Sherlock and Arthur Dent

[watervole]

Just watched the second episode of 'Sherlock'.

Was I spotting an Hitchhiker's homage there?

(Martin Freeman played Arthur Dent in the movie) and the scene of Watson struggling with the supermarket checkout was pure Arthur Dent. (And I saw floor number 42 picked out as well)

Comments

[steverogerson.livejournal.com]

I spotted the 42 as well and wondered if it was deliberate.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Well, if they accidentally sent the writer the script for the Hitchhiker film instead of the one for the previous week's episode, that might explain why it appeared to come from a completely different series.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

> Was I spotting an Hitchhiker's homage there?

I seem to see them a lot in Moffat's writing.