Make Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson gay lovers, fans urge BBC , Daily Mail

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• ·         Co-creator Mark Gatiss admitted receiving explicit plotlines and drawings
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  ·        It comes ahead of the release of series four, which is due late next year
  
  
  ·        Landlady Mrs Hudson often makes references about the pair's sexuality
  
  
  ·        Gatiss says they took inspiration from Billy Wilder's 1970s film on detective
  
  
  The creator of BBC TV series Sherlock has been inundated with fan mail urging him to make the detective and Dr Watson gay lovers.
  
  
  Mark Gatiss admitted he had been overwhelmed with explicit drawings and plotline ideas ahead of the new series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, due late next year.
  
  
  It follows a running joke in the show which hints the pair might be closer than friends, especially by landlady Mrs Hudson, played by Una Stubbs, 77, who often makes references to their sexuality.
  
  
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