tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54048074322473373542024-03-13T04:52:05.038-07:00The Baker Street Babes PodcastThe Web's Only All Female Sherlock Holmes Podcast. Eat your heart out Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-80979904393123346202012-10-06T08:50:00.002-07:002012-10-06T08:50:22.607-07:00New Website Coming Soon<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Our new website will be launching very soon! Watch this space. Xx</span></div>
The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-60537868128892216462012-08-28T06:20:00.000-07:002012-08-28T06:20:10.816-07:00Sherlock Holmes gets modern treatment in two TV showsKristina is quoted in this article, and if that didn't give you reason enough to read it, it's also a fabulous article.<br />
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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-08-27/sherlock-holmes-elementary/57356504/1">http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-08-27/sherlock-holmes-elementary/57356504/1 </a><br />
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<span id="byLineTag">By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY</span></h3>
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<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Fictional+Characters/Sherlock+Holmes" title="More news, photos about Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>
may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think
"superhero." But based on his recent TV and big-screen track record, the
world's most famous literary detective, at the very least, is a
globe-trotting time traveler.</div>
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The
world's love affair with Holmes in all his mutations — be it in films,
on TV or re-imagined in new novels — is cyclical. And "we seem to be at
the peak of another wave," says Leslie Klinger, a Holmesian scholar and
member of the Baker Street Irregulars, an organization of Holmes
devotees.</div>
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"Every age takes something different
from Sherlock Holmes," says Klinger, who worked as a consultant on the
2009 and 2011 films that starred Robert Downey Jr. and <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Celebrities/Actors,+Agents/Jude+Law" title="More news, photos about Jude Law">Jude Law</a> as Holmes and Dr. John Watson (a third installment is in development). Klinger cites <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Guinness+World+Records" title="More news, photos about Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a>, which lists Holmes as the most portrayed movie character; 75 actors have played the part in more than 200 films.</div>
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"There is something that every actor brings to this role," says <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Benedict+Cumberbatch" title="More news, photos about Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>, who is up for an Emmy for lead actor in a miniseries for his work on <i>Sherlock</i>,
in a phone interview from London. "Like Hamlet, if you're any good, you
bring enough of your own personality and talent to bear that you will
make it your own."</div>
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"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before," Holmes says in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, but the notion hasn't stopped filmmakers from experimenting with new interpretations of the Holmes legacy.</div>
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<i>Sherlock</i>, which premiered in 2010, has had fans swooning over Cumberbatch and <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Martin+Freeman" title="More news, photos about Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a> as Holmes and Watson.</div>
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And whether CBS' <i>Elementary</i>, which premieres Sept. 27 (10 ET/PT) and stars <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Jonny+Lee+Miller" title="More news, photos about Jonny Lee Miller">Jonny Lee Miller</a> as Holmes and <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Lucy+Liu" title="More news, photos about Lucy Liu">Lucy Liu</a> as <i>Joan</i> Watson, is a misstep or a stroke of genius is a case waiting to be cracked.</div>
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"Every vision of Holmes is a legitimate one," Klinger says. And great actors, including Downey, <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Basil+Rathbone" title="More news, photos about Basil Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a> and <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Jeremy+Brett" title="More news, photos about Jeremy Brett">Jeremy Brett</a>, who starred in the acclaimed Granada television series <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> (1984-1994) in England, have found the role irresistible and inspiring.</div>
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<b>Men for all seasons</b></div>
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Placing
Holmes and Watson in the 21st century is not the first time the
detectives have been shifted to an era other than the Victorian period
in which they were first written. Universal Studios' 12 movies starring
Rathbone all took place in the 1940s, the decade in which they were
made. He's seen driving a car and even goes head-to-head against the
Nazis.</div>
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From these films grew the iconic image
of Holmes (in part because of Rathbone's Shakespearean training) as a
suave English gentleman decked out in a Deerstalker cap and Inverness
cape. The films also are why Watson (as portrayed by Nigel Bruce) is
considered by many to be a bumbling fool. But Conan Doyle envisioned him
as a competent surgeon and excellent marksman, and quite intelligent.</div>
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As for the original Holmes, created in the 19th century and featured in
four novels and more than 50 short stories, he was famous for his
logic, disguises, a tobacco fetish and the occasional use of cocaine and
opiates.</div>
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Current novels range from <i>The House of Silk</i>
by Anthony Horowitz, a period piece that was authorized by the Conan
Doyle estate, to Laurie R. King's Mary Russell novels, which give Holmes
a wife who also solves mysteries.</div>
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In film,
Downey buffed Holmes into more of an action-adventure hero who brings
mixed-martial-arts chops to his bare-chested street fights. On
television, Cumberbatch's <i>Sherlock</i> is a nicotine-patch-wearing, tech savvy, fast-talking, antisocial genius whose brain analyzes clues at lightning speed. <i>Elementary</i>'s Sherlock is a man with self-doubts, a secret past and a Watson described as his "sober companion."</div>
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Cumberbatch's
drama may be set in modern times, but, he says, "we came from a place
of absolute reverence for the original. So it was always going to be an
interpretation of the original, however much Sherlock fiddles with an
iPhone or fusses around with modern graphics. </div>
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"Obviously
there are some witty adaptations of certain ideas, but an awful lot of
the material we use is from the canon. And the references are rich
throughout," he says. "I guess that's why we're scoring high. We're
appealing on both of those levels, and the traditionalists love the
updates."</div>
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<i>Masterpiece</i> executive
producer Rebecca Eaton says she isn't sure there's room for two
modern-day Sherlocks on TV. "It's already a crowded field. … I think
(CBS is) skating a little close to the risky edge, because there's
already such a successful TV show out there."</div>
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She
acknowledges, however, that "there are a lot of Sherlock Holmes fans
out there. I don't know how those people will react to another
Sherlock. Either they could be quite dismissive, or they could welcome
any bit of Sherlock in the drought between our last season and the next
one."</div>
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<i>Elementary</i> executive producer
Robert Doherty says: "Sherlock has broad shoulders, and I believe he
can carry us all. I've seen Sherlock in other novels, in comic books,
in television shows, in movies, in TV movies. Some are better than
others, but nobody has managed to ruin the franchise. It's a credit to
what Conan Doyle did in the very beginning."</div>
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Overall,
Doherty says, it's a good time to be in the Sherlock business, "but you
also want to make sure that you're telling your own story, and that
you can sit down and be excited about your vision for the show and not
think about the others."</div>
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<b>Room for everyone</b></div>
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Don't expect a Cumberbatch vs. Miller smackdown over the franchise. The actors are friends who co-starred in <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Danny+Boyle" title="More news, photos about Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a>'s theatrical production of <i>Frankenstein.</i> And Miller called Cumberbatch before accepting <i>Elementary.</i>
"Benedict has been very supportive, and I wanted to reassure him
about how different this script was and project was," Miller told
reporters in July. "All of the other differences will kind of be
apparent."</div>
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"I genuinely, as a friend, wish him
all the luck in the world," Cumberbatch says. "It's a wonderful role,
and I hope it's as enjoyable for him as it has been for me. I think
there's room for both of us, (but if) his takes over, then I've had a
fantastic time doing it and I wouldn't bear any grudge. I adore
Jonny."</div>
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"It is a great honor to be asked to
play such a rich character," Miller says via e-mail, "and I felt there
were many differences in Rob Doherty's great script to anything I had
seen previously. I particularly like the darker struggles our version of
Sherlock is dealing with."</div>
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As to how he'll
make Holmes his own, Miller says: "I used the books. There is so much
material there that you can try to find aspects that maybe haven't been
seen so much. You can also discard what you feel has been seen a lot. I
am trying to show some conflict and difficulty in Sherlock's life, so he
seems a little at odds with the world."</div>
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For now, while <i>Sherlock</i> balances its story lines atop Conan Doyle's body of work including <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, <i>Elementary</i> will devise new Holmes stories.</div>
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"We're
really trying to embrace our setting, trying to embrace our Watson,"
Doherty says. "That's not to say we won't ever take something from the
canon and try to make it an episode, but it's not what's really driving
us."</div>
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In the end, it will be up to fans to decide whether there's room for two modern-day Holmes/Watson teams on TV.</div>
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Kristina Manente, who last year founded the London-based fan group Baker Street Babes (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabes.com/" target="popup729">bakerstreetbabes.com</a>), says <i>Sherlock</i>
"is so brilliant, but when I first heard about it, I didn't like the
idea of modernizing it. But it makes so much sense: Holmes was always a
modern man. The acting and writing is flawless."</div>
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And she's "quite open-minded about <i>Elementary</i>. I love Jonny Lee Miller. I'm definitely going to check it out.</div>
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"To be fair, BBC's <i>Sherlock</i> has brilliantly used the canon as its base, so (<i>Elementary</i>) can't really mimic that. They have to do something new for it not to be thought of as a copycat." </div>
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<strong>WHAT IS <a href="http://sherlopalooza.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">SHERLOPALOOZA</a>?</strong><br />
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SHERLOPALOOZA is the Baker Street Babes inaugural (hope to be) annual
Sherlock Holmes screening and Q&A extravagaza! This year it’s on
November 17th and is Sherlock series 2! Our amazing Q&A will feature
Sherlock composer Michael Price and blogger Joe Lidster*. The Q&A
will be recorded as a live podcast that will be made available along
with small interviewed with some of YOU! <br />
We will also be having a raffle where you can win tons of amazing
Sherlock and Sherlock Holmes goodies including artwork, books, and more.<br />
The entire event will take place at the fantastic Prince Charles
Cinema in Leicester Square in London. Feel free to dress up as your
favourite character, wear themed t-shirts, or just come as yourself.
Just be prepared to be SHERlocked!<br />
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<strong>*</strong> Please note that more guests may be added at a later date.<br />
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<strong>SCHEDULE</strong><br />
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This is a preliminary schedule and may be subject to change.<br />
10:00 Doors open<br />
11:00 “A Scandal In Belgravia”<br />
12:30 Break for lunch<br />
13:15 Back in cinema<br />
13:20 “Hounds of Baskerville”<br />
14:50 Break<br />
15:00 Q&A<br />
16:30 Break for dinner<br />
17:30 “The Reichenbach Fall”<br />
19:00 Raffle<br />
20:00 Door Close<br />
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<strong>CONTACT</strong><br />
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All information and contact details about SHERLOPALOOZA can be found at <a href="http://sherlopalooza.eventbrite.co.uk/sherlopalooza.tumblr.com" target="_blank">sherlopalooza.tumblr.com</a>. You may also contact The Baker Street Babes at events@bakerstreetbabes.com<br />
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<strong>TICKETS GO <a href="http://sherlopalooza.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">ON SALE</a> ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT NOON BST!</strong>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-74150955440358190352012-08-24T08:59:00.002-07:002012-08-24T09:10:58.579-07:00Series 3, What Could It Be? Much like last time, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have released three words to give us a clue as to what the next three stories will be in Sherlock. This time around they are...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>RAT. WEDDING. BOW.</b></span></div>
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Ah ha. This will probably change as we think more about it, but here are some thoughts, wants, and general flailing on our part. Sue Vertue has confirmed that Series 3 will air next fall, possibly late summer after rumours surfaced this morning of the same. Huzzah for that!<br />
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<strong>RAT</strong></div>
Pastiche, <em>The Giant Rat of Sumatra</em>. We know that <em>The Empty House</em> will be the first episode, but they always conflate numerous stories into one. Curly is silently hoping for Rattigan.<br />
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<strong>WEDDING</strong></div>
Fairly obviously this'll be <em>The Sign of Four</em> with Mary Morstan (WHO IS AWESOME, CALM YOUR TITS). Could have elements of <em>Charles Augustus Milverto</em>n where Holmes gets engaged to a maid to get info and then.. leaves... a wedding was also threatened in <em>Charles Augustus Milverton</em> (John & Mary's wedding threatened (not by a cockblocking Sherlock?)), and a bride went AWOL in <em>The Noble Bachelor</em>. <em>The Illustrious Client</em> also has wedding trouble in it. AND <em>Solitary Cyclist</em> had wedding stuff. SO MANY WEDDINGS!<br />
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<strong>BOW</strong></div>
Immediately think of <em>His Last Bow</em>,
which is the last Holmes story and he goes to chill out with some bees.
However, they've all said they want to keep doing them, so I refuse to
believe this is it.<br />
<strike>Mattias pointed out this may be referencing the Bow Street Runners, which were the first police force in London.</strike><br />
<strike>Also, not sure of the pronunciation, but what if it's a part of a tree or the front of a boat? SO MANY QUESTIONS!</strike><br />
The inflection was apparently like taking a bow. #sobs<br />
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BUT!
His Last Bow is the title of a COLLECTION of stories and this includes
The Dying Detective... if we wanted to kill Sherlock... again...<br />
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However the amazing Kristen McHugh just tweeted this to us... AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WANT THIS!<br />
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@kristenmchugh22
@BakerStBabes What if Moran/Morstan are the same, & there's a Rat
at the Wedding in more ways than one? #sherlock</blockquote>
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And more thoughts from you fine folk:<br />
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<span class="action"><a data-mce-href="http://thenorwoodbuilder.tumblr.com/" href="http://thenorwoodbuilder.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" title="TheNorwoodBuilder">thenorwoodbuilder</a> said: <span class="answer_content">
“Rat” was also partial for “(Balla)rat” in BOSC. And they could use
part of the plot from his last bow, but not make it the end of the show… </span></span><br />
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<span class="action"><span class="answer_content"><a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetbarricades.tumblr.com/post/30106495396/series-3-what-could-it-be" href="http://bakerstreetbarricades.tumblr.com/post/30106495396/series-3-what-could-it-be">bakerstreetbarricades</a>: </span></span><span>They never take the ACD stories literally - so what if “Bow” simply means that they will be doing kind of a spy story?</span><br />
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<span class="action"> <a data-mce-href="http://aurora-boreali.tumblr.com/" href="http://aurora-boreali.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Aurora Boreali">aurora-boreali</a> said: <span class="answer_content"> OMG! Wedding could very well be The Solitary Cyclist, one of my faves! </span></span><br />
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<span class="action"> <a data-mce-href="http://cranberryloops.tumblr.com/" href="http://cranberryloops.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Olive">cranberryloops</a> said: <span class="answer_content">
I’m now convinced the first episode will start with Sherlock being on a
ship, making his childhood dream come true and being a PIRATE. </span> </span>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-53844032937595253132012-08-09T11:55:00.000-07:002012-08-09T11:56:34.703-07:00Episode 30: The Episode of Dubious Legality—Betsy Rosenblatt, the OTW, and Fanworks<iframe frameborder="0" height="85" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://bakerstreetbabes.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-08-09T11_37_35-07_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbakerstreetbabes.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-08-09T11_37_35-07_00%3Fcolor%3D43bee7%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26facebook%3Dtrue%26height%3D85%26minicast%3Dfalse%26objembed%3D0%26width%3D440" width="440"></iframe><br />
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Fandom Summer is upon us!<br />
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To kick it off, Babes <strong>Ardy</strong>, <strong>Lyndsay</strong>, <strong>Taylor</strong> and <strong>Amy</strong> chat it up with <strong>Betsy Rosenblatt</strong>, who works with the <a href="http://transformativeworks.org/projects/legal">Legal committee</a> of the <a href="http://transformativeworks.org/">Organization for Transformative Works</a>.<br />
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The OTW runs a lot of fandom-based projects, including the <a href="http://www.archiveofourown.org/">Archive of our Own</a>, a <a href="http://transformativeworks.org/projects/twc">scholarly journal about fan cultures</a>, and a <a href="http://transformativeworks.org/projects/fanlore">fandom wiki</a>—and they also provide legal advice and advocacy for and on behalf of fannish creators, which is where Betsy (and people like her on the committee) comes in.<br />
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We talk to her about the legal issues surrounding fanworks, how much trouble they can potentially get you into, and we discuss listener questions such as the reasons why people create them in the first place, and what it is that makes fandoms like Sherlock Holmes so enduring. Also, we really want to know: what drove her to invest much of her time in this project and how successful is it?<br />
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The answer to all these questions lies but a click and a listen away. Enjoy, and let us know your own thoughts on these issues, if you feel so inclined—we love getting listener mail :)The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-10450427361296031482012-08-08T05:01:00.000-07:002012-08-08T05:01:19.281-07:00The Babes on The Today Show!<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc445407" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=48460833&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc445407" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=48460833&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br />
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Curly and Kafers were interviewed for a bit on Sherlock Holmes for The Today Show! It was a fantastic day and the crew was just lovely. There was a lot more that was filmed, but it's still very exciting to see two of our girls on national television!The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-62319737329705198142012-07-25T09:59:00.001-07:002012-07-25T09:59:41.561-07:00Review: The Illustrated Speckled Band<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Ed. by Leslie S. Klinger<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The idea of Sherlock Holmes in the theater
tends to bring images of William Gillette to mind, the actor whose play <i>Sherlock Holmes </i>and portrayal of the detective
garnered acclaim that continues to this day. Less well known to current
Sherlockians is the fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself successfully dramatized
one of his most popular stories, “The Speckled Band.” Thankfully, <i>The Illustrated Speckled Band </i>provides a
comprehensive overview of this tantalizing piece of Holmesian trivia.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The book consists of four main elements:
the text of the play, photographs of the original stage production, an original
review of the production, and an essay that relates the play to the short
story. For those familiar with the text of the story, the play reads a bit like
a movie script taken from a print source—it follows the same general pattern,
but many of the details have been changed for dramatic effect and convention.
Conan Doyle’s ability as a dramatist is immediately apparent in the masterful
use of humor and foreshadowing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The photos, placed alongside the text where
they naturally occurred in the production, are a rare treat. They not only shed
light on direction and staging, but they also reveal something of the Adelphi
Theater acting style just after the turn of the century. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The critical review, from <i>The Playgoer and Society Illustrated</i>, is
a charming window into the journalism of the period and the popular opinion of
Conan Doyle. The paper’s short biographical articles about the main castmembers
are also included and contain such gems as this amusingly purple quote from
Christine Silver, who played the lead female character: “You will say this is
very feminine. Well, I admit the soft impeachment; it’s a woman’s privilege. A
man lives and forgets; a woman lives and remembers.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally, the essay by R. Dixon Smith does
an excellent job of illuminating the circumstances that surrounded the writing
of the play and the ways in which it compares and contrasts with the source
story. It’s a satisfying way to conclude a very unusual volume.</span></div>
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Illustrated Speckled Band </span></i><span lang="EN-US">is appealing in three
particular ways. Its obvious Holmesian appeal lies in the rarity of what is
included and the extensive presentation of a little-known piece of
Sherlockiana. Additionally, it offers an unusually detailed look at British
theater in 1910. Finally, for historians, it gives a glimpse of the ideas and
attitudes of actors and reviewers during Conan Doyle’s time. It’s an enjoyable
book to read, but its beautiful cover design also makes it a great addition to
the bookshelf or coffee table of any Sherlock Holmes lover.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A copy of this book was provided for
consideration by <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Gasogene Books</a>. </span></div>
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<br />The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-47032647346663504972012-07-19T08:08:00.000-07:002012-07-19T08:08:48.630-07:00The Baker Street Babes to be on The Today Show!<div class="caption" style="margin-top: 0px;">
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Delighted to say that Curly and Kafers were interviewed by
NBC’s The Today Show today! Yes, THAT Today Show! (eee!) It’s for the
Olympics and will air during The Games. It’s a cultural piece about
Sherlock Holmes and England and the popularity, etc etc. The crew were
delightful to work with and we had a good laugh (and lunch!) afterwards.
We should have footage for you within three weeks!<br />
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Let me just say that ANYONE who can act with a camera has mad props.
It’s really hard to ignore a giant machine next to your face. Got there
after awhile, but it’s very distracting!<br />
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This was so much fun and it was such an honour to be asked. It’s not
every day you wake up to an email from an NBC producer in your inbox.
Eee, so yes, we’re going to be on your telly! (well, if you’re American
that is.)</div>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-79562690680727715552012-07-18T23:24:00.000-07:002012-07-18T23:25:04.036-07:00How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey?<br />
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The fab folks at PBS Idea Channel just put up this video on how Sherlock Holmes started the fanfiction craze. We're an epic sort of fandom... just upset it was 50 Shades that got the big break!<br />
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You've probably heard of the risque novel "50 Shades of Grey" since it's
now the best selling paperback of all time. But you may not know that
it's Twilight fan fiction! It seems shocking that a fan fiction novel
has become so popular, but 50 Shades isn't the first book to break
through the fan community boundaries into mainstream culture. Over 100
years ago, Sherlock Holmes' popularity created a profusion of well
received fan fiction. It allowed authors from amateur to professional to
explore the world originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and
pave the way for other future fan fiction canons, including Star Wars,
Harry Potter, and yes, 50 Shades of Grey. </blockquote>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-33205267478266837322012-07-16T22:10:00.000-07:002012-07-16T22:10:19.739-07:00Episode 29: The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In Episode 29,
Babes Jenn and Lyndsay sit down with Susan Rice and Mickey Fromkin to talk
about The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and how ASH came to be.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Who are The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes you may ask?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Founded by a group of women students at Albertus Magnus College in the late
1960s and led by Principal Unprincipled Adventuress Evelyn Herzog, ASH achieved
early notoriety when its members picketed the Annual Dinner of the Baker Street
Irregulars in protest of the BSI policy of excluding women. For the next 25
years ASH thrived with its own (coeducational) dinner on the same January night
as the BSI event. When women were finally invited into the BSI in 1991,
selected Adventuresses were among the first to be invested.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Both Susan and Mickey not only share the story of ASH, but also their own
personal stories of how they became members and found other like-minded women
who share their love for our favorite consulting detective.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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For more information on The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes you can visit <a _mce_href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/" href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/">their
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>The Muse</i> is a
quarterly journal of ASH activities and (mostly) light-hearted Sherlockian and
Victorian topics. Contents include event reports, short articles, toasts,
contests, poetry, drawings, and photos of, and by, ASH members and others. It
is not necessary to be a member of ASH to subscribe or contribute material for
publication in<i> The Muse</i>. </span></blockquote>
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information on <i>The Serpentine Muse</i>, <a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/muse.htm">click here</a>.</span></div>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-41322631605349771302012-07-01T09:43:00.000-07:002012-07-01T09:43:52.289-07:00Sherlock Holmes Night: Long Night Of Sciences<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>Sherlock Holmes Night: Long Night Of Sciences</strong></div>
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By Maria Fleischhack, Baker Street Babes</div>
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On June 29, the Leipzig ‘Long Night of Sciences’ offered a glimpse
behind the scenes to everyone who was interested. Watching chemical
reactions, or being introduced to the field of forensic biology,
visitors of the Long Night were able to get a picture of what scientific
research looks like in Leipzig. But not only the natural sciences were
of interest; the humanities make up a large part of Leipzig’s scientific
tradition and several institutes decided to participate, including the
British Studies institute. I had wanted to do a little Sherlock Holmes
related event with my colleagues in order to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of the publication of the first Sherlock Holmes story, but
things turned out to be much bigger than initially planned. A bookshop
close to campus offered to host the event; the perfect location to talk
about Sherlock Holmes. Our ‘Sherlock Holmes Night’ was also advertised
in the local newspaper and even though we knew that quite the crowd
could be expected, we did not anticipate more than 250 people – mostly
students – to show up; too many to sit on the 100 chairs the room held,
and too many even to stand. A few visitors sadly were turned away at the
doors to the bookshop, simply because there was no more room for them
to fit in.<br />
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<br /> The programme consisted of four presentations by British
Studies lecturers; starting off with a short introduction of Arthur
Conan Doyle and his work by Prof. Elmar Schenkel. It is always fantastic
to hear about the many interests Doyle had, and how many different
projects he worked on. One might think that he achieved in one lifetime
what others would have needed at least three lifetimes for.<br />
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The second
talk, given by linguistics Professor Sabine Fiedler, was concerned with
the phraseology of the Holmes stories and the challenges of translating
phrases such as “Elementary, my dear Watson”; including, of course, the
discussion of false quotes which are attributed to the original stories,
but which only appeared in adaptations and later rewritings of the
text.<br />
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Dr. Jürgen Ronthaler then spoke of numerous adaptations of The
Hound of the Baskervilles, concentrating on the traditional look and
almost symbolic markers of the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr.
