Sherlock & Co. - The Bruce-Partington Plans - Part One

Episode Date: August 25, 2026

DEAD IN HIS TRACKS - I had managed to get an adventure together until this particular situation fell into our lap. I say fell. It was forced, firmly into our lap and we had to solve it in order to def...end the country apparently. Yeah that's right. So have a listen and be grateful to your friendly neighbourhood private detective consultancy in future. Part 1 of 4 This episode contains swearing, deathListener discretion is advised. A new clothing store has opened: www.sherlockwear.com For merchandise and transcripts go to: www.sherlockandco.co.uk For ad-free, early access to adventures in full go to www.patreon.com/sherlockandco To get in touch via email: docjwatsonmd@gmail.com Follow me @DocJWatsonMD on twitter and BlueSky, or sherlockandcopod on TikTok, instagram and YouTube.  This podcast is property of Goalhanger Podcasts. Copyright 2026.SHERLOCK AND CO. Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Paul Waggott as Dr. John Watson Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes Marta da Silva as Mariana Ametxazurra Thomas Mitchells as Mycroft HolmesJasmine Kerr as D.C Lily LestradeAdditional Voices:Jack AyresJemma RevellDarcey FergusonSusana Justham BelloCallum HillAdam Jarrell Written by Joel Emery Directed by Adam Jarrell Editing and Sound Design by Adam Jarrell Produced by Neil Fearn and Jon Gill Executive Producer Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:48 Welcome to the adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans. This is four blockbuster parts. This is classified. So don't tell anyone what you hear in this episode. Keep it between us, please. Thanks. Hold her, John. Oh, she's not going anywhere. You see, ladies and gentlemen, I presented to you this case, I said that its crux would come down to the vile. Get off me!
Starting point is 00:02:19 Vile! You heard beastly, dark, insidious. That is what you heard me say. But words cloak themselves, too. Do they not, Tabitha? No, no, you bastard you! Their guise may not be as charming and endearing as yours. But they can only shuffle their form and shape through letters and meaning.
Starting point is 00:02:45 I was not speaking of the vile mind that burns behind this woman's eyes. No! I was speaking of this. A vial. V-I-A-L. A vial of poison. John? Goodness.
Starting point is 00:03:06 The sister fainted. Yeah, well, I can only hold down one woman at a time. My dating history suggests even that is a big ask. What did it take, Tabitha? Do you believe it? To decide that your husband had to die. I have no evidence. No evidence.
Starting point is 00:03:25 Lily? Morning all. She's over there. Detain her. Lily? I see you. Sherlock. Always a pleasure? No, no.
Starting point is 00:03:36 Get off me. Get off me. She's stronger than me. She looks. And more deceitful. Deceit, yes. A very familiar trait in your line of work, Tabitha. I work.
Starting point is 00:03:50 A London Aquarium, you fool! Yes, and you had us all believing it was at the till in the gift shop charging visitors for octopus squish mallowes, and flimsy felt-tip pens marked up to £5.50. How dare you? But you are an aquarist. Are you not? so you should be with your first-class degree in aquatic science from the University of Gloucestershire.
Starting point is 00:04:15 Get away from me! And that is where you looked for inspiration, Tabitha. You observed the attributes of the false cleaner fish that will mimic helpful sea creatures to their prey before killing them. The dusky dotty back that switches colour to match what it hunts, the anglerfish that present worm-like goods to their target, before eating them alive. Please, please.
Starting point is 00:04:42 But none require a vial. No. The puffer fish, however. No! You extracted the lethal tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish into this vial, came home and snuck it into Anthony's birthday mohito. But why did he become your prey? His neglectful ways, your love of Danny here.
Starting point is 00:05:04 Now, wait a second. Danny? Shh. You are even carrying his baby, are you not? Lads, your police officers. Stop gasping. You were in a pinch, Tabitha, a bind, a squeeze, a rock and a hard place. Between the devil.
Starting point is 00:05:26 No. That is what it took. That was the calculation you made that you could murder your way out. Tabitha, you're coming with us. Thank you, D.C. Lestrade and to marry our... Come on here for her work spying at the London Aquarium. To John Watson who broke down this door and held our criminal in place and to you, Tabitha, for taking our bait. Oh, come on.
