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[IMG] Home Discussion Topics Dictionary Almanac Signup Login IFrame Professor Moriarty Professor Moriarty * Topic Home * Discussion Discussion Ask a question about 'Professor Moriarty' Start a new discussion about 'Professor Moriarty' Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum Encyclopedia Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character Fictional character A character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharakter through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its... and the archenemy Archenemy An archenemy, archfoe, archvillain or archnemesis is the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction, often described as the hero's worst enemy... of the detective Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... in the fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL was a British physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger... . Widely considered to be the first true example of a supervillain Supervillain A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various mediums.They are often used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes... , Moriarty is a criminal mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Napoleon I, and previously Napoleone di Buonaparte, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century.Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence... of Crime" and he is also the primary antagonist Antagonist An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or an institution, who represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend... of the entire franchise Canon of Sherlock Holmes Traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the fifty-six short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this context, the term "canon" is an attempt to distinguish between Doyle's original works and subsequent works by other authors using the same... . Doyle lifted the phrase from a real Scotland Yard Scotland Yard New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the City district, which is covered by the City of London Police.... inspector who was referring to Adam Worth Adam Worth Adam Worth was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes'... , a real life model for Moriarty. Appearance in Doyle's fiction Professor Moriarty's first appearance and his ultimate end occurred in Doyle's story "The Final Problem" The Adventure of the Final Problem "The Final Problem" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes... , in which Holmes, on the verge of delivering a fatal blow to Moriarty's criminal ring, is forced to flee to the Continent to escape Moriarty's retribution. Moriarty follows, and the two apparently fall to their deaths while locked in mortal combat atop the Reichenbach Falls Reichenbach Falls The Reichenbach Falls are a series of waterfalls of river Aar near Meiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m . At 90 m , the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps... . During this story, Moriarty is something of a Mafia Mafia The Mafia is a Sicilian criminal society which is believed to have emerged in late 19th century Sicily, and the first such society to be referred to as a mafia . It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct... Godfather; he protects nearly all of the criminals of England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... in exchange for their obedience and a share in their profits Profit (economics) In economics, economic profit is the difference between a company's total revenue and its opportunity costs. It is the increase in wealth that an investor has from making an investment, taking into consideration all costs associated with that investment including the opportunity cost of... . Holmes, by his own account, was originally led to Moriarty by the suggestion that many of the crimes he perceived were not the spontaneous work of random criminals, but the machinations of a vast and subtle criminal ring. Moriarty plays a direct role in only one other of Doyle's Holmes stories: The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915... , which was set before "The Final Problem," but published afterwards. In The Valley of Fear, Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty's agents from committing a murder. Moriarty does not meet Holmes, but sends him a note of commiseration at the end. In an episode where Moriarty is interviewed by a policeman, a painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a French painter.-Early life:He was born at Tournus, Saone-et-Loire. He is generally said to have formed his own talent; this is, however, true only in the most limited sense, for at an early age his inclinations, though thwarted by his father, were encouraged by a... is described as hanging on the wall; Holmes remarks on another work by same painter to show it could not have been purchased on a professor's salary. The work referred to is La jeune fille `a l'agneau; some commentators have described this as a pun by Doyle upon the name of Thomas Agnew of the gallery Thomas Agnew and Sons, who had a famous painting stolen by Adam Worth Adam Worth Adam Worth was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes'... , but was unable to prove the fact. Holmes mentions Moriarty reminiscently in five other stories: "The Empty House The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes... " (the immediate sequel to "The Final Problem"), "The Norwood Builder," The Adventure of the Norwood Builder The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the second tale from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in 1903 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget... "The Missing Three-Quarter," The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1904 with illustrations by... "The Illustrious Client," The Adventure of the Illustrious Client "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.