Sherlock Holmes as he appears in a game for the Nintendo DS console
For someone who first appeared in print in 1887, the character of Sherlock Holmes seems to be more ubiquitous now than ever before.
This week London's West End also saw the opening night of The Secret of Sherlock Holmes - with the great detective played by Peter Egan.
A new BBC film series launches this weekend with Holmes and Dr Watson (played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) moving into Baker Street in the 21st Century.
Elsewhere, Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless sleuth is present on hand-held games consoles and in a comedic condensed version in fringe theatre.
And all this comes just months after Robert Downey Jr played Holmes as an action hero in Guy Ritchie's lucrative movie outing.
So why is the resident of 221B Baker Street so omnipresent in 2010?
Gatiss puts Sherlock Holmes's longevity down to the "genius" of Arthur Conan Doyle.
"To the end of his days he was very dismissive about his greatest creation - but he'd bottled lightning. The public just loved it. People couldn't get enough of Sherlock and they've never got enough of him since."
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