Here you will find the foundation of our proposed project to create an edutainment animation series based on the adventures of the world famous detective duo of Herlock Shlomes and Dr Whatsup.
Titled ‘Who Killed Antibiotics?’ the series will be a fictional murder mystery that tries to understand why the effectiveness of antibiotics- arguably the cornerstone of all modern medicine- is declining at such a rapid pace.
To dramatise the issues involved, our story is set ten years ahead in the future and also assumes that all classes of antibiotics are finally dead and presumably ‘murdered’ by culprits ranging from industry and health ministries to doctors and patients alike. The ‘murder weapons’ used, among other blunt and sharp instruments, have been decades of indiscriminate use of antibiotics and even their abuse in areas such as animal factory farming.
The task of Shlomes, Whatsup and others in the series is to find out whodunit! They do all this with the help of the latter’s precocious 10 year old daughter Doalot who has the amazing ability to communicate with animals, insects and microbes. To add an element of fun while giving some more depth to the issues we are dealing with also are the characters of Sprayalot, mother of Doalot who is under the control of Dr Control Freak who wants to kill all the bacteria in the world and take over the planet.
We chose the animation format, as we believe this has the broadest range of appeal to our target audience of families and communities. The series will be supported by this website and other media such as books, comics, information packs and a blog, which we hope will provide a significant forum and resource to help tackle this growing problem.
To ensure that this production is of the highest professional standards and to guarantee maximum exposure for the project we are pleased to have partnered with international production company Living Films to oversee and promote the project and Digital Mixes for production services.
This project is supported by Action on Antibiotic Resistance or ReAct
How you can help - please see the blog page.