TV Detective World Series Round 1 - Scully vs Watson

Here at the Murder Mystery Company we've been trying to ascertain just who is the finest TV Detective of them all... and the first round is nearly over. So far we've seen Jimmy McNulty face off against Miss Marple, Poirot take on Jack Bauer and David Hasselhoff lose a scrap with himself - to name but a few. This time...

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Judge's Overview

This is really the battle of the sidekicks, as two of television's favourite supporting sleuths meet each other in a freak scheduling shock.

FBI Agent and Doctor of medicine Dana Scully looks at the cases of her leading man through the eyes of a scientist, trying to keep Mulder's elaborate theories in check as he rages against aliens, government conspiracies and the paranormal.

Ex Soldier and Doctor of medicine John Watson, on the other hand, looks at the cases of his leading man with calm bafflement, trying to keep Holmes' elaborate theories in check as he solves murders.

On paper there's barely a thing to separate them, unless you consider things like gender, nationality, job, belief system or torch size. This one is going to be close!

Voting closes in one month.

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TV Detective World Series Result - Mulder vs Sloan

And the results are in! The TV Detective World Series opening round has claimed another victim!

They have been checked and verified. Then they were forgotten about for a while and finally found behind the fridge. We can now announce that the winner is...

It was a close call, and the author was even accused of leaving the vote open longer than usual in the hope Mulder could catch up but to no avail - Sloan took just over 60% of the vote and joins other first round winners in the winner's enclosure.

Mulder shocked everyone when the result was announced by claiming conspiracy, and started shouting at the judges about secret drug tests and time travelling vote rigging aliens.

Sloan took this outburst well. He chuckled like the world's grandfather, produced a lollipop from his lab coat sleeve, ruffled the young pretender's hair and said "Oh, Mulder. You and your conspiracies..."

Mulder retracted his complaint and left the arena contented, sucking noisily at his lolly.

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