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First Image and a World Premiere Date for Sherlock Series 3

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It's finally here. Here's a view of the very first image from Sherlock Series 3 released by BBC One in an official capacity, as announced on Twitter today: 
 
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*EXCLUSIVE* The first official image from series three of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Sherlock&src=hash">#Sherlock</a>, coming soon to <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCOne">@BBCOne</a>: <a href="http://t.co/Wsz0J846tV">http://t.co/Wsz0J846tV</a>. 
— BBC One (@BBCOne) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCOne/statuses/397513457194373120">November 4, 2013</a></blockquote>
 
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The long-awaited return of the show from its hiatus has burned up the Internet over the past year. Last month, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/10/sherlock-series-3-game-is-on.html">PBS Masterpiece announced that the program will air in the US in Januar</a>y. But the question as to the BBC's timing has been up in the air. 
 
<a href="https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=8F269F5D-31FB-49EB-98CA-083D118A4090&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=C7F8515F-E0B1-4385-832D-F98923E1077B">The BFI will be hosting a world premiere screening</a> of Episode 1 of Series 3, titled "The Empty Hearse," on December 15, along with a panel discussion with members of the cast. BFI members can purchase tickets on November 6, and then tickets are available to the general public on November 12. 
 
It's not clear exactly when BBC One will air the show at this point, but we at least have a date for the first viewing of this long-awaited episode of Sherlock.

First Image and a World Premiere Date for Sherlock Series 3

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by Scott Monty

Weekly Sherlock Links Compendium (October 26 - November 1, 2013)

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 Trade Sherlockians like baseballs cards, the inaugural issue of the journal of the John H. Watson Society, the rebirth of an Ohio ACD/Holmes symposium, a review from 1924 of Conan Doyle's memoirs, the debate on whether Elementary is a force for good or for ill in the Sherlockian world continues, Jeremy Brett's 80th birthday, Ian McKellen talks bees in regards to an upcoming role, Sherlockian scion events past and future are reviewed and more in the latest Weekly Sherlock Links Compendium by <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895">Matt Laffey</a>. 

 
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/gotsherlock">The Grand Game</a> is an ambitious and exciting new project from Brian Rodgers whom has plans to release multiple sets of Sherlock-related trading cards: think baseball cards featuring the likeness of Sherlockian all-stars. There's a series of cards featuring various actors who have donned the deerstalker on the big and small screen as well as other Canonical items of interest. I'll be featuring some of the artwork on here over the next couple of weeks, though <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gotsherlock">The Grand Game Facebook page</a> already contains some preliminary art. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect to the project is the 60 card set dedicated to famous Sherlockians, past and present. Many of the names and faces are BSI Sherlockians you may be familiar including: Susan Rice (cf. below), Bob Katz, Peter Blau, Steve Rothman, Les Klinger, Steve Doyle, Jon Lellenberg, Mattias Boström, PJ Doyle, Joe Coppola and many more living Sherlockians whom, as well as being members of the BSI, also happen to be winners of the coveted <a href="http://www.sherlocktron.com/invest.pdf">Two Shilling Award</a>, a distinction awarded to BSI members for "for continued prominent service".  
 
