, 2012 9:34 pm

That's SOOOOO cool. I really want to watch that show now. What episode was it btw?