-Plot summary:... , and "His Last Bow." His Last Bow (story) "His Last Bow", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. Unlike most other Holmes stories which are written from the point of view of Dr... More obliquely, a 1908 mystery by Doyle, The Lost Special The Lost Special "The Lost Special" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1898. It is implied to be a Sherlock Holmes story, though his name is not used.-Synopsis:This story concerns the baffling disappearance of a special train on its journey to London... , features a criminal genius Genius A genius is a person, a body of work, or a singular achievement of surpassing excellence. More than just originality, creativity, or intelligence, genius is associated with achievement of insight which has transformational power. A work of genius fundamentally alters the expectations of its... who could be Moriarty and a detective who could be Holmes, although neither is mentioned by name. Although Moriarty appeared in only one of the 60 Sherlock Holmes tales by Conan Doyle, Holmes' attitude to him has gained him the popular impression of being Holmes' arch-nemesis -- as "The Final Problem" clearly states, Holmes spent months in a private war against Moriarty's criminal operations-and he has been frequently used in later stories by other authors, parodies, and in other media. In the Doyle stories, narrated by Holmes' assistant Dr. Watson, Watson never meets Moriarty (only getting distant glimpses of him in "The Final Problem"), and relies upon Holmes to relate accounts of the detective's battle with the criminal. Doyle himself is inconsistent on Watson's familiarity with Moriarty. In "The Final Problem", Watson tells Holmes he has never heard of Moriarty, while in The Valley of Fear, set earlier on, Watson already knows of him as "the famous scientific criminal." Moriarty's weapon of choice is the "air-rifle", a unique weapon constructed for the Professor by a blind Blindness Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness... German mechanic, von Herder, and used by his employee Colonel Sebastian Moran. It closely resembled a cane, allowing for easy concealment, was capable of firing revolver bullets and made very little noise when fired, making it ideal for sniping; the weapon became infamous for being Moriarty's favorite tool. Moriarty also has a marked preference for organising "accidents". His attempts to kill Holmes include falling masonry and a speeding horse drawn van. He is also responsible for stage managing the death of Birdy Edwards. Holmes described Moriarty as follows: The "smaller university" involved has been claimed to be one of the colleges that later comprised the University of Leeds University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire and, with over 33,000 full-time students, is the second largest single site university in the United Kingdom. In the world university league tables published in November 2008, the university's `employer... . However, in Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, the "smaller university" is said to be Durham Durham University Durham University is a university in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837... . Holmes also states Moriarty wrote The Dynamics of An Asteroid The Dynamics of an Asteroid The Dynamics of An Asteroid is a fictional book by Professor James Moriarty, the implacable foe of Sherlock Holmes. The book is described by author Arthur Conan Doyle in "The Valley of Fear" when Sherlock Holmes, speaking of Professor Moriarty, statesWith this class of talent, Professor Moriarty... , describing it as "a book which ascends to such rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific press capable of criticising it." Doyle's original motive in creating Moriarty was evidently his intention to kill Holmes off. "The Final Problem" was intended to be exactly what its title says; Doyle sought to sweeten the pill by letting Holmes go in a blaze of glory, having rid the world of a criminal so powerful and dangerous any further task would be trivial in comparison (as Holmes says in the story itself). Moriarty only appeared in one book because, quite simply, having him constantly escape would discredit Holmes, and would be less satisfying. The Valley of Fear changes this. Eventually, public pressure forced Doyle to bring Holmes back. A point of interest is that the "high, domed forehead Forehead In human anatomy, the forehead is the fore part of the head. It is, formally, an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. The top of the forehead is marked by the hairline, the edge of the area where hair on the scalp grows. The bottom of the forehead is... " was seen as the sign Sign A sign is an entity which signifies another entity. A natural sign is an entity which bears a causal relation to the signified entity, as thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence... of a prodigious intellect during Conan Doyle's time. In giving Moriarty this trait, which had already appeared in both Sherlock Holmes and the detective's brother Mycroft Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.- Profile :... , Doyle may have intended to portray Moriarty as a man having an intellect equal or greater than that of Holmes, and thus the only man capable of defeating him. Moriaty died when he fell off the Reichenbach Falls Reichenbach Falls The Reichenbach Falls are a series of waterfalls of river Aar near Meiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m . At 90 m , the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps... and Sherlock only faked his death to protect Watson from being pursued. Simon Newcomb and other real world role models In addition to the master criminal Adam Worth Adam Worth Adam Worth was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes'... , there has been much speculation among astronomers Astronomy Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere... and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that Doyle based his fictional character Moriarty on the American astronomer Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.