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Radio Times has announced that Sherlock is the most watched BBC Drama in the UK since the current ratings measurement system started in 2001, with an average of nearly 12 million viewers per episode of series 3. This should prolong the life of the show, hopefully for decades . http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-22/sherlock-is-most-watched-bbc-drama-series-for-over-a-decade

Apparently the Sherlock Series 3 DVD and Blu-ray release in the UK is 27 January, which is probably why Amazon UK is estimating delivery to us in the first week of February: http://www.sherlockology.com/news/2013/12/4/sherlock-s3-dvd-collectors-box-41213

Well, apparently BBC is finally poised to announce that episode 1, "The Empty Hearse" of Sherlock Series 3 will air sometime between 21 December and 3 January. Merry Christmas! Here's the link to the Radio Times story: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-26/sherlock-series-3-christmas-broadcast-confirmed-as-bbc-unveils-festive-line-up

Here is a link to a good interview of Benedict Cumberbatch by actor Gary Oldman: http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/benedict-cumberbatch#_

Here's a link to a Radio Times article on a mystery involving one of Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors (on his mother's side). http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-28/sherlocks-benedict-cumberbatch-had-a-murder-mystery-case-in-his-own-family?ref=Article.RelatedNews

That would be a good idea as long as they included Rosalind Halstead in it.

According to Radio Times from a BBC source, Sherlock Series 3 will air in the UK before the 19 January date that it will air on PBS in the U.S. and Steven Moffat said that he thinks it will end up being the very end of this year or the very beginning of next year. This is good for us because we already ordered the Region 2 DVD set from Amazon.co.uk and they will probably ship it right after episode 3 airs in the UK. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-23/sherlock-series-3-us-air-date-revealed?ref=Article.RelatedNews

Here are more articles from Radio Times on yesterday's North Gower Street filming and Benedict Cumberbatch's political message: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-22/an-afternoon-with-benedict-cumberbatch-and-martin-freeman?ref=Article.RelatedNews http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-21/sherlock-series-3-benedict-cumberbatch-issues-political-message-during-filming And here is an article with Spoilers from the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2397072/Benedict-Cumberbatch-looks-dapper-shoots-series-Sherlock.html We wish we were there. Were any forum members there who can describe their experience?

The big news of the day to me is that three months to the day, Sherlock series 3 filming returned to North Gower Street. The following link is a Radio Times article on the event. Of course, Carol and I are disappointed that Benedict Cumberbatch didn't come out and interact with fans while we were there back on 21 May like he did today (perhaps he was in a more relaxed mood today considering that series 3 filming is almost done now). http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-21/benedict-cumberbatch-films-sherlock-series-3-finale---photos You also can see some neat fan photos from the Twitter Setlock page: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23setlock Hopefully we'll be back at North Gower Street during series 4 filming.

I believe you can find it on the #setlock page on Twitter. His sign says "Go Photograph Egypt and show the world something important". https://twitter.com/search?q=%23setlock

Sherlock Series 3 has not been scheduled for broadcast yet, however, the DVD sets may be preordered from Amazon in the United States via this link: http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-Three-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B00E3UN44W/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3B9Z6RAJ8CNAV&coliid=I3HMKEY99LVSA6 and the United Kingdom via this link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DRDCIA2/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Carol and I have already preordered the DVDs from Amazon UK because they will be available first and we have a region-free DVD Player (also note that most PCs with DVD players have the capability to set the DVD player to any region, but commercial DVD players typically only will play the region that the country that sold it is in). The UK DVDs will likely be shipped shortly after episode 3 has aired on BBC One. The U.S. release won't be available until after Series 3 is aired on PBS, which will likely happen well after Series 3 has aired in the UK.

While I do like Elementary, I absolutely love Sherlock! The plots in Elementary are sometimes too clever for their own good, with so many twists and turns that become a bit annoying to me at times. I also think that the gore in Elementary sometimes strikes me as gratuitous. The acting in both shows is very good, although I think the acting in Sherlock is superior. Miller and Liu are very good, but Cumberbatch and Freeman set the modern-day standard in my opinion. As Cumberbatch has said, Sherlock is also truer to the Conan Doyle books and certainly more British, while Elementary strikes me as kind of an American CSI clone that just happens to feature a modern-day British Sherlock Holmes. As my wife has said, Sherlock is more compelling and more re-watchable.

Based on what Moffat said at Comic Con, they were just filming scenes with Andrew Scott to fill in the back story for The Empty Hearse and Moriarty is indeed dead.

The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey Extended Edition release information has been announced and we'll have to wait until early November: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/07/31/76235-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-extended-edition-release-dates-content-pricing-announced/

Here is a link to a Radio Times article that tries to explain Benedict Cumberbatch's appeal: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-30/why-benedict-cumberbatch-is-a-sex-god-according-to-body-language-experts

Here's a link to a Sun article on Benedict Cumberbatch's officiating a couple of friends' gay wedding, with some information on episode 3, which apparently will wrap in early September: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/5030358/benedict-cumberbatch-marries-two-men-in-Ibiza-wedding.html Here's the Hypable page that referred to the Sun article in case it doesn't load for you: http://www.hypable.com/2013/07/25/benedict-cumberbatch-gay-couple-wedding/

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Here is a good article on episode 3 with some spoilers: http://tvline.com/2013/07/18/sherlock-comic-con-2013-season-3-spoilers/ And here is a recent interview with Moffat:

Here is a Martin Freeman interview from a couple of months ago at the BAFTAs:

Amazon just announced that the release date for the Star Trek Into Darkness DVD is September 10, 2013, so we don't have to wait too long.

Why would Andrew Scott be in the Series 3 cast if Moriarty is dead? I know he was supposed to film some additional scenes at Bart's, but this article makes him sound like a cast regular for Series 3 and maybe beyond. I also think that Moffat & Gatiss wanted Scott back, especially after he won the BAFTA last year.

I don't think Moriarty killed himself after reading this:

Yes, it's probable that the Una Stubbs interview was done a few months ago. I would think that Cumberbatch now knows how Sherlock survived!

Note that PBS has confirmed that it will not air Sherlock Season 3 before 2014: http://www.hypable.com/2013/07/03/sherlock-series-3-us-air-premiere-date/, so it was an easy decision to preorder the Series 3 DVD from Amazon UK. .