article_snippet: The Doc Martin actor, 53, plays Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the three-part ITV series, which made its debut last night.
article_snippet: Martin Clunes, pictured, has been criticised on the internet over Martin Clunes 'wandering Scottish brogue' The Doc Martin star, left, was playing Edinburgh born writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle beside Arsher Ali, right .
article_snippet: Some Broadchurch fans complained when The show returned in the New Year, that the former Dr Who star David Tennant was too Scottish, with some taking to Twitter to claim some needed to turn on the subtitles to follow the action.
article_snippet: Clunes, pictured, said the former Dr Who star David Tennant was worried about playing Doyle as the former
article_snippet: Dr Who star David Tennant was a 'very famous Scotsman' Others defended the star, with one viewer, tweeting as 'perfecto-cheese' writing: 'Not every Scot speaks like Billy Connolly!'
article_snippet: The comments came after the Men Behaving Badly star admitted that he was daunted by the role and that he used a dialect coach to work on he . '
article_snippet: Doyle is a very famous Scotsman
article_snippet: so I had to speak with an authentic Scottish accent,' Doyle previously said. '
article_snippet: I was terrified at the thought of playing Doyle.'
article_snippet: The story is based on the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created Sherlock Holmes.
highlights_snippet: Martin Clunes was playing Edinburgh author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle .
  