The main difference between Ja ' far in " The Three Apples " and later fictional detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, however, is that Ja ' far has no actual desire to solve the case.

In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, the most famous of all fictional detectives.

* In Bram Stoker's Dracula, several characters make phrenological observations in describing other characters, as does Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

This uses a national IT system developed for major crime enquiries by all UK forces, called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, more commonly referred to by its acronym, HOLMES ( which recognises the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes ).

Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional detective created by author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Meanwhile, the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a spyhunter for Britain in the stories " The Adventure of the Second Stain " ( 1904 ), and " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans " ( 1912 ).

* Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, fictional King of Bohemia in " A Scandal in Bohemia " ( Sherlock Holmes adventure )

* May 4 – Professor James Moriarty, fictional criminal mastermind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short story The Final Problem ( b. unknown )

( Sherlock Holmes seems to be an actual example of a fictional character ; one might think there are many other characters Arthur Conan Doyle might have invented, though he actually invented Holmes.

Characters from other fictional works appear occasionally, notably Sherlock Holmes and some of the boys from Tom Brown's Schooldays.

An earlier proponent of this sort of fiction was William S. Baring-Gould, who wrote a fictional biography of Sherlock Holmes.

So, for instance, many books may be set in conflicting fictional versions of Victorian London, but all the stories of Sherlock Holmes are set in the same Victorian London.

However, the various film series based on Sherlock Holmes follow their own separate continuities, and so do not take place in the same fictional universe.

Professor James Moriarty is the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

In addition to the master criminal Adam Worth, there has been much speculation among astronomers and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that Doyle based his fictional character Moriarty on the American astronomer Simon Newcomb.

* John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, fictional sidekick and biographer of detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories

Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes ' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, and Batman's Robin.

Later in the episode, Sherlock deduces that the two words stand for Liberty, Indiana, which was the site of a fictional secret military project.

Among their collaborations are a series of mysteries featuring Victoire Vernet, fictional wife of one of Napoleon's generals, a series featuring Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft, and a series fictionalizing the espionage experiences of James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

William Stuart Baring-Gould ( 1913 – 1967 ) was a noted Sherlock Holmes scholar, best known as the author of the influential 1962 fictional biography, Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A life of the world's first consulting detective.

* Henry Wood, a fictional character in The Adventure of the Crooked Man, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle

Real tennis is featured in the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, a fictional meeting between Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud.

Unique tile-work in this station, commemorates the fictional Sherlock Holmes's association with Baker Street

* Paul Freeman appeared as Professor Moriarty in the 1988 comedy Without a Clue, revolving around the premise that Holmes is a fictional creation of Watson's, and Watson is the real crime-solving genius ; Moriarty is apparently aware of the deception, with ' Holmes ' clearly terrified at the thought of facing him, although he shows his skills when facing Moriarty in a duel at the film's conclusion.

The Bastard Operator From Hell ( BOFH ), a fictional character created by Simon Travaglia, is a rogue system administrator who takes out his anger on users ( often referred to as lusers ), colleagues, bosses, and anyone else who gets in his way.

Writer Will Murray noted that while Lovecraft often used his fictional pantheon in the stories he ghostwrote for other authors, he reserved Arkham and its environs exclusively for those tales he wrote under his own name.

However, true detective fiction is more often considered in the English-speaking world to have begun in 1841 with the publication of " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " itself, featuring " the first fictional detective, the eccentric and brilliant C. Auguste Dupin ".

In fictional accounts, the Dyson-sphere concept is often interpreted as an artificial hollow sphere of matter around a star.

A point of interest is that it is probably Daniel Jones ( and not as is often thought Henry Sweet ) who provided George Bernard Shaw with the basis for his fictional character Henry Higgins in " Pygmalion ".

Despite this requirement, many of the stories are fictional, often appearing as " original submissions " and presenting no further sources than unverified ( and unreliable ) " eyewitnesses ".

The fictional secret agent is more often a loner, sometimes amoral — an existential hero operating outside the everyday constraints of society.

Fictional languages are intended to be the languages of a fictional world and are often designed with the intent of giving more depth and an appearance of plausibility to the fictional worlds with which they are associated, and to have their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated.

Fictional languages are separated from artistic languages by both purpose and relative completion: a fictional language often has the least amount of grammar and vocabulary possible, and rarely extends beyond the absolutely necessary.

Those opinions and rumors have, over centuries, been transmuted into fictional accounts, put into print, and often incorrectly taught as historical fact.

* Tentacle erotica, the depiction of tentacled creatures and sometimes monsters ( fictional imaginative or otherwise, also includes alien-like creatures ) engaging in sex or rape with girls and, less often, men.

Where the primary world does not exist, detailed maps, geography and history of the fictional world will often be provided.

The jianghu is the milieu, environment, or sub-community, often fictional, in which many Chinese wuxia stories are set.

Many actors in his films are often not given the full script at the beginning of a shoot, but rather they experience the story just as a fictional character might do.

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

Propaganda films may be packaged in numerous ways, but are most often documentary-style productions or fictional screenplays, that are produced to convince the viewer on a specific political point or influence the opinions or behavior of the viewer, often by providing subjective content that may be deliberately misleading.

The character is usually of a certain ( often fictional ) race and class ( such as warrior or magic user ), each with strengths and weaknesses.

Players are often costumed as their characters and use appropriate props, and the venue may be decorated to resemble the fictional setting.

Sometimes they are victims of a fictional pandemic illness causing the dead to reanimate or the living to behave this way, but often no cause is given in the story.

The settings for science fiction are often contrary to known reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements.

* Steampunk is based on the idea of futuristic technology existing in the past, usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England — but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date.

King often uses authors as characters, or includes mention of fictional books in his stories, novellas and novels, such as Paul Sheldon who is the main character in Misery and Jack Torrance in The Shining.

The Enterprise or USS Enterprise ( often referred to as the " Starship Enterprise ") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise.