These are not the first photos I’ve seen from the set of Sherlock, but they are the first we’ve been able to publish. Perhaps that’s because the production has moved to the city of Bath, England, and suddenly there are more paparazzi around, and they’re able to get clearer shots. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have been filming the new episode(s) of Sherlock for weeks now – they started in the new year, and I think there’s been a lot of start-stops because Benedict keeps having to fly to LA for his Oscar campaign.

Allegedly, they are only filming one episode right now, which will be the “Christmas Special” airing (hopefully) in December of this year. When other sites have published other set photos, the Sherlook-loonies were freaking out over Benedict and Martin’s seemingly Victorian wardrobes. I guess there’s the theory that the Christmas special will actually be set in the original canon’s time period, which was the late 19th century. While I have no problem with that, or with the idea of Martin and Benedict in Victorian garb, solving old-fashioned cases, I do think that it seems profoundly WEIRD for the modern world Moffat and Gatiss have created for their vision of Sherlock. I mean, how are they really going to explain it?

Meanwhile, I finally got the chance to see The Imitation Game. I’ve been covering it for so long and I actually did lose touch a bit with the whole “Oh, there’s a movie at the center of all of this” thing. I have to say, it was a really well-done film and Benedict IS great in it. TIG probably won’t win much of anything at the Oscars, but over the weekend, it did pick up the Ally for Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.