Mycroft Holmes

...death of his uncle, Patrick. Upon taking up residence, he discovers several short stories featuring Mycroft Holmes, which lead him to investigate the relationship between his father, mother and uncle. The novel was named the winner of the...

In this article: The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes, Somerset Maugham Award, and Marcel Theroux

...Mrs. Hudson and Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard. Also appearing in several episodes was Charles Gray as Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes (having played the same character in the 1976 film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), while...

In this article: Sherlock Holmes, ITV, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, BBC Two, and DVD

...to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one that had the approval of the Doyle estate. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to Scotland by Mycroft Holmes to investigate a case of double murder. Architect Sir Alistair Sinclair and his...

In this article: Arthur Conan Doyle, Queen Victoria, The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr, Holyroodhouse, and Royal Palace

...Bruce-Partington Plans", the following description is given: Mycroft spends most of his time at the Diogenes Club, which he co-founded. Mycroft Holmes has been portrayed many times in film, television, and radio adaptations of the Holmes...

In this article: Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter, Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot, Oscar Wilde, Diogenes Club, and The Bruce-Partington Plans

...after Diogenes the Cynic (although this is never expanded upon in the original stories) and was co-founded by Sherlock's indolent older brother, Mycroft Holmes. The club is described by Sherlock Holmes in the stories thus: It is described...

In this article: The Diogenes Club, Kim Newman, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Jeperson, The Bloody Red Baron, and Anno Dracula series

...both Moriarty (McKern) and blackmailer De Luise. The film's title and premise are a joke referring to the little-known character of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes' older brother, who was by both of their estimates a good deal smarter...

In this article: Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, Leo McKern, Madeline Kahn, and The Adventure of the Empty House

In Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), the character Mycroft Holmes is a self-aware computer system entrusted with running the life-support systems, communications, payroll and many other things, in a penal colony...

In this article: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein, Mark IV, Sherlock Holmes, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

...continues to operate in an effort to ward off supernatural and real world enemies. Working for British intelligence under the auspices of Mycroft Holmes, the current League of Extraordinary Gentlemen includes Allan Quatermain ("King Solomon's...

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Sherrinford Holmes is a hypothetical elder brother of Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft Holmes. His name is taken from early notes as one of those considered by Arthur Conan Doyle for his detective hero before settling on "Sherlock Holmes". He...

In this article: Sherlock Holmes, All-Consuming Fire, William S. Baring-Gould, and Arthur Conan Doyle

...web browsers. The open source project is hosted on Mozdev.org and has been in existence since 2000. The project is named after Mycroft Holmes, the fictional older, smarter, and less ambitious brother of Sherlock Holmes, as a reference to...

In this article: Mycroft project, Sherlock Holmes, Mozdev.org, Mozilla, Apple Computer, and Wikipedia