-Early life:Simon Newcomb was born in the town of... . Newcomb was revered as a multi-talented genius, with a special mastery of mathematics, and he had become internationally famous in the years before Doyle began writing his stories. More pointedly, Newcomb had earned a reputation for spite and malice, apparently seeking to destroy the careers and reputations of rival scientists. Professor Moriarty's reputed feats might also have been inspired by the accomplishments of real world mathematicians. If the names of the academic papers are reversed, they describe real mathematical events. Carl Friedrich Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics... wrote a famous paper on the dynamics of an asteroid in his early 20s, which certainly had a European vogue, and was appointed to a chair partly on the strength of this result. Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued... wrote about generalizations of the binomial theorem, and earned a reputation as a genius by writing articles that confounded the best extant mathematicians. Gauss's story was well known in Doyle's time, and Ramanujan's story unfolded at Cambridge from early 1913 to mid 1914; The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915... , which contains the comment about maths so abstruse that no-one could criticise it, was published in September 1914. Des MacHale Des MacHale Desmond "Des" MacHale is a full-time Legend/associate professor of Mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is a prolific author on various subjects, most notably humour... , in his George Boole : his life and work (1985, Boole Press) suggests George Boole George Boole George Boole was anEnglish mathematician and philosopher.As the inventor of Boolean logic, which is the basis of modern digital computer logic, Boole is regarded in hindsight as one of the founders of the field of computer science. Boole said,..... may have been a model for Moriarty. The model which Conan Doyle himself mentions (through Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... ) in The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915... is the London arch-criminal of the 18th century, Jonathan Wild Jonathan Wild Jonathan Wild was perhaps the most famous criminal of London - and possibly Great Britain - during the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists made of them... . He mentions this when seeking to compare Moriarty to a real-world character that Inspector Alec MacDonald might know, but it is in vain as MacDonald is not so well read as Holmes. It is averred the surviving Jesuit priests at Stonyhurst instantly recognized the physical description of Moriarty as that of the Reverend Thomas Kay, S.J., Prefect of Discipline, under whose aegis Doyle came as a wayward pupil. According to this hypothesis, Doyle as a private joke has Inspector MacDonald describe Moriarity: "He'd have made a grand meenister with his thin face and grey hair and his solemn-like way of talking." Finally, Conan Doyle is known to have used his former school, Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building.... , as inspiration for details of the Holmes series; among his contemporaries at the school were two boys named Moriarty. Moriarty's family The stories give a number of indications about the Professor's family, some seemingly contradictory. In The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915... , Holmes says of him: "He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master Station master The station master was the person in charge of railway stations, in the United Kingdom and some other countries, before the modern age. He would manage the other station employees and would have responsibility for safety and the efficient running of the station.Invariably, he would be provided... in the west of England." In '"The Final Problem", Watson refers to "the recent letters in which Colonel James Moriarty defends the memory of his brother." In neither story are we told the Professor's own first name; it is only in "The Adventure of the Empty House" The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes... Holmes refers to Professor James Moriarty. The question of how many Moriarty brothers this makes, and which of them is called James, has provided much amusement for Sherlock Holmes fans in the years since the stories were first published. Film Moriarty is the only character in the Sherlock Holmes films to have been killed off three times in the same series. All three deaths occurred in the Basil Rathbone Basil Rathbone Basil Rathbone, MC , was a South African-born British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood.- Early life :He was born Philip St... -Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce was a British character actor on stage and screen, best known for his brilliant portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes .-Biography:Bruce was the second son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet... Holmes films. Holmes threw the unconscious Moriarty off the Tower of London in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty fell sixty feet into the sewers in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films.- Plot summary :Sherlock Holmes successfully removes Dr... , and in The Woman in Green The Woman in Green The Woman in Green is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty, and Hillary Brooke in support. It is partly based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House... , he fell from a high building when a drainpipe that he was clutching onto broke (it must be noted that all three of Moriarty's deaths occur by falling from a great height. This may be a nod to his demise at the Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem). * George Zucco George Zucco George Desylla Zucco was an English character actor who appeared, almost always in supporting roles, in 96 films during a career spanning two decades, from 1931 to 1951.