Starting point is 00:05:52 You bastard. You bad. And see her. Off she goes. I don't believe this. I... I really loved her. Okay, Danny. It's all right. I really loved her, man. Jesus Christ.
Starting point is 00:06:14 Jesus Christ. Oh, don't cry, Danny. There's plenty more fish in the sea. My name is Dr. John Watson, once of the British Army Northumberland Fuselier Regiment. Now, a true crime podcast that are based in central London. I don't have much experience in criminology. So this is mostly a record of how I met possibly the most brilliant and bizarre person I have ever and will ever know.
Starting point is 00:06:48 Join me as I document the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Always wanted to be a mermaid. Yeah, she was fun. How going? Until she wasn't. State your name for the camera? I'm Dr John Watson. Woman reporting her husband is dead. I'm a private detective in London.
Starting point is 00:07:36 Police are investigating her death. We were called into the case. She loved her work at the aquarium. And we got to work. And what did you think, John, about this death? I thought something smelled fishy. Marlophone Mermaid, the aquarium killer. Tonight at nine, only on true crime max.
Starting point is 00:08:05 Ha ha ha ha, yes. Wait, where is Sherlock? You short there? Hello? No, no, in the trailer? I know I'm not in it because I was away when they did the evening. interviews, but why isn't Sherlock in it? Well, they're narrative-focused.
Starting point is 00:08:23 They probably wanted a perspective that could really lift the story of the case, provide a sort of block-bust attention. I refuse to participate. That too. You didn't want to be in it? No. Why not? Because I think it's irresponsible for a detective to reveal their methods.
Starting point is 00:08:40 You're thinking of magicians. It is an extremely obvious logic. Why would I display it for you all to see? Uh, you do it. every week. It's called the Sherlock and Co-podcast, mate. It could have been a little helpful for business, though, Sherlock. Do you know that is exactly what I said? And I refuted it then, and I will continue to do so now.
Starting point is 00:08:58 This trailer is clearly offering you a form of almost entirely manufactured success that I fear you really are captured by... Manufactured success. We cracked the case, didn't we? The case was messy, disconnected and complex. This trailer offers a simple narrative and story that even now is dulling your mind. I'm not taking sides, but nobody paid us. We put hours and hours, days, in fact, into that case. It may not have been for payment, but it was for justice.
Starting point is 00:09:31 Justice doesn't pay your rent, nor mine. Then we shall ask the police for money. That's not how it works. Sherlock, look, I know, okay? I know you think it's undignified. It's exposing us or whatever, but no bad will come from this, only good. Ha ha ha, see, what might that be?
Starting point is 00:09:52 Would it perhaps be the game? Hmm? Old chum? Old Buddington, pal. Stop, pardon me. I'll go, answered. Well, the game has dulled herself up to the nines and called upon our house, dear fellow, has she not?
Starting point is 00:10:05 Stop speaking like that. She doth require assistance, for she is afoot, and we, as dutiful gentlemen, shall partake in fulfilling her needs. Stop that right now. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Oh, I'm...
Starting point is 00:10:17 So sorry to hear that. Guys? Yeah. This is... Oh, Terrence, darling. I didn't even get my name out to you. I'm so bleeding and stressed about this whole thing, I swear to you. No, no, no, that's okay.
Starting point is 00:10:34 Good to meet you, Terrence. I'm Dr. John Watson. This is Sherlock Holmes. Oh, croaky. Look at you. Stick in. Look a bloody lamp post you, eh? Oh, me?
Starting point is 00:10:43 Oh, no, not you, son. This fella. Hello, what there? You are rather tall yourself, Terrence. Uh, yes, I suppose I am. But I do, hunts, sir. I'm ever so stooped there, boy. Come here, gis a hug, eh?
Starting point is 00:11:00 Just a bleeding hug, lad. Sherlock. What? Terrence wants a hug. I didn't see him hug either of you, too. Just... Fine. Oh, lovely.
