Sherlockian News and Notes – November 2026

Being a collection of Sherlock Holmes-related news bits I’ve seen recently. The comic series Holmes: Undead will be crowdfunding issue #3 next month (December 2026), with a new regular artist announced. Mato Aranda replaces Virgilio Calcagno. It’s also the first time I’ve seen it mentioned that the first storyline is six issues long. Sir Sherlock, the audio/book series starring Tom Baker (Doctor Who) as Holmes and John Leeson (voice of K-9, among many other roles) as Watson, is crowdfunding its fourth installment, The Doctor’s Son. If you’re interested, back now, there are only three days left. The stunt casting here involves Nicholas Rowe, who’s been voicing Sherlock-wannabe Norton in the series, joined by Alan Cox as Watson’s long-lost son. Rowe and Cox were, of course, Holmes and Watson in the movie Young Sherlock Holmes. It remains to be seen whether and how Sir Sherlock will continue; the producers announced plans for a fifth installment, a Christmas special, but Leeson passed away at the beginning of the month. Sherlock will be airing as a marathon on the free PBS Drama channel on Prime Video on November 14. (Apparently it’s now called Masterpiece: Sherlock.) They’re also air...