# Next season of Sherlock - back to the future? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730 "2015-07-10T03:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/1 "2015-07-10T03:59:34Z")
I got goosebumps: [http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/08/sherlock-stars-dashing-new-photo](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/08/sherlock-stars-dashing-new-photo) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/2 "2015-07-10T09:58:02Z")
The photo is from the Christmas episode. There’s a video preview [here](http://deadline.com/2015/07/sherlock-comic-con-2015-trailer-christmas-special-theatrical-release-benedict-cumberbatch-martin-freeman-pbs-1201473075/). The next Season/Series will be “modern” Sherlock. But I’m looking forward to Christmas… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/3 "2015-07-10T12:27:29Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > The photo is from the Christmas episode. There’s a video preview [here](http://deadline.com/2015/07/sherlock-comic-con-2015-trailer-christmas-special-theatrical-release-benedict-cumberbatch-martin-freeman-pbs-1201473075/). > … “I’m hardly in the 'dog” one." Snicker. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/4 "2015-07-10T13:20:58Z")
I know, I melted. And then someone on tumblr had cut Martin Freeman out of the picture, so even better. Ah! British TV is so weird though. Like, we’ll make three seasons, with only three episodes. And then, we’ll put a random amount of time between the seasons. And then, we may or may not make a fourth season, but in the meantime, here is a Christmas special! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/5 "2015-07-10T13:37:29Z")
I made a [desktop wallpaper version](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/Sherlock.jpg) of the promo photo, if anybody wants it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/6 "2015-07-10T14:41:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I made a [desktop wallpaper version](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/Sherlock.jpg) of the promo photo, if anybody wants it. You’re just going to taunt yourself for the next 5.5 months, then? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/7 "2015-07-10T15:11:47Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > You’re just going to taunt yourself for the next 5.5 months, then? It’ll pass by like that _snap_. I actually made it for someone else. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/8 "2015-07-10T15:32:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I made a [desktop wallpaper version](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/Sherlock.jpg) of the promo photo, if anybody wants it. I grabbed the image from a press release yesterday and had set it as my background, but the pixels were too coarse and I wasn’t techie enough to improve it. I just replaced it with yours. Thanks, **GuanoLad**. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/9 "2015-07-10T18:05:02Z")
The music and the pan down to the hansom cabs on the street was reminiscent of the intro to the Granada Television series. I would love to read _The Case of the Dismembered Country Squire_: “Caught the murderer, still looking for the legs. I think we’ll call it a draw.” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/10 "2015-07-10T18:22:03Z")
Yeah, they are definitely evoking the Jeremy Brett series with that intro. I was unaware that this was coming. It will be interesting to see _Sherlock_’s take on the more traditional Holmes milieu. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/11 "2015-07-10T19:09:55Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > The music and the pan down to the hansom cabs on the street was reminiscent of the intro to the Granada Television series. > > I would love to read _The Case of the Dismembered Country Squire_: “Caught the murderer, still looking for the legs. I think we’ll call it a draw.” Agreed on all counts! ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/12 "2015-07-12T03:18:30Z")
Even more than the Granada series, Moffatt and Gatiss use Billy Wilder’s The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes as source material for their version. Here’s [someone’s Tumblr](http://cupidford.tumblr.com/post/123683419965/tplosh-and-the-shspesh-trailer)where she has found all the comparable scenes in the trailer. If you haven’t seen The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes, I recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/13 "2015-07-12T03:26:53Z")
> [@Parenchyma](#): > > Here’s [someone’s Tumblr](http://cupidford.tumblr.com/post/123683419965/tplosh-and-the-shspesh-trailer)where she has found all the comparable scenes in the trailer. That doesn’t seem especially compelling evidence. It’s just standard Sherlock Holmes stuff done across all versions. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/14 "2015-07-12T03:33:07Z")
Just watched the preview and loved it. Martin Freeman was a hoot - it was almost like he was “maneuvering” his body in a Victorian manner. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/15 "2015-07-12T03:33:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I made a [desktop wallpaper version](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/Sherlock.jpg) of the promo photo, if anybody wants it. This is lovely. Thanks for putting it together! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/16 "2015-07-12T12:27:28Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Just watched the preview and loved it. Martin Freeman was a hoot - it was almost like he was “maneuvering” his body in a Victorian manner. He was acting strangely when he wouldn’t let Billy take the hatbox. I wonder what was in it? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/17 "2015-07-12T16:16:29Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > He was acting strangely when he wouldn’t let Billy take the hatbox. I wonder what was in it? It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence, but the nature of the case from which they have just returned does… suggest possibilities. ::Sprawls languidly in armchair, reaches for shag:: ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/18 "2015-07-12T16:22:22Z")
Is anyone else annoyed that the modern Sherlock is all about the Moriarity-ish super villain special episodes and has forgotten about the mundane yet colorful murders that made up most of the ACD shorts? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/19 "2015-07-12T16:50:47Z")
Originally, we thought we were getting a Christmas special on December 25 and 3 new episodes(series 4) in January. I was massively disappointed to learn series 4 is at least a year later. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730/20 "2015-07-13T03:31:58Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Is anyone else annoyed that the modern Sherlock is all about the Moriarity-ish super villain special episodes and has forgotten about the mundane yet colorful murders that made up most of the ACD shorts? Yes, I’d like to see more of those - and some of those intriguing cases that turn out not to involve any crime at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-season-of-sherlock-back-to-the-future/724730.md?page=2)