MISS M(ARY) E(LIZABETH)?

In The Abominable Bride, the bride leaves a note: MISS ME?



In The Sign of Three, Miss M.E. issues an invitation to her wedding.

This could be an intended hidden message.





FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON INTENTIONALITY

whatsortofcase pointed out that in wedding invitations the name of the bride usually goes first, but here this traditional rule is not followed, whereas John has to put his middle name in because of this very reason.

Breaking this rule would specifically allow for Miss and Mary’s initials to line up.

graceebooks pointed out that “Miss” is an archaic term and asymmetrical in relation to “Dr”, which is in its abbreviated form. It would have been more logical for both terms to have the same form.





EMELIA, THE OTHER BRIDE

As it doesn’t come from ACD canon and the spelling is unusual (There is an Emilia at most in ACD canon), it might be that the name of the other bride, Emelia Ricoletti, is a pun on “MISS ME?” as well, being “Miss” the title she would have before her marriage and “Me” a possible short form of Emelia.

Read more about it here: Why is the bride called Emelia?







DOCTOR WHO: MISSY, ME AND AMELIA

Specifically, this could be Moffat’s doing (writer of His Last Vow and co-writer of The Sign of Three and The Abominable Bride) as in Series 8 and 9 of Doctor Who, of which he’s showrunner and the main writer, there are two characters called:

Missy: one of the main villains of the show



Me: a grey character with mild villain and redemption arcs.

Thus we know for a fact that Moffat uses those terms to create names.





Plus, one of the only two times (and the only time after series 3 of Sherlock aired) in which “Did you miss me?” is said in Doctor Who during Moffat’s tenure it goes like this.

CLARA: Did you miss me?

DOCTOR: Be more specific. Who are you?

And, after a couple of lines, Me, which from her perspective hasn’t seen the Doctor in a long time, appears reveal-like on a photo in a telephone screen.

The episode wasn’t written by Moffat, but this is s a separate scene at the end of the episode related to the arc of the series which could very well have been added by him, as he is known to do at times.

This reinforces:



The idea of the “me” in the question being a person called Me;



That “me” being Mary as “Who are you” is what Sherlock asks her in his mind palace during His Last Vow.





Then about Amelia Pond, in Moffat’s Deep Breath, the Doctor says:

DOCTOR: Oh, it’s at times like this I miss Amy.



At this time there is no reason at all to mention Amy, which has been gone the series for several episodes, except maybe to underline the fact that her name intentionally includes the word “me” and that, along with the verb “to miss”, it sounds a lot like “Miss Me”.





POSSIBLE MEANINGS

Mary being associated in such a way with “Miss Me?” can go in the direction of the theories which see:

Mary as being associated with Moriarty or being Moriarty herself;



Mary as being responsible for the “Did you miss me?” Video.





POST THE SIX THATCHER’S ADDITIONS

Mary says AGRA members are:

MARY: Alex, Gabriel(le), me, AJ.

She calls her self “me” instead of her name.



Mary sends a CD called “MISS ME?”

REFERENCES

Ariane DeVere’s Sherlock Transcripts

Chakoteya’s Doctor Who’s Transcripts