-Early life:... appeared as Professor Moriarty in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 film featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books as created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the second film to feature Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson, the final one they would make for 20th Century Fox, and... . * Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor and film producer. He first gained attention for his role as "Private Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence" in Full Metal Jacket, and more currently for his role as Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Early life:D'Onofrio was born in the... appeared as Professor Moriarty in Sherlock. * Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson... appeared as Moriarty in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. It is written as a pastiche of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, and was adapted for the cinema in 1976. The novel's full title is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson,... (1976) * Lionel Atwill Lionel Atwill Lionel Atwill was an English stage and film actor born in Croydon, London, England.He began his stage career in 1905 in England, and had become a star in Broadway theatre by 1918, but was most famous for his horror roles in the 1930s... appeared as Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films.- Plot summary :Sherlock Holmes successfully removes Dr... . * Henry Daniell Henry Daniell Henry Daniell was an English actor, best known for his villainous screen roles, but who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films.-Early life:... appeared as Professor Moriarty in The Woman in Green The Woman in Green The Woman in Green is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty, and Hillary Brooke in support. It is partly based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House... . * Paul Freeman Paul Freeman Paul Freeman is a British film and television actor.Freeman was born in Hertfordshire, England. He began his career in advertising and teaching, and like many British actors he landed small roles in the theatre, appearing in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet... appeared as Professor Moriarty in the 1988 comedy Comedy Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece... Without a Clue Without a Clue Without a Clue is a 1988 British comedy film directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley and Lysette Anthony.-Plot:... , revolving around the premise that Holmes is a fictional creation of Watson's, and Watson is the real crime-solving genius. * In Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes is a 1985 film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus. The movie depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.-Plot Synopsis:... , Anthony Higgins Anthony Higgins (actor) Anthony Higgins is a British actor.-Career:Anthony started to play in school theatre and to 1967 became a professional actor. His first successes in cinema were: A Walk with Love and Death , Taste the Blood of Dracula and a cult movie Vampire Circus... plays Holmes' schoolmaster, Rathe, who turns out to be an evil mastermind. After the end credits, there's a brief scene in which Rathe enters an inn and signs the ledger as Moriarty. * Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life and education:Roxburgh was born in Albury... portrayed a villain named the Fantom, whose true identity was that of Professor James Moriarty, in the 2003 film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film. It is a film adaptation of the acclaimed comic book limited series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore who is also famous for Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell... . * In the Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective The Great Mouse Detective The Great Mouse Detective is a animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, originally released to movie theaters on July 2, 1986 by Walt Disney Pictures... , the character Professor Ratigan (the archnemesis of Basil of Baker Street, the Holmes-esque hero of the film ) is an obvious parallel and tribute to the character of Moriarty, even sharing his alleged first name. Ratigan was voiced by Vincent Price Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price II was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.-Early life and career:... . * Leo McKern Leo McKern Reginald "Leo" McKern AO was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British television programs and movies, and more than 200 stage roles.-Early life:... portrayed a comedic Moriarty in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 English/American comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern. Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters also appear as Holmes and Watson... . * A computer game simulation of Moriarty appears in Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street. In the game he is Jack the Ripper's creator and mentor. Conan Edogawa warns him not to go to the Reichenbach Falls, where he would supposedly meet his death. Television * Moriarty was the one behind nearly all the crimes in the cartoon Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is a 26-episode animated television series placing Sherlock Holmes in a science fiction setting taking place in the 22nd century... , having been cloned back to life by a rogue geneticist, requiring Holmes to be 'resurrected' as well in order to match him. * John Huston John Huston John Marcellus Huston was an American filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He was known for directing the films The Maltese Falcon , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The Asphalt Jungle , The African Queen , Moulin Rouge The Misfits , The Man Who Would Be... portrayed Moriarty in the made-for-TV movie Sherlock Holmes in New York