The Sherlock Mystery: The Movies And Shows VS The Original Stories

The Character of Molly Hooper, Then and Now

Well! Apparently, Molly Hooper, the character, breaks the mold. Show creator and writer Moffat told Digital Spy, “”We went against our first decision which was ‘We will not add a regular that’s not from Doyle’. The first thing we did was add a regular character that’s not from Doyle!”

So of all the regular, appearing characters, Molly doesn’t have a before and after. She exists only now, in the modern adaptation. Her character is described on the BBC website in relation to Sherlock like this, “She likes Sherlock, especially when he notices she’s changed her hair. It’s usually parted in the middle you see and she has changed it to the side. He said this was good and suits her better this way, which was nice. Although, sometimes she doesn’t like him so much, as he always has to spoil things. Like that time when she started seeing Jim from I.T. and Sherlock said he was gay. He’s not gay, he’s not!”