Dr. Watson

Dr. Watson
Background information
Feature films	The Sleeping Cardinal Sherlock Holmes Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Inspiration	Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Character information
Full name	John H. Watson

John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). The last work by Doyle featuring Watson and Holmes is the short story "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (1927), though this is not the last story in the timeline of the series, which is "His Last Bow" (1917).

Watson is Sherlock Holmes' friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and the first person narrator of all but four of these stories. He is described as a typical Victorian-era gentleman, unlike the more eccentric Holmes. He is astute, although he fails to match his friend's deductive skills. Whilst retaining his role as Holmes's friend and confidant, Watson has been adapted in various films, television series, video games, comics and radio programmes.

External Links

• Dr. Watson at Wikipedia

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