"Sherlock" showrunner Steven Moffat was not able to evade reporters' probing questions about the hit television show starring hot British actor Benedict Cumberbatch during the Television Critics Association's press tour in Beverly Hills, and he finally revealed that the show's Victorian-era special will change the detective and his trusty friend Dr. Watson in big ways.
According to the writer slash producer, Holmes will be a bit less rude compared to how fans are used to seeing him before."Sherlock is a little more polished," Moffat said, according to Entertainment Weekly. "He operates like a Victorian gentleman instead of a posh, rude man. He's a lot less brattish."
As for Martin Freeman's Dr. Watson, Moffat said that his character will be a lot "more uptight."
The aspect of time travel will not be tackled in this particular episode, said Moffat, nor will it be dealt with in other episodes either. "We never bothered explaining what they were doing in modern London, so why bother explaining what they're doing in Victorian London, when that's where they're supposed to be?" he simply explained.
One thing that is going to excite fans who love watching ghosts and other supernatural characters is that "Sherlock" would incorporate this spooky element into the episode. "Ghost stories work better in a Victorian setting," Moffat teased, not really saying that Sherlock and Dr. Watson would meet real-life ghosts.
The excitement for the episode has been well-established already, but PBS Masterpiece has yet to find out when the BBC network (which gets first dibs on 'Sherlock' episodes) will decide to air it.
As for the season 4 of "Sherlock," they will begin production next spring, and the producer has confirmed that they will be back to the modern setting. And as usual, there will only be three episodes to the entire season.
The show's lead star is quite the hot commodity in Hollywood nowadays, with studios left and right eyeing him for some pretty meaty roles. He will be playing the lead star in Marvel's "Doctor Strange" movie, possibly alongside Rachel McAdams as the lead actress.
He is also being wooed for the role of Sandman in the same-titled movie, which would be directed by "500 Days of Summer" star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. "Sandman" creator Neil Gaiman strongly believes that Cumberbatch or "Thor" star Tom Hiddleston would be perfect for the role.
He also wowed audiences for his role as the genius mathematician Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game."
