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Benedict Cumberbatch as BBC Sherlock Holmes with hands in prayer position and eyes closed

Sherlock Season 3 Spoilers, Sweetie!

By Watson On 28 March, 2013 · 3 Comments

Updated: 28 May, 2013

Note: I’ll be posting the new links and speculation in reverse chronological order (in other words, the newest stuff will be on top once we get to the actual spoilers and speculation).

Right. There’s going to be some updated theorizing and guessing about Sherlock Season 3, but there will also be some definite “spoilers,” if you call sneak peeks at shooting, rumor, and hints by BBCOne spoilers. If so, stop now. If you don’t want spoilers, stop now! We’ll just mention that shooting is definitely underway and being observed in Bristol, in Cheltenham, in London…

If you don’t want Sherlock Season 3 spoilers, you might want to check out another post like this one with some guesses about Sherlock Season 3 or this one for a bit of post-RF fanfic or this one for a bit of [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes fighting and grappling with Martin Freeman as John Watson

BBC Sherlock Season 3 Guide and Guesses

By Watson On 14 February, 2013 · 7 Comments

Sherlock, Everyone Knows Watson Is a Beautiful Blogger

By Watson On 17 June, 2013 · Add Comment

Yes, the lovely and vivacious Alyson Dunlop has nominated Sherlock Cares for a Beautiful Blogger Award! (Along with being a Sherlock fan, she’s a Whovian and a Dracula devotee. Oh, and she’s both a Scot and a Ginger!)

(And yes, there will be some Sherlock Cares updates at the end of the post.)

And while I don’t normally participate in chain letters (and let’s be perfectly honest, that’s what this is with the blogger twist), I appreciated the nomination and could think of many worse ways to acknowledge those folks who give me pleasure (and a way to avoid doing the work I should be doing…Very Wicked Grin).

So the Beautiful Blogger Rules are as follow:

Copy and paste the Beautiful Blogger Award in your post. (Done.) Thank the person that nominated you and link back to their blog. (Done.) Tell 7 things about yourself. (See [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch as BBC Sherlock looking alarmed as he listens to a mobile call

In Response to Request by BBC Sherlock Season 3 Producer, Sue Vertue

By Watson On 15 April, 2013 · Add Comment

BBC Sherlock producer Sue Vertue has asked fans to not post any pictures or spoilers for “series 3.” I believe that she, and the cast and crew, are largely concerned with the logistical nightmare of dealing with masses of fans converging on the location shoots with flashes, alerts, and phones going off at inopportune moments. I completely agree and understand the concern. I’d like to ask others to have consideration for the production crew as well as the cast (and no, I’m not saying this because I’m not in London right now. I could be in London right now, but I decided it would be much wiser, and more mature, to go for the delayed gratification of being in London when the Sherlock Season 3 airs. This is what my friend, Heidi, would do.)

I confess to having done a bit of on-location site lurking in my “youth” [...]

A Nicer Sherlock With a Bigger Star Than Benedict Cumberbatch? Really BBC?

By Watson On 10 April, 2013 · 4 Comments

Over at Deadline London, Ben Stephenson, BBC drama head, confirms that if Sherlock had been made with a focus on international sales it would have been with different casting, specifically someone other than Benedict Cumberbatch. The article states:

If Sherlock had been made expressly for international, Stephenson told me recently, it would have been cast differently. In the early days of the show, he said there were concerns that Benedict Cumberbatch’s high-functioning sociopath would not be embraced. “Couldn’t he be slightly nicer? Couldn’t you have a bigger star?” are questions he said were bandied about. “Ultimately it was the courage of convictions. It made Benedict a star and people love those rough edges.”

Why am I thinking that “the courage of convictions” were Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss throwing polite but firm fits at casting “a bigger star” instead of using the right actors?

