Last week I asked you to name your FIVE favourite fictional investigators/detectives. There were 187 votes and the results are amassed below, with asterisks denoting unique "other votes" that were received:
NO VOTES
Alex Cross, Jack Ryan, Ducky Mallard, Quincy, Dalziel, Father Dowling, Horatio Caine, Inspector Lestrade, Wexford, Sonny Crockett, Jessica Fletcher, Mac Taylor & Perry Mason. Sorry guys, but people don't think you could catch a cold.
Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison,
Ashes To Ashes' Alex Drake, Rebus, Father Brown, Harry Dresden,
The Mentalist's Patrick Jane, Peter Boyd, Marlowe, Precious Ramotswe, Sandra Pullman, Bergerac, Magnum, Jessica King*,
City Homicide's Simon Joyner*,
Psych's Shawn Spencer*,
Dexter's Debra Morgan*,
The Name Of The Rose's William of Baskerville*, Batman*,
The Saint's Simon Templar*, John Shaft*, House*,
Moonlight's Mick St John*, Commander Dalgliesh*,
The Closer's Brenda Leigh Johnson*, Charlie Jade*,
Eureka's Sheriff Carter*, Melrose Plant* & Lisbeth Salander*
2 VOTES
Christopher Foyle,
Whitechapel's Chandler,
Cracker's Fitz,
Midsomer Murders' Barnaby, Inspector Lynley, Inspector Morse, Jim Rockford, Kay Scarpetta, Sam Spade,
Life's Charlie Crews*, Takeshi Kovacs* &
Castle's Richard Castle*
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Adrian Monk, Dana Scully, Brother Cadfael, Inspector Gadget, Jonathan Ames, Miss Marple & Rick Deckard |
Quite a crush of differing investigators for 10th place; from obsessive compulsive Adrian Monk to skeptical Dana Scully, through pious Brother Cadfael and goofy Inspector Gadget, continuing with
Bored To Death's hipster Jonathan Ames and genteel Miss Marple, and finishing with the smoldering Rick Deckard from
Blade Runner.
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| 9th - 4 VOTESHercule Poirot |
Agatha Christie's second detective in the top 10, and undoubtedly her most famous--it's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, most famously played by David Suchet. Even his mustache has you certain he'll be able to crack whatever case you throw his way.
I've only seen a handful of
CSI episodes in my entire life, so I can't really comment on the prowess of Gil Grissom. Does he leave it all to forensic science, or does he have a remarkable deductive brain?
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| 7th - 6 VOTESAgent Dale Cooper |
When the small-town of
Twin Peaks became the scene of a young girl's murder, it was initially a worry when they sent eccentric FBI Agent Dale Cooper to investigate. But his obsession with coffee, cherry pie, and bizarre dreams about a backwards-talking dwarf made him equally as quirky as the townsfolk he met there..
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| 6th - 7 VOTESBenton Fraser, Dirk Gently & Jonathan Creek |
It's a three-way tie for sixth place, with
Due South's Mountie Benton Fraser, author Douglas Adams' oddball detective Dirk Gently (who finally made the transition to TV last year with Stephen Mangan in the role), and mop-haired eccentric Jonathan Creek.
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| 5th - 8 VOTESFox Mulder & Columbo |
The X Files' Fox Mulder beats his partner Scully be a considerable amount (I guess people didn't vote for them as a pair!), and is joined by San Francisco's finest in Lieutenant Columbo--the gumshoe with the glass-eye and raincoat who always let the city's criminals underestimate him.
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| 4th - 9 VOTESAngel & Sam Tyler |
I haven't seen
Angel, but the comments last week suggested he was a terrible detective, so I'm not sure what he's doing here. Oh, that's right--the power of fangirls online. He shared fourth place with
Life On Mars' Sam Tyler, who found himself stuck in the '70s after a car accident in 2006 and helped clean up Manchester's streets with the help of another cop in the top 10...
... yes, that's Gene Hunt. The unofficial Sheriff of Manchester (and later London in the
Ashes To Ashes spin-off), who helped protect innocent citizens with a combination of anger, brute force, political incorrectness and a cherry red For Quattro.
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| 2nd - 16 VOTESVeronica Mars |
Second place goes to Californian girl Veronica Mars, who solves crime while attending high school. This isn't a show I've seen (although it's been on my catchup list for awhile), but her success in this poll is very interesting..
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| 1st - 32 VOTESSherlock Holmes |
The winner, by a landslide, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest detective in the world, Mr Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street. Played by a variety of top actors in the past (from Basil Rathbone to Jeremy Brett), he's most recently been given a modern-day update in the form of Benedict Cumberbatch--endearing Sherlock to a whole new generation of fans. Deerstalker and pipe, optional.
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