Baker Street Irregulars

The Baker Street Irregulars are several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories.

The original

The original Irregulars are a group of fictional characters featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories. They were a group of street urchins who helped Holmes out from time to time. The head of the group was called Wiggins. Holmes paid them a shilling a day (plus expenses), with a guinea prize (worth one pound and one shilling) for a vital clue.

Related Topics:
Fictional character - Sherlock Holmes - Shilling - Guinea - Pound

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Later Irregulars

Robert Heinlein picked up the idea in his novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Those Irregulars carried out similar surveillance in the run-up to a revolution, working for a computer named Mycroft, named after Sherlock Holmes' older smarter brother.

Related Topics:
Robert Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Mycroft

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The Irregulars also appear in the animated series Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, though these are teenagers, and presumably older than the ones of the Doyle canon. Like in the stories, the unofficial leader is named Wiggins, an aspiring pugilist and soccer player. Holmes practically deduces his entire life story simply by noting his walk and the stains on his clothes during their first meeting. A self-styled cockney girl and a computer nerd paraplegic form the other members of the group.

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