Sherlockians adorning cards who have passed beyond the Reichenbach make up a virtual who's who of true Sherlockian All-Stars: Rex Stout (author of controversial 1941 paper "<a href="http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1941mar01-00003">Watson Was a Woman</a>" and Nero Wolfe literary agent), William Baring-Gould (creator of the original <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six/dp/0517502917">Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a>) Vincent Starrett ("<a href="http://always1895.net/post/11857862603/starrett1-birthday-week-2011">...where it is always 1895.</a>"), Jay Finley Christ (inventor of the <a href="http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/Who_is_Sherlock/Christabbrev.html">60 story abbreviation code</a>), Julian Wolff, S. Tupper Bigelow, John Bennett Shaw (Sherlockian collector extraordinaire), Chris Steinbrunner (founder of one of my favorite scions <a href="http://prioryscholarsnyc.com/">The Priory Scholars of NYC</a>), Michael Harrison (author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/footsteps-Sherlock-Holmes-Michael-Harrison/dp/0425030474">The Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes</a>) and of course Christopher Morley and Edgar Smith. I'll keep everyone updated as this project progresses. 
 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[Susan Rice, ASH, BSI, - one of 60 Sherlockians represented in The Grand Game trading card project.]</td></tr>
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<a href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-watsonian-journal.html">The John H. Watson Society</a> showed the world just how serious this nascent group of Watson-centric enthusiasts really are by releasing Volume 1, Number 1 of The Watsonian, the journal of the JHWS, which will have reached the majority of subscribers/members this past week. Clocking in at just under 150 pages, The Watsonian is a publication which every Sherlockian will want on their shelf. "Aspiring to become a publication with some degree of the prestige of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a> or the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php">Sherlock Holmes Journal of London</a>, The Watsonian concerns itself with traditional and revisionist articles. Its purpose is simple: to illuminate the good doctor's life and accomplishment with regard to the many roles he takes, not only as Holmes's colleague, but also as physician, writer, man of the Victorian era and above all friend." (p. 7) Authors of note in this inaugural issue include: Bob Katz, Dan Andriacco, Don Yates, Don Libbey, Donald Pollock, Sandy Kozinn and many more. Also, make sure to read <a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/10/its-here.html">Dan Andriacco</a>'s short post on receiving his copy in the mail - and once your copy arrives make sure to read Mr Andriacco's essay entitled "Dr Watson, Detective?" in the current issue. 
 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[I was thrilled to find the inaugural issue of The Watsonian in my mailbox this week. Here's the cover of this professionally printed, biannually produced journal which seeks to be the home of all things related to everyone's favorite one fixed point.]</td></tr>
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 Dan Andriacco announced <a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-return-of-sherlock-holmes-to-dayton.html">some rather exciting news on Baker Street Beat</a>, particularly for Midwestern, USA-based Sherlockians with a penchant for Holmesian/Doylean conferences:  
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After a one-year absence, a seminar with a new name and a new sponsorship but much in the spirit of the original - exploring Victorian and Doylean topics as well as Sherlockian ones - is coming to Dayton [Ohio]. The Agra Treasurers, a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars, for the first time will host 'Holmes, Doyle, & Friends' on March 14-15, 2014." </blockquote>
For a taste of what to expect, here's a review with photos of the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/dayton_09.htm">2009 Sherlock Holmes/Arthur Conan Doyle Symposium</a>. For those familiar with Mr Andriacco's first McCabe/Cody novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Police-Like-Holmes-Dan-Andriacco/dp/178092206X">No Police Like Holmes</a>, rumor has it that the SH/ACD Colloquium (which was hosted by St. Benignus college in Erin, Ohio) portrayed in the novel was based on this long-running Ohio symposium. 
 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[Programme cover for <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/dayton_09.htm" style="text-align: start;">2009 Sherlock Holmes/Arthur Conan Doyle Symposium</a>.]</td></tr>
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<a href="http://sidgwicks.tumblr.com/post/64474916519/illustrations-by-a-abramov-for-the-valley-of">Sidgwicks</a> posted a couple of wonderful illustrations by A. Abramov for The Valley of Fear from a 1990 edition. I really love all the images Sidgwicks blog has been posting lately. Keep up the good work! 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[Illustrations by A. Abramov for The Valley of Fear, Krasnoyarsk: Krasnoyarsk Publishing House, 1990.]</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.tumblr.com/edit/www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/multimedia/archive/00380/contents_380626a.pdf">Times Literary Supplement</a> contains 'Then and Now' review of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786116552/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786116552&linkCode=as2&tag=always1895-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memories and Adventures</a> from 1924 by DL Murray: "A certain great man (it may not be forgotten) was very severe with the Doctor, his collaborator, for always bolting from the straight line of deduction in his record of a case, as soon as he caught sight of a bit of excitement or romance. “You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures”, he would say, “into a series of tales.” Perhaps he would have passed a similar criticism on the other Doctor whose life is told in this volume. If it is wisdom to map out a career and go forward on it with calculated steps, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has not been wise. But that sort of rationality does not make lives which it is a pleasure to recall and fun for other people to hear about; just as detective stories worked out like Euclidean problems would not have made the books that we take care always to have somewhere in the house." (Thanks to Brenda for the tip!)</div>
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<a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-report-from-front-lines.html">Sherlock Peoria</a> in "A Report From the Front Lines" has this to say about Elementary:  
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And let's face it, as much as Elementary's supporters might strain to pull out Canonical detail from the show, would you rather encounter a new acquaintance who had never heard of Sherlock Holmes, or one that had only watched Elementary? Personally, I'd rather work with a blank slate than have to undo the web of weirdness that Elementary has laid over the top of our familiar story cycle." </blockquote>
In related Elementary news/controversy, <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2013/10/28/cbs-elementary-misrepresents-crime-statistics">Breitbart</a> considers (thanks to <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/">IHOSE</a> for the tip!) whether the show is "guilty of lowering the quality of its content because of politically-correct standards." Personally, I'm now completely caught up with the New York detective antics of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001538/">Jonny Lee Miller</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005154/">Lucy Liu</a> and I'll admit two things: 1) I really don't think the show has much to do with Canonical (or otherwise) Sherlock Holmes and 2) I really enjoy watching 'Sherlock' and 'Joan' interact and am enjoying the show as a quirky TV '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_procedural">procedural</a>' (opposed to adaptation or pastiche). 
 
