The boys are back! And they’ve dressed up for the occasion too. Yes, while we’ll all have to be frighteningly patient for the return of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the next special and series of Sherlock, the Beeb have taken pity on the Cumber Collective and the Free… masons? By releasing a new pic of the leads in costume.
And how about those costumes? Either Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will be going back in time for the new special, or there are some period garb adventures afoot. What larks!
So far, that’s about all we know of the new one-off special, written by series co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, aside from the BBC tweeting a picture of the special’s read-through script, which clearly belongs to Gatiss, so if anything else leaks, we know who will be getting a visit from the security squad. Still, he does play Mycroft, so if anyone knows about keeping things quiet...
This is what we've been doing today. Later on a pic of [#Sherlock](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sherlock?src=hash) and John as they'll appear in the Special. [#221back](https://twitter.com/hashtag/221back?src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/bdFIhcRMsW](http://t.co/bdFIhcRMsW) > > — BBC One (@BBCOne) [November 25, 2014](https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/537274435603288067)
Now, of course, we start to wonder what will happen to our favourite detectives. Gatiss (him again) gave an interview in which he said to “expect tragedy”, but beyond that it’s anyone’s guess. Will they really follow Conan Doyle’s lead and see Watson become a widower?
Sherlock is set to return around Christmas. But Christmas 2015, which means it’s still more than a year away and hasn’t even officially begun shooting yet. To keep your Baker Street cravings under control, pleased to be enjoying our Podcast chat with Moffat and Gatiss from earlier this year.
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