It’s less than a month before Sherlock’s Christmas special airs on New Year’s Day, but to whet your appetite until then the BBC have released some behind-the-scenes pictures.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman look every bit the dapper Victorian gentlemen, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, in the shots that show them filming scenes for The Abominable Bride in a wintry setting.

Amanda Abbington, Rupert Graves and Una Stubbs were also in their period apparel, reprising their roles as Mary Morstan, Inspector Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson, with writers Mark Gatiss (who stars as Sherlock’s brother – and Stephen Moffat on set too.



Check out all the set pics in this Sherlock gallery:


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The one-off feature-length episode is set in London 1895, and returns the famed detective to his Victorian origins.

The official synopsis describes The Abominable Bride as followed:

We’ve been here before – but what if this wasn’t the modern day but the late Victorian period? What if the world’s most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock-coats? Welcome to Sherlock in 1895! Some things, though, remain reassuringly the same. Friendship, adventure and especially, MURDER… Why is Thomas Ricoletti a little surprised to see his wife dressed in her old wedding gown? Because, just a few hours before, she took her own life… Mrs Ricoletti’s ghost now appears to be prowling the streets with an unslakeable thirst for revenge. From fog-shrouded Limehouse to the bowels of a ruined church, Holmes, Watson and their friends must use all their cunning to combat an enemy seemingly from beyond the grave and the final, shocking truth about… the Abominable Bride!

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