Ladies of Baker Street History

Joan is the middle child of Harold and Sarah Watson. She was preceded by three years by Harold "Harry" Watson Jr., and followed two years later by Lucy Watson.

Watson tried for eight years to get admittance to medical school. When her father's alma mater refused her, she focused on local institutions, since they were living in London by then. The events of the Surgeons' Hall riot also influenced her switch regarding institutions. (The change is how she missed out on being one of the early members of the Edinburgh Seven).   Eventually, she gave up attempting to achieve the training and licensing in the traditional manner.

Watson was injured during the Battle of Mainwand on 27th July, 1880, taking a Jezail bullet to the shoulder. She avoided capture by the enemy only because her orderly, Murray, dragged her out of danger. She was unconscious at the time of recovery and thus was incapable of preventing those who tended to her from discovering that she was not, in fact, Harry Watson, and she was swiftly discharged from the service not long after.

A chance encounter between Watson and a friend from St. Thomas' leads Joan to 221 B Baker Street, and the likes of Charlotte Holmes.

Martin Morstan and Joan Watson marry; Charlotte finds out about the relationship a month earlier. She promises to never speak to Joan again when she walks out the door with the last of her belongings.

Holmes and Watson meet Martin Morstan when he comes to them to investigate the odd circumstances surrounding his father's time in India.

Martin Morstan is found dead in his home. No obvious signs found as to cause of death. Coroner initially considers it a death by natural causes, as Mr. Morstan was a heavy drinker.