 
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<a href="http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/2013/11/happy-birthday-almost-jeremy-brett.html">Doyleockian</a> remembers the birthday of perhaps the greatest of all actors to play the Great Detective, Mr. Jeremy Brett (1933-1995). This Sunday, November 3rd would be Brett's 80th birthday and though he departed this mortal coil almost 19 years ago, his memory and legacy live on with every new and repeat viewing of Granada's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)">Sherlock Holmes</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/alistaird221b">Alistair Duncan</a> reminds his readers that: "for the 1980s and 90s Brett was the Holmes. Whether you liked his portrayal or not does not change this. His performance as Holmes crossed two decades and even the recent films of Robert Downey, Jr. were doing nothing to threaten his position in the Holmes pantheon." Remember to take a moment this weekend and raise a glass to one of the giants of Sherlockian culture. If you haven't read <a href="https://twitter.com/DStuartDavies">David Stuart Davies</a>' terrific biography of Brett, now is the perfect time to track down a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1553100352/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1553100352&linkCode=as2&tag=always1895-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bending the Willow</a> and spend and evening or two immersed in the time Brett spent becoming/being Sherlock Holmes. 
 
 
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<a href="http://www.hypable.com/2013/11/01/ian-mckellen-sherlock-slight-trick-of-mind/">Hypable</a> reports on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005212/">Ian McKellen</a>'s thoughts on playing a retired Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming adaptation of Bill Condon's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3168230/">A Slight Trick of the Mind</a> (2014): "I’ve never had ambitions to play Sherlock Holmes, but this is Sherlock in a very particular place… he’s nearly 100 years old, and in retirement, and it’s more about being a beekeeper than it is being a detective." According to the <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/mckellen-i-will-not-go-near-bees-29716183.html">Belfast Telegraph</a> though, when McKellen was asked if movie-goers would see him donning a beekeeper's outfit, the 74-year-old actor said: "You certainly will! There will be plenty of nets too, because I am not going anywhere near any bees, I'll tell you that now. I have a healthy respect for bees. I love their honey, but that's about it." Read the complete interview with McKellen at <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=39237">Empire Online</a>. 
 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[A Slight Trick Of The Mind won’t begin filming until McKellen wraps his current run on Broadway next year. Meanwhile, catch McKellen as Gandalf the Gray in The Hobbit sequel <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1170358/" style="text-align: start;">The Desolation of Smaug</a> which will be in theaters this December.]</td></tr>
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The Montague Street Lodgers of Brooklyn are having their 28th annual Autumn gathering on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 6:30 pm at <a href="http://www.caffebuongusto.net/">Caffe Buon Gusto</a> on 151 Montague Street (of course). If you're in the NYC area, contact Peter Crupe for more information. 
 
<a href="http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/curious-case-watson-intelligence/">The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence</a> Playwrights Horizons’ upcoming production written by Madeleine George (The Zero Hour) and directed by Obie Award Winner Leigh Silverman (Chinglish, Golden Boy, The Call). "This new production features different Watsons from history, including Alexander Graham Bell’s Watson (as in, “Come here, I want you!”), IBM’s supercomputer Watson, and Dr. John Watson, assistant to you-know-who. It’s a time-jumping fantasy about the assistants and machines on whom we’ve come to depend." Click <a href="http://youtu.be/ApHzZdFCOEo">here</a> for a video trailer of the play. 
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<a href="http://sonsofthecopperbeeches.homestead.com/">Sons of the Copper Beeches</a> held their annual Autumn dinner last Friday, October 26, 2013 at <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895/status/393868529021493248">The Racquet Club in Philadelphia</a> (founded in 1889) where yours truly, after participating in a rather disastrous group rendition of '<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/musg.htm">The Musgrave Ritual</a>', was elevated to 'Journeyman' status by Headmastiff Dr Bob Katz. A delightful evening was had by all as plans were hatched and drinks were drunk. As usual I missed the last Bolt bus of the night - always the mark of a fine evening - though I had more than enough to read while waiting for a train back to NYC thanks to Steve Rothman, editor of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a>, who had given me a healthy sized box of BSJ back issues to add to my growing collection. 
 
 
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Weekly Sherlock Links Compendium (October 26 - November 1, 2013)

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The Best Sherlockian Halloween Costume

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The Sherlock Holmes stories always inspire fun costumes for Halloween (or Guy Fawkes' Day, if you're from across the Pond). We're certain that there will be a number of kitschy plastic faux-Meerschaum pipes and large houndstooth-checked deerstalkers making their way across neighborhoods. 
 
Certainly this year we're likely to see more Cumberbatch-Freeman impersonators than ever before, with long trench coats and wool jumpers within practically anyone's reach as far as shopping goes. 
 
