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![]() ![]() And in the case of Sherlock’s dialogue in particular, it’s not that different. Especially in the earlier stories, he does exactly what he does in the modern show in Victorian times. SM: But that’s what the original is like. Given that our other great touchstone is the Billy Wilder film, The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, which is very much a modern comedy dressed up in Victorian clothes, that was something to aspire to.Ĭan Sherlock Holmes still be a scathing sociopath in a social climate as formal and polite as Victorian Britain? ![]() And then we just thought, what on earth are we talking about, this is a grand opportunity. We did talk about maybe doing three stories in one, and one of which would be period. MG: We thought, we’ve got room for a Special, with everyone’s timings. You’re just going to be watching a really good Sherlock story. ![]() Our objective was that ten, fifteen minutes in, you’re going to forget that we’ve changed it. ![]() We’re actually going to do a really good Victorian one. So the thing was saying that we’re not going to make a piss-take or a parody and we’re not going to get carried away with ‘look how we’ve dressed up! Isn’t it tremendously funny! Ooh, sideburns!’ we’re not going to do that. Both Sue and Ben were both saying ‘Aah…’, because there is a reasonable expectation on their part that we might over-indulge ourselves. Doesn't matter if they don't however, this one was so good it really was the perfect after-Christmas present.On whether there was ever any resistance to the idea of doing a Victorian episode? This was the best "Sherlock" I've yet seen and sets an almost impossibly high standard for what may come after this. I'm sure there will be Sherlock-oligists who can pick apart the complexities of the plot, which for sure seemed at times like a read-across from Moffat and Gatiss's other re-creation Dr Who, but let them, they won't spoil it for me. The playing by Cumberbatch, Freeman and Andrew Scott as the three main protagonists was never better. There was humour a-plenty and hosts of references to the Conan-Doyle original, including, if I'm not mistaken, the first time this Sherlock has ever said "Elementary my dear Watson". As ever, the technical aspects of the production were great, I'm a sucker for the multiple camera-angle, 360 degrees perspective, time-freezing, computer graphics and microscopic zoom shots employed. #How to watch sherlock the abominable bride episode series#Starting with a Victorian-era impossible murder with an even more impossible murderer, guest appearances by all the previous supporting cast including a massively-bloated Mycroft, surely a homage to Sydney Greenstreet and the return of the master-criminal we've all missed, a premonition of another husband-slaying in a big old house after dark, a recreation of the real Reichenbach Fall climax of yore, an ingenious denouement anticipating female suffrage years later but perhaps the best thing of all was the promise of a new series to come. The writing really was terrific with a plot that had more ups and downs than a mountain range, more ins and outs than Hampton Court Maze and more twists and turns than a dozen corkscrews, in short it was a triumph. "The Fall" re-starts next week although it is my least anticipated of the three, while "Luther's" comeback was very good but this dazzlingly brilliant episode was the best thing I've watched this Christmas. The BBC has been trailing the return of three (okay, four) of its most popular detective heroes in a clever advertisement showing Stella Gibson from "The Fall", John Luther and Sherlock (and Dr Watson). ![]()
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