Team SH / the Special.

"Jim Moriarty, hi." #sherlock #andrewscott #BenedictCumberbatch #moriarty pic.twitter.com/uULm5Dd814

— jgoulding (@scalperjim) December 22, 2015

I had to start with the Legos.  Because they're -- as Arthur would say -- BRILLIANT.  So this is a bit of a grab bag.  Enjoy!

Martin Freeman reads a classic Christmas tale on @BBCRadio4 at 07.45 GMT on Christmas Day https://t.co/M0vU5pjL5x

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) December 21, 2015

SPOILERS EXIST after this point:  you have been warned.

The Special.... filming s4.

India's @AXNIndia will be airing all three series of #Sherlock back-to-back over Christmas https://t.co/FMX40Im5YW

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) December 21, 2015

Sherlockology has an Advent Calendar for Sherlock -- and you can win it!  Follow their social media.  Details here.

If you love dogs, check out the Dogs Trust charity in the UK.  Amanda is one of the stars sponsoring saving dogs instead of stupid excuses -- not the valid ones people may have -- to dump pets.

#Sherlock #TheAbominableBride in cinemas in Belgium - in Belgien im Kino https://t.co/81Ii7De59w Thanks @Linnelle! pic.twitter.com/RFtJDVXRls

— Sherlock DE (@Sherlock_DE) December 23, 2015

The Special will be showing in Belgium, which is new... have you checked Sherlockology for where TAB is showing for you???  I'm seeing only 12 countries/territories listed.  If yours isn't, ping Sherlockology and ask!

Beware, some minor SPOILERS EXIST after this point.

YT and the Special!

Starting out with some bonus candy from SDCC 2014:  Benedict Cumberbatch on Sherlock Season 4, Doctor Strange, Penguins of Madagascar.  Published on Jul 25, 2014.

All about the Special...

"The affair of the aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife " #221Back #Sherlock

— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) October 28, 2015

Well, all about how to locate and/or buy the Special... after these words from Team Sherlock, that is.  ;d  Plus more trailers -- because why not?  :D

Watch the cast and crew reflect on how #Sherlock has become a global success: https://t.co/uAWcMPxUPT #221Back https://t.co/mm1oLoRLIQ

— Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) December 16, 2015

*** Beware! spoilers for the Special are inside that trailer.  They were in costume. ***

UK Sherlock fans! Tickets for cinema screenings go on sale 2nd Nov. Head to the @Sherlockology website for more info https://t.co/EXrZTLAIEZ

— Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) October 28, 2015

Christmas and Team SH Tweets.

And because we can't stop thinking about our Christmas gift coming from the BBC...

Here's a trailer that is mildly spoilery for the special, using Mark's text (in second Tweet).

Dearest @Markgatiss STOP Your telegram to Dr Watson has arrived STOP #Telegram221B pic.twitter.com/8qWYIdeeB5

— Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) December 16, 2015

My dear Watson. Stop. See you on the television and the kinema on New Year’s Day! Stop. Please don’t ever. Stop. #Telegram221b

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 16, 2015

Team Sherlock (!) and Dr. Strange.

Actually, to sum up -- this is all Twittery and links which includes the Moff's award [go, Steven!] via Louis Moffat, plus Mark's interview, and then it's all Ben:  Little Favour, Dr. Strange, Hollow Crown's Richard III.

ᒪIᖴETIᗰE ᗩᑕᕼIEᐯEᗰEᑎT ᗩᗯᗩᖇᗪ. ᔕO ᑭᖇOᑌᗪ pic.twitter.com/7EJ5ET0fF7

— Louis Moffat (@Curly_Moffat) October 24, 2015

Mark Gatiss is interviewed by Tor.com... and it's a lot of fun, trust me!

. @marvel's #DoctorStrange now filming at #Longcross Film Studios in Surrey, via @Screendaily #BenedictCumberbatch

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) November 11, 2015

And there's also new promo pictures of Ben as Richard III out.  They must be on tumblr -- and certainly on Twitter! -- 'cause I'm not finding them via Google.  8(  Apparently the gif and the pics are clipped from the trailer for the BBC's upcoming show lineup.

Awards: Ben's CBE! Moff's OBE.

Wayyyy too many Tweets... maybe a link or two as well.  ;b

Congratulations again, Mr. Cumberbatch. Hope you will be a sir one day! #CBE pic.twitter.com/VvWcCukG2A

— Cumbercat (@catpat23) November 10, 2015

The BBC on Honours, including CBE.  Ben's agency says "Congratulations to our newest "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" (and no, I didn't know what CBE stood for either!).

small vid of #BenedictCumberbatch at Buckingham Palace #CBE https://t.co/byhY6wigh4 pic.twitter.com/RLWcBKAdCd

— lichtblickpink (@lichtblickpink) November 12, 2015

Dramatic charity; more on the Special!

ICYMI: Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy at the hugely powerful @Dramaticneed #TheChildrensMonologues last night pic.twitter.com/NAZkLWXm6g

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) October 26, 2015

Dramatic Need 2015 site and its review on Cumberbatchweb.

Amanda notes in passing at Radio Times that filming s4 "will start in April" (the article is about her Tweeting, Martin's thoughts, and her new show Cuffs as well).

Everything else has spoilers to one extent or another and is about the Special.

Halloween candy: the Special!

Herein be spoilers, so if you are avoiding all news of the 2015 Sherlock episode, aka the Sherlock special, this would be a post to skip.  Entirely.


For the first time ever, PBS viewers and BBC viewers get to see Sherlock on the same day, i.e., New Year's Day 2016.  Mark your calendars, fandom!

There are some lovely pictures in that link, so I've added it for us all to savor.

As per usual, I will not spell out spoilers.  I'll mask spoilers here until probably late January and/or early February.

That's after this ep has come out, since not everyone gets to see every thing on the Interweb and the big screen at the same exact moment.

