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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.).

Contests: Anglo FF and RT.

Team Sherlock was sweeping the female Anglo Fan Favorites -- almost!  Una and Loo won their bouts in Round 1, but Lara didn't.

Loo is just behind in her match this time around.

Una is against Helen, so I'm afraid the uneven match will be her undoing.  8(

This round of Anglo Fan Faves ends Friday on 12-December 11am ET.  But--!
In case Anglo Fan Faves' Round 2 wasn't enough... get yourselves ready.

There's another contest.

S4, Una, a fan vid; Anglo FF.

Reasons why we love Una Stubbs -- tumblr user jennylevey would like to send Una a collection of these.  Do reblog, I pray you!


Your Love Is My Drug - Sherlock by Lemon Swordfish

One of my favorite instrumental fan vids, all s1.  It's lovely.  I could listen to it for hours (and sometimes do).


Both Ben and Martin got swept out of Anglo Fan Faves.  (So did Tom Hiddleston, which is a bit shocking.  Loki lost to the Doctor!)  I suspect the actors who were cheering their fans on got more than a little boost.  I don't recall that happening before.

So if you're still voting, Thorin's against the Tenth Doctor, while the Outlander is crushing Merlin.  I feel this is fitting, since Smaug should've won, clearly.  ;b

Snapshot of Anglo Fan Faves, Women 2014, which starts 1-Dec-14.  Note that Lara, Loo, and Una are all in again this time around!  But... Amanda isn't.


If you haven't seen all of s3 yet, avoid this.  Possible s4 spoilers -- and just as likely, Mark just messing with us.  Like he and Steven tend to do.  :D

X of Cabin Pressure; Una's birthday; Sherlock delay confirmed.

Ooooh, not only Wokingham, but Xinzhou is also available for the next seven (7!) days.

Yes, I know, Wokingham's week was supposed to be up soon, but apparently Radio 4 loves that ep too, because they both say seven days to listen right now!

Oh, darling Cabin Pressure, I wish I'd known sooner that s4 was on.  I am terribly sorry not to have heard s4's ep1, ep2, and ep3.

May Radio 4 keep giving us replays of s4 to bide us until Zurich airs!

The Empty Hearse.

The Empty Hearse as per John Watson's blog.

Mr. and Mrs. Holmes... are played by Benedict's own real parents.  8)

And SH is of course typically Sherlock to them, but I digress.

The Empty Hearse Review. Contains spoilers! http://t.co/t4Jz583vce #Sherlock #SherlockLives
— #SherlockLives (@BakerStBabes) January 1, 2014

Sherlock Series 3, Episode 1: 'The Empty Hearse' - Initial Spoiler-Filled Reaction from Empire Online.

A few, plot spoiler-free props for #Sherlock S3E1: The Empty Hearse are now online on our website: http://t.co/C60RoKisbj
— Sherlockology (@Sherlockology) January 1, 2014

How Sherlock faked his own death revealed by the Mirror.  Or not!

THIS PART #SHERLOCK pic.twitter.com/0C8ABNcZzO
— #SherlockLives (@ihugloki) January 1, 2014

A few MANY things about s3.

#Sherlock S3 USA DVD and Blu Ray release dated for Feb 11 2014, extra features and cover art: http://t.co/ltTOGgmFNJ pic.twitter.com/lUn2D9lEHR
— Sherlockology (@Sherlockology) December 19, 2013

@myumyuvotebilbo The UK release is on Jan 27 2014, as previously reported here: http://t.co/2f5m3FXg1w
— Sherlockology (@Sherlockology) December 19, 2013

Various sources... say that the BBC will air the Sherlock mini-ep online.  Check BBC America and the BBC iPlayer and whatever BBC you have.

Alternately, find you a site that promises, as this one does -- warning, lots of S3 pics, possible spoilers! -- to share YT links as soon as they hit!

So far I haven't heard anything about PBS airing the SH mini ep.  Odds are it is very short.  Perfect for YT, eh?

New official s3 pictures!

Had to get rid of the old shirt for the buttons' sake. pic.twitter.com/FuK7KJBg2P
— Sherlock Holmes (@AStudyInPunk) December 4, 2013

WARNING:  Some images contain s3 (season/series 3) spoilers.

Vote for BBC Sherlock LEGOs (and NTA 2014)!

Sherlock LEGO set.  You know you want it!  Here's the SherLEGO tag at Sherlockology.