Sherlock Holmes in New York Sherlock Holmes in New York is a 1976 film featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travelling to New York City to investigate a recent threat made by Professor Moriarty. During their investigation, Holmes and Watson are reunited with their old acquaintance Irene Adler, now a popular music-hall... opposite Roger Moore's Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore KBE is a English actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London... Holmes. * In the Soviet series of television films The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson by Igor Maslennikov Igor Maslennikov Igor Fyodorovich Maslennikov is a Russian film director.He was born in Gorky. In 1954 Maslennikov completed his education in the department of journalism of the Leningrad University and worked as editor and writer on Leningrad television... , Moriarty was played by Viktor Yevgrafov and voiced by Oleg Dahl in the second film of the series. * Eric Porter Eric Porter Eric Richard Porter was an English actor of stage, film and television.-Early life:Porter was born in Shepherds Bush, London to Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth Spall... portrayed Professor Moriarty in two episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; "The Final Problem", and "The Red-Headed League". Both were filmed in 1985, with Jeremy Brett Jeremy Brett Jeremy Brett , born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English actor, most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series.-Early life:... as Holmes, and David Burke as Watson. * A computer simulation of Professor Moriarty, played by actor Daniel Davis Daniel Davis Daniel Davis is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the Butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny and his guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation.... , appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Created about 21 years after the original Star Trek, and set in the 24th century about 80 years after the orginal series, the program features a new crew and a new... episodes "Elementary, Dear Data Elementary, Dear Data (TNG episode) "Elementary, Dear Data" is the third episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was first shown on December 5, 1988. It is episode #29, production #129, written by Brian Alan Lane and directed by Rob Bowman.... " and "Ship in a Bottle Ship in a Bottle (TNG episode) "Ship in a Bottle" is the 138th episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is a sequel to the second season episode "Elementary, Dear Data". As with that episode, "Ship in a Bottle" mixes characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation and... ", accidentally achieving sentience when Geordi LaForge asks the holodeck to create an opponent able to defeat Data Data (Star Trek) Lieutenant Commander Data , played by Brent Spiner, is a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and in the four subsequent The Next Generation films.... (rather than Sherlock Holmes). * Moriarty appears, as a parody of his presence in Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series.The original Star Trek was an American television series, created by Gene Roddenberry, which debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Federation... , in the Futurama Futurama Futurama is an animated American sci-fi sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J... episode "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" is the first episode in season four of Futurama. It first aired on January 12, 2003.-Plot:Amy is unhappy with her long-distance relationship with Kif and wants to see him in person again. When the crew is sent to deliver a giant pill to a planet near where Kif is... ", where he comes out of the Holoshed of the Nimbus with Attila the Hun Attila the Hun Attila , also known as Attila the Hun, was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the River Danube to the Baltic Sea... , Jack The Ripper Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished districts in and around Whitechapel, London, in late 1888. The name originated in a letter by someone claiming to be the murderer that was sent to the London Central News Agency and... , and Evil (Abraham) Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery... . * The Darkwing Duck Darkwing Duck Darkwing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 and 1996-1997 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck with the alter ego of... TV series (1991-1993) featured a mole-themed villain named Professor Moliarty, an obvious parody/homage. * In "No Reason", an episode of House House (TV series) House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The program was co-created by David Shore and Paul Attanasio; Fox officially credits Shore as creator. The show's central character is Dr... , Dr. Gregory House Gregory House Gregory House, M.D., is a fictional character and protagonist of the American medical drama House. Portrayed by Hugh Laurie, the character is a maverick medical genius, a diagnostician with specializations in infectious diseases and nephrology... is shot by a man named Jack Moriarty. The television show contains many other similarities between its titular character and the famous detective. * In The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know it is a 1977 comedy starring John Cleese. It is a low-budget spoof of the Sherlock Holmes detective series, as well as the mystery genre in general.- Plot :... , Connie Booth Connie Booth Constance "Connie" Booth is an American writer and actress, known for appearances on British television and particularly for her portrayal of Polly Sherman in the popular 1970's television show Fawlty Towers, which she co-wrote with her then husband John Cleese-Biography:Booth's father was a Wall... plays Moriarty's granddaughter, Francine, who is disguised as the modern-day Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Hudson is the landlady of the fictional house 221B Baker Street, in which Sherlock Holmes lives, in the Sherlock Holmes detective stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.