However, if you move past the cut, you have willingly entered into the land of spoilers.  Things Moffat has admitted up front, and/or things Mark has dropped via Twitter, and/or the rest of Team Sherlock, which includes crew, cast, and everyone else official.

Alas, poor Yorick...

A tale of Hamlet told in Tweets and links... well, and pictures.

#HamletBarbican the biggest UK event screen opening of 2015 https://t.co/JCR4wULvS0 #BenedictCumberbatch

— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) October 21, 2015

Andrew's birthday; cons; VIDS; China!

Happy birthday to #Sherlock & #SPECTRE star Andrew Scott! Watch his BAFTA 60 Sec Challenge: https://t.co/LNRXv5fZUU pic.twitter.com/H0QKJPPeur

— BAFTA Guru (@BAFTAGuru) October 21, 2015

Remember how they had some big shindig back in April 2015?  I found some videos of the guys there for us all to enjoy.

There you go, have some early Halloween candy.  :b

Team SH: Aug/Sept.

Sherlock's Louise Brealey enjoyed kissing Benedict Cumberbatch but slapping him was 'great' http://t.co/Nzaxd0CAHH pic.twitter.com/Vwlj4OM2qL

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) September 29, 2015

Xmas 2015 special: spoilers?!

Holy frijoles, it's been 29 days since my last post!

Apologies, dear fandom.  I've been ill, on deadlines, and other assorted chaos that masquerades as Life to distract one from the Interweb.

But hey, there is Sherlock candy for us all, so I'm back in time, so to speak.  Better'n cake, yes?


Amused... everyone from Variety to Tor Books are talking (Tweeting) about the new BBC Sherlock trailer.  Have you seen it yet?  Actually, there are TWO trailers.

This is the teeny 10-second vid... because the 1:30 [that's minute and seconds, sorry!] trailer follows the cut.

See a bit more… Wednesday 7 October. 9pm. BBC One. #221Back #Sherlock https://t.co/7vCrT5FjHN

— BBC One (@BBCOne) October 6, 2015

OTOH, you can rest assured that since I didn't see either til today, we're all frazzled.

Team Sherlock news... + Special.

The #Hobbit #Coins of #Sherlock’s #MartinFreeman and #BenedictCumberbatch http://t.co/kAHiNdwsZe #TheHobbit #LOTR pic.twitter.com/ylwiLcg0pC

— World Hobbit Project (@WorldHobbit) September 8, 2015

Some Team Sherlock news for you after the cut.  :D  And a teeny snippet about the upcoming 2015 Sherlock special ep too.

#TheHobbit <3 MT @Grabeelfan Quotes about #MartinFreeman #HappyBirthdayMartinFreeman pic.twitter.com/ElHj2Ua7s8

— Anne Zanoni (@ninja_CE) September 9, 2014

Belated happy birthday to Martin!

Happy Birthday to Martin Freeman! pic.twitter.com/o87qkt8MNT

— Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) September 8, 2015

Happy Birthday Martin Freeman! You've made the world a better, more interesting place by acting & by being yourself. #44ReasonsWhyWeLoveYou

— Red Runners (@Evening_Sue) September 8, 2015

Sorry to have missed this -- doing the post sooner, that is.  I didn't miss his birthday on Twitter, hence many RTs there; but then our Internet went down after supper...  oh well.

Reminder: actors are people too.

At CNN's Talk Asia:  What makes Benedict Cumberbatch 'monstrously uncomfortable'?

In Tweet below as well.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s CNN Asia interview https://t.co/7wSLVvjHVX Thanks to the kind uploader

— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) September 5, 2015

Sherlock stars Abbington and Freeman receive death threats in Cumberbatch Twitter storm... death threats from a bunch of people who are fools, because if you cannot criticize someone else without threats, there is something severely wrong.

Bad cess to the fools threatening not just Amanda and Martin, but also Tim Roberts; he lost his job.

Film and stage Tweets come after the cut.

Tweets onstage and elsewhere. :D

Trailer of Paul McGuigan's Victor Frankenstein is out now, with James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe and Andrew Scott! https://t.co/amy5HHroQx

— Cumbercat (@catpat23) August 18, 2015

Here are bits of Hamlet, various members of Team Sherlock, various pics... pretty much a little smorgasbord.

He came outside even though Sophie was there to watch the play. #Hamlet #BenedictCumberbatch #Stagedoor 17/08/15 pic.twitter.com/D0ip6Uh5YM

— Delena ❤️ Rumbelle (@MiraBatched) August 17, 2015

NTL Hamlet 15-Oct-2015.

Here is the Hamlet FAQ.  Check and see where you can find Hamlet in cinemas near you.

Hamlet will be broadcast live from the Barbican in London to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015, with encore screenings taking place following this date. Many participating venue details are now listed on our site, and you will be able to find your nearest venue at http://ntlive.com/hamlet

(Bolding and italics mine.)

Be sure to email the NTL if you don't see your country listed!

A gathering of Tweets (mostly Hamlet).

Today is not just a big day for Benedict Cumberbatch, his mum Wanda Ventham celebrates her 80th birthday today! pic.twitter.com/NsGjfBUCue

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) August 5, 2015

If you are in London for #Hamlet also get a ticket for #ThreeDaysInTheCountry starring Mark Gatiss. Heartbreakingly funny!

— Cumberbatch Germany (@Cumberbatch_DE) July 29, 2015

Exclusive first look at the trailer for Patrick Marber's #ThreeDaysintheCountry. Playing now. https://t.co/g3V4df8yWu

— National Theatre (@NationalTheatre) August 5, 2015

WSJ's Speakeasy:  Benedict Cumberbatch Fans Line Up for the Star’s ‘Hamlet’ Turn at the Barbican in London.

A transportative evening in Elsinore by way of @BarbicanCentre. Don't worry, there will be no #spoilers from us! #HamletBarbican

— ntlive (@ntlive) August 5, 2015

The star bringing Shakespeare to the masses: Benedict Cumberbatch from the Express.

