Sherlock: The Great Game

Based loosely on The Five Orange Pips and The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, this story concentrates on Sherlock's relationship with Moriarty. Moriarty teases Sherlock with several mysteries, all preceded with a voicemail message with 5, then 4, then 3, etc "pips", or small beeps. In "The Five Orange Pips", there is an envelope sent with 5 orange pips inside. The envelope comes from the KKK, and predicts doom. In the Doyle story, a former lover is trying to win back the wife of Sherlock's client. Except for the five pips, there are no further similarities.

The other storyline that runs in parallel in the 3rd episode of the BBC's Sherlock series is much more similar to the Doyle story. In both, someone is trying to steal the plans, and someone close to the plans is killed and put on top of a subway car. In the BBC story, the pips are actually a ruse to distract Sherlock from this parallel mystery. In both the body is found on the train tracks, with no ticket, and he has rushed away from his fiancee with no explanation. In both, Sherlock's brother Mycroft brings him the case. In both, the young man is thought to be a thief, but is proved innocent by Holmes.