But what about the more creative? Certainly we know that Sherlock Holmes himself was no stranger to disguise. Throughout the Canon he could be seen as a bookseller (EMPT), clergyman (SCAN), priest (FINA), workman (CHAS), groom (SCAN), opium addict (TWIS), dying man (DYIN), loafer (BERY), sailor (SIGN), Irish-American spy (LAST) and even a woman (MAZA), among others. 
 
So if Holmes could be so clever in his costume choices, where does that leave you? Perhaps as a version of the Hound of the Baskervilles, or Black Peter (assuming you can get away with carrying around a harpoon - bonus points if you do so with it sticking out of your chest). Or as Dr. Grimesby Roylott, with a snake coiled around your head. 
 
Perhaps you'd care to be someone from the unwritten tales, such as Ricoletti of the club foot (and his abominable wife), Wilson the notorious canary trainer, or James Phillimore (umbrella not required). If you're a woman you could mix metaphors and wear a nametag reading "Alicia" and have scars up and down your arms ("the cutter Alicia" - THOR). 
 
For our money, the most creative Sherlockian costume we've seen was some years ago at <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/10/episode-11-bob-thomalen-part-1.html" target="_blank">Autumn in Baker Street</a>, worn by our friend John Baesch, BSI ("The State and Merton County Railroad"). As you know, 1895 is a big year for Sherlockians - not only because of <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/10/celebrate-national-poetry-day.html">the Vincent Starrett poem</a>, but because a number of tales took place that year and a good number of the untold tales were mentioned in that time. 
 
Of course the opening of "The Adventure of Black Peter" contained a wonderful paragraph that perfectly illustrates this point: 
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In this memorable year '95 a curious and incongruous succession of cases had engaged his attention, ranging from his famous investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca - an inquiry which was carried out by him at the express desire of His Holiness the Pope - down to his arrest of Wilson, the notorious canary-trainer, which removed a plague-spot from the East End of London. Close on the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman's Lee, and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of Captain Peter Carey. No record of the doings of Mr. Sherlock Holmes would be complete which did not include some account of this very unusual affair."</blockquote>
 
So imagine our surprise when John, a very staunch Catholic, showed up to the Gasfitters' Ball on Saturday evening at AIBS - typically a formal affair - in jeans, a baseball cap and a baseball jersey. The question arose immediately: 
     "Who are you supposed to be?" 
     "Cardinal Tosca." 
 
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Of course. 
 
If you'd like to order your own Cardinal Tosca jersey, <a href="http://shop.mlb.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=1745986&cp=1452620" target="_blank">the MLB.com stor</a>e will be happy to take care of you. And if you're interested in reading <a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/vatican.html">Murder in the Vatican: the Church Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes</a> by Ann Margaret Lewis, our sponsors at the Wessex Press would be glad to hear from you (mention IHOSE upon checkout). 
 
So, we have to ask: is there a creative Sherlockian costume you've seen? Or perhaps one you'd like to see? Leave us a comment below.

The Best Sherlockian Halloween Costume

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Weekly Sherlock Links Compendium (October 19 - October 25, 2013)

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The premiere dates for BBC Sherlock Season 3 announced at last - and the fandom goes wild, the International Sherlock Holmes Exhibition opens, the arrival of John H. Watson Society's journal is imminent, Molly Carr's latest book searches for the real Dr. Watson, Baker Street Babes interview the creator of a series of Moriarty comics, a new play featuring not one but four Watsons is set to debut in NYC, what do Sherlock, mind-reading and General Gordon all have in common, is Sherlockian.net the GQ of the online Holmesian world, a new Sherlock Holmes website Hungarian-style, how Sherlockians in LA eat breakfast, Gillette to Brett IV dates announced and more in the latest Weekly Sherlock Links Compendium by Matt Laffey. 
 
 
<a href="http://sherlockology.tumblr.com/post/64880408058/uk-airdate-q">Sherlockology assured BBC Sherlock</a><a href="http://sherlockology.tumblr.com/post/64880408058/uk-airdate-q"> fans</a> - completely rabid after two years of waiting for news of Sherlock’s post-Barts Fall - that they “can confirm any UK air dates you see for October or November [as] most definitely false.” Sometimes no news isn’t really good news nor does it really help when dealing with the obvious and acute PTSD afflicting fans of Sherlock Season 2. “The BBC cannot and will not schedule or announce any UK air dates until they have taken delivery of the completed run of three episodes, and even then the air date will only be set in stone around two to three weeks before broadcast. This is standard practice for any BBC programme…”  
 