Benedict Cumberbatch's excellent @BBC_TopGear episode is back on @BBCiPlayer http://t.co/BtvhhtrrV4

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) August 5, 2015

If you're in London, keep in mind the tube strike.  (No, REALLY.)

Useful info for the tube strike #hamletbarbican https://t.co/vSdmjEP4uh

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) August 4, 2015

From Whats on Stage, 5 tips for first time theatregoers going to watch Cumberbatch in Hamlet.


I'll do a future post about NTL airing Hamlet for all of us what can't make it to London... later.  I promise.  Apologies for being gone -- two cons, new gig, car woes -- things have been crazy-busy.  Cumberhugs to you all!

Miscellaneous Tweets.

Official #Sherlock @OriginalFunko figures are coming soon! See the range: http://t.co/fuAEYGh0s8 HT: @cumberbatchweb pic.twitter.com/vAoDmEJdFE

— Sherlockology (@Sherlockology) July 28, 2015

@AB_Mycroft @ninja_CE @The_Whip_Hand Amazing! https://t.co/fhHmqPucKK

— Chloe Webber (OOC) (@LustfulSloth) July 29, 2015

Sherlock: 2015 Comic-Con teasers.

So yesterday we all survived Ben turning 39.  8D


Here be s4 SPOILERS!

Comic-Con has goodies for the 2015 Sherlock special.  Here's EW's first preview of that.  EW also has a post about everything you need to know before the Sherlock panel!


And more SPOILERS below the cut!  Not setlock, but someone leaked these.  Avoid if you are wanting to see the Sherlock special in all innocence.

What's happening today?

Well, it's Ben's 39th birthday.  Twitter -- and I expect the rest of the Interweb, whether or not you believe Radio Times (;b) -- is exploding with birthday wishes to Ben.

#HappyBirthdayBenedictCumberbatch Thank you Tim and Wanda for making him what he is today :-D pic.twitter.com/p4umRKL32M

— BENELOCK (@nicole5castle) July 19, 2015

From a month ago--

Congratulations to grandparents Charles Rupert, Anna Katharine, Timothy Carlton and Wanda! #Cumberbatch #Cumberbaby pic.twitter.com/Hd6GOkIedW

— SophieHunterCentral (@SophieHunterSHC) June 15, 2015

Pictures; one mild setlock.

Consider these images my birthday presents to you in Ben's name.  I know his birthday is 19-July -- happy birthday, proud new papa Benedict! -- but I'm not up on which new birthday charities are happening.  Alas.

You can always check the 2014 charities; some of them are ongoing.  Consider Batch of Kindness, for one...  And particularly ALS, as Ben's an ambassador for them and many many others!

Warning!  One setlock pic included from the 2015 Christmas special.  Not a major spoiler, but a nifty pic to be sure.

Image(s) of Team Sherlock. :)

This high one -- as the Penguins of Madagascar would say! -- is for you, my dears.  So patient with me as Real Life keeps interrupting my vital online time.  (It really has been, blast it.)

@ninja_CE @Cumberscottie high five!!! 😀😊😆😆😁😁💕💖💗 pic.twitter.com/3NusrrU61j

— Maria P. (@LuvMaria18) June 22, 2015

Ben and Sophie's son.

It's been a WHOLE DAY since the first news about the arrival of the #Cumberbaby and everyone is still 😱 and 😍😘💙👶!! pic.twitter.com/TJmBUyvmUv

— Maria P. (@LuvMaria18) June 14, 2015

Cumberbaby and CBE: whoo!

Congratulations to Benedict Cumberbatch and wife Sophie Hunter who had a baby boy on Saturday.#Cumberbaby pic.twitter.com/qhA3aZukrY

— t2 (@t2telegraph) June 14, 2015

Cumbercupcake: Welcome to the world babybatch ! #cumberbaby #BenedictCumberbatch #SophieHunter pic.twitter.com/Vjv12ckfou

— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) June 13, 2015

That is all.

Cumberbatch update 2 via Tweets.

. @DailyMirror article on stunt doubles includes this pic of Benedict and @ZacharyQuinto from #startrek #intodarkness pic.twitter.com/NOBHCZZmm2

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 9, 2015

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine. RIP Alan Turing who died on this day in 1954

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 7, 2015

Amazing! Congratulations! https://t.co/6xPUHYPaU1

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 5, 2015

Cumberbatch update 1 via Tweets.

The Sun is reporting that Benedict Cumberbatch is to receive a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 'services to drama' - *unconfirmed*

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 11, 2015

. @heatworld's take on the rumour that Benedict Cumberbatch may appear on the honours list: http://t.co/3zv5ykrUC3

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 11, 2015

Random Tweets (of 'Punk).

BRB - shopping with @AStudyInPunk. #Loki #Sherlock pic.twitter.com/yHdijGuXW0

— Loki. (@GodOfPuddings) May 29, 2015

Recap, spring 2015.

Things that happened during that very busy weekend in April, i.e., 24-26 April:

Missed @SherlockedEvent? RT & follow for a chance to win one of four 8x10 official #sherlocked photos (global comp) pic.twitter.com/S1rsyziLGX
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) April 29, 2015

I know someone's got other pictures of the Sherlocked con, but it's not me.  At least not today it's not.  :b

UnlockedCon:  Did you log in?  Did you have fun?  What did you do that weekend?

(I went to Penguicon and ran a Sherlocked! discussion.  Had a blast.  Wish you'd been there too, my dears.)

Cons: media and SF.

Media*West Con and media cons: here's M-West's own history.

I've been to a few media cons.  Not a lot, mind you, just a couple.  Comic-Con 2007 is a media con -- and possibly Omegacon.  Plus there's M-West as of this weekend.  Unlike sf cons, to which I have attended oodles...

