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Liberty · March 16, 2015 9:46 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
The way I understand it, with "the story we're doing" he's talking about the story of the special. So they only can tell this very story in the form of a special and not as part of the 'normal' show.

Yes, that's the way I read it.

nakahara · March 16, 2015 9:50 pm

That makes me even more curious, tbh.

tonnaree · March 17, 2015 12:12 am

Doesn't matter what it's about or if it's a standalone.
You know we'll all watch it obsessively and examine each screen capture with zoom and analyze the score and lighting for clues.

SolarSystem · March 17, 2015 5:18 am

Are you sure, tonnaree...? Sounds a bit far-fetched to me.

Liberty · March 17, 2015 9:36 am

It does mean that we know that whatever is going to happen with Mary (or Moriarty) it's not necessarily relevant to the present day. (For instance, Sherlock, John and Mary could be a crime-solving trio in the special, but that might never happen in S4).

tonnaree · March 17, 2015 12:53 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
Are you sure, tonnaree...? Sounds a bit far-fetched to me.

Trust me on this one Solar.

SusiGo · March 17, 2015 12:56 pm

Whoever would do such a thing? Really.

Sherlock Holmes · March 18, 2015 12:00 am

Somehow this announcement has made me even more excited than before. I didn't think it was possible.

jenosborn · March 18, 2015 5:34 am

I'm with you! Very exciting. Standalone or not, doesn't really matter to me.
(I actually kind of think of the entire Series 3 as a "standalone". ) Can't wait!

Liberty · March 18, 2015 7:36 am

Me too. I had a bit of a yen to see a period Sherlock done by the team, but didn't want it give up any episodes for it. I suppose that as this is a "special" it's not really an episode, so it's the perfect solution.

tonnaree · March 18, 2015 12:14 pm

I will excitedly accept anything the Sherlock team wants to give me.
I am a cheap easy Sherlock whore.

REReader · March 18, 2015 7:37 pm

I think what I find most exciting is that because it's a standalone they don't have to worry about continuity or development and can just let their Holmes-fannishness have free rein!

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SusiGo · March 23, 2015 1:39 pm

A post from aprilwats:

Mark Gatiss is quoted to say that the Christmas Special is "set in 1885, the reasons for which will become clear.” http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/guides/sherlock-series-4-news-summary

Ideas about the reasons?

tonnaree · March 23, 2015 2:05 pm

No real ideas yet. I just note that it's exactly 10 years earlier than 1895.

SusiGo · March 23, 2015 2:23 pm

Oops, seems there was a mistake:

https://twitter.com/Markgatiss/status/579771434467246080

So, 1895, ladies and gentlemen … fire away!

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tonnaree · March 23, 2015 3:34 pm

oh, ok. So it is 1895.

The same year as the Oscar Wilde trial.

SusiGo · March 23, 2015 4:02 pm

Yep. And there is the beginning of The Adventure of the Three Students ...

Liberty · March 23, 2015 4:05 pm

http://allpoetry.com/poem/8599039-221b-by-Vincent-Starrett

... A yellow fog swirls past the window-pane
As night descends upon this fabled street:
A lonely hansom splashes through the rain,
The ghostly gas lamps fail at twenty feet.
Here, though the world explode, these two survive,
And it is always eighteen ninety-five.

"221B" Vincent Starrett.

Wasn't 1895 Sherlock's best year (and the number John's blog counter stuck at?).

I was wondering if any of the original stories were meant to be set in this year?

SusiGo · March 23, 2015 4:08 pm

Yes, the one I mentioned above is.

Liberty · March 23, 2015 4:19 pm

Doh - I must have missed that when I was posting! Thanks! I haven't read that one. The most obvious "reason" for it being 1895 had to be something to do with the original stories, doesn't it? But maybe the reason is more closely related to the current series, not the original.

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