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In other BBC news: Steven Moffat, purveyor of all that is outrageously cruel, <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-14/benedict-cumberbatch-and-martin-freeman-commissioned-sherlock-series-4-themselves-says-steven-moffat">has finally admitted to plans for Season 4</a> (via <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/" style="font-family: inherit;">Radio Times</a>):  
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'We had to inform the BBC that Martin and Benedict had commissioned a new series,' said Moffat. 'They signed themselves up. They both announced that they were carrying on - so that’s good. Benedict, at some red carpet event somewhere, said he was carrying on forever. Martin, at another one, said, “Yep, series four is happening”.'” </blockquote>
One can almost hear the cry of joy and relief wash over the Internet once these two announcements became established fact. 
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Sherlock Peoria, partially in reaction to all the BBC Sherlock hullabaloo,<a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/10/happiness-is-responsive-pbs.html"> made a very interesting observation</a> regarding the possible cause and effect related to the vocal dedication of the BBC fandom:  
 
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Yes, Sherlock has fans so passionate that PBS actually acknowledges their existence and considers them in its decisions. You remember Sherlock fans? That oft-discounted-by-elder-Sherlockians group who were once seen as a fluffy flash-in-the-pan? Well, they just got us Sherlock months ahead of when we might have otherwise seen it. They did that. Not grumpy old me, bitching in my blog a few days ago. Not the gathered Baker Street Irregulars of New York, who will be meeting two days prior (and probably in transit home about the time it’s going to be showing). Not any other big name Sherlockian past or present you can name. The Sherlock fans did this. And they should take a well earned victory lap before sitting down to watch “The Empty Hearse” on January 19th. Good on you, ladies and (I know you’re out there!) gents.”</blockquote>
 <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/10-23-13-sherlock-season-3-u-s-premiere-date-finally-confirmed" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img height="212" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b9e7003b6ca8c96526c18a6d0d5b993f/tumblr_inline_mv61pe87q51qzyfwq.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew" s_hospital="">St Bartholomew Hospital</a> in London (cf. picture above), scene of Sherlock’s ‘suicide’ at the end of BBC Sherlock Season 2…and monument of sorts to what <a href="https://twitter.com/BradKeefauver">Brad Keefauver</a> speculates is the tremendous influence which the noisy yet dedicated BBC fandom seems to wield. Though I respect Mr Keefauver’s position in his essay, let us not forget the real and absolute significance of St Barts: "'Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,' said Stamford, introducing us. 'How are you?' he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. 'You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive…'” (<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/stud-101.htm">STUD</a>) And so the world would never be the same again.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesExhibition">The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes</a> premiered this month (October 10, 2013) at the <a href="http://www.omsi.edu/">Oregon Museum of Science and Industry</a> (OMSI) to rave reviews, leaving Sherlockians living beyond traveling distance of the OMSI no choice but to peruse the wealth of online photos of the exhibits with just a smidgen of envy and a giant dollop of anticipation, for soon the entire show will hit the road and begin a world tour that will hopefully bring the excellent looking 221B simulacrum and the rest to a museum near you!  
 
<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/sherlock_holmes_international.html">The Oregonian</a> described how attendees have the opportunity to view original manuscripts, period artifacts and investigative tools along with a description of the exhibits that include “Doyle’s Study, an experimentation station, Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street, the 'Culture of Sherlock' collection and a mystery game with clues hidden within the museum.” For a taste of what opening night was like, check out this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.602584883113108.1073741826.451969811507950" style="font-family: inherit;">photo set featuring the organizers</a> as well as various Sherlockian VIPs such as <a href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/BSI_Archival_History/Welcome.html" style="font-family: inherit;">Jon Lellenberg</a> and Richard Doyle, great-nephew of ACD and director of the <a href="http://www.conandoyleestate.co.uk/" style="font-family: inherit;">Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.</a> business venture, along with scores of Sherlock enthusiasts, a handful dressed in their finest Victorian threads.  
 
