Moffat Confirms Victorian-Set Sherlock Special, Plus Sherlock Convention News

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Sherlock news!! We have Sherlock news!!

With such a long time between episodes, anyone that is a fan of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s Sherlock rejoices when even the tiniest bit of news comes out of the production. Well this time, it’s actually a big bit of news – an answer to a question no less!

Ever since they posted the photo above of stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in what are some rather odd looking styles, the fandom has been wondering what’s up with the look – why do Sherlock and Watson look like they are wearing clothes better set in the Victorian era rather than the modern one?

Given the origins of the Sherlock stories, the Victorian era isn’t odd, per say, but for this version, it’s not something we’d expect. Have our detectives hopped in the TARDIS and gone back in time?

Well, sort of.

According to co-creator Steven Moffat, the one-off special that just recently wrapped filming is indeed set more than 100 years ago. According to Moffat, with the story they wanted to tell, there was just no getting around the time period. Here’s what he told Entertainment Weekly while in Austin, Texas, for the South By Southwest festival.

“The special is its own thing…we wouldn’t have done the story we’re doing, and the way we’re doing it, if we didn’t have this special. It’s not part of the run of three episodes. So we had this to do it – as we could hardly conceal – it’s Victorian. [Co-creator Mark Gatiss] and me, we wanted to do this, but it had to be a special, it had to be separate entity on its own. It’s kind of in its own little bubble.”

So that explains the the photos we’ve seen. But what story are they doing? So far every episode has been a take off on one of the original Conan Doyle stories. What was so special about this one particular story that Gatiss and Moffat couldn’t drag it into this day and age, like they’ve so expertly done with the rest?

And when will we actually see this special? There’s been no word yet on when it will air on either side of the pond, but speculation is that we’ll all get it sometime around Christmas, with the real three-episode series 4 sometime later next year.

If you can’t wait that long for the next time we’ll see the great detective on screen, why not go to a convention all about the show?

Are you Sherlocked?

This coming 24th to 26th April, a special convention of all things Sherlock will be taking place in London at the ExCel convention center. Star Benedict Cumberbatch and creators Gatiss and Moffat are all scheduled to attend, as well as many other fan favorites including Andrew Scott (Moriarty), Rupert Graves (Lestrade), and Lara Pulver (Irene Adler). All are set to do the typical convention fare of photos, autographs, and Q&A sessions over the course of the weekend. If you’re in the area and available to attend, I’d suggest getting your tickets now, before anything else is sold out – tickets for non-package photoshoots and Q&A sessions were released just this past Wednesday and some of them are already sold out!

Looking at all the pricing, the Platinum pass looks to be the best deal – all the photos, autographs, and other stuff you’d want for £595.00 (roughly $880US) unless you’ve got the cash to drop nearly £3000 (roughly $4400US) for the VIP package…

I wish I could go! Aside from being able to see Mr. Cumberbatch in person, I’d love to hear Andrew Scott talk about playing one of literature’s notorious villains.  He does it so well!

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