Starting point is 00:11:11 Nice to have a hug, of it. Oh, there we go. Right. Shall I plop. myself down here, shall I? Yes. Would you like a cup of tea, Terrence? Oh, God bless you. How do you take it? It's a simple question. Splush of milk, three lumps. There's a good guilt. Mm-hmm. I shall go and make it. Sherlock, I can do it. Do you don't want to hear the case? I'm sure you will fill me in. Oh, the case. I can't bear the words. I have become a case.
Starting point is 00:11:47 How pitiful, how utterly bleeding dreadful. So, do you want to tell me the... Oh, sorry, lad. Got to hear me feet out. Yep. Let the elements get to them, you know. They could rot away, couldn't they? Sure, yep.
Starting point is 00:12:10 Have you been to a doctor, Terrence, regarding these growths you have? And that, you're back. That's hyper-kyphosis. Doctors. Quast in a bed. Don't get me started on doctors, lad. Come, listen to me, Tale. Sure, we can listen, yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:29 I live in a flat, all by myself, like. Where? Where? Sidcup. Sidcup, okay. Sorry, you've had to come so far. Well, I saw you on the telly in that advert, you see. Oh, of course, of course.
Starting point is 00:12:45 Carry on, Terrance. I worked in my younger years in the diamond trade, like. I scored myself a few deals over a lengthy career, and I kept them all in me safe, didn't I? Worth thousands and thousands. What, pal? Yeah? It's sparkling away like nobody's business these little things.
Starting point is 00:13:05 Anyway, all my windows are shut last night, and my doors. Boy, I hear a noise. Here you go. Terrence. Oh, thanks, lanky fella. Cheers, nice one. I was just saying, Shelton. Sherlock. At Sherlock, excuse me.
Starting point is 00:13:25 In the night, I hear this noise and I spring out of bed as best I can at my own. My condition, and I'm heading to my lounge, and there before me is this ghostly apparition at the window. A ghostly apparition. That's right. Ghostly apparition. Right. And what did this ghostly apparition do, Terrence? It beckoned me.
Starting point is 00:13:55 Beckoned. Did it, indeed? Beckoned me to the window light. And with the glass pane betwixt us, it asked for the number of my safe to sell the jewels to the devil. To the devil.
Starting point is 00:14:15 Because you see, this ghostly apparition, he, well, I say he, I believe their sex was interred in life. They said that the spirit of my mother, my beloved mother, was being held by Lucifer himself. And I could free her with the coat to me safe. Sorry, had you been drinking? Do you take any medication for your back? I gave the code, doctor. And whack! I got this awful bump on my head.
Starting point is 00:14:49 Out for the count then, I came two. And my diamonds were gone. Now then, the only people that knew of these diamonds in my safe were... Agnes the spinster upstairs above me. Luca the dormant and Nurse Bagshot. Who would visit twice a week, Tuesday and Friday mornings? The thing is, Terence, I'm not entirely sure if we can take a case like this. We can definitely think about it.
Starting point is 00:15:25 Oh, yeah, 100%. We can have a think and get back to you. She's thinking, look at her. Yes, I am thinking. Luca would have been on camera at his security position, so it's not him. Hmm, camera was dodgy. Since when? Just last night.
Starting point is 00:15:44 Suspicious. But Lucca was unlikely to know of your attachment to your mother. Ah, true. Agnes the spinster, she would have done. You confide in her. How do you know this exactly, sir? Because you were in her flat this morning. Long white hairs on your coat.
Starting point is 00:16:05 The smell from that hug, vintage, powdery notes, oak moss, incense. Oh, very good. And she knits, I see. Fibis on me purse. What a twithful observation. But there is a whiff, Terrence. Of what, Mr Holmes? Tell me of what, sir.
Starting point is 00:16:24 Upon your breath, of an opioid pain reliever. I don't take such drugs, sir. I do not. They were administered to you, Terrence. I didn't drink or eat a thing, for I am unwell, you see, Mr. Holmes. So terribly unwell. Your hand, here, a tiny piece. puncture mark, the drug was inserted here. You are merely breathing out its residue. Well, bugger me.