Watson throughout the history of the Hound adaptations.<br />
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My talk, the
last of the evening, was concerned with Sherlock BBC. I compared the
series with the original stories, showing similarities and differences,
and how – despite updating Sherlock Holmes to the 21st century – the
series is still incredibly true not only to the stories themselves, but
also to the tradition of detective fiction and Arthur Conan Doyle’s
style. The little “Undershaw” insider in Hounds of Baskerville also gave
me the opportunity to briefly talk about Undershaw and the UTP. <br />
<br /> The evening ended with a screening of the 2002 adaptation of
The Hound of the Baskervilles with Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart.<br />
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It was fantastic how many people showed up to listen to the talks and
the atmosphere was amazing, despite a failing air-condition and not
nearly enough chairs. It’s brilliant to see how interesting Sherlock
Holmes is for a younger generation and I do hope that our little
Sherlock Holmes night sparked the interest in some of them to go back to
the original stories, and find out how it all started. It was a fun
night, and I am so glad that we had the opportunity to talk about
Sherlock Holmes, who we all love; and to show that Sherlock Holmes is
‘not just popular literature’, but a proper academic subject which can
be approached from numerous angles and which is relevant, not only for
the study of literature, but also for cultural studies and linguistics. <br />
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A Study In Bart's: Holmes, Watson, and England's Great Hospital. Recorded lecture by Alistair Duncan at St. Bartholomew's Pathology Museum on 27/06/2012<br />
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The famous meeting place of Holmes and Watson, St. Batholomews Hospital is surprisingly rarely featured in adaptations of the stories. Why is this? What series finally gave St. Bart's its due credit? A fantastic lecture by Alistair in which he likens Sherlock Holmes to Britain's super hero.<br />
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A PDF of his slides can be found [<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3004456/ASIB.pdf">HERE</a>]<br />
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Follow Alistair on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/alistaird221b">@alistaird221b</a> ¦ His blog is at <span class="url"><a href="http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/" rel="me nofollow" target="_blank">http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/ </a></span><br />
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Louise Brealey, who plays Molly Hooper on BBC's Sherlock, was at Collectormania Milton Keynes on a VERY cold Sunday in early June. Without too much of a plan, <b>Babes</b> Curly, Maria, Ardy, and Joanne drove up and nabbed an interview with the incredibly funny and charming actress. Dancing around the stadium in attempts to keep warm, they wandered the stalls, met fans, and danced with Storm Troopers. After a quick interview with a Scottish Darth Vader, they were able to sit down with Louise and chat Sherlock and matching tape recorders. It's delightful.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (laughs)
I'm just getting reactions! Are you having a good time?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes. We're
about to meet Loo Brealey. I'm fine.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah.
Super exciting -- I love Louise Brealey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How about you, Ardy?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am
freezing my fucking feet off. (much laughter)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It's
really cold here.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Really
cold, really cold.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah, I
bribed Joanne with a cookie earlier and then she snuggled up to me for a bit
but, yeah. It's no long-term solution, is it?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> No, it's
not.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> So yeah,
but Louise Brealey is here, so, exciting times.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is
exciting!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Apart from
-- oh and I bought four badges, but apart from that there's nothing much
exciting going on here.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (giggling)
Not a whole lot's going on. (background laughter) You have anything to say?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Apart from
that it's cold, yeah, it's fun. We have roof-dancing stormtroopers, several
R2-D2s--</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> We've met
some listeners, which is cool.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> That is
true.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> And a
Dalek!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> We made
out with a Dalek.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I think a
Dalek makes up for a lot of things.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> We just
met Jack Sparrow. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Well, I
say meet--</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> There is a
distressing lack of pizza baguettes here. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> And we had
an awesome Fem!Croft.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes, true,
true.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our umbrellas
touched.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes, I
liked her umbrella pin a lot.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> And their
scarf was pretty cool, as well. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes, very
pretty. Is that warm stuff? Please come back!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It looked
like it! Please come back!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> We're
press!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(laughter)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> For some
reason I think this makes us entitled but it really doesn't. Okay.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes, Curly
is certainly confusing press and VIP at these events.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This is
the only moment I get to be somewhat VIP. It's not even. I don't wanna forget
it. Okay, I'll turn this off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[BREAK]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Darth Vader breathing)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Have you
had a good day today?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes, it's been very, very hot. (laughter) How about you? Did
you get something on your programs here?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mmm, no.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> More importantly, have you had a good day today?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> A cold
one.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It's cold.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ardy:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Are you
recording this?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am
recording this. (laughter)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Did you travel far?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> London.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Germany.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Okay.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Germany's
a bit far. (laughter)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Farther
away than London. That's good.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah, no,
we do a Sherlock Holmes podcast, so, Darth Vader, do you like Sherlock Holmes?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I do indeed.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Awesome!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Very good!
Good to know!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Everyone,
you have heard it from us first.</span></div>
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news!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Anything Junior's in, I like. (laughter) Trivia question --
what horror film was he in? As a young man?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Wait,
what?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Trivia question -- the guy who plays Iron Man?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> What horror film was he in -- it was a number one.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Robert
Downey Jr.?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a horror film?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Number one, in a sequence.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Gothika?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, he wasn't in that.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes he
was.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Was he?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He was in
Gothika.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, was
he? I forgot. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It was before
his last cocaine binge.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yeah, that's
true. Horror film. (pause)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Need a clue?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yep.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Burnt face.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, he was
not in Mike Myers -- was he in Halloween? No, no, in the other one -- Nightmare
on Elm Street?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Darth
Vader:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He was. Number one.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, Freddy
Krueger. Was he one of the teenagers? Oh, sorry. We'll let you get back to
your--</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our
interview's ready. (background noise, interspersed with Louise saying
"Hello" and someone saying "I didn't know") Sorry, sorry,
sorry -- we were interviewing Darth Vader, just because. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Wow. We
just learned that Darth Vader likes Sherlock Holmes.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He does!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (laughs)
Oh, great, that's good to know. Good old Darth.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, did
someone bring you Quavers?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> That’s
adorable.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">BSBs:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Awwwww!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Great. Is
that yours or mine, 'cos mine looks exactly like that -- look.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ah. It's
the cool one to have. (laughter) It's the highest rated on Amazon.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I just
emptied my entire incredibly impressive bag within a bag (laughter) but let's
not waste any more time on me and my matching tape recorder-- go on, shoot.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This is
sort of, like, your first big fan event, isn't it? Yay! We have matching
recorders. Super exciting.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Yes it is,
it's my first fan event of any description -- and it will be my last.