Some other time I'll talk about Omegacon 2008 (down in Birmingham, Alabama) and why it probably counted as a media/sf con.


(I'll do a little con report on M-West around month-end.  Should be good -- or great! So many SH panels makes me realize they must have a large contingent of Sherlockians, huzzah.

[ETA:  Or set of con reports, since I did post Fannish Friday already last weekend, out of vast enthusiasm.]

Really wish I could see oodles of you there! but M-West IS a smallish local con, sigh.)

Fannish Friday...

... Or, I have an eyeball.

Went to first day of Media*West yesterday.  This is a local fan-run con [ETA with their FAQ for your info], no guests, just fans.  It's lovely.

Panels on BBC Sherlock, tiny fandoms, audio goodies (run by my boyfriend -- about podcasts, BBC Radio 4, etc.), Benedict Cumberbatch, and also the Sherlock party.

At the latter we played Cards Against Humanity, the Sherlock version.  Much hilarity and rudeness!

The hostess at the party brought me a [lavender] tumbler of water that had an eyeball in it.  Which I got to keep.

From blogger: "Short version: Not dead."

Hi, folks!  Sorry to have vanished. I went to Penguicon and came back with a new boyfriend, while having a deadline to clear away upon my return... and so the fan blog got neglected.  A lot.  8(

Apologies, as Mycroft would say -- but with more feeling.  ;d  Far more.

Nor have I been on Twitter that much either, my usual stomping ground for all things involving Team Sherlock.

Shere Khan; various 2014 snippets.

@adamackland hi:) Benedict's handprints finally revealed in Cracow:):) pic.twitter.com/KrrBSCeszU
— Marzena Bachleda (@MarzenaBachleda) September 25, 2014

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Sherlock special and series 4 will be phenomenal' at Digital Spy -- also includes an hour of interview with Andrew Scott!

My thoughts on His Last Vow.

S3 SPOILERS

I believe this was inspired by a post at SherlockCares.  It may have been an email, however.  I know the quote isn't mine.

Grab bag with My Dear Bessie love letters...

Because Twitter is the path to knowing learning things.  ;D

A cure for the hiatus -- go to another planet!

A waiting strategy for #Sherlock. (via http://t.co/hCWL3OtIJq) #interstellar pic.twitter.com/9ztImsuSRh
— Diane Duane (@dduane) April 14, 2015

Video:  Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Sherlock’-ish Car Ad for China via Anglophenia.

BAFTA TV awards.

Congratulations to Benedict Cumberbatch, who is nominated for #BAFTATV Leading Actor. His third for #Sherlock! http://t.co/IREPvGBEWH
— Hartswood Films (@hartswoodfilms) April 8, 2015

Ben's been nominated for six BAFTAs thus far and won the 2013 Britannia BAFTA.

TV historian @bettanyhughes on why #Sherlock should win at the #Bafta TV Awards http://t.co/wJsEZONj3g pic.twitter.com/YZJB9DJ3Hx
— Radio Times (@RadioTimes) April 13, 2015

More meta on s3, bit of s4.

I can't be the only one still hungry for speculation... right?   A few of the tumblr users -- whose meta I loved -- have gone dormant.  Final Problem said she's reluctantly speculating, but if you're watching her Moran posts, it looks like that's changed.  :)

About that missing actor's name [from Empty Hearse] and was his character apprehended -- or not?

And why wasn't he credited?  And... and... that elevator button.

(For more, use FP's tag; here's her original LONG intro-meta on Moran .)

Some HLV speculation about something I'd been wondering about, i.e, recreational meta from Three Patch Podcast.  Very pleased someone else had thought it through!

Easter candy -- chocolate, honest!

There is a 6-foot sculpture in chocolate of Benedict, per Good Housekeeping.  I am not making this up!  Apparently it isn't an April Fools Day joke either...

Methinks someone thought they could outdo Pei's Cumbercupcakes.  Of course not.

Do you dare to take on Dave? #PenguinsMovie pic.twitter.com/fCFE7Sn0CM
— DreamWorks Animation (@DWAnimation) March 30, 2015

I finally saw Penglings!  Err... Penguins of Madagascar.  Twice.

Grab bag: April cons, vids, etc.

Fan vids!  You've missed them, you know.  ;)

Moonmouse did two silly ones that I like.  It took several watches before I stopped cracking up, in fact.

TMBG via Moonmouse!  Particle Man (Sherlock BBC) and Birdhouse In Your Soul (Sherlock and John + They Might Be Giants).

In the s3 spoiler zone:  liar | Sherlock BBC by Katrin Depp; also expect feels.

2015 Letters Live; vote for RT BAFTA!

WIN tickets to see #BenedictCumberbatch in intimate letter reading @LettersOfNote @letterslive http://t.co/gxXLTqRm2t pic.twitter.com/3lGrJAUk48
— CultureWhisper (@CultureWhisper) March 20, 2015

Remember Letters Live?  Not only is Letters Live back -- and with Dear Bessie again too -- but Sunny March promises to tape it for us.

Per the Guardian, "Letters Live takes place from 31 March to 4 April and will raise money for literacy charities the Reading Agency, First Story and Ministry of Stories."

"Yours in distress" Benedict Cumberbatch reads Alan Turing's letter to Norman Routledge video... in character as Alan Turing.

Great news for U.S. fans! #BenedictCumberbatch's @SunnyMarchLtd to make recordings of celeb readings for @LettersLive http://t.co/1QtbWgkoys
— Lisibelle (@Lisibell_87) March 18, 2015

Sherlock special 2015.

Interrupting your countdown to Christmas with this announcement.  For those who followed ANY of the setlock news, particularly on costumes and setting, part of this scoop won't be a spoiler to you.

Paraphrased version without spoilers:  So the Word of God is that the 2015 Special is AU of Sherlock.

No, really.  Only Mofftiss would make an alternate version of their own alternate version of Sherlock Holmes.