Starting point is 00:16:53 The indentations on your hand here, from a key, you were stuck in the lobby. Luca was nowhere to be seen. But why would you leave on a Tuesday morning when Nurse Bagshot is due to visit you? Oh, she didn't arrive, Mr Holmes. She did not arrive, and Luca was not present because they worked together to steal your diamonds and now they have scarpered Terrence. Scorpered? No! Oh, how could they? Bagshot drugged you and feigned the apparition as she knew of your motherly attachment and guilt.
Starting point is 00:17:30 Luca disabled the cameras and opened the safe. Um... Does that help, Terence? Yeah, good enough, I suppose. Wonderful. Drink your tea. a bit. Drink your tea, Terrence.
Starting point is 00:17:49 I'm still feeling a bit overwhelmed, bother. Drink the tea. Oh, fine. Sorry, what... Shh. Uh, I can't do it. God. Oh, the sugar.
Starting point is 00:18:00 You're idiot. Microft. Uh, what? Disgusting. A pathetic disguise. What do you want? Come on. Terence the wronged elderly man.
Starting point is 00:18:10 Agnes the spinster. I'm sorry, but Agnes was an utterly useless character. Oh, so wrong, so narrow-minded. Sorry, can I just... what is going on? This performance has taken longer than I intended. Come. Where? The Diogenes Club awaits.
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Starting point is 00:20:38 What are we doing? We are waiting for an over-pampered excessively muscular vein, self-involved oath. Mycroft. You're waiting for Mycroft? Yes. Okay, so why don't we just go in there? I can see him through the glass. Because he's meditating. Right. Well, it looks to me like he's having a drink on a Tuesday morning. You activated your membership then?
Starting point is 00:21:00 Well, I mean, Mike Croft gave it to me, so it'd be a waste knot to use it. And do you? Use it? I came here once. Did the steam shower thing? Yes, I remember. You substituted your golden retriever aesthetic for something positively poodleish. I think it was a humidity conditioner that sort of permed my hair into... You could certainly frequent this place much more often now, couldn't you? Could I? With your celebrity's status?
Starting point is 00:21:25 Sherlock. I'm astonished, actually, John, that you are not being hounded by adoring fans as we speak. It was on a channel called True Crime Max, mate. Exactly my point. It is not worth the expenditure of spirit. Expendit... Sherlock, can I just have a word? Finally. I knew it was tetrototoxin from the very beginning, by the way.
Starting point is 00:21:47 No, you didn't. Yes, I did. You didn't? I did. Then why didn't you tell me? Would you have wanted me to? No. Hmm.
Starting point is 00:21:54 Well, there you go. I was being a kindly older brother. John, darling, may I squeeze you? Feel that? Yep. Oxytoosin from the hypothalamus. You'll record that from when you first met Shirley Pooh. You smell better than when I last saw you.
Starting point is 00:22:17 Oxytocin. Vital for childbirth and breastfeeding, of course. I've just eaten. If breast milk is on offer, I'm pretty stuff. But in this instance, social bonding building building feelings of trust
Starting point is 00:22:30 and attachment to be able to put him down he's mine oh you're bad at sharing I'm bad at sharing when did you ever let me play with the flying scotson it was not to be played with how was that hug for you John
Starting point is 00:22:45 yeah what did you think of poor Terrence yeah good an interesting case yes good to keep your minds fresh for the tasks ahead. I do regretfully, however, ask that you make no more documentary appearances.
Starting point is 00:23:03 My thoughts, exactly. Sorry, wait, hold on. It may not make it to air this evening. It may not? No. Who's making this decision? The British state. You didn't feel guilty, John.
Starting point is 00:23:16 Yes, he should. Embarrassment, yes. But guilt and shame? No, no. Come, come, come, go, come. This way. We must discuss something. Must we?
Starting point is 00:23:28 I have good news. Two pieces of good news, in fact. The first? This. Taste it. It's quite early in the morning. Taste. Okay.
Starting point is 00:23:40 Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's very nice. The McCallan 30-year Sherry Oak Barreled Reserve is back. Great. Yeah, it's delicious. Second piece of good news.
Starting point is 00:23:54 Where? Don't do that. Just tell me where it is. You're ruining the good news. I can already discern what the good news is. You have its gist, yet the details are far beyond your reach. So shut up and listen. Sorry, how can you tell the gist of anything here?
