Cumberbatched and... Dear Jim.

Cumberbatched:  Hide and seek.  Smiling in Murder Is Easy.  Photoset -- so cute (red carpet).  Some quotes from the Caitlin Moran interview of Ben, May 2013.  (Alas, the rest is gone off tumblr, probably from copyright infringement.)

Fan art, or how to follow instructions if you're Sherlock.  [Alas, link broken! 26-Dec-14.]

Sherlock:  "Bored."

A BBC/Cumberbatch mashup.

When fandoms collide:  Sherlock s2e2 modified with dialog from Cabin Pressure.  If you haven't seen Sherlock series 2, you may want to skip this.

-- Note that I do not consider this very spoilery, as the images don't really tell you what was going on during Baskerville.  But you may disagree if it ruins that CP ep for you!

'Here ya are, Skip. Nice hot cup of coffee.''Agh! It's cold!''Nice cup of coffee.''It's horrible!''Cup of coffee.'#CabinPressure
— Sassmeister Catstiel (@JamMoriarty) April 27, 2012

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!

Pretty pics...

Cumberbatched:  Third Star feels.  The Atlantic on Benedict, Cabin Pressure, and being versatile.  As William Ford in Twelve Years a Slave.

This is just beautiful. #Sherlock pic.twitter.com/gqhSNfNGON
— ⚡Sassiarty⚡ (@Acci0TheTARDIS) June 27, 2013

Sherlock pointing and looking lost.  Gorgeous promo shot of Sherlock (no spoilers!) for s2.  Sherlock looking offscreen in Blind Banker.

Fan art:  A bar... and minor Johnlock.  8)  Claylock:  adorable bitty John and Sherlock!

In the spoiler zone -- a mix of s1 and s2 pics of our Silver Fox, Lestrade.

Unlocking s3e3 title!

So on 5-July-13 BBC One did this:

You'll need to watch all three episodes of series 2 - starting with episode 1 tonight at 8:30pm - to unlock the full ep 3 title. #Sherlock
— BBC One (@BBCOne) July 5, 2013

As you can imagine, fans outside the range of BBC television were... distraught.

Radio Times has a little more info on the clues hidden inside the series 2 episodes on British telly.  And Sherlockology has even more clues.  The game ends on 19-July-13, Benedict's birthday.

I have a feeling that once fans hit tumblr that what they know will be shared... but we'll see, won't we?

Wish BC Happy Birthday!

If you want to wish Ben Happy Birthday, here's where you can do that yourself, at happybirthdaybenedict.  Go look in the archive for inspiration too, before you create your own message to Ben.

You don't have to be a tumblr user nor a native speaker of English.

You can write text, do a picture, or a video; just please keep it brief so he has a chance to see them.  Please!

Just get it in by 18-July... the day before Ben turns 37.  :D


If you wanted to donate to the birthday charity Ben chose, it's here.  Thanks to Lokke, whose tumblr gave me the details... and the groovin' socks too!

Sponsored by tumblr: WOW.

I ogled the doodles by the brilliant and marvelous @MD_Doodles, whose tumblr is mystradedoodles.  Here's an appreciation post about her artwork.

Expect LOTS of shipping.  This is your only warning -- if you need one.  8D

I saw the Sherlock cover first for the SDCC The Case mini-comic.  Which is superlative and everything John ever says about Sherlock.  Really.  The comic is a riot too.  Go enjoy the crack!

The stunning Sherlock cover for SDCC, and art following, by mystradedoodles.  Isn't it gorgeous?