Your favorite fictional detective(s) (series)

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My favourite is Sherlock Holmes. I spent a lot of time reading Sherlock Holmes stories as a teenager.
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Taggart, the original one played by the late Mark McManus.
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Doctor Who. Only because I have been watching it recently.










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First of all, I must point out that the character's name is "The Doctor", not Doctor Who. Its a common mistake.

However, while I don't normally think of him as a detective, he actually is a really good example. Though his conflicts are often on a larger scale than normal detective work (ie stopping apocalypses). But that's true of Dresden as well, and Batman sometimes too, and they're both mentioned here.
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The Romulan Republic wrote:First of all, I must point out that the character's name is "The Doctor", not Doctor Who. Its a common mistake.
Don't patronize me jack ass. I know what his name is. It's the name of the show. Hence watching IT recently, not watching him recently.












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Not patronizing. Merely politely pointing out what I thought was an error. As it turns out, you are correct, so I retract my previous comment.
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The Romulan Republic wrote:Not patronizing. Merely politely pointing out what I thought was an error. As it turns out, you are correct, so I retract my previous comment.
Geez dude, lighten up.
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Colombo is partially inspired by the detective in crime and punishment
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I enjoy Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe primarily. I have recently gotten into Father Brown recently. It's not overly preachy from what I've seen so far, even though I know this series was Chesterton's witnessing of his new-found faith. When I was a kid, I also watched the Father Dowling Mysteries. They were okay for TV fare, but there was something compelling of Tom Bosley as a priest-detective.
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If you like Holmes, the Cyrus Barker / Llewelyen series are pretty good reads.

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes is also a pretty sweet mystery television miniseries. The premise is a young Arthur Doyle (Watson-like) in medical school paired up with his medical professor Dr. Bell (Holmes-like). It was only four or so episodes but is highly entertaining. A little heavier on the forensics than the classic stories.
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