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"So, the Beauty and the Beast panel has wrapped here in Ballroom 20 - next up, it&amp;#039;s the turn of controversial new CBS drama Elementary. This much-anticipated show stars Jonny Lee Miller as a contemporary Sherlock Holmes in New York and Lucy Liu as his accomplice Joan Watson. The pair will take to the stage alongside executive producers Robert Doherty and Carl Beverly in an attempt to convince us that Elementary is nothing like Sherlock, honest...  17:49And that&amp;#039;s your lot for the Elementary panel - stay tuned to Digital Spy&amp;#039;s coverage of the 2012 Comic-Con in San Diego. The Dexter panel - our final live blog of the day - is coming up next! 17:48Lucy explains that Elementary will focus more on Sherlock&amp;#039;s drug addiction than past adaptations and praises CBS for taking that &amp;quot;risk&amp;quot;. 17:46The second Elementary fan question is the final one - time is at a premium, clearly! Asked about getting into character, Jonny praises the show&amp;#039;s scripts, but again reiterates his admiration for Conan Doyle&amp;#039;s work... 17:45&amp;quot;Lucy was hired because she is a phenomenal actor - there was no agenda,&amp;quot; Carl agrees. 17:44Fan question time! Attendee no. 1 wants to know how Lucy felt about the controversy over her casting. &amp;quot;You have to be a pioneer and being a pioneer means doing things that are different and outside of the box,&amp;quot; she argues. The audience responds warmly. 17:42On Watson&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;damaged past&amp;quot;, Lucy says: &amp;quot;Emotionally, she&amp;#039;s distraught... [Sherlock] sees right through her - he&amp;#039;s a very unique client, something she&amp;#039;s never had before...&amp;quot; 17:41Jonny talks Sherlock&amp;#039;s addiction and how his character lacks &amp;quot;control&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;He has such a genius for solving crime, but he really is not in control of himself.&amp;quot; 17:39Fellow exec Carl adds that he wants to &amp;quot;pepper in&amp;quot; famous Conan Doyle characters &amp;quot;over time&amp;quot;, while Robert explains that most Elementary episodes will be based on original stories rather than Conan Doyle tales. 17:37Will we see characters like Moriarty or Mycroft in Elementary? &amp;quot;it would be a great shame to do a Sherlock project and not have Moriarty appear at some point in time,&amp;quot; Robert suggests. 17:36Lucy discusses Watson&amp;#039;s gender change - &amp;quot;It gives it a little bit of a tingle,&amp;quot; she laughs. Exec producer Robert Doherty adds that he has always been fascinated by Sherlock&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;struggle&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;the fairer sex&amp;quot;. 17:34Miller insists that Cumberbatch has been &amp;quot;very supportive&amp;quot; of Elementary - adding that he took most of the inspiration for his Holmes from Conan Doyle&amp;#039;s novels. 17:33Straight away - the moderator brings up Sherlock and Miller&amp;#039;s Frankenstein co-star Benedict Cumberbatch... 17:32And here come the cast and crew - Jonny Lee Miller is greeted with rapturous applause by an eager audience! 17:31Alright, so Elementary is actually pretty good - it&amp;#039;s no Sherlock but Jonny Lee Miller makes for an endearing and charismatic lead. The show certainly has potential... 16:42Here we go! Once again, we start with the pilot of Elementary - this should be interesting. See you back here in 42 and a bit minutes! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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