- History :... . * In the Batman: The Brave and the Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics "team-up" series The Brave and the Bold... episode "Trials of the Demon!", both Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... and Dr. Watson guest star. Dr. Watson mentions Moriarty, suggesting that he might be the one responsible for stealing the souls of women. * In "Elementary My Dear Winston", the third episode for the 1989 season of The Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. "The Real" was added to the title over a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost... features Holmes, Watson and Moriarty by way of "belief made manifest", that so many people believed in them that they became real. * A version of the character also appeared in the Anime series Sherlock Hound Sherlock Hound is an Japanese anime based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series where all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs. The show featured regular appearances of Jules Verne-steampunk style technology, adding a 19th-century science-fiction atmosphere to the series... . In this version he was an anthropomorphic dog. Theatre Jeremy Brett Jeremy Brett Jeremy Brett , born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English actor, most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series.-Early life:... and Edward Hardwicke Edward Hardwicke Edward Hardwicke , sometimes credited as Edward Hardwick, is an English actor.-Early life and career:Hardwicke was born in London, England, the son of actors Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Helena Pickard. He began his film career in Hollywood at the age of 10, in Victor Fleming's film A Guy Named Joe,... played Holmes and Watson in the Sherlock Holmes TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the TV series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, although only the first two series bore that title on screen. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK,... made by Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England and the Isle of Man.It is the only one of the original four ITA franchisees from 1954 that survived as a franchise holder into the twenty-first century. Broadcasting began on 3 May 1956, with the company originally... . Eric Porter Eric Porter Eric Richard Porter was an English actor of stage, film and television.-Early life:Porter was born in Shepherds Bush, London to Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth Spall... played the professor. In the late 1980s Brett and Hardwicke appeared in the stage play The Secret of Sherlock Holmes by Jeremy Paul, a regular contributor to the series. The only characters in the play are Holmes and Watson and it highlights many aspects of their relationship from their first meeting to the Reichenbach Falls Reichenbach Falls The Reichenbach Falls are a series of waterfalls of river Aar near Meiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m . At 90 m , the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps... . In the second half it is indicated that Moriarty never existed: he was a figment of the imagination of Holmes who needed a worthy enemy as much as he needed a devoted friend like Watson. It might be noted that in The Adventure of the Final Problem The Adventure of the Final Problem "The Final Problem" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes... Watson and Moriarty never actually come face-to-face. The play has been re-staged with other actors. Literature * T. S. Eliot T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM , was a poet, playwright, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are The Love Song of J... used the phrase the Napoleon of crime, in homage, to describe Macavity in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. Its contents are widely known as the basis for the record-setting musical Cats.... . * In Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman Neil Richard Gaiman is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book... 's Hugo Award Hugo Award The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories... winning short story "A Study in Emerald A Study in Emerald "A Study in Emerald" is a short story written by British fantasy and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. The story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche transferred to the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. It won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. The title is a reference to... ", the Moriarty and Holmes of an alternate history reverse roles. Moriarty (who, though never named as such in the story, is identified as the author of Dynamics of an Asteroid) is hired to investigate a murder. The murder has apparently been carried out by Sherlock Holmes (who signs his name Rache, an allusion to Doyle's first novella starring Holmes and Watson, A Study in Scarlet A Study in Scarlet A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with... , in which the word Rache - German for revenge - is found written above the body of a murder victim) and Dr. Watson. The story is narrated by Colonel Sebastian Moran, given the rank of Major (Ret.) by Gaiman. * In a 2006 comic book story featuring Lee Falk Lee Falk Leon Harrison Gross, more known by the alias of Lee Falk , was an American writer, director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strip superheroes The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, who at the height of their popularity secured him over a hundred million readers every... 