Graham Moore; also Cumberbatched. ;)

That's a 2014 excerpt from a four-part set; here's the first of Standard Talks: BAFTA New York Part 1 of 4.  (In part 4, Ben gets very quiet and hard to hear.)


Benedict Cumberbatch Pens Letter for Funeral of 'Sherlock Holmes' Superfan at THR.

Benedict Cumberbatch: fanboy, photobomber, award-circuit rider at the LA Times.

Benedict Cumberbatch is for life not just for the Oscars at Radio Times.

February Team SH awards.

In my lap! #Sherlock #hair xx pic.twitter.com/2Hyw381fLF
— Claire Pritchard (@Claire_cpj) February 15, 2015

Fan vids; I Love Speedy's fan vid; Hamlet sale Monday!

Sherlock / Moriarty - When You're Evil by Sandy Quan

S1 and s2 with possible feels alert.  I was just amused by the song, which is very appropriate.  :D

These Boots I Made From You (Jim Moriarty + "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'") by MoonMouse... who has done other fan vids that I love, such as the Particle Man (Sherlock BBC) and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" fan vids.

A lovely instrumental (s1) vid that I adore:  Your Love Is My Drug - Sherlock by Lemon Swordfish

I've posted the latter several times too.


Also, if you're in London tomorrow, join the Baker Street Babes for this project!  

Londoners! Come to @speedyscafe tomorrow from noon to help with our I <3 Speedy's fan video! http://t.co/xWPPV2ktsw
— Baker St Babes (@BakerStBabes) March 13, 2015

Cabin Pressure pics; Terry Pratchett.

Thank you!! RT @DavidTylerPozz: We've put up some nice photos of the last-ever #CabinPressure recording... https://t.co/vBOeI7Hbl0
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) February 13, 2015

Oh my God! Talalyla on Tumblr has a series of pics from the recordings of #CabinPressure and they are brilliant! http://t.co/Nec9cFptoB
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) February 13, 2015

Team SH from January.

May be things you didn't know...

Progs incl #Sherlock & @BBC_TopGear drive record-breaking 3.5bn @BBCiPlayer requests in 2014 http://t.co/ocRGCgOnRj pic.twitter.com/N3CrO1wmJO
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) January 22, 2015

SHERLOCK FANDOM!!! It's @nellidge birthday! (If you don't know who that is, it's the actor who plays Mike Stamford. Also, be ashamed.)
— chlo (@hedgehogmurs) January 1, 2015

Well, I certainly didn't know this!  I feel bad that I didn't wish David happy on his actual birthday (I found out a week or more later).

SH fandom petition; CP con and more!

Good things for Sherlock fandom and the fandot... or in the immortal words of the Firefly fandom:  Can't stop the signal.

First, a petition asking the BBC to put the Sherlock 2014 special ep on the big screen worldwide was started by German fans.

And there's a Cabin Pressure con in Berlin.

Wanna see how far this screening petition goes?

@ninja_CE I did this, German http://t.co/QCRUOcfiYx + @TRassmagik ->English http://t.co/af6vRnfU2w Many thanks for adding info to your blog!
— Sherlock DE, engl. (@Sherlock_EN) January 21, 2015

Dear Fandot, the tickets for #EuroairdotCon2 are on sale now, please proceed to the counter: http://t.co/fYy3qtLz1I pic.twitter.com/ykrzFJhxmZ
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) January 17, 2015

The second such con, in fact.  8)  Looks like it travels -- just like the lemon!

TGG and that painting.

Can we just take a moment to consider how LONG it took Dear Jim to plan The Great Game?

Painting an oil painting takes time.  Imitating a master -- in such a way to successfully complete a forged painting -- takes time too.  A considerable amount.  The little old man mentioned in the show had to adjust his style to properly imitate what he meant to paint.  He'd make some sample paintings.  It wouldn't be something that took a few days.

Doing a successful forgery is complicated.  For the purposes of the show, they did some handwaving over how experts would be testing a painting, researching it, comparing it to past paintings, etc.

(Okay, let's be honest, they did a LOT of handwaves.  Realistically any specialist would have looked at the artist, his life, and what he was reputed to paint, and they'd've known long before SH that it was a fake.)

Let alone the other things, like the bribes.  Sure, Jim probably invested a lot of bribes.  He couldn't bribe everyone.  But he could bribe enough people for a short-term scam to work out.  Sort of.

SH candy: Meta of s4 and s3.

Were you following the SH Spesh setlock when it got really spoilery?

No, I mean that, there's a point -- circa 30-Jan-15 as well as later -- when that happened.  It's possible these were done to fake us out.  But they looked like rather major plot spoilers.

Final Problem discussed this item at length here.

And cupidford has a visual compare/contrast to FP's post.

Before setlock, BTW... this always happens.  :D

Scattered setlock.

It looks like Douglas is having a problem with the signs now that filming's over... while Ruther2 has figured out what WIM stands for [not!].

Home in Scotland! Looking for these #ShSpesh signs to guide me home but they're not there! @DeCoursey @mangham_ben pic.twitter.com/pfeiAzDCTS
— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) February 11, 2015

More Oscar candy...

"I won. We all won." - Benedict Cumberbatch on missing out on #Oscars2015 best actor trophy http://t.co/c4rzR8ujOG pic.twitter.com/EWAcWusHpE
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 23, 2015

Digital Spy has a transcript of Ben's video here.

Benedict Cumberbatch, his Cumbercollective and awards season 2014/2015 in a nutshell #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/bBP9KaVX2V” Cute
— BENELOCK (@nicole5castle) February 25, 2015

EW has the backstory behind Graham Moore's acceptance speech for his TIG Oscar.

Unlocked Con: free. :)

You can't make the Sherlocked con?  Nor can I.  Which applies to most of fandom, I expect.