(laughter) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Oh, my
God, you're too cold.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> One time
only. No, no -- yeah, it's extraordinary, and just really nice. Although I did
get a bit of a sore face in the photo shoot, which was just… walk here, stand
there, smile...smile...smile. And yeah, sixty-seven smiles -- sixty-eight,
sixty-eight smiles in a row. Extraordinary. Anyway, no, it's great, it's cold
but it's very nice. I’ve got a hot water bottle between my legs and
everything's all right. (laughter) Everyone seems nice -- I've had two little people
dressed up as Molly, one really mini person with a fake sort of hair ponytail,
she was so sweet. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> How
precious!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> And the
best, the best was her badge. She'd deliberately taken a hideous photograph of
herself, because the badge on my coat on SHERLOCK is absolutely ghastly. So
this beautiful little child had this terrible photo of herself, with these
really, really wrong glasses, so she'd gone all, all the way.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Awww,
precious.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you know anything about season 3?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I don't,
actually. All I know is that I'll be back -- and so will Rupert and Una and Benedict.
And Martin. Yes, no, I don't know anything -- they're writing them as we speak.
I do know things, I'm not telling. (laughter) See how good my acting was there.
My amazing acting.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Molly just
started out as a really small part, and she's sort of grown into this giant --
so many fans are just completely heartstruck by Molly Hooper. What's your
reaction to it -- did you expect it at all?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> No, not at
all. I did my day on the third episode, 'cos we had to shoot all of my scenes
in one day because I'd been doing a play. So I did my day, had a wonderful,
magical day, then went back to London. I don't know. I kind of hadn't realized
how important the character is in that episode because I just hadn't really
thought about it. It was like, "That's a nice scene, and that's another
nice scene," and I hadn't really thought it through. And then when I
watched it, it was like, "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ohhhh."</i>
But yeah, it was staggering, the reaction was absolutely amazing and completely
exceeded -- I didn't even have any expectations, because I did the first season
and that was great, everyone really liked it, which was obviously gratifying
and just a great thing to be a part of. And then -- I dunno, just the writing,
I suppose, just made Molly mean something more than I think she did the first
season. I might be repeating myself but I think people identify with her
because she's an ordinary girl in an extraordinary position. She works with
this...freak. (laughter) This wonderful, beautiful freak, and you know, I think
it's terrific because she's the sort of -- I don't know if you're all too young
for DIRTY DANCING, but there's this sort of --</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I've seen
DIRTY DANCING!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The idea
of this sort of extraordinary man -- well, it's not necessarily that way round,
I'm just being ridiculous -- but she's the sort of, you know, she's Everygirl,
isn't she? With her ordinary face and her ordinary, you know, thing. And she's
the audience's way in, the female audience's way in, I think. She's not
threatening -- she's the girl next door. So I'm really surprised, but also I'm
really happy that they like her, I think it's great.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Everybody
loves her. Everybody was just really sorry, but just the first – “…okay.”,
everybody just fell in love with Molly.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I think
we've all been there -- that person we've been completely smitten with, and
then it goes into, "Even though I know how much of a dick you are, I'm
going to be completely infatuated with you."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Well, I
think the thing is, also, it's like love makes fools of us all, you know? Who
hasn't been an idiot when you've been smitten? I know I have. I mean, I'm not
like her at all, but I think when I really like someone, I'm perfectly capable
of blundering around making a complete tit of myself. And I think that's the
thing -- people have underestimated her because she takes a lot of shit from
him. But the fact is that what was obviously delightful about the last series
was that you realized she's not an idiot. She's quietly taking it all in, and
yeah, she's there. I dunno, I just feel really lucky. It's like a miniaturist
sort of portrait of her because she's barely in it, really, but that's just not
any sort of an issue. It's the most wonderful part I've played on telly, no
doubt, and yet it’s sort of tiny, so it's a real tribute to the writing because
you get, there's a real journey.</span></div>
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say, when I did my day I hadn't really thought it through. I just thought,
"Oooh, this is nice. This is nice to have a lovely scene in stuff
about--" Oh, I think I've a break in my hot water bottle. I feel like I've
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I'm sorry, we've had to suspend the interview because Louise Brealey wee'd herself.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> So many
gifts! See, everyone adores you to pieces.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> What I
find really interesting is that Molly is obviously not a character that Arthur
Conan Doyle had written. Were you nervous about trying to fit in, or were you
just being there because it's modern anyway?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I hadn't a
single thought about canon. I was just given a part to play and I tried to make
her as truthful and full and real and human as possible. I didn't really think
about Arthur Conan Doyle. I'm really pleased that they invented her -- I think
they're pleased that they invented her now. They weren't sure originally, and
now they're happy. So yeah, it's great, and no, it didn't trouble me in the
slightest, because it's not the book. It's something new, isn't it? So I think
there's room for -- I mean, I feel very flattered that I'm the only one that's
not in the books, actually. I mean, obviously that means that I am prime fodder
for the chop at some point because I'm not in the books, but you know, that's
an occupational hazard down in the mortuary. (laughs)</span></div>
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kind of turning into -- I mean, your character now is sort of in the Holmes
canon, it kind of belongs there now.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> So do you
