Sherlock Goes Back in Time for Christmas Special

Though it's a little early for the holiday season, showrunner Steven Moffat has confirmed that Sherlock's Christmas special will take place during the Victorian era.

The special, which takes the detective duo back to the age in which they were first created, doesn't have an air date yet. Though, it's pretty safe to assume it will happen around Christmas.

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Will this affect the story and how tall will Sherlock's hat rise?

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Moffat said the special would not have any impact on the ongoing Sherlock series.

"The special is its own thing. We wouldn't have done the story we're doing, and the way we're doing it, if we didn't have this special. It's not part of the run of three episodes. So we had this to do it – as we could hardly conceal – it's Victorian. [Co-creator Mark Gatiss] and me, we wanted to do this, but it had to be a special, it had to be separate entity on its own. It's kind of in its own little bubble."

As far away as Last November, the BBC hinted at such a departure back to the source material with a not-so-subtle tweet.

#221back #Sherlock #notkidding pic.twitter.com/iTfDqfJI0R
— BBC One (@BBCOne) November 25, 2014
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Sherlock previously teased such a special even earlier

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In a short matter of time, we won't have to.