Although, [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes sneering in A Study in Pink

Sherlock Holmes Is Not A Drug Addict, Watson

By Watson On 24 March, 2013 · 3 Comments

There’s a charming review of BBC Sherlock on FlickeringMyth.com entitled Late to the Show — Sherlock you might want to read. I’m particularly impressed with how he manages to review the series without any spoilers.

The author does, however, consistently make the mistake of referring to Sherlock Holmes opium addiction. Sherlock Holmes never took opium in any of the stories or incarnations. He did take seven percent solution of cocaine from time to time. And the only time Sherlock ever takes morphine, in the actual stories, is when he is received a serious injury requiring stitches. In fact, using any or all of the standard definitions of addiction, the only thing Sherlock Holmes appears to have an addiction to is solving crime. Lack of interesting cases has the deleterious affect on Holmes, not his drug use. He may not even have an addiction to nicotine, if we use the stories as evidence!

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman mugging for the camera at the Sherlock Season 3 read-through.

Sherlock Season 3 Starts Filming and Season 4 Confirmed by Cumberbatch

By Watson On 13 March, 2013 · Add Comment

I’m afraid Benedict Cumberbatch is going to be in a spot of trouble with Steve Moffat, Mark Gatiss and the BBC. While Sherlock Season 3 begins shooting on Monday (with the read-through producing some lovely pics),

Mr. Cumberbatch inadvertently let slip that he and Martin Freeman are committed for a Sherlock Season 4! According to various reports (see below), Benedict Cumberbatch is reported as saying: “All I know at the moment is that I’m doing these three and another three.”

When asked about the future of Sherlock after Season 4, Mr. Cumberbatch reportedly replied:

“It just depends on Martin and I’s availability, how long we can keep it going. It depends on Steven’s ability. I’d love to keep it going.”

Celebrated with kippers and toast for breakfast! Am throwing myself at cleaning up workload enough that I can finish another story and get some more Sherlock fun done. (I have some thoughts on the suggestion running around the net [...]

Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson in BBC series Sherlock sitting with eyes closed

The One Fixed Point in a Changing World

By Watson On 27 February, 2013 · 1 Comment

By J.H. Watson
(~ 2,000 words)

John Watson stood alone on the edge of a tor gazing across the bleak, isolated sweep of Dartmoor. Dark clouds roiled overhead as a chill wind nipped his ears. The binoculars dangling from their strap weighed heavily upon John’s neck and occasionally thumped against his chest like a hanged man on a gibbet. John glanced briefly at the map in his hand and then again at the panorama before him, trying to orient himself in this empty land.

“What’s that?”

John looked up to see his best friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes, standing atop a rocky prominence soaring above. Sherlock stood in a typical Sherlock pose, stylish black tweed coat flaring about him, making him look taller, hipper, cooler than other people without looking like an obvious plea for attention. His arm jutted straight out commandingly pointed toward the distance. There was no one but John around to see this dapper act [...]

Martin Freeman as JOhn Watson on BBC Sherlock questioning look

What Happened, John?

By Watson On 26 January, 2013 · 2 Comments

By J.H. Watson
(~1,700 words)

[Author's Note: Absolutely slammed with work right now, but John and Sherlock wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote this one. I'll be doing a bit about Season 3 later this week. Thanks for your patience.]

“What happened, John?”

God, how John Watson hated that question. It seemed to be how his therapist started every session lately. Of course, it would probably have helped if he saw her a bit more regularly.

But he’d see her and things seemed to be going better, so he’d skip the next session. And maybe the one after that. And sometimes the one after that. And then, well, then something would happen and he’d call up and make a new appointment.

John sat for a moment, silent. His therapist sat silent as well. John licked his lips and said, “Notcertain.”

“What?”

John flattened his lips in a pinched frown before clearing his throat and saying, “I’m not [...]

Gatiss and Moffat, Who’s Your Favourite Child?

By Watson On 8 January, 2013 · Add Comment

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes looking like he's come to a realization

No! You?