have any backstory for Molly that you sort of made up? Or is it just whatever's
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Um, do I
have any backstory? I just think the writing's so good, I just go with
what's...it's just all there. I mean, yeah, obviously, you try and...sorry, I'm
slightly distracted by the sound of Darth Vader's breathing. (laughter)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He's,
like, lurking right outside.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He's
breathing down my neck. Did I do any research? No, I didn't even do anything
like run around a mortuary with a mortuary person. Although when I was there I
got to chat to the real mortuary workers and talk about how quickly a
post-mortem happens, how much time it takes, and how people's lungs are black
even if they don't smoke if they live in a city. Got my wellies on and had to
look down the drains and wished I hadn't. And there's all sorts of things like
chef's knives and brains in buckets -- it's great. Did I do any research on who
she was? Not really -- I mean, they did that website, didn't they, about
kittens and GLEE and stuff. I just feel like that's there for people to enjoy
if they want to. In my head, she's...she's kind of a hopeless case.(laughter)
No, she's not. She loves cats. So no, I didn't really--</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I just
think it's all there. It's like a blueprint -- you just have to try and say it
with feeling. No, I don't know anything about her -- who is she? I don't know
how old she is, I don't know where she's from. I dunno -- I quite like that,
though. I quite like that it's all open to people to make that bit up if they
want to. Yeah, I think they're so imaginative, the fans and everything -- I'm
always getting told who she is and what she means. And I think that's great,
'cos then there's room for the audience, isn't there? You can write on her what
you want (pause) not literally of course, that’d be weird.</span></div>
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great to be part, genuinely to be part of that team, actually. Because even
though I'm not in it very much, I feel very much like I'm one of them. And
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just...coming back, the first season...we've done it three times because of
course we did the pilot. And each time you go back, it feels it's kind of more
wonderful because the show has grown in people's estimation and in their
hearts, and you just feel like the writing's a joy to say, and the team who
make it are a delight. And it's very family -- Sue and Steven are obviously
married, the executive producer and writer, and so there is a genuine sort
of...it's a nice place to work, SHERLOCK. People are good, they have good
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I think
that's why the show does so well because everyone loves doing it. And you can
just tell that, in the production.</span></div>
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boys don't have to come back, you know -- they're enormous, they're absolutely
massive, they don't have to come back. I think it’s an indication of how dear
the show is to them, and those characters are to them, that they want to come
back despite the fact that they're megastars and make another series. And I
think if it was an unhappy set or in any way an unhappy experience, you
wouldn't see them for dust. So it's just obvious. The material is so brilliant,
too -- you really don't get, you know, once in a blue moon you get to read
something that's as good as that.</span></div>
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really only have one more question -- we asked on Twitter, but everyone just
asking things we'd already asked you. But pretty much everyone just wants you
to know that they loved you to pieces, they love you and they think you're
awesome.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Could you
tell them how lovely, charming, attractive and likeable I was without the
bright red nose and the little old lady drip?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maria:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> We're
asking you for a picture, but, like, one where we’d all be really dorky? Could
we do that?</span></div>
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Do with me what you will! (laughter and discussion about handling the camera)</span></div>
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one last question -- if you could have tea with anyone from SHERLOCK, who would
you want to have tea with?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Louise:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> You know,
Rupert Graves comes straight to mind… Graves, Graves, Graves! (laughter) Um,
yes, of course, Rupert, Una and Rupert. And -- it's favoritism, it's awful,
Rupert, Una, Rupert, Una. We're going to have tea next week -- oh, my dream’s
come true. (laughter)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">BSBs:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Thank you
so much, good luck for series 3 and everything else you do. Enjoy your Quavers!</span></div>
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It’s a great time to enter the world of Sherlock Holmes. The
BBC’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sherlock </i>series and the Guy
Ritchie Holmes films have ushered in millions of new fans, a great many of whom
have gone on to explore the Granada tv series and the canonical stories by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. As a result, the glossy second edition of Kathleen Kaska’s
engaging quiz collection comes at a particularly apt time </div>
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Kaska’s book consists of 80 quizzes covering the Holmes
stories, the author, and much more, as well as five crossword puzzles. In
addition, each section contains a small introductory essay with valuable
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One thing that sets this particular work apart is that the
quizzes presented are not filled with only simple, surface questions. New fans
and die-hard Holmes devotees alike will be amused and perplexed by some of the
more detailed queries, and even the most experienced Holmesian will come away
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sherlock Holmes
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Holmesian. It’s a particularly great book to have on the coffee table to
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At <a data-mce-href="http://www.scintillation.org/index.html" href="http://www.scintillation.org/index.html">A Scintillation of Scions V</a>, I (Curly) presented a paper entitled <i>The Validation of the Internet Fandom: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Fandom and the Age of Tumblr</i>.
It was very well received and made a lot of people cry (gyah sorry!).
