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Mary Me · September 15, 2013 11:47 am

besleybean wrote:
It was a lot less painful than the book!
But I did feel for John.

less painful? For me it's just the other way round.

sj4iy · September 15, 2013 12:24 pm

I was so pumped after watching TRF the first time that I couldn't wait to see it again. So I watched it the next day

sj4iy · September 15, 2013 1:24 pm

The current rumor is around Jan. 1st. It could be baseless, but the guy who started it is a reputable blogger/journalist, and he's very adamant. So, until we hear more, this is my placemarker.

kittykat · September 15, 2013 1:56 pm

I won't believe anything that anyone says until it's confirmed by the BBC or Moftiss.

sj4iy · September 15, 2013 2:15 pm

Well, the filmmakers have also said "End of this year/beginning of next" (BC, Sue Verture, Moffat), Jan. 1st is as good as guess as any.

http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/sherlock/176918/updated-sherlock-series-3-air-date-revealed

Last edited by sj4iy (September 15, 2013 2:18 pm)

besleybean · September 15, 2013 2:28 pm

I've always gone for Jan 1 since S2...which is why I think I'll be away!

Mary Me · September 15, 2013 3:09 pm

Well, if that's true then I can't go skiing.

besleybean · September 15, 2013 3:37 pm

Altho the 1st is a Wednesday, so I don't know if that makes a difference...

SolarSystem · September 15, 2013 3:53 pm

Well, the 1st is a holiday, so a lot of people will probably not be at home... But it's all speculation at this point anyway. Would be great to have it officially announced asap...

stoertebeker · September 15, 2013 3:59 pm

I suppose, they'll announce the date, when post-production is over. Mark Gatiss implied something like that in one of his tweets. Big question is, when will post-production be over?

besleybean · September 15, 2013 4:03 pm

End of this month?
Or possibly into the 1st week of October.

sj4iy · September 15, 2013 4:08 pm

Doubt it. It took them about 4 months to finish up post-production on the first two episodes, so we're probably looking at Novemeberish before they finish up episode 3. Remember, these are feature-length episodes shot like a movie, not a tv episode. They put a lot more into editing and sound design than your typical tv episode.

besleybean · September 15, 2013 4:14 pm

This was my thinking:
A month edit per episode.
Each director edits his own episode.
S3 has 3 different directors.
So I am assuming eps 1& 2 are already done.

tobeornot221b · September 15, 2013 6:05 pm

I don't quite remember exactly when they announced SCANDAL back in 2011, which aired Jan 1st, 2012. Could have been November. In any case, it was not a long time beforehand.

besleybean · September 15, 2013 6:09 pm

But it was announced in the Summer of 2011, that it wouldn't be airing until 2012!
I think the BBC works in 3 month blocks.
They will have a November-January block, I reckon, to cover Xmas/New Year...
So I'm not hopeful that the show will get shown in the next couple of months or so...

Mattlocked · September 15, 2013 6:51 pm

besleybean wrote:
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So I'm not hopeful that the show will get shown in the next couple of months or so...

Ah come on, you can't be serious.....

the_dancing_woman · September 15, 2013 6:53 pm

besleybean wrote:
But it was announced in the Summer of 2011, that it wouldn't be airing until 2012!
I think the BBC works in 3 month blocks.
They will have a November-January block, I reckon, to cover Xmas/New Year...
So I'm not hopeful that the show will get shown in the next couple of months or so...

I've also been thinking about the end of November as a possible air date for the first episode. Still seems not that unlikely to me, but maybe it's only wishful thinking on my side.
It would be nice if they came forward with a definite air date really soon now, so we would at least have that uncertainty out of the way and can concentrate fully on worrying about how episode three is going to end.

besleybean · September 15, 2013 6:54 pm

Well I certainly think not before November, more likely December and most likely of all January..

sj4iy · September 15, 2013 7:11 pm

I think November is out because of the big Doctor Who anniversary special on the 23rd. I just don't see BBC putting up a competing show when they are pushing that. They would want to wait until afterwards when all of the hype has died down.

besleybean · September 15, 2013 7:14 pm

You'd think...incidentally...have you all heard the rumour?!

(BEWARE WHOVIANS
DW Spoiler alert!)

Benedict was spotted on location for DW.