BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / The special - the game is on (spoilers)

**Posted by nakahara** November 11, 2014 12:49 pm

Sounds like they are really adapting "The Valley of Fear" then. The organisation of mainly Irish freemasons that terrorised a small town by arsons, murders and beatings of people who opposed them was featured in that story...

**Posted by SolarSystem** November 11, 2014 2:23 pm

Right. So I guess I'll go and read "The Valley of Fear" then quite soon.

**Posted by tonnaree** November 11, 2014 2:24 pm

*runs through the forum in her knickers singing the Hallelujah Chorus*

**Posted by besleybean** November 11, 2014 5:11 pm

All sounding good!

**Posted by silverblaze** November 16, 2014 12:22 pm

Hah, if that's Valley then I predicted something right. I'm really curious what they will do with Mary. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they killed her at the end of this episode. Otherwise it's gonna be the last one.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** November 17, 2014 11:50 pm

I still like the idea of Mary being the MacMurdo character in Valley.

**Posted by Harriet** November 18, 2014 8:42 am

Well, folks, tonight I had a dream with the trailer to the special.
So what are we going to see?

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

- Mary in her red coat, a lot, like on a lonely road, staring in window panes and also at:
- another wedding (Kate and William), what the heck????
- we will see that everybody wonders where Mary left the baby this afternoon - probably just with the grandparents, right???

I mean, this time I could remember more than last time when I dreamt the complete S3 last year (twice, but it didn't help )

**Posted by nakahara** November 18, 2014 9:54 am

What an interesting (prophetic) trailer!

- I guess that the people from Mary´s past will be after her this time
- the terrorists that wanted to blow up the parliament in S3 will have the plan to ruin Kate´s and William´s wedding in S4 or so it seems
- and maybe the Watson´s baby will be kidnapped too?

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** November 18, 2014 10:32 am

nakahara wrote:
- and maybe the Watson´s baby will be kidnapped too?

That's blatantly going to happen at some point if they keep the baby in the show.

**Posted by silverblaze** November 18, 2014 4:21 pm

You dreamed a trailer? That's so cool! How freaky would it be if the real trailer would turn out to be the same?

Knowing Moftiss, we're probably wrong about the imaginary trailer; the wedding is a flashback to the Mary and John wedding, but now they're gonna explain that nothing was what it seemed.

**Posted by nakahara** November 18, 2014 7:23 pm

More vague promises:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-18/mark-gatiss-next-sherlock-is-very-special-and-tremendously-exciting---but-may-not-be-at-christmas

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** November 18, 2014 8:04 pm

I don't mind if it's not a Christmas special. In fact, I might change the title of this forum to join in with the ambiguity.

**Posted by besleybean** November 18, 2014 8:14 pm

I'd prefer if it wasn't a Xmas special.

**Posted by Harriet** November 18, 2014 8:19 pm

Dreaming things ahead of time is fun - I was lucky enough to dream all S3 twice in 2013 but couldn't remember much

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 18, 2014 8:19 pm

I'd love to see an Easter speacial - the sooner the better.

**Posted by tonnaree** November 18, 2014 8:29 pm

I vote for a Valentine's Day special.
(to no one's great surprise)

**Posted by besleybean** November 18, 2014 8:34 pm

No!
But they won't be completed in time, anyway.

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 18, 2014 8:37 pm

tonnaree wrote:
I vote for a Valentine's Day special.
(to no one's great surprise)

Yes!

**Posted by besleybean** November 18, 2014 8:39 pm

They may not even finish filming until the END of February.

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 18, 2014 8:41 pm

That will not stop me from WANTING it.