But tumblr's Final Problem is hosting a free online party that same weekend, April 24-26.  You can still hang out with fellow fans at Unlocked: The Unofficial Sherlock PJ Party!

This is for ALL Sherlock fans anywhere.

TIG won an Oscar!

The Oscar for Adapted Screenplay goes to... pic.twitter.com/ebrIEUbl7w
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 23, 2015

HuffPo:  Graham Moore Gives The Oscars' Most Moving Acceptance Speech.

Graham Moore's beautiful #Oscars acceptance speech pic.twitter.com/wrxTIiRuCk
— Bustle (@bustle) February 23, 2015

Fave Tweets (etc.) from Oscars 2015.

Best of luck tonight, #BenedictCumberbatch! You've already won the Oscar of our hearts. That sounded weird. But it's true.
— TrishB (@StormingTeacup) February 22, 2015

"A bit squishy on the carpet." - Benedict Cumberbatch https://t.co/JD2hD1fqDW
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 23, 2015

Throwback to last year when Benedict said he'd love to bring his mum #Oscars. This year he brought them all. http://t.co/TWuukNZzjO
— Cumberbuddy (@Cumberbuddy) February 22, 2015

TIG; 2015 Hamlet news; Oscars; online con!

. @ImitationGame to be released in the US on March 31 #BenedictCumberbatch #KeiraKnightley http://t.co/3rx2PaW4Nu
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) February 18, 2015

A lovely interview. :) It’s a Benedict Cumberbatch Moment: The Oscar-Poised Rise of The Imitation Game Star in Vogue, from 21-Nov-2014.

Oscars and TIG; Rupert pics and Fargo; Ben's schedule??

Vids from yesterday: Ben visits Jimmy Kimmel (during Ben's honeymoon!) and talks about The Imitation Game, Alan Turing, and the UK petition (blog post) -- the petition itself is at Pardon49k.org.




For a brief change of pace, have some s3 pics of our Silver Fox on the side.  Moving from Sherlock to Fargo...

.@FargoFX wins Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television at the #PGAawards! Congrats! Commiserations to The Imitation Game and Sherlock
— US Sherlockians (@US_Sherlockians) January 25, 2015

Master post: all setlock.

Setlock master post for s3: filmed in 2013.

Setlock master post for the s4 Christmas special: filmed 2015 -- now all of that setlock is posted yet, so have patience.

-- ETA 9-Sept-15:  Well, the s4 setlock is all posted, but it's not all listed here.  Hence the setlock tag.  Will try to update when I can!

Setlock master post, rest of s4: filming planned for late 2015... but how likely is that??


(FYI:  No setlock posts for s2; I began this blog after that aired in the States.)

Setlock master post: S4 one-off.

The Christmas special (episode name still unknown to us), AKA the SHSpesh on Twitter.

During the long hiatus between Sherlock series 4 airing and now, or the short hiatus before we get the one-off, if you find you long for setlock...

The quick way:  my setlock tag will lead you to all my setlock posts.

The one-off special was filmed 6-Jan. through 10-Feb. of 2015.

Ben and Sophie: Valentine wedding!

Full ABC Interview with Benedict Cumberbatch. Short and sweet. https://t.co/4Zs9dG4M8o #twufanslol
— Cumberbuddy (@Cumberbuddy) February 13, 2015

Cumberbuddy's tumblr link to the ABC interview.  FYI: interview is NOT about the wedding.

Awww, I didn't know until the Interweb told me so: Ben and Sophie got married on Valentine's Day.

Sooooo adorable!

HuffPo's brief piece: Benedict Cumberbatch Marries Sophie Hunter.  Us Weekly has a longer article, but they don't mention that Tom Hiddleston attended.  Allegedly.  In case you were wondering.  :D

The Daily Mail had some fun with what (little) they knew of the guest list... or possibly they were desperate, as Amanda completely denied their claim that Martin was Ben's best man.

I think MTV wins for the best secondary headline however, for their little PSA-style article.

"Valentine's Day is even more special today."

Indeed so!  

How is there more setlock??

This setlock is all from 7-Feb. through 9-Feb.  (Despite 10-Feb. being the final day of setlock, errr, outdoor filming.)

Last day in *REDACTED* for the #Shh locations team: Outstanding in their field @DeCoursey @CutThroatJake pic.twitter.com/zaYDlPb5Z7
— Bristol Film Office (@BrisFilmOffice) February 9, 2015

Filming wraps on SH special!

Does this mean no more filming at all?  Possibly.  They're moving indoors, as far as we know -- or they ARE done filming.  Setlock's done for ShSpesh.

So you'll have to go through the many pictures, videos, blog posts, and so on.  Should be plenty!

No cast pictures today, but there's weeks of 'em.

Another one done 😆 @drmuig #ShSpesh pic.twitter.com/Ful44vAP98
— Arwel Wyn Jones (@arwelwjones) February 10, 2015

Mild spoilers about the ep's theme from Sherlockology.  (I love Douglas's reply to Arwel's Tweet.)

Setlock: London wrap.

That's a London Wrap!! Thanks for being considerate with the filming #setlock - big love from the locations team.
— Jeremy DeCoursey (@DeCoursey) February 8, 2015

The setlock tag at londonophile's tumblr.

Remember that random spoilers have been pretty serious for over a week:  be wary what you click on!

From the other side.... #shSpesh #setlock pic.twitter.com/GwumLhYWeI
— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) February 7, 2015

Setlock: final weekend.

Morning! #ShSpesh pic.twitter.com/jWSMGIqjbH
— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) February 7, 2015

The marvelous Ruther2 has made Part 6 of his setlock storify.  Because he's just that wicked awesome.  But--

Warning! he's marked these as Sherlock spoilers... which really makes me suspect that the spoiler level is MUCH HIGHER than previous setlock (i.e., setlock from 30-Jan. and 31-Jan.).

Setlock... with NGS safelock.

