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But it was just stated he was faking illness. Watson's limp was psychosematic, but it was still fake, not real.

wrong way

back it up to sole survivor and take the other turning

lol, ok, did they both get medals? for valour or something else...

Right.... so... a who, rather than a what?

Flashman didn't meet Sherlock Holmes, did he? I remember him 'meeting' historical characters, but I don't know if he met any fictional ones, other than those in TB's School days.

flashman did have an encounter with sherlock holmes, but that is not the connection here

any body????

Didn't Chesney's film also feature Roger Dalentry playing his dad?

Are these ruminations on Mr Hawkes in any way relevant, Taff, or am I barking up the wrong tree?


Geggs

Daltry

wrong tree

go back to sole survivor

Were Watson and Flashman in the same unit, or something, so their stories can't both be right?


Geggs

so close,

not unit

they were both fictional

i need factual

I re-read bits of A Study In Scarlet the other day, to see how it matched up with the new Sherlock thing. Watson was injured (in the book) in the battle of Maiwand, but nothing about being a sole survivor. Does the Flashman book have Flashman as the sole survivor of Maiwand, when in fact there were lots of survivors?

flashman was a fictional sole survivor of some thing!

who was the real one

how does he connect to john watson

Flashman claimed to be the sole survivor of the First Anglo-Afghan War.

I think that whole premise was based on the real survivor Dr John Brydon - there's a famous painting depicting him.

got it

and the connection to watson???

They are both Dr's...??

Y E S !

and???

leap of faith!

Is he the doctor that Conan Doyle based Holmes on?

Holmes isn't a Dr, is he?

why did I say Holmes? Meant Watson.