Starting point is 00:24:09 He has a case. For us, it's fresh. How fresh? Less than 12 hours, I'd say. Stop it. You have a case, yet you showed up in fancy dress as Terrence and invented a bunch of characters. That was to warm you up, dear chaps. Observing what I did earlier and what I see now, you've been on the tube. You removed your shoes as Terrence for good reason. They were dirty.
Starting point is 00:24:29 Scuffs of limestone didn't quite work for Terrence. So not only have you been in a tube carriage, but you have in fact been trackside. You've used an antibacterial hand wash, exceptionally rare for a man with your dermatological obsessions, so it's a body on the line. Aldgate station is closed, I note. I'll head over there now. Always lovely to see you, Big Brother. Well done. You completely ruined it. I found it rather satisfying, thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:24:55 Two very easy wins this morning. Thank you. Sherlock 2. Miccroft and Terrence Nill. You can't get to the site without me. I'm sure I'd find a way. I assure you, you won't. Oh dear brother, you don't see. The police are like this very lime in my hand.
Starting point is 00:25:13 To extract the juice I desire, I simply give them a little squeeze. Ah, bugger, my eye. The police are not attending this case, in full force at least. What? We're handling it. Who's we? Now, why would I answer a question like that with your microphone right there? Why would you do half the things you've done today?
Starting point is 00:25:34 National Security then? Yes. Here, spray this alkaline face mist and reach your tear darts. I do not want an alkaline face mist. So, um, what do you want us for exactly? He's stuck. He's not stuck. He's busy.
Starting point is 00:25:52 In the same way you were busy in Micanos. I was busy in Micanos. Busy in Micanos. Busy with being stumped by the... the case. I want some lemon to go with that line, you... Ah, you bastard! Get off!
Starting point is 00:26:03 That's my serviette. You're making a full of your... This tie was a gift from the kinds of... Please, please! Oh, you just... Give us the case! Duh! You're right, okay?
Starting point is 00:26:17 You're right. A body. Or gate station. You really are such a difficult person. No, you are a difficult person. difficult person and it bothers this very successful person that I have to ask this boorish, lanky person about this person. Who is the person at all gate?
Starting point is 00:26:37 It is not the person of this person that is a concern. It is what was found on their person. What was on the person of this person? Can we go and see the body or not? This is the control room. Eastbound Metropolitan Line trains are suspended due to our friend. Westbound Apache, Circle Line is running, and you can see the trains denoted there. Then we have a vast array of cameras. Can I just try something? Of course, John Boy. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Hammersmith and City Line service.
Starting point is 00:27:11 Metropolitan. Oh, shit. Metropolitan. Sorry, please. John. Move right down into the carriage. You, you move down into the carriage. Yeah, you can still look at your phone, mate.
Starting point is 00:27:23 Thank you. Right, this train is now ready to depart. Mind the closing doors. Mind the closing doors. Listen to Sherlock and Co. Wherever you get your podcasts. And mind the closing doors. This is great.
Starting point is 00:27:38 Isn't this great? Not really. Could you put the microphone down, John? I've been asking him that for three years. Yes, very good. Hilarious. Now, the route we did to take. and this store here.
Starting point is 00:27:59 Emergency stairs takes us right down to a service hatch. That'll take us onto the track. After you, dear brother. Oh, I just need to grab a coffee first. Two ticks. Well, that is a caffeine addiction, isn't it? You can't even head to a crime scene without one. Oh, it won't be for him. How'd you know that?
Starting point is 00:28:20 Coffee from a conventional outlet in a tube station. He'd never even dream of it. So, who's the coffee for? And then I said, I've been asking him that for three years. Yeah, I was there. Why are you retelling the anecdote to me and Microft? Because it was rather brilliant. I'm just going to scoot you over a little bit, John. There we go.
Starting point is 00:28:46 Well, why? Oh, because you'll die, and possibly Sherlock too. Me? What sort of calculation are you making there? I feel you'd instinctually try to save him once the electrocution took hold and you'd then perish. No silly instincts from me. No, thank you. Sorry, sorry, this line is electrified?
