Stephen Moffat Drops Details on Victorian Era Sherlock Special
Though no date has been assigned to it yet (not even to the team behind the show), more details are being given about the Sherlock “Christmas Special”. Showrunner Stephen Moffat spoke at the TCA’s (via Slash Film) and said the following about the special. First up, the difference between the two eras the show has been cast in now:
“The main difference I would say, the only temperature change moving it from Victorian and Modern is ghost stories work better in the Victorian setting. Doyle stories that are scary chillers we haven’t done much. Victorian era gives us a chance to do a creepy one, a scary one.”
Then of course, what about Sherlock? How will he act in the “classic” era? According to Moffat, “Sherlock Holmes has the manners of a Victorian gentleman which he doesn’t have in modern day, so he’s less brattish. I’d say this Sherlock is a little more polished. He operates like a Victorian gentleman.”
Finally, why are they doing this? Moffat stated, “[We did this] just because we can, really. We said, ‘Could we maybe do one scene or a dream sequence?’ Then we said why don’t we just do it? We never bothered explaining why he’s in modern day London. Why explain why we’re in Victorian [London]?”
Again, no word on the special air date as of yet, which will be revealed later on.