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'Sherlock' goes vintage with holiday special
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY

Time to put away the Santa hat and dust off the vintage deerstalker cap of Sherlock Holmes.

The holiday special Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (9 p.m. ET/PT Friday on PBS Masterpiece) takes Benedict Cumberbatch's ace detective and Martin Freeman's John Watson from their contemporary setting back to 1895 London for a mystery set in the Victorian era, the time when Arthur Conan Doyle first introduced the famous resident of 221B Baker Street.

And that means period garb for everyone, including Sherlock's big brother Mycroft, played by series writer and co-creator Mark Gatiss. "Dressing up and showing off is all acting is," he says, "and this particularly fine period is full of wonderful clothes."

...Q: Other than revealing whodunit, what can fans expect with this special?

A: It's got all our favorite Gothic things — foggy London, hunting caps, spooky houses, everything. Horror is a very big part of Sherlock Holmes. It's not something we've been able to do much other than Hound of the Baskervilles, really, so it's nice to indulge all that.

Q: Was it tricky to switch the mindset from modern to old school?

A: It's not like it suddenly becomes very slow-moving and stage-like just because it's set in the past. Yes, there are tweaks but it's as if we had done our version of Sherlock as it was always intended in 1895: The sensibility of the show, the tone, the pace and the humor is the same, it's just set in the past. The Victorian setting is what we fell in love with so it's joyous to go for a brief visit. I kind of undo all of the things we modernize, really. I suppose it's a measure of how well our version has worked. To my astonishment, several journalists have said, "How can Sherlock Holmes exist in a world without iPhones?" And I said, "Well, there is some precedent."

[Bud Brewster]

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Bulldogtrekker and I have watched the amazing holiday special twice now, and we both enjoyed it even more the second time. If you haven't watched this episode, you can download it from here.

http://www.promptfile.com/l/8141CE49F0-D3A2310942

If you've never see the show at all, you can download the previous nine episodes from here. I recommend the Promptfile versions because they're the largest files with the best picture quality.

http://www.watchfree.to/watch-5701b-Sherlock-tv-show-online-free-putlocker.html#close-modal

This is great show, folks. Do yourself a favor and become a fan. It's excellent if every way.
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