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Re: The special - the game is on (spoilers)
Lol, that's cute!
So... you guys have any idea what that "special scene with Martin" could be?
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Vhanja wrote:
Lol, that's cute!
So... you guys have any idea what that "special scene with Martin" could be?
Oh my darling. I have so many "ideas." 
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*Turns smutty imagination off*
Well, someone suggested we might get another more Canon-compliant version of the reunion, complete with brandy, open collar, blurry vision and all that stuff. 
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Well, smutty imagination goes without saying, of course. 
Yeah, I've heard that idea mentioned. Could be, of course, but to me it doesn't quite make sense that if they first took the time and trouble to shoot a Victorian special, they would redo something they've already done.
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]*Turns smutty imagination off*[/u]
Well, someone suggested we might get another more Canon-compliant version of the reunion, complete with brandy, open collar, blurry vision and all that stuff.
Yours has an OFF switch?
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Now this is interesting. Look at the dates.The pic below is from filming the special:
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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
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It was in the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I need not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some weeks in one of our great University towns....is the start of The three students.
Speculation it was the trial @ The Wilde connection is always interesting...also....two of his plays were on in London at the time..The Importance of being Earnest @ The Ideal Husband @also theres The ideal man monologue.
Yes..Fun Coincidences....
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Ah, but what does the universe say about coincidence..................
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Now that is very interesting!
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A reference to the ideal husband could also be an ironic nod in a episode containing a bride shooting herself on her wedding day.
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@The princess bride.....again?
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Here is an interesting post. Sorry if we had this before:
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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Mark Gatiss tweets a pic of #Shspesh in pregrade !
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Here is an interesting post. Sorry if we had this before:
Did not realize the significance of men using first names in Victorian times.
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I think it went even longer than Victorian times. For example during at least part of the 20th century in English public schools boys used to address each other by their last names (Brits, please correct me if I am wrong). Using first names reflects a high degree of closeness or intimacy.
As for the show - it has always been a modern distinction to call them Sherlock and John as opposed to Holmes and Watson. If they were going to change this in the special, this would be highly significant.
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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Re: The special - the game is on (spoilers)
I think it went even longer than Victorian times. For example during at least part of the 20th century in English public schools boys used to address each other by their last names (Brits, please correct me if I am wrong).
I remember someone - I think it was perhaps Moffat - who said that one of the reasons they decided that the boys would call each other by their first names in their modern version was "otherwise they would sound so public school". So I think you are right.
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It's been like that until quite recently in Britain for boys - not just at public schools. Even my boyfriend (mid 30s) still calls his old school friends by their surnames or nicknames. My son (teenage) never has. Nowadays it wouldn't be usual for two people meeting in adult, outside of an institution, to use surnames.
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They have started recording the score. And there seems to be a title (which we are not allowed to see):
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Could it be even remotely possible that we'd get to see it before Christmas? 
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No idea. It would be brilliant. But they have called it a Christmas special more than once so I am not really hopeful.
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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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