The characters and basic structure of the series were inspired by the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The character name "Adrian Monk" was intended to be unusual like that of Sherlock Holmes. Other characters correspond to Holmes characters: Sharona Fleming (a nurse) and Dr. Watson; Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randall Disher (named Randall Deacon in the pilot) served much the same function on this show as did Inspector Lestrade in the Sherlock Holmes stories. This relationship may have inspired these characters' names: taking the first two letters of each name in order - LE from "Leland", ST from "Stottlemeyer", RA from "Randall" and DE from "Deacon" - spells out "Lestrade". (However, after the show's pilot episode, Randy Deacon's last name was changed to Disher.) There's also Monk's brother Ambrose and Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother) and Harold Krenshaw and James Moriarty (Holmes' nemesis), (JM) initials shifted two characters to the left in the alphabet (HK). Also, on another side note, Monk's second psychiatrist was called Dr. Bell. Sherlock Holmes was modeled on Dr Joseph Bell, a surgeon with outstanding deductive powers. Other fictional 21st Century Detectives inspired by Sherlock Holmes are: Dr Gil Grissom and D.B. Russell, both from CSI - Scena del crimine (2000).Detective Robert Goren from Criminal Intent (2001).Shawn Spencer from Psych (2006).Patrick Jane from The Mentalist (2008).Also, even though he doesn't use his detective skills to solve crimes, Medical Doctor Gregory House from Dr. House - Medical Division (2004), uses Sherlock Holme's investigative technique to diagnose medical diseases.
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