By Watson On 6 January, 2013 · 4 Comments

By J. H. Watson

(App. 1,000 words)

[Author's Note: Right. If I'm late to the Seattle Sherlock Birthday Party, it's not my fault. I'd timed everything perfectly, but the boys had other ideas and insisted I write this and post it before I leave. I'll be back later to fix the typos and what not, but right now, like the White Rabbit, I'm late.]

John Watson awoke with a hangover and a desperate need for the loo. He sat up groggily on the sofa. The blanket fell to the floor beside his shoes. Funny, he didn’t remember taking off his shoes or getting the blanket.

As he stumbled in his stocking feet to the bath room, he ran through the fragments of what he could remember. He’d stopped at a pub for a drink on his way back to his flat. A routine he’d developed, and probably should stop, every since New Year’s Eve when he thought he heard… well, [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch as BBC Sherlock looking serious and arrogant as someone

Does Sherlock Look Happy?

By Watson On 3 January, 2013 · Add Comment

Ooh, you are in trouble now. People with late December and early January birthdays hate combined gifts! Trust me/ (I have a friend born on Christmas Day and you’d better make certain there are two gifts and one isn‘t wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper…)

For those who don’t know, Sherlock Holmes birthday has traditionally been listed as 6 January, 1854. The date of 6 January was never actually specified by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the canon, however, through a bit of specious logic, the Baker Street Irregulars members agreed upon the date and hold an annual party in celebration. As for the year, Sherlock Holmes centennial was celebrated in 1987, the year he first appeared in print, however in the story His Last Bow, set in August 1914, Sherlock is said to be 60-years old which would mean he was born in 1854. There’s a [...]

The Sherlock rooftop image along with the Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as John Watson on the mobile phones from Reichenbach Falls

For The Fandom Who Waits

By Watson On 1 January, 2013 · 3 Comments

I wasn’t planning on writing today. I’ve got a lot work and cleaning to do, but Sherlock and John had other plans for me. So I hope you enjoy.

And a Happy New Year

By J.H. Watson
(~900 words)

It had been an awful mistake. John Watson knew he should not have gone with Harry to a New Year’s party. But his therapist insisted he get out more, mingle, meet people and she was becoming suspicious of the meet-ups with Stamford and his coworkers, the dates, and the other social outings he invented. He’d had a row with Harry after he’d found her, drink in hand, chatting up someone by the bar. The drink was obviously not her first despite her promise of sobriety. Now John was alone again, a little drunk, a bit despondent, uncertain of his direction.

A sudden rush of people spilled out from a restaurant sweeping John into the crush. As he looked for an [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock with mouth open in a surprised "Oh!" expression

Happy New Year -SH

By Watson On 1 January, 2013 · Add Comment

Benedict Cumberbatch as BBC Sherlock Holmes with Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes in the morgue

Holmes Boys: Christmas — Originally He Wanted To Be a Pirate

By Watson On 29 December, 2012 · 5 Comments

By J. H. Watson

(~16,000 words)

[Author's Note: Sorry about the delay. Sherlock & Mycroft wouldn't let me publish it until I got the ending right...]

Holmes-Boys-Christmas Fanfic in PDF [for those who would like to download and read offline]

Savouring the last pain au chocolat with his Breakfast Blend tea and reading all of the available English papers, ten-year old Mycroft Holmes was seated in his favourite chair in the house (Mummy’s really beautiful and comfortable one that, while technically designated as a “lady’s club chair,” had the advantages of being slightly lower to the ground and not as long in the seat as Father’s chairs). He read the papers every day. It was an experiment he’d begun during the long summer vacation from school to see if he could accurately determine the outcome of various events and predict others from reports in the press. He’d even devised his own database and a method of scoring his [...]

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Sherlock, Everyone Knows Watson Is a Beautiful Blogger

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The One Fixed Point in a Changing World

What Happened, John?

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No! You?

Does Sherlock Look Happy?

For The Fandom Who Waits

Happy New Year -SH

Holmes Boys: Christmas — Originally He Wanted To Be a Pirate

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