Sherlock’s time-travelling episode is on the way (Picture: Rex)

Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has revealed that the upcoming special will be set in 1895.

We already know that the upcoming Christmas special takes place in Victorian times.

Writer Steven Moffat previously explained that the festive outing is ‘not part of the run of three episodes’, which take place in the present day.

Now Gatiss has narrowed things down even further.


According to BBC Newsbeat, the writer and actor said ‘The series is set in 1895, not 1885’, but Mark has since revealed on Twitter that it is in fact the special that will be set in 1895.

@BFI Not the series, just the Special. Misquoted. As usual. — Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) April 22, 2015

When asked whether the 1895 setting will make a difference, he teased ‘[I]t does, wait and see, all the difference’.



Intriguing…

Mark, who plays Sherlock’s brother Mycroft on the BBC drama, also revealed that the 1895 special has been filmed already.

Sherlock and John are headed back in time to 1895, hence the old timey-wimey clothes (Picture: BBC)

Sherlock is believed to have been most popular in 1895 after Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, killed off – and resurrected – the character.

As ever, we still don’t know when Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, will be back on our screens.

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