Starting point is 00:29:04 Mm-hmm. Yes? Christ, alive this coffee stinks. You burn Colombian beans. That really is no point, is there? Whoa, whoa, Sherlock. Listen to what he said, off the lines. The only line that is live is this one here.
Starting point is 00:29:18 That is the conductor rail. So, we have some walking to do then. We do indeed. How do you know that? Because if the power isn't yet isolated, then we are not yet at the crime scene. Would that be right, big brother? It would, little one.
Starting point is 00:29:33 A couple hundred yards up this way. Keeps the left mind. Boy, what happens on the right? Jesus fast! London happens, Dr. Watson. So then I said I've been asking him that for three years. Just stop? Yeah, good one.
Starting point is 00:29:51 Um, coffee? Here you go, Lilith. Don't. Not doing anything, just bringing my dear baby cousin a coffee. It's not Lilith. Well, we can't be sure of that. You're adopted. I'm not adopted.
Starting point is 00:30:03 Yes, you are. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. Did I go through the adoption procedure? Did I? Did anyone say I would like to put my child up for adoption? No. Ow!
Starting point is 00:30:14 Fine, if you're going to be rude, then I'm putting this terribly bitter coffee up for adoption. Would anyone like this coffee? Just give me... Give it. Thank you. The other officers are staring, as they should be, at this bloody weird family drama, so can we just... Yeah.
Starting point is 00:30:31 Over here, here he is. Yeah, I thought you'd notice a thing or two about him. You took your time, Mycroft. I had to keep these jets fresh, get their minds working. Or you like mocking the Met just as much as your brother does. Oh, wow, okay. Um, well, he's got some major contortions. Not a great deal of blood though. Unlately struck by a dream, then.
Starting point is 00:31:12 Yeah, true. True. If he caught the live rail, that could explain some degree of contortion. Shoulder is popped out here. Knee cap is two. Ouch. Broken ankles, John. Hmm. We have no cameras that spot him entering the tunnel at either end or at any station or platform. So he just appeared here? Service hatch? No. Not a single camera catches him on his adventure to this point where he comes into contact with the live rail. No, it wouldn't. It wouldn't. Oh dear, Mycroft, Holmes. How disappointing.
Starting point is 00:31:50 If you don't see it, that's fine. I can help you. I see it. No, you don't. There's no footprints to this position. You could have walked on the rails or sleepers. Good point, Miss Lestrade. Is that it, Mycroft? Nothing else? Deary me.
Starting point is 00:32:06 Moccasins. Yes. Have you looked them up? Have I looked up the chap's moccasins? No, I have not. I've had a very busy morning with other matters. Like the role of Terrence? Whose Terrence? Oh, chop, chop, little one. Let's hear it.
Starting point is 00:32:24 Memory foam moccas and slippers. In rather good Nick, wouldn't you say, for wandering down a tube line? Yes. And he's showered. Hair is still wet. I can even see some conditioner in it here. Proof, not only did he not walk down this tunnel, but he didn't even intend. tend to leave his house. He would have melted.
Starting point is 00:32:49 What was that? The slippers, if he'd touch the live rail, there's no smell. Electricution, there'd be like a burned keratin, like a burned hair smell. Keep going. Well, so electrocution can cause very severe muscle contraction.
Starting point is 00:33:05 It'll pop your shoulder out easy. Pop your kneecaps out too, but there's no other signs. Only one fist is clenched, facial muscles all limp, ankles are broken, from an impact. He wasn't electrocuted. Excellent, Watson.
Starting point is 00:33:19 If he was struck by a train, there'd be blood. Burns would be shattered on this place. Witnesses all the way from the driver to the passengers would have seen it, felt it. The control room monitored this sort of thing constantly. Sensors alone would have caught it. Obstruction markers in the tunnel would send a signal. So, not electrocuted, not hit by a train. And from the looks of it?
Starting point is 00:33:43 Not ever intending to be out of the house, let alone. Here. Yeah. I think the game might be afoot, rather. Yes, I think it might. To binge this adventure in full and without ads, go to patreon.com forward slash Sherlock and co. Two and five Canadians will hear the words you have can. That's why every step and dollar raised matters.
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