To vote and get LEGO to make them, visit their website.  They won't make it without 10,000 supporters; today the LEGO team left a comment applauding BBC Sherlock fans for reaching 5,000.  8)

And strangely enough, the current supporter count is 6,892.  (It was 6,841 when I began writing this post less than forty minutes ago.)  We can definitely pass 10,000 before the 6-January-2014 deadline!  Voting open to anyone.

Moriarty was added 16-Sept-13.

(FYI, this would be Martin Freeman's second LEGO character, since his Bilbo has already unlocked the LEGO achievement with The Hobbit.)


And in case LEGOs weren't enough, both Ben and Martin have been nominated individually in TV Detectives at the National Television Awards 2014.  Voting open to UK fans -- so please vote!

Anglo Fan Favorites: Women!

Oh no!!!  Anglo Fan Favorites has put Team Sherlock against two Doctor Who companions and the Dowager Countess!

Loo (Louise Brealey)... Molly is almost 20 percent behind her opponent.

Lara Pulver, who will be in The Man Who Would Be Bond next... Irene Adler is almost 50 percent behind her opponent.

And Mrs. Hudson has just over 14 percent now, putting her 71 percent behind Dame Maggie Smith.  Who I do love, mind you; but she doesn't need me like Una does in this race.  :/


Voting ends 5-Sept-13 at 11am Eastern.  You can vote hourly; please do!

Teaser redux.

Screen caps from the s3 trailer-teaser:  Who's that?  Can you see...  Clearer versions of everyone as a "Coming Home" poster.  Just John with his new look.

Monochrome variation on the s3 trailer -- found via Twitter -- warning, this is going to give you major feels!  It's just brilliant.

Cumberbatched:  Gorgeous, cute, how does he do this???

Fan art:  The name's Sherlock Holmes.  Moments in fandom:  I just wanted...

Spoiler zone for Trek and s2

Fan art:  Trek mashup with Reichenbach, or STID/Johnlock.

Possibly some links are duplicates, but I'm posting them anyway, in case I forgot.  Apologies, if so!

Ben's thanks and the s3 teaser.

In case you didn't know everything Ben's done since his last birthday, Cumberbatchweb has got an update for you. 

And they also have a sweet response from Ben himself -- a thank-you message for all the 2013 birthday wishes and gifts he received, along with the cancer donations made in his name for Myeloma UK.


This is partly s3 spoiler zone, and partly not because the BBC loosed the teaser into the wild.  So did Mark Gatiss. 

Yesterday the teaser for Sherlock s3 came out.  Digital Spy has a recap of the teaser AND the 26-second trailer itself. 

Screen caps of the teaser exist already, like this one... although I'm betting that this screen cap off tumblr and this cap are pure fan art.  (It's just a feeling I have.)


Did you need another look at Sherlock's new nemesis, CAM?  Anglophenia provides it, of course with the official picture that Sue Vertue Tweeted on 29-July-13.  There's a Wiki synopsis of the original story of Milverton inside the link too.

A (garden party) variety of BC.

Cumberbatched:  Fan art of Ben as Humphrey Bogart (here's the trailer it's inspired from).  Relaxed Batch.  "He's beautiful, isn't he?" -- Ben signing in a white shirt.

Ben at royal garden party.  National Geographic's film narrator... Ben.

@ninja_CE @catpat23 If you go on spotify and look up Sherlock you can find the music of every scene :)
— Femke (@SimplyNotOk) June 1, 2013

Highlights from CrimeFest: Creating Sherlock

Radio Times interviews Una Stubbs, our dear Mrs. Hudson!

Spoiler zone for Trek

Sherlock Star Benedict Cumberbatch Rubs Shoulders With Royalty.  Includes brief video of other stars -- and some spoilers if you haven't seen many STID trailers!

Today is brought to you by the letter M.

Another pic of Una, Benedict, and Lara from Specsavers, but with Benedict smiling.

Fan art:  Grammar pedant, Sherlock Holmes.  Sad Sherlock from Blind Banker.

Calculations:  How old are Sherlock and John? (For all your fan fic and fangirling needs).

A study of fan fic, i.e., statistics.

Because I have missed Mycroftian considerations -- confess, you have also! -- here's some of them from the Mycroftian part of our fandom:

The Mystery of Sherlock's Mummy.

Danger nights.