On Saturday June 1 2013, a special event was held in Bristol during CrimeFest, the International Crime Fiction Convention. Named ‘Creating Sherlock’, an early afternoon panel saw Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue discuss the inception of the series and the status of production on the third, which is currently on a brief production hiatus until later in the summer. As Steven Moffat noted, in typically amusing fashion while acknowledging the protracted development of the new series around other projects, “We’ve just sort of stopped for a bit while Martin [Freeman] pops back to New Zealand for a bit to film more of The Hobbit. We’re actually going to resume shooting Sherlock next Christmas.” While Mark Gatiss jokingly concluded, “This is an exclusive, as it’s actually going to be nine films.”

By the nature of the event, there was of course a fair amount of repetition in what the panel were able to speak about - in particular, the creation of the series -  which we have previously reported on in our coverage of The Sherlock Masterclass at MGEITF 2012 and The Game Is On: An Afternoon with Mark Gatiss and Friends. So instead, here we present a full selection of the best banter and observation from the creative team.

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After a period of quiet, premium limited edition collectibles manufacturer Big Chief Studios Limited has posted a brief update on their eagerly anticipated and officially licenced Sherlock 1:6 scale collector figures:

“We are also well into development for both Sherlock and Watson 1:6 scale figures, working on costume tailoring and pack design right now. We plan to have these figures made available for pre-order in July. Both figures are scheduled for delivery in Q4 in time for the holidays.”

The original post, which also includes details on the companies’ upcoming Doctor Who product releases, can be seen here.

“To have played that character is, I think, an answer to most actor’s dreams.”
- Peter Cushing, on portraying Sherlock Holmes.

Peter Wilton Cushing was born one hundred years ago today in Kenley in Surrey, but lived out the later stages of his life in Whitstable in Kent, a beautiful seaside town where one member of Sherlockology lives. While we are a website dedicated to the modern BBC Series, we also have a far wider ranging interest in the numerous other interpretations of Sherlock Holmes, and from a personal perspective Peter Cushing’s portrayals of the character have always sat close to home for us, quite literally.

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mxpublishing:

Sherlock Holmes Fans Break All Publishing Records - Again.

The worldwide popularity of Sherlock Holmes has been proved once again by a group of 40 volunteer translators who have, in record time, helped create 7 new language versions of the groundbreaking book ‘Sherlock’s Home, The Empty House’. The new versions were released on Amazon UK this week [click here] following an intense few months of translations - funded by fans through a project on Kickstarter.

The original English language book broke all sorts of records last year when it was created to raise awareness for the Save Undershaw campaign (please visit and ‘like’ their Facebook Page), which is working to save the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (ACD). Without Undershaw, where ACD brought Holmes back to life and where he wrote classics like The Hound of The Baskervilles, many argue there would be no Sherlock Holmes today. Can you image life without BBC Sherlock for example?

The original book:

- was produced by Sherlockology and MX Publishing within 4 weeks

- had entries from over 300 writers/actors/fans from around the world to select from, with 40 stories/poems/writings being selected

- Has contributions from Holmes actors Stephen Fry, Mark Gatiss, Douglas Wilmer and many more

- Was the first time permission has been given for all 4 major actors to appear on a book cover. Benedict Cumberbatch sitting alongside other Holmes legends like Jeremy Brett

- Made the deadline for the appearance in the High Court to fight the destruction of the house by less than 24 hours - the books were delivered the afternoon before

The book represents the passion and support that Sherlock Holmes fans have for the author and the important building which they want to see as a legacy for future generations of Holmes fans.

Everyone involved should be truly proud of the project which will create awareness for Save Undershaw for years to come. A huge thank-you to all involved. Please share this news far and wide.

“Thanks Guys… It’s been emotional” - Steve Lawes, 21st May 2013

(From left to right: Steve Lawes, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Arwel Wyn Jones)

vulcanlanguage:

Lu ki’snem-tor du ritor-yehat - fan-vel ta hafau - vah rikesik vah lau-nam-tor - vun-nam-tor yeht’es.

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”

“When have’eliminate you impossible - anything that remain - as unlikely as may-be - must-be truth.”

A suitably apt Vulcan Phrase for the Day, as Star Trek Into Darkness with Benedict Cumberbatch prepares to bow Stateside!

We were tweeted this photo of a brilliant Sherlock inspired birthday cake yesterday by @MrsWalters2 which we just had to share.

Have you made any Sherlock food related items? We’d love to see your photos. Tag your posts with #Sherlock Food so we can spot them.

On this day in 1891, Sherlock Holmes fell to his apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls, as depicted in the pages of ‘The Final Problem’.

From wikipedia:

Out of many waterfalls in the Bernese Oberland, the Reichenbach Falls seems to have made the greatest impression on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, who was shown them on a Swiss holiday by his host Sir Henry Lunn, the founder of Lunn Poly. Sir Henry’s grandson, Peter Lunn, recalled, “My grandfather said ‘Push him over the Reichenbach Falls’ and Conan Doyle hadn’t heard of them, so he showed them to him.” So impressed was Doyle that he decided to let his hero die there.

The actual ledge from which Moriarty and Holmes apparently fell is on the other side of the falls to the funicular; it is accessible by climbing the path to the top of the falls, crossing the bridge and following the trail down the hill. The ledge is marked by a plaque as illustrated here; the English inscription reads: “At this fearful place, Sherlock Holmes vanquished Professor Moriarty, on 4 May 1891.”

The pathway on which the duel between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty occurs ends some hundred metres away from the falls. When Doyle viewed the falls, the path ended very close to the falls, close enough to touch it, yet over the hundred years after his visit, the pathway has become unsafe and slowly eroded away, and the falls have receded further back into the gorge.

The actual date of the ‘death’ of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC Series is a little harder to pin down. We made an attempt to find the date of Sherlock’s fall from the top of St Bart’s Hospital in this article last year.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes makes its world premiere at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon, October 10, 2013.

Visit the website here and full press release is avaliable here.

SHERLOCK S2E3: THE REICHENBACH FALL TRAILER

Presenting the sixth in our series of exclusive trailers edited by Lee Dawson!