's The Phantom The Phantom The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the African jungle... , the 19th Phantom has to fight Professor Moriarty. The climax of the story features the Phantom and Moriarty falling down a waterfall in the Bangalla jungles. At the end of the story, Moriarty is shown to be alive, as he returns to London to find "a detective named Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... ". * In Nicholas Meyer Nicholas Meyer Nicholas Meyer is an American film writer, producer, director and novelist best known for his involvement in the Star Trek films. He is also well known as the director for the landmark 1983 TV-Movie The Day After, for which he was nominated for a Best Director Emmy Award... 's 1976 novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. It is written as a pastiche of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, and was adapted for the cinema in 1976. The novel's full title is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson,... , Professor Moriarty is portrayed as Holmes's childhood mathematics Mathematics Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.... tutor, a whining little man with a guilty secret. He is incensed to hear that Holmes, apparently under the influence of cocaine Cocaine Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant... , has depicted him as a criminal mastermind. Because of Holmes' worsening condition, and Moriarty's threats to tell the authorities about Holmes' addiction, Dr. Watson seeks the help of Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud , Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology... , who uncovers the truth behind Holmes' perception of "the Napoleon of Crime". This is one of many works to seize on the fact that Moriarty never actually shows his face in the Holmes canon. The novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer. It is written as a pastiche of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, and was adapted for the cinema in 1976. The novel's full title is The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson,... was made into a 1976 film and starred Lord Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson... as Professor Moriarty. * Michael Kurland Michael Kurland Michael Joseph Kurland is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction.... has written a series of novels in which Moriarty is the hero: His organisation of crime is the method by which he raises the money required for his experimental physics apparatus. In the first book of the series, The Infernal Device, he foils a plot against Queen Victoria, reluctantly allying with Sherlock Holmes. * John Gardner John Gardner (thriller writer) John Edmund Gardner was an English spy novelist, most notably for the James Bond series.-Early life:Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge and did postgraduate study at Oxford... has written two novels featuring the arch-villain, The Return of Moriarty, in which the Professor, like Holmes, is shown to have survived the meeting at the Reichenbach, and The Revenge of Moriarty. In these two novels, Moriarty is depicted as a Victorian-era Al Capone Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.... or Don Corleone Don Corleone Don Corleone may refer to four major characters in Mario Puzo's The Godfather saga:*Vito Corleone, the original Don, played by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro*Michael Corleone, Vito's son, played by Al Pacino, who took over the running of the family... , single-handedly controlling London's organized crime Organized crime Organized crime or criminal organizations can be defined as a transnational grouping of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit... structure. Originally planned as a trilogy, the third book, The Revolt of Moriarty, has never been published. In 2008, a third volume simply titled "Moriarty" was released posthumously after the author's death in 2007. * Moriarty appears in Alan Moore Alan Moore Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell... 's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published beginning in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series and a graphic novel from the America's Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm/DC, and a third miniseries... . Recruited from university by British Intelligence, he supposedly set up his criminal empire as part of an undercover operation which got out of hand. Having survived the encounter with Sherlock Holmes, he went on to become the head of British Intelligence under the code-name "M M (James Bond) M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. M has been portrayed by Dame Judi Dench since 1995.- Background :... " (a nod to the James Bond James Bond James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr... novels and films), but still maintained his criminal interests. He instigated the creation of the League as a covert ops Covert operation A covert operation is a military, intelligence, or political activity carried out in such a way that the identity of the sponsors of the operation is concealed or kept secret... unit with plausible deniability Plausible deniability Plausible deniability refers to the denial of blame in loose and informal chains of command where upper rungs quarantine the blame to the lower rungs. In the case that illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such act... and used them to recover an anti-gravity mineral called Cavorite The First Men in the Moon The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 scientific romance novel by the British author H. G. Wells. The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, the impoverished businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr. Cavor... which had been stolen by his crime lord rival The Doctor Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century... . He then used the Cavorite to bomb the East End of London East End of London The East End of London, known vernacularly as the East End, is the area of London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames, although it is not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries... in an attempt to destroy The Doctor but was thwarted by the League which had uncovered the double-cross. Following his supposed death (indicated, but not clearly portrayed, as he "falls" into the sky, due to the Cavorite), he was ironically succeeded as "M" by Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.