The OMSI site offers a range of opportunities for visitors <a href="https://www.omsi.edu/sherlock" style="font-family: inherit;">planning an excursion</a> as well as information for schools considering <a href="http://programs.omsi.edu/program/international-exhibition-sherlock-holmes" style="font-family: inherit;">organizing a field trip</a> to the exhibit - which makes me kind of wish that I was in 6th grade and preparing for a visit to the world of Sherlock Holmes, an opportunity that is sure to have a life changing effect on more than a few precocious ‘pre-Sherlockians’ who are sure to look back at that magical day as the moment they caught the Sherlockian bug, permanently altering their lives forever. Finally, for a wonderfully thorough and intimate review of the entire show see this <a href="http://geekdad.com/2013/10/sherlock-holmes-exhibition/" style="font-family: inherit;">GeekDad</a> post which features a plethora of wonderful photos of the various exhibits, close-ups of the artifacts, a shot of a page from the original manuscript of Hound of the Baskervilles (cf. Randall Stock's <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/baskervilles-manuscript.htm">history of the Hound manuscript</a> and why it was broken up at the time of its publication) and more. I'm sure I'll have opportunities to post more about this remarkable event as I count down the days until it arrives in NYC. 
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Dan Andriacco (aka "Dutch" to the <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/">John H Watson Society</a>) revealed that Issue #1 of <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-watsonian-journal.html">The Watsonian</a>, journal of the fledgling yet ever growing JHWS, <a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-great-reason-to-join-watson-society.html">is set to appear in mailboxes around the world</a>! My only concern is whether the reported 150 page (!) publication will fit in a standard sized mailbox. And if that wasn’t enough, Andriacco announced that the nascent group is sponsoring an <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-second-annual-2014-john-h-watson-canonical-treasure-hunt.html">International Canonical Treasure Hunt</a>: the  
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mega-quiz will consist of 200 questions requiring in-depth knowledge of the Canon and the printed scholarship of the last 75 years. It will be conducted over a one-month period sometime in 2014. As host society, the JHWS will invite teams from the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetirregulars.com/">Baker Street Irregulars</a>, the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/">Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a>, the <a href="http://www.sshf.com/">Société Sherlock Holmes de France</a>, the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmessociety.in/">Sherlock Holmes Society of India</a>, the <a href="http://www.torontobootmakers.com/">Toronto Bookmakers</a>, the <a href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/index.php?refsociety=52">Sherlock Holmes Society of Japan</a>, the <a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/">Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a>, and other international and U.S. scions who desire to field a crack team of Sherlockian/Watsonian scholars to compete for world honors.” </blockquote>
As a member of the John H. Watson Society (where I’m known as "<a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/1/post/2013/06/welcome-to-matt-laffey-jhws-priory-scholars-of-ny-and-always-1895-to-charter-membership.html">Baron</a>"), I’m looking forward to receiving Issue #1 immensely as well as participating in the 2014 Canonical Treasure Hunt, along with watching and reporting on whatever else this intrepid group has up its tweeds.  
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<a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Search-Doctor-Watson-Molly-Carr/9781780920313">Molly Carr</a>'s newest release <a href="http://amzn.to/1g505Mp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Search of Dr Watson</a> (MX, 2013) is now available in a revised, second edition version:  
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…as much as possible about Doctor Watson. Radically different in style from her first two books, the investigation will nevertheless be of interest to students of military history, railways both Indian and British and of course all fans of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is a household name. But where would he be without his Biographer? Beavering away in Baker Street, unknown to everyone except Scotland Yard and a few luckless criminals. It is time to put the loyal and much put upon man, Dr. John H. Watson M.D., centre stage.” </blockquote>
On a related note to the JHWS and Molly Carr (aka "Brenda"), two of her latest books were reviewed on <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/dr-watsons-library.html">Dr. Watson’s Library</a>, a blog maintained by the JHWS which posts reviews and recommendations on books by its members: <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/3/post/2013/10/watsons-biography-by-molly-carr-brenda.html">In Search of Doctor Watson</a> and <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/3/post/2013/10/molly-carrs-new-book.html">A Sherlock Holmes Who’s Who</a> described as “for the Holmes fanatic who wants to know everything!” You can follow Ms .Carr on <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyCarrHolmes">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/molly.carr.92">Facebook</a>. 
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The Baker Street Babes Lyndsay, Melinda, and Sarah in <a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/episode-46-moriarty-returns-with-daniel-corey/">Episode 46: Moriarty Returns! With Daniel Corey</a> look at the latest incarnation of the Napoleon of Crime in a comic series that started in 2009.  
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Moriarty is a supernatural/dark crime comic that flips the Sherlock Holmes universe on its head–James Moriarty, its sinister and conflicted star, is now the protagonist. Inspired in part by great Professor Moriartys including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000059/" style="font-family: inherit;">Laurence Olivier</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution_(film)" style="font-family: inherit;">The Seven Per Cent Solution</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204425/" style="font-family: inherit;">Daniel Davis</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_in_a_Bottle_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" style="font-family: inherit;">Star Trek: TNG</a>, Corey set out to solve the mystery, who is Professor Moriarty, since ‘He’s mentioned here and there, but there’s only two stories that involve Professor Moriarty and he’s never actually onstage.’ Who is the Professor in the absence of Holmes, and will his criminal empire ever come to fruition?” </blockquote>
 
