

From fog-shrouded Limehouse to the bowels of a ruined church, Holmes, Watson and their friends must use all their cunning to combat an enemy seemingly from beyond the grave and the final, shocking truth about… the Abominable Bride!” “Mrs Ricoletti’s ghost now appears to be prowling the streets with an unslakeable thirst for revenge. “Why is Thomas Ricoletti a little surprised to see his wife dressed in her old wedding gown? Because, just a few hours before, she took her own life… Friendship, adventure and especially, MURDER… “Some things, though, remain reassuringly the same. “Proper Gothic horror” is Amanda Abbington’s description of the Special, with Gatiss calling it “a Christmas ghost story” and “the definition of a treat”.
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But we now know that the Doyle story in question is The Adventure Of The Musgrave Ritual, a tale of riddles, hidden treasure and death, and here’s the line to which Moffat refers, spoken by Sherlock Holmes, “Here’s the record of the Tarleton murders and the case of Vamberry, the wine merchant, and the adventure of the old Russian woman, and the singular affair of the aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife.” When the Sherlock Special was first announced, Doyle’s goose/jewel romp The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle has been a hot tip amongst fans for the basis of the story. Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss that The Abominable Bride “is mostly an original story, inspired by a reference in one of the stories to one of the ones that Dr Watson never wrote about.” Steven Moffat continued, “There are loads and loads of details from the original stories, and there is a case referenced in the story about ‘Ricoletti with the club foot and his abominable wife’, so this is broadly speaking, that.” and me, we wanted to do this, but it had to be a special, it had to be separate entity on its own. So we had this to do it – as we could hardly conceal – it’s Victorian.

It’s not part of the run of three episodes. We wouldn’t have done the story we’re doing, and the way we’re doing it, if we didn’t have this special. Here’s his full quote from an interview with Entertainment Weekly: As many predicted, it would seem the characters are being sent to a different period of time altogether, for a story unrelated to the main Sherlock continuity. Production Designer Arwel Jones is back of course, while Suzie Lavelle ( Doctor Who, Ripper Street) joins the team as the Director Of Photography.įor all those wondering why the Sherlock images pertaining to the 2015 special featured Victorian-era clothing, Steven Moffat has provided an answer. We were just like, "Hey, we could just do it.The script has been co-written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, with Douglas Mackinnon ( Doctor Who, Line Of Duty, Jekyll) directing the episode. I can remember the actual day, when we shot the monks with all the candles. And that's when we started talking about it. Mark was directing second unit on it, and I was hanging out with Mark. Moffat told Yahoo TV: " It was when we were shooting the little mini prequel, "Many Happy Returns," for Season 3. Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat teases the inspiration behind doing a Victorian-era Sherlock special. From fog-shrouded Limehouse to the bowels of a ruined church, Holmes, Watson and their friends must use all their cunning to combat an enemy seemingly from beyond the grave and the final, shocking truth about.the Abominable Bride! Mrs Ricoletti's ghost now appears to be prowling the streets with an unslakeable thirst for revenge. Why is Thomas Ricoletti a little surprised to see his wife dressed in her old wedding gown? Because, just a few hours before, she took her own life. Friendship, adventure and especially, Murder.

What if the world's most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock-coats? Welcome to 'Sherlock' in 1895! Some things, though, remain reassuringly the same.