Back to Baker Street! #Sherlock pic.twitter.com/iG0zfe1fxM
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) February 6, 2015

BAFTA 2015; Sherlocked in UK.

The BAFTA Awards are this Sunday!  Expect that the Interweb will be full of BAFTA buzz on 8-February-2015.  Radio Times says that Ben, Hiddles, and Martin will attend; Martin's one of the presenters per Digital Spy!

The Imitation Game has 9 BAFTA nominations.  I hope Ben and Team TIG win several BAFTAs!

Apparently since Boyhood's been the favorite of late, that's what people think will win the BAFTAs.  I really hope that it's not the only winner, that would be awful for all the other movies.  Unfair too.

I still haven't seen TIG, but I trust all the folks who've been telling me TIG rocks.  We knew it would rock!

Of course my next favorite would be Eddie in The Theory of Everything because it's about Stephen Hawking, and that also looks incredible -- but I've seen The Grand Budapest Hotel and it's a really bizarre and funny movie.  So that's the order I'm pulling for.

This week is mostly setlock!

Three Patch Podcast: Spoilercast 24 -- not putting the title here, it's a clear spoiler.  No, really.

Strangely enough, this pic of Sue Vertue doesn't look like a spoiler, despite being setlock [possible safelock?].

#SHERLOCK fans please avoid the #setlock #ShSpesh tag as filming continues today in Bristol. Some "major" spoilers out there!
— luno (@freewomenxgrape) January 31, 2015

It looks like this week's filming is major spoiler time, so be very very careful of whatever you look at, setlock-wise.

Amanda's birthday project; Andrew; eyecandy.

A triad of Cumberbatched moments:  From the Vanity Fair cover...

Oscar Isaac and Benedict Cumberbatch for @VanityFair by Annie Leibovitz #BenedictCumberbatch #OscarIsaac pic.twitter.com/SLJF4kd4DE
— cumbertweets (@cumbertweets) February 3, 2015

Leibovitz is fantastic isn’t she!? #BenedictCumberbatch #EddieRedmayne #FelicityJones #DavidOyelowo @VanityFair pic.twitter.com/5FCejG3Rj4
— Cumberbuddy (@Cumberbuddy) February 3, 2015

Safelock, then setlock.

Radio Times offers us the Sherlock's Louise Brealey and Beryl Vertue on 'kind, well-informed and considerate' Setlock fans vid (same vid embedded in post).

Huge thanks to @louisebrealey and @BVertue for kind words about #Setlock and Sherlock fans. This is why we love you and the show so much
— Ruther (@Ruther2) February 3, 2015

Third Star...

Third Star!  At last, I finally got to see it 25-January-15.  Been waiting a long while for TS to be aired in my area.

Lovely movie.  There is sadness, but funnies too.

If you haven't seen it, you may want to skip the movie trailer at Digital Spy.  It has a few spoilers.  I only knew the famous quote, and it's a good one, but you may want to avoid that as well.  Or not.

Note that audience has more affection (and love) for Third Star than critics did; certainly this is true at Rotten Tomatoes, and most 'Batch fans are quite keen on Third Star.  Expect feels!

I really want to see Third Star again, without commercial breaks -- the station broke scenes in really bizarre places.

If you have seen the movie, Roger Ebert wrote a really good review -- very in-depth and with spoilers -- about Third Star and his own father.  Roger has several great pics.

Grab bag: petition, Martin, TIG, Ian, awards--

I told you everything leads back to Hawking.  ;b

Photoset: He was shooting The Imitation Game, and we were shooting The Theory of Everything around the same... http://t.co/s2D0Vd3ZQd
— ESRA (@EsraSherlocked) January 31, 2015

The tumblr link here.  :)

The @ADG800 awards take place in LA tonight: wishing lots of luck to Maria Djurkovic for @ImitationGame and @arwelwjones for #Sherlock
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) January 31, 2015

And Sherlock s3 ep3: His Last Vow won the ACE Eddie award yesterday.

Next dose of setlock.

Steven Moffat on Setlock: “We’re all genuinely very appreciative that people love our show so much” at Radio Times.

Moff talks about setlock fans without rancor -- remember that it was not Team Sherlock saying it ought to be stopped. It was news outlets:  Plain and simple fanbaiting by news outlets.  They wanted our attention.

Another article on Setlock but this time by Sherlock fans. http://t.co/2Almt4ZqZ6
— Sherlock DE (@Sherlock_DE) January 26, 2015

Direct link to that tumblr here.

And still more setlock.

#Setlock Take the Wheel! Catch up on spoilers, squee, and some unfortunate not-squee. Spoilercast episode 23 is here. http://t.co/hznSVpgHgq
— Three Patch Podcast (@threepatch) January 21, 2015

Note that Spoilercast #23 #Setlock Take the Wheel includes speculation, Tweets, tumblr, and other links.

CP: Zurich art/spoilers.

Short interruption:  BBC Cabin Pressure was named Best Comedy of the Year by the BGA.  :D

Many many congratulations to @JohnFinnemore for his trio of http://t.co/JRZumidCyW awards incl comedy of the year for #CabinPressure
— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) January 26, 2015

The BGA article about John's awards is here.  I'm afraid I don't know what the third award is for, and the Interweb doesn't seem to be updated on it.  Yet.

TIG nominations; SH fan vid.

I can't keep up.  This is award season.  Just keep an eye out, I know I've missed things.  Ben got nominated for Oscars -- his first! -- for playing Alan Turing.

(Amusingly, the Guardian thinks Ben needs his own category in Alternate Oscars -- at the link's very end.)

The Imitation Game trailer at the Oscars' site is one I haven't seen yet, and it's really good!  TIG's got 8 Oscar nominations... pretty frickin' amazing.  Everyone I talk to recommends TIG.  8)

Fingers crossed for TIG, Ben, and Kiera to sweep the Oscars next month.

