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Whisky · January 30, 2015 8:58 pm

Okay okay. I have trust in your trust then :-)

Although the idea of an victorian Reichenbach fall is really something I don't want to indulge in... @A lovely light

SolarSystem · January 30, 2015 10:36 pm

Whisky, you are not the only one who isn't completely over the moon about this whole Victorian idea. I'm trying really hard to be enthusiastic about it, but so far without much success. And just like you I find this quite unsettling. I look at these setlock pics and I'm just thinking 'Okay, nice... somehow'... but that's basically it. I agree, there is so much Victorian Sherlock out there already, and the reason I fell in love with BBC Sherlock is that it's not another Victorian version, but something new, different, modern. Now, I'm pretty sure that the Mofftiss' Victorian version will also be different from all the other Victorian Sherlocks, but still... gosh, I don't know.

This idea however just blew my mind:

A lovely light wrote:
Iff they cover all 9 episodes as a dream in victorian times? ( i am so no prepared to see a new Reichenbach fall.....)

This would be amazing. Truly amazing. Don't ask me why, but this would be so crazy...! I'd love it. Seeing Sherlock and John meet for the very first time again, seeing the Reichenbach Fall all over again... wow. What a crazy ride this could be.

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tonnaree · January 30, 2015 11:19 pm

I know that Moftiss live to give us what we never expected. I'm counting on that.

Liberty · January 31, 2015 7:43 am

Even if it is just an episode set in Victorian times, I'd be very happy with that. I seem to remember a thread a while back about doing a period version, but can't find it. Anyway, I thought I'd love to see a period version, but didn't want to miss any of the modern versions. Doing it as a special is just the way I would have wanted it IF they planned to do it. It would leave the Mary cliffhanger for longer, which again is fine - I was hoping that would be resolved quickly, but I'm happy to focus on something other than Mary.

The problem is that IF this is a one off period piece, with Mary included but the cliffhanger not resolved, then however Mary is in this episode will become canon Victorian BBC Sherlock. I mean, if they make her into a baddie or a goodie (and unless they concentrate on her story, I suspect she'll be a goodie) she'll always be that in that time, because there's no way to resolve that in the future, the way they could in the modern episodes.

But probably they're doing something much more clever than just a period episode.

SusiGo · January 31, 2015 10:38 am

I am still wondering about the scene on the cemetery with Martin and Amanda in HLV costumes. Of course it could be a frame story but I would not put it beyond them that it is a red herring or a scene for series 4. So far it has been the only thing in modern dress. Of course they could have John and Mary visit the cemetery, stop in front of a grave and delve into a Victorian flashback but to me this somehow does not fit what we have seen from setlock.

lil · February 1, 2015 3:44 pm

More M@J in modern costume yesterday...and Mycroft in costume!
Confusing.....but

This Is The Phantom Lady · February 1, 2015 4:12 pm

I think the victorian things could all be a mind palace/halucination thing... and that would work with a modern frame setting...

Sherlock Holmes · February 1, 2015 8:17 pm

Going to setlock in Bath tomorrow guys. I'll be live tweeting and posting pics and updates on my Twitter - @believeinsh2012. Feel free to repost anything here, including pictures. VERY EXCITED!!

SusiGo · February 1, 2015 8:30 pm

Have fun, boss!

This Is The Phantom Lady · February 1, 2015 8:47 pm

Have a great time!!

*tries not to be jealous*

kittykat · February 1, 2015 8:50 pm

Following you on Twitter now, Boss!

tonnaree · February 1, 2015 10:58 pm

I am utterly green with envy.

We'll all be there with you in spirit boss!

gently69 · February 2, 2015 7:56 am

Have a lot of fun, boss.

And ... Wow! Damned good looking!!!

Vhanja · February 2, 2015 8:45 am

Oh, wow, envious! Enjoy!

And that John-pic is awesome!

SolarSystem · February 2, 2015 10:55 am

This looks so surreal... 221B in the middle of the street? This can't be real.

SusiGo · February 2, 2015 10:56 am

Well, they once had Sherlock's bed on a meadow.

gently69 · February 2, 2015 11:00 am

That's what I was thinking, Susi.

SolarSystem · February 2, 2015 11:05 am

Yeah, and that wasn't real, was it?

gently69 · February 2, 2015 11:16 am

So it means, Sherlock will be drugged again?

kittykat · February 2, 2015 12:20 pm

If the Victorian part is a hallucination, then it kind of makes sense. It could be like the end of Wizard of Oz:

"And you were there...and you were there..."