Well I read that it does NOT have the mini episode and NO commented version, but behind the scenes.
Mine will hopefully arrive today.

It's arrived!!!!!! Time to put up the 'Do Not Disturb' sign.  

Solar, your Benedict in shorts gif successfully distracted me from everything else I have to do. 

Last edited by SusiGo (January 21, 2014 10:45 am)

I am in heaven!!! Got the blu ray and my Sherlocked t-shirt!!!
But I also am in the office. And straight from there I will go to sports. Won't be home before 9:30 pm. AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! And Solar is posting... a pic of Benedict in shorts. Unbelievable!!!!!

I think this has been posted somewhere else before, but just for the record: The series 3 Blu-rays (and presumably also the DVDs) only have the three special features that are listed on the cover. There are no commentaries, and the "Many Happy Returns" webisode isn't on there either.

The three special features, in a nutshell, are:

Fans, Villains and Speculation
A featurette on the conception and evolution of series 3 and its characters, featuring interview snippets with the actors (mainly Martin, Benedict and Amanda) and Gatiss and Moffat. Also includes bits on the fandom phenomenon and how hundreds of fans keep turning up on set. Some fans are prominently featured or even interviewed.

Shooting Sherlock
It's not about shooting Sherlock, as in how is the show filmed, it's about actually shooting Sherlock with a gun in His Last Vow. Lots of technical behind-the-scenes things, such as the rig they built to have Benedict fall backwards, the slow-mo shots, another rig they made for the camera that spins in 360° circles, etc. Also has interview snippets interspersed with different people.

The Fall
A featurette about the reveal of how on earth Sherlock survived the fall off of the Bart's hospital roof. They talk about the different versions they showed/filmed, about the canon lore, about the different theories on the internet, and some more technical things on how the different fall scenes were filmed. This also has interview snippets included, mostly Moffat and Gatiss.

I didn't keep time how long exactly the featurettes were, but I'd say about 15 or 20 minutes each. I presume them all put together was what PBS aired after TEH, but I'm not sure.

Last edited by TeeJay (January 22, 2014 7:01 pm)

Got mine today already ripped everything into my Hard Drive I had already bought the Special Post-episode features on iTunes so while there are many things that are old news (the way they decided to show Sherlock's death and then his inexplicable appaeance at the cemetary) there are also all sorts of new thingsincluding fan theories in detail as to how it was done and how their shooting the scene in so many ways worked to confound the "spys" (were they actually showing how "it" was done? or were they just using safety precautions for the scene?) I am disappointed they didn't include Many Happy Returns" but  perhaps, if enough of us fans demand it, they'll put it out at a later date.

Aww, that's a shame they didn't even do a single commentary!  Or at least just throw on the mini-episode?  In such a hurry?  Nice little features though...
And love the gifs solar posted, belatedly seen.  Here, have another adorable moment....   

Just got an email that mine have "shipped"! LOL!

I got the same email message,   hooray.    And bonus,  that the price had decreased
since I originally ordered it,  so a bit of savings.


Russell  I really enjoyed the delightful gif,   overdose of cute!      thanks!