10 Crazy Star Trek Fan Theories
2. Spock Is Related To Sherlock Holmes
A fan theory here that was actually willed so hard into existence that it was actually teased by Leonard Nimoy in one of the original movies. Spock, through his human mother's side of the family, is distantly related to London's most famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Owing to both the makeup of the characters and the way they've both been portrayed by numerous actors, fans had always seen clear similarities between Spock and Holmes. The impeccable logic, the dedicated reasoning, the unrivalled deductive prowess, and the rather liberal use of the word 'fascinating'. Star Trek offered no hard evidence for this, save for Spock's human heritage, but nonetheless the theories persisted.
However, finally, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Spock says; "An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the solution". While not mentioning Holmes by name, the line is almost an exact quote from the 1890 Conan Doyle's story The Sign of the Four.