Marina

So for people who haven't read The Hound of the Baskervilles and are sort of puzzled why we're so enthusiastic about it, we'll give a bit of the plot, but we won't give the end away.

We are going to be incredibly disciplined in this podcast and not talk about the villain too much.

Holmes is unbelievably condescending, isn't he?

Yeah.

So Watson is a bit embarrassed, isn't he?

Because Holmes has made a fool of him.

But that's basically set the tone perfectly.

It's reminded us of the dynamic between them.

Because as we shall discuss, there has been a bit of a hiatus in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

So this is the return of Sherlock Holmes after a long absence.

So that has set the scene very nicely for the arrival of this guy.

this anxious visitor who has come to consult the one man in London, the top consulting detective, not just in Britain, but in the world, who can solve this most serious and extraordinary problem.

And this is, he turns out to be a doctor, and he's from Dartmoor, and he is Dr. Mortimer.

And Dr. Mortimer has come to see Holmes because his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville, has been found dead on the grounds of his estate, Baskerville Hall,

on the sort of fog-wreathed moors of Devon.

And Dr. Mortimer says, you know, in the newspapers, it was reported as just he died of natural causes.

But I think something weird has been going on.

My friend was running away from his house towards the moors, which seems weird.

And on his face was an expression of perfect fear.

And around him, there were these footprints.