.@latimes recognizes the genius of @MrGrahamMoore's script for The #ImitationGame. pic.twitter.com/2XByXMv2kA
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGame) January 23, 2015

Is setlock a set problem?

MARTIN FREEMAN DOESN'T DISLIKE HIS FANS (or amirite @CHIMPSINSOCKS?) So annoyed by click-baiting "news" sites. #Sherlock
— Fangirl Quest (@FangirlQuest) January 19, 2015

Martin made the news Monday in bringing up what setlock does to their performances.

His interview at the Independent on hobbits, Cumbermania, and... The Eichmann Show.  Radio Times has outtakes here, but do read the full interview for context, please!

I admit that when Sue asked folks during s3 filming to let them film unimpeded, I agreed.  I still do.  Ben has mentioned that when they filmed Hearse, there were times that having fans there was not helpful... when you're doing something dangerous, like they were, you don't want anyone around who isn't part of cast or crew.

S4 setlock continues.

Setlock may appear less often than before.  (The 2014 shoot is only 5 weeks long.)  I'll continue to mask setlock to avoid accidental spoilers.

Remember that when it's from Team Sherlock, any setlock may or may not be masked depending on what it is.  Mark's is here because if you click on the link, then it's a lot easier to almost tell what the image is.  Embedded, it'd be smaller.

And here's the clip from Amanda's interview today about Sherlock and setlock.

BBC vids, and a little more setlock.

BBC trailers for The Eichmann Show (BBC movie starring Martin) and Mr Selfridge (the TV series Amanda stars in), both from Amanda's TL.


I don't have much setlock, but it does look like filming is being kept under wraps.  If the UK's anything as frigid as the US, this is excellent.  We don't want anyone ill again!

Waiting for #setlock pic.twitter.com/3Pzz3FU3Yi
— Ruther (@Ruther2) January 14, 2015

Cumberbomb Mark 2.

It's Benedict Cumberbomb #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/uelIq9UQDp
— Grazia_Live (@Grazia_Live) January 12, 2015

Maybe you already saw the new Cumberbomb?  8)  Silvia has the full video version on her tumblr.

That a Cumberboy. RT @nbc: CumberBOMB! #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/xobooGYGhE
— @HOLLYWOOD (@Hollywood) January 12, 2015

I was lucky, I decided to watch the awards and got to see this happen.  As soon as I saw the North Korean spoof-skit go over to Meryl Streep, I could tell exactly what Ben was gonna do.  (Vine slo-mo version in this Tweet.)

Week 1 setlock: bits 'n' pieces.

This setlock appears to be from Day 1 of filming (I hadn't seen most of these, however.  They may only be on tumblr) from nixxie-fic's tumblr.  I've included the Tweet I found this in, since I had major problems with my browser when I had this screen open originally.

#Setlock #Sherlock #ShSpesh I'm dying !!! pic.twitter.com/wzbIeMGPy3
— Ana Farias (@AnaSPFarias) January 6, 2015

Martin and Ben: BBC2 and Globes.

Aside from filming Sherlock, another place to find Martin this month:

Lords and ladies and TV viewers. Look at this @bbc2 its on Tuesday 20th Jan at 9pm. #theeichmannshow RT and watch x pic.twitter.com/EiTFfXCc88
— Paul Andrew Williams (@SteelMillPaul) January 8, 2015

Hawking this weekend!

A brief interruption to your scheduled programming... the BBC's Hawking will air this Saturday, 10-Jan-15, on the Discovery Channel at 10pm.  In the States and also the UK, it looks like.

Ben starred in this 2004 biopic, and it's rather hard to get hold of.

Today is also Stephen Hawking's 73rd birthday.

Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking! #DontThrowItAway pic.twitter.com/8oyunNLwmO
— Hiddles Tigress (@hiddlestigress) January 9, 2015

Day 1 of filming: setlock.

You gotta click the links, kids.

Spoilers are masked throughout this year.  I may have to make a new tag for S4 setlock...

*whispers* cause we are always this, always #Sherlock #setlock #SherlockSpecial #ShSpesh pic.twitter.com/GhByBWcD6o
— Chantal Huybrechts (@ChannyBakerskid) January 6, 2015

SH special: S4 setlock!

Happy birthday, Sherlock Holmes!  And happy days to fandom, because filming is today.

Element-hairy, my dear Watson! Filming is now underway on the #Sherlock Special, coming to @BBCOne in 2015. pic.twitter.com/sirTNafRh3
— BBC One (@BBCOne) January 6, 2015

I'll be collecting pics of S4 setlock here, starting with the Sherlock Special.    They'll be masked in most cases because they are spoilers.

I don't consider certain things to be spoilers, however.  The venues where they're filming.  Official news from the cast and crew.

This week: Filming SH Spesh.

Fandom may be holding its collective breath.

Tuesday, 6-Jan-2015, Team Sherlock will begin filming the Sherlock special.

Not much have news on this, barring the brief piece at KPopStarz yesterday.  I suspect tumblr and Twitter have lots of speculation, however.

#BenedictCumberbatch talking #ShSpesh and @goldenglobes @PSFilmFest pic.twitter.com/kzGrGGLCNg
— CumberBEES (@Cumberbees1) January 4, 2015

Sue Vertue did Tweet about the November readthrough; see Hypable for that and the top hats.  :D

Arwel Tweeted too, but about something else involving the SH Spesh.

There's a few changes over there! #ShSpesh pic.twitter.com/JPtZE5yAtq
— Arwel Wyn Jones (@arwelwjones) November 7, 2014

Does it count as s4 setlock?  A tease?  You decide.


Cumberbatched moments:  USA Today's article on last night in Palm Springs, where The Imitation Game won the ensemble award.  Ben signing autographs on the red carpet via tumblr.

The awards season kicks off in earnest this week with #EEBAFTAS noms on Friday and @goldenglobes ceremony on Sunday #BenedictCumberbatch
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) January 4, 2015