- Profile :... , Sherlock's older brother. In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier is an original graphic novel in the comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill... , it is suggested that Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac was an American author, poet and painter. Alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, he is considered a pioneer of the Beat Generation.... 's Dean Moriarty Dean Moriarty Dean Moriarty is one of the protagonists in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. Dean Moriarty is based upon the beat generation hero Neal Cassady.- Character Information :... (from On the Road On the Road On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of... ) is his great-grandson, and the rivalry between the two criminals is continued by the fact that The Doctor's great-grandson is Kerouac's other creation, Doctor Sax Doctor Sax Doctor Sax is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. Kerouac wrote it in 1952 while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.-Plot summary:... . In the third volume of the series, set over 60 years later, Mina Murray comes across his carcass, still holding onto the cavorite inside a block of ice floating through space. * A similar character appeared in the Solar Pons Solar Pons Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.-Approach:On hearing that he had no plans to write more Holmes stories, the young Derleth wrote to Conan Doyle, asking permission to take over the job... series, which was a pastiche of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Moriarty figure was Baron Knoll, a German spy and a socialite Socialite A socialite is a person who is known to be a part of fashionable high society because of their regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained. Some socialites may choose to use their social skills and connections... who appeared in only two stories (much like Moriarty). * Moriarty appears in Anne Lear's short story "The Adventure of the Global Traveller" (1978). Surviving the falls via a net which in turn drops a dummy, he travels back in time, inadvertently creating the paradoxical lines of Third Murderer in Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth, commonly just Macbeth, is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607... . The story is told in the form of a note addressed to Holmes, posing the question of where these lines came from. * In Kim Newman Kim Newman Kim Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction-both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven-and alternate fictional versions of history... 's short story "The Red Planet League" (collected in Gaslight Grimoire Gaslight Grimoire Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology of short fiction combining the character of Sherlock Holmes with elements of fantasy, horror, adventure and supernatural fiction published in October 2008 by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. Edited by J. R. Campbell... ), Moriarty is responsible for inspiring H. G. Wells H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.... to write The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds is an 1898 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells.The War of the Worlds may also refer to:-Literature:... after perpetrating a scientific hoax on a rival scientist. Newman's novel Anno Dracula depicts Moriarty as the spokesman of a league of villains drawn from popular fiction. In this Moriarty is a vampire and is no longer interested in criminal pursuits as he now has an eternal life which he can dedicate to intellectual contemplation. * In DC Comics' DC Comics DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment... Crime Bible: The Five Books of Blood#1 it's stated that within the Crime Bible Crime Bible The Crime Bible is a fictional religious book that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. The book and the religious groups that have formed around it exist within DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe.... exist the "Book of Moriarty". * Commenting on Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created by the American mystery writer Rex Stout, who made his debut in 1934. Wolfe's confidential assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius in 33 novels and 39 short stories from the 1930s to the 1970s, with most of them set in New... 's prolonges struggle with the powerful crime boss Arnold Zeck, Michael Dirda Michael Dirda Michael Dirda , a Fulbright Fellowship recipient, is an award-winning book critic for the Washington Post. Having studied at Oberlin College for his undergraduate degree, Dirda took a Ph.D. from Cornell University in comparative literature... - book critic for the The Washington Post - wrote "I was thrilled when Wolfe finally encountered his own Moriarty in the archvillain Arnold Zeck," . British author and literary critic David Langford David Langford David Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:... has also noted that the relationship between Zeck and Wolfe compares to that of Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes. Other media * The PC Personal computer A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator... game Eagle Eye Mysteries Eagle Eye Mysteries Eagle Eye Mysteries is a two-part series of educational computer games developed by Stormfront Studios and published by EA*Kids. The game is a first-person detective game that involves reading, writing and puzzle-solving. The in-game protagonists are twins Jake and Jennifer Eagle who form the Eagle... features a character named Mark Moriarty, a high school student who is at the heart of many of the mysteries the player has to solve. In o