BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Mark Gatiss on future of Sherlock

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** March 13, 2013 8:37 pm

There's a distinct possibility someone has posted this already seeing as it's an article from last month and things happen so quickly in the Sherlock world these days but...

http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/sherlock-could-go-on-20-years-2

We've heard them say similar things before of course, but I like the comparison to Bruce and Rathbone. I'd very much like that too.

**Posted by YouRepelMe** March 25, 2013 9:43 pm

I do hope Gatiss is right...

**Posted by looking-glass-girl** April 11, 2013 2:13 pm

Wow. That would be pretty cool. I wiould love to see it happen, but I don't think it will, only because Benedict and Martin are pretty popular actors at the moment, and would most likely want to move on to other things. Hopefully they can do this simultaneously while still filming Sherlock! Maybe it could be like Dr. Who and go on forever, however have the same characters throughout each series. Who knows?

**Posted by Michele** April 12, 2013 12:44 am

It's probably marginly more possible than a regular TV show because a season is only 3 episodes rather than an episode a week. It's not out of the realm of possibilty that they could continue to make them long into the future. It wouldn't require as much time from Benedict and Martin's schedule.
I do hope that they don't do something like randomly change actors if one or both of them can't do it anymore. Unlike Doctor Who you can't change main characters so easily.

**Posted by Davina** April 12, 2013 1:01 am

It is not a weekly soap opera nor is it a very long run of episodes. They have managed to get as far as Series 3 without any undue problems, despite both Benedict and Martin having lots of other work to keep them busy (which is a good thing). As long as they are both happy to continue and the writers are happy to do so as well then I can see no reason why the series should not continue.

**Posted by nicbooful** August 22, 2013 8:34 pm

Please, please, please, let us be here in 20 years discussing the next series due out with the same actors. It isn't too much to ask, I hope....

**Posted by Andrio** December 30, 2014 11:23 am

Thank you kete! That s a lot of work you have been done on this fiirst day of year

**Posted by besleybean** December 30, 2014 11:36 am

First day of the year?