Creator <a href="https://twitter.com/DangerKatt">Daniel Corey</a>, in an attempt to fund a third series consisting of four more issues, started a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dangerkatt/moriarty-returns">Kickstarter campaign</a> where he hopes to raise 24K. Here’s a <a href="http://youtu.be/rqayXSY60fs">video of Corey explaining his plans</a> for Moriarty Vol. 3: 
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If you’re interested in where the Moriarty series has been so far, check out these video summaries <a href="http://youtu.be/auIg3yUBO-4">Moriarty Vol. 1: The Dark Chamber</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/9XXdxlFVfdY">Moriarty Vol, 2: The Lazarus Tree</a>, or you can purchase the first to volumes in hardcover from <a href="https://www.imagecomics.com/comics/releases/moriarty-deluxe-hc">Image Comics</a>. The series reminds me a little of <a href="http://amzn.to/19LIwvP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Gardner's thought provoking 1970s trilogy of novels</a> which delve into the history and psychology of Holmes' nemesis, painting the Napoleon of Crime in an almost sympathetic light. You can follow Daniel Corey's Moriarty Project on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/moriartycomic">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DangerKatt">Twitter</a>. 
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<a href="http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/curious-case-watson-intelligence/">The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence</a> is a theater production premiering in NYC on November 15 and running through December 29, 2013. First off, just so there’s no confusion, the Watson of the Canon only makes up 1/4th of the ‘Watsons’ portrayed in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/theater/show/137539/The-curious-case-of-the-Watson-Intelligence/overview">The Watson Intelligence</a>:  
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Watson: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson">trusty sidekick</a> to Sherlock Holmes; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Watson">loyal engineer</a> who built Bell’s first telephone; unstoppable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)">super-computer</a> that became reigning Jeopardy! champ; amiable techno-dweeb who, in the present day, is just looking for love. These four constant companions become one in this brilliantly witty, time-jumping, loving tribute (and cautionary tale) dedicated to the people - and machines - upon which we all depend.” </blockquote>
My first reaction to reading this description was “Wow” and my second reaction was “this could be amazing, or at the very least interesting.” Now I’m very curious to watch as actors portray John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department, Thomas A. Watson (1854 - 1934), assistant to inventor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a>, Watson the IBM computer capable of answering questions posed in natural language and a contemporary guy named Watson in a play that sounds like an extended meditation on our post-Industrial Western society - or might just be a zany romp consisting of four characters whose only point of convergence is the name “Watson”. Why can’t I get the image out of my head of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a>'s sidekick Nigel Bruce holding up a computer and quoting Zoolander: “Oh! The files are in the computer!” (smash goes the computer). Check out the play’s <a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/368578806606023">Facebook page</a> and visit <a href="http://www.ticketcentral.com/playwrightshorizons/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=C3361930-0A64-4077-80B1-46F98F4F1E1A&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::promocode_access_code=watpbe">TicketCentral.com</a> (use code WATPBE) to order tickets. 
 
