A Modern Sherlock Holmes That Actually Works

[Lord Jim]

I think this series really lays the lie to the idea that, "the reason they can only produce three a year is because the writing is so good"...

They really jumped the shark when they made Watson's wife a ninja assassin...

And then she shoots "my friend and colleague, Mr. Sherlock Holmes" in the chest, nearly killing him, and Watson's reaction to all of this is, "I don't care what you were before, you're my wife, let's celebrate Christmas like nothing ever happened"....

Arthur Conan Doyle must be rotating at 3000 RPM in his grave...

[Gob]

Have you read "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" Jim? You really should.

[Lord Jim]

Have you read "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" Jim?

Yes I have Strop...

It's probably the creepiest of the stories...(except for "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor")

The Jeremy Brett version tells it quite well...

The Elementary version of the Charles Augustus Milverton story, focusing on his apprentice, is actually better than this one...

[Lord Jim]

It's kind of obvious that this version of "Charles Augustus Milverton"...(a man who owns numerous newspapers and television stations...a media mogul...)

Is based on...

Wait for it...

Oh, who could it be?

Ruppert Murdoch perhaps? just guessing...

Like Elliot Carver in the Bond film...

Ruppert makes a great super villain...

[Gob]

His wife makes a better one.

[Lord Jim]

[Lord Jim]

Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, whenever there's a need for a "super villain" it's frequently some takeoff on Rupert Murdoch....A media mogul out to control/destroy the world....

He should be flattered...

[Gob]

I have to say that this fellow with the unlikely Dickensian name of Benedict Cumberbatch

Would you believe; Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch

[Gob]

BBC One drama Sherlock has won a hat-trick of awards at the US Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won best actor and best supporting actor in a mini-series, although neither was at the ceremony.

Steven Moffat also won best writing in a mini-series for the final episode of Sherlock's third season.

Drug drama Breaking Bad was the big winner on the night, winning five awards including best drama series.

It was the second consecutive year the show picked up the awards' highest honour, after ending in September last year after five seasons.

[RayThom]

The last bow, maybe?

"Egress, Watson, egress!" Sherlock cried. "The game is no longer afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and egress!"

[Gob]

A special one-off episode of the hit BBC drama Sherlock will be shown in selected cinemas around the world, co-creator Steven Moffat has announced.




Speaking at Comic-Con in San Diego, he told thousands of fans of the TV show the story, set in Victorian England, would also be seen "on the big screen".

The fans, some of whom had queued for hours, were also the first to be shown a short scene from the episode.

Set in a snowy Baker Street, it sees the sleuth arriving home after a case.

"Did you catch a murderer, Mr Holmes?" asks a young child, carrying Sherlock and Dr Watson's suitcases.

"Caught the murderer, still looking for the legs," replies the detective, played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

"I think we'll call it a draw." [get the reference?]




The trailer ends with the caption "coming soon... ish"

The new adventure is set in the same time frame as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories.

Moffat said one of the challenges in writing the episode was exploring the different role played by Conan Doyle's female characters.

"One of the problems with the original, which we addressed in the modern series is that, for the most part, the women in the original Sherlock Holmes series don't really speak very much.

"And there isn't a Molly Hooper," he added to much laughter, referring to the morgue registrar played by Louise Brealey. "We'd forgotten that we invented Molly."
He also spoke about the continuing appeal of the character of Sherlock Holmes. Moffat's own theory is that "we're always going to be in love with the idea of a man who understands everything but himself".

The first day of Comic-Con saw British drama take centre stage. Another popular event was a Doctor Who panel which also featured Steven Moffat. The show's head writer appeared alongside Peter Capaldi who plays the Doctor, Jenna Coleman, who plays Clara, and Michelle Gomez, who plays Missy.

[Lord Jim]

Couldn't be bothered to post the trailer eh, Stroppy "just call me wes" Gob?



Definitely a very campy take, but if it looks like fun....

[Gob]

Sherlock fans have grown familiar with the waiting game between seasons, but they may be encouraged that showrunner Steven Moffat says he could see the project “going on for a long while”.


Speaking to TV critics on Saturday at a bi-annual panel, Moffat also commented on the government potentially cutting public funding from the BBC.

“It staggers me that we got a government that got elected and decided the main problem with Britain is our national broadcaster,” he said. “There must be something more important to do.”

On Sherlock, Moffat said he and co-executive producer Mark Gatiss were game to keep going.

“I don’t think it will be us that switch it off,” he said. “I imagine it’ll be down to Benedict [Cumberbatch] and Martin [Freeman]. Obviously we can’t do the show without them, and they’ve always said they’re happy to carry on so long as it’s good.”

In fact, Moffat said he would embrace a more mature Sherlock and Watson.

“I’d like to see them age, not because I’m a sadist,” he said. “Just because it would be interesting to see them become the more traditional age of those characters, which is in their fifties. They’re much younger than the normal version.”

Production on new episodes is expected to begin in the spring of 2016, but Cumberbatch and Freeman filmed a one-off episode set in the Victorian era which, rumor has it, could air this Christmas in the UK.

“We’ve never said it’s a Christmas special,” said Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, who is married to Moffat.

Moffat said it was “probably Christmas-ish ... We don’t actually know. We’re not making this up.”

Rebecca Eaton, of PBS, added: “I think we are working very hard on it to not frustrate the fans who know it’s on BBC and want to see it.”

What Moffat could say was that his leads enjoyed doing a period Sherlock, but one actor seemed to like it more than the others.

“By the end, Martin was ready to go back to the more acerbic version, but I think Benedict really enjoyed being Victorian Holmes. He was saying halfway through: ‘Let’s always do this. I quite like it,’” said Moffat.

They decided to jump back in time for an episode because “we checked the books and discovered we got it wrong”, joked Moffat. “We should have read them first. No, just because we can, really.”

Viewers should not expect an explanation for the time jump. “We never bothered explaining what they were doing in modern London, so why bother explaining what they’re doing in Victorian London, when that’s where they’re supposed to be?”

[Gob]

[Gob]

Researchers have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created Sherlock Holmes, a role the actor has recently made his own.

According to the website Ancestry.com, Cumberbatch, 40, and Conan Doyle, who died in 1930, were 16th cousins, twice removed. Their common ancestor was John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, fourth son of King Edward III and father of Henry IV.

John of Gaunt, who died in 1399, was Doyle’s 15th-great-grandfather and Cumberbatch’s 17th-great-grandfather, the website said.

Sherlock returns to screens on Sunday night, for three new episodes broadcast in the UK by the BBC and by PBS in the US.

[Burning Petard]

Oh Dear. I know I am only an ignorant colonial, but does the picture above, showing sherlock sitting in a chair, have him costumed anachronistically, wearing a Stresemann or Stroller suite--that was introduced during the 1920's?

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[Econoline]

I take it you haven't seen any of the BBC series "Sherlock", SG? (Or, for that matter, even seen the title of this thread?) You've GOT to do so. Immediately. You can find it on the web and stream it right now and thank me later.

[RayThom]

I take it you haven't seen any of the BBC series "Sherlock", SG? (Or, for that matter, even seen the title of this thread?) You've GOT to do so. Immediately. You can find it on the web and stream it right now and thank me later.

Cumberbatch, a brilliant actor, brings a lot of depth and intensity to the Holmes character. PBS is running a small marathon of this series starting today. Check your local listings.

[BoSoxGal]

Series 1-3 are also available on Netflix and the PBS archive online, if you miss your local station's replaying.

[Guinevere]

Terrific show last night (although I thought it started slowly)!