Fans of the BBC hit series 'Sherlock' will be disappointed when they find out that Benedict Cumberbatch will not be attending the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC).
There is no need to despair. Andrew Scott, who played Moriarty in the first two seasons, has decided to record a message addressed to Comic Con.
The British actor made sure to include Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Gatiss in his Comic Con message. Gatiss is one of the show's creators and plays Mycroft Holmes in the series.
The video starts out with Andrew Scott receiving a call from Cumberbatch and saying that he cannot attend Comic Con because Moriarty has been killed off the series. Cumberbatch reveals he cannot attend SDCC as well, since he is working on a stage production of 'Hamlet.'
Scott then announced that he is still filming the upcoming James Bond flick 'Spekter.' It is then revealed that Gatiss is with Cumberbatch, and the two actors show off their Shakespearean acting. Scott tries to get them to deliver a message, but then decides to do it on his own. His message is brief but spine-tingling.
Steven Moffat has previously confirmed that there will be a 'Sherlock' Christmas special, and it will have a Victorian setting. In an interview with EW, Moffat explained that the Christmas special will not be a part of their regular series.
"The special is its own thing," the showrunner said. "We wouldn't have done the story we're doing, and the way we're doing it, if we didn't have this special. It's not part of the run of three episodes. So we had this to do it - as we could hardly conceal - it's Victorian."
Moffat also revealed that he and co-creator Mark Gatiss have wanted to do something different.
[Gatiss] and me, we wanted to do this, but it had to be a special, it had to be separate entity on its own," he said. "It's kind of in its own little bubble."
The 'Sherlock' Christmas special will be featured in 'Masterpiece' on PBS.