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<a href="http://sidgwicks.tumblr.com/post/64024588003/derek-francis-as-mycroft-holmes-in-the" target="_blank">Sidgwicks posted a fine promotional still</a> (seen below) for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984), featuring a great shot of what could only be the “newly-framed picture of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Gordon_Pasha.jpg">General Gordon</a>" as mentioned by Holmes in "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Cardboard_Box">The Cardboard Box</a>" - an image I had just been searching for a few days before in the hopes of, like Watson, using the likeness of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon">Charles George Gordon</a> (circa the ‘Pasha’ years) to not only decorate my wall (framed of course) but to act as a surefire catalyst for a chain of thoughts inevitably leading to “dwelling upon the sadness and horror and useless waste of life” war inevitably breeds, which was of course just part of the contents of Watson’s saturnine mood so adroitly discerned by Holmes during the first scene of “<a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/card.htm">The Cardboard Box</a>”. Sherlockians well-versed in some of the textual oddities of the Canon will of course recall that this memorable ‘mind-reading’ scene from CARD occurs again, almost line for line, in the “The Resident Patient.” For an explanation of why it is that both CARD and RESI include the exact same scene, see Leslie Klinger’s ‘<a href="http://www.sherlockian.net/canon/klinger.html">The Textual Problem of “The Resident Patient”</a>’ 
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Quick Sherlock Links:</h4>
<a href="http://sherlockian.net/">Sherlockian.net</a> is hands-down the most important Sherlock Holmes website in existence [Not to worry. We'll still allow Matt to write for us. - Ed.] and has been for many years. Created by longtime Sherlockian <a href="https://twitter.com/darkgreendesk">Chris Redmond</a>, BSI (“Billy”) - his investiture was inspired in part by his age at the time (he was just 16) - the site serves as the ultimate resource for Sherlockians, whether they’re collecting research for a journal article or neophyte Holmes enthusiasts delving for the first time into the world of Sherlock Holmes culture and scholarship. Which is why I’m thrilled beyond words to see my photo adorning the front page of Sherlockian.net! This picture was snapped by the wonderfully talented NYC Sherlockian and photographer <a href="https://twitter.com/MelindaCaric">Melinda Caric</a> at a book release party for <a href="https://twitter.com/LyndsayFaye">Lyndsay Faye</a>'s latest novel <a href="http://amzn.to/19LJ30J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seven For a Secret</a> while I perused the Sherlockian Scholarship bookcase at the Mysterious Bookshop in downtown Manhattan. Unfortunately the edition of the book I’m holding <a href="http://amzn.to/1a9hOdk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seventeen Steps to 221B</a>, edited by James Edward Holroyd, was outside of my price range that evening but that never dampens the pure joy of holding a piece of biblio-Holmesian history. Check out Ms Caric’s complete <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcaric/sets/72157635987211775/">Seven For a Secret Flickr set</a> for the lowdown on the evenings’ literary debauchery, as well as further proof that Ms Faye’s genius extends well beyond the realm of historical fiction into that of the sartorial. 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[Thank you for the honor Chris Redmond, and the wonderful photo Melinda Caric - oh yeah, and thanks to Lyndsay’s mixologist husband <a href="https://twitter.com/gjlehner" style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Gabe Lehner</a> for keeping the book party attendees in good spirits.]</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.sherlockian-sherlock.com/">Sherlockian-Sherlock</a> is a relatively new Sherlockian website <a href="http://www.sherlockian-sherlock.com/history-of-the-sherlockian-site.php">started earlier this year</a> by three intrepid Hungarians (though the site is in English). I stumbled on it while perusing Chris Redmond's recent updates to the '<a href="http://sherlockian.net/resources/index.html">Online Resources</a>' section of Sherlockian.net. Initially drawn to the intriguing cadence of “Sherlockian Sherlock Dot Com” after further exploration it is quite the promising web destination for Holmes and ACD enthusiasts. The website's editors/creators - make no mistake, Sherlockian Sherlock is an actual website and not a blog or a Web 2.0-inspired creation - have a particular fascination with Sherlock Holmes art, the dispelling of common misbeliefs related to Holmes, actors who have donned the deerstalker and the science behind the Great Detective. I encourage you to add Sherlockian-Sherlock to your bookmarks posthaste. <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/17/Sherlock-Holmes-Pocket-Notebook/">Neatorama</a> posted about a newly available Sherlock Holmes Pocket Notebook made-up of 64 pages with a very simple though elegant Sherlock design. Perfect for composing an outline for that Sherlock pastiche you’ve been meaning to write involving Holmes, the Wright Brothers, the Suez Canal and the First Pan-African Conference. Get to it! 
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Sherlockian Scion & Event Links:</h4>
<a href="http://www.meetup.com/SHERLOCK-BREAKFAST-CLUB/">The Sherlock Breakfast Club</a> is a Los Angeles-based group of Holmes enthusiasts who meet irregularly for breakfast at <a href="http://www.yeoldekingshead.com/">Ye Olde King’s Head Pub</a> in Santa Monica, CA. A discussion of a pre-assigned story is followed by a canonical quiz, where the victors win prizes, often from London. Time permitting they screen a Granada episode, usually corresponding to the story du jour. One of the leaders of the group, Bonnie MacBird whom I had the good fortune to meet this past August in MN at <a href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html">Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place</a>, stresses that the group is very inclusive and welcoming. There are Sherlockians of all stripes and ages, including many BBC Sherlock fans as well as Downey, Rathbone,Elementary, and those of the strictly canonical persuasion. “Everybody gets to express their Sherlockian love, and it’s all rooted in the Canon.” No doubt attendees depart assured that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day! Their <a href="http://www.meetup.com/SHERLOCK-BREAKFAST-CLUB/">next event</a> is November 9, 2013 at the ungodly hour of 9 am. <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/g2b4.html">From Gillette To Brett IV: Basil, Benedict and Beyond</a> is happening September 12 -14, 2014 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Put together by purveyors of the finest in Sherlockian publications, <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>'s the three day conference “will feature rare Sherlockian films, vendors, and an all-star roster of distinguished speakers, presenters, and events. We are thrilled to present exclusive, 75th Anniversary screenings of Basil Rathbone's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/">The Hound of the Baskevilles</a> (1939) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031022/">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a> (1939) in the state-of-the-art IU Cinema.” Mark your calendars. 
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* <a href="http://www.sherlockiancalendar.com/" style="font-size: small;">The Sherlockian Calendar</a> is a Holmes-enthusiast’s best friend - visit and visit often.  * If you have a Sherlock Holmes-related event or meeting you would like listed, or any news, gossip or announcements that might interest the readers of <a href="http://always1895.net/">Always1895.net</a>, please email <a href="mailto:always1895@gmail.com" target="_blank">Matt Laffey</a>. 
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