• Zagorath
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    5 months ago

    it was inspired by the same real-life person that was the inspiration for Sherlock

    Wait really? I always thought it was just directly inspired by Sherlock Holmes himself.

    • Technus@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      I guess I was remembering something someone wrote on Reddit.

      House has a ton of Sherlock Holmes references throughout, it was definitely the primary inspiration. But they also make a couple references to the surgeon Joseph Bell, the original inspiration for Sherlock.