My heart sort of swelled as I walked back to my seat and kept getting
stopped, Sherlockians new and old thanking me, telling me how fantastic
it was, and that they were so proud and pleased. I hadn't felt like I
had done anything monumental or extraordinary, but after awhile I
realized that maybe I had done something important.<br />
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So, here is
the paper in its entirety, as well as the recording from the actual
presentation (so I can prove people laughed and clapped!) I hope you
like it.<br />
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To listen to this presentation please [<a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.tumblr.com/post/24847646356/at-a-scintillation-of-scions-v-i-curly">CLICK HERE]</a><br />
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To read the paper, click the read more link!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Validation of the Internet Fandom: Bridging the Gap
Between Traditional Fandom and the Age of Tumblr</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> I
have an addictive personality. I’ll get addicted to outfits or hummus
sandwiches, movies and songs. I should have known I’d end up here at
Scintillation for one simple reason: as a child I watched The Great Mouse
Detective. I watched it so many times over and over again, I’m sure it’s melted
my brain. And drove my mother insane. I was hopelessly in love with it. I still
am. It was a staple of my childhood and while I was vaguely aware of whom
Sherlock Holmes was growing up, I wasn’t a Sherlockian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> I
didn’t start reading the canon until last year. I thought Watson was always
rotund with a bushy mustache (well, part of that is true), and I had no idea
who Jeremy Brett was. In fact, when the Robert Downey Jr movie adverts first
showed, my first thought (other than god Jude Law is hot) was that of Basil of
Baker Street. Of the cartoon mouse who unashamedly stole my heart. I didn’t
know what would happen in the next two to three years. I didn’t know about
Sherlock or how it would change my life forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Sherlock
is my first fandom, and I use fandom in the sense of a distinct internet
community. A community of thousands who all love the same thing, who write
about it, laugh about it, argue about it, art about it, cry about it, and lust
over animated gifs of Benedict Cumberbatch together. It’s a beautiful mad
thing. I stepped in unaware and I have never been more glad. Fandom has
introduced me and countless others to the original stories. It has celebrated
these magnificent characters and it has changed my life, and many others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> As
such, Sherlock has one of the most vocal and dedicated fandoms out there. The
Believe In Sherlock campaign should be enough indication of that. If you don’t
know what that is, following the transmission of The Reichenbach Fall in the
UK, a fan movement was started much akin to Frodo Lives. We had to restore
Sherlock’s reputation and prove Richard Brook was a fake. The original post by
earlfoolish on tumblr charged believers in Sherlock to take to the streets. It
was a bit meta, but we did it. The Believe In Sherlock movement spread worldwide,
popping up in schools, places of work, and along the streets of cities and
towns. The campaign went completely viral and has been reported on numerous
blogging sites and even The Radio Times. Fans are finding one another through
the movement as well, going to tumblr to try and find original posters of the
fliers and artwork. It’s bringing the Sherlock community together, promoting
the show, and including the fans into the universe of BBC Sherlock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> And it’s
all fan made. Those involved in the BBC show have mentioned numerous times how
staggered they were by the movement, and still are. Steven Moffat called it
“the best viral marketing campaign ever,” and that he and Mark Gatiss didn’t
need to do any promotion for Series 3 because we had done it for them. The
parallels to the legend of Victorians marching along the Strand in black
armbands are obvious. Just as they did, we mourned the “death” of our hero,
allowing ourselves to enter the Sherlock world and bring it into our reality.
Some have called it childish and ridiculous, but we had fun. And I won’t
apologize for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> No
one can doubt the sincerity and absolute dedication of the Sherlock generation
of Holmesians. If Believe In Sherlock isn’t enough how about the thousands of
votes that pour in when someone from the show, or the show itself is up for an
award? Countless number of trending topics on twitter have been started by the
fandom, and as I said before, those involved in the show have remarked multiple
times how floored they are by their fanbase. We’re a fanatically dedicated
bunch, which is why I get surprised when older Sherlockians get annoyed at us
and fear us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Are
we not the same? Many of you entered Sherlockiana through more traditional
means. You might have read the canon and found a group. You might have started
your own or subscribed to a newsletter. Some of you as Baker Street Irregulars
and are quite distinguished. Others just run a blog or are Holmesian authors,
both scholarly and pastiche. I like to yammer into a microphone with friends
and it’s in that way I express my love. That and reblogging some gratuitous
photos of the cast, because they’re gorgeous. And that’s okay. I’m sure
Victorian women and men were oogling the Paget drawings. Don’t even try to tell
me they weren’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> With
Sherlock, and to a lesser extent the Robert Downey Jr films, has come a surge
of new Sherlockians. Some very learned in canon, others encountering the
characters for the first time. It’s a global Holmesian Renaissance and it’s
come to life and spread rapidly through social media, primarily through tumblr,
twitter, and the fanfic communities on livejournal and AO3. I can understand
how the massive surge can be terrifying for the more traditional minded
Sherlockian: hoards of teenage and twenty-some-year-olds descending upon their
Holmesian world. They’re afraid of, dare I say it, The Cumberbitches, and
afraid they aren’t in it for the stories. But if they took a moment to go
beyond the surface of OMG and FEELINGS, they’re realize that it’s more than
that. They may have come for the cheekbones and the dishy silver fox from
Scotland Yard, but it’s not why they stayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> They’ve
fallen in love. Just like everyone in this room has.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Those
of us from the Sherlock generation are vocal and opinionated. We care about
this show an obscene amount and we aren’t afraid to show it. There are around
30,000 Sherlock tumblr fans and that is a conservative estimate. There are
thousands upon thousands of fanfictions and beautiful, stunning pieces of art.
A fanartist was actually contacted by Sue Vertue, producer of the BBC series,
and her stunning portraits of the Sherlock cast will be going in a board room
at Hartswood Studios. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Along with the art are the
essays and heated debates. Emotions run high in the tumblr world and never have
I seen such detailed responses to questions. There is plenty of scholarships on
tumblr. They research to an obsessive level and have enough references to even
make Les Klinger happy. I’ve read
beautifully researched essays on the canon as well as on the BBC show.
Character essays. Theories. Everything you can imagine. Where you all have
journals and newsletters, we have the internet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">They’re also not afraid to
have fun, and will gladly trend topics on twitter like replace a Sherlock quote
with pancake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Why
so silly? Why not? Why is it a crime to have fun? We can interact in a whole
new way: live chatting with writers and actors, Q&As, and spreading out
ideas to the public. The Sherlock generation is a force to be reckoned with,
and yes, some are silly, but so are some BSI members. They are, however,
genuine fans, and you should never doubt their sincerity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> When
I was privileged enough to attend the judicial review for the Undershaw
Preservation Trust, for which I am the London Ambassador, on May 23<sup>rd</sup>,
I wasn’t surprised by who was in attendance. There were a handful of
middle-aged and older people, but the vast majority of those who had come out
to sit in court for seven hours were young. Teenagers. Twenty-somethings. It
was the youth. It was the Sherlock generation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> We
love Sherlock Holmes. We are the same. The Sherlock generation just has more
toys to play with. And yes, it is intimidating, and yes it’s all changing quite
quickly. But it’s a good change. So this is an open invitation for every person
who may ever hear or read this. Interact with the young fans. Invite them to
your meetings. Talk Sherlock Holmes with them. Don’t underestimate them. Just
because we blog doesn’t mean we’re not genuine and earnest, or intelligent. The
hesitation goes both ways though. You young’uns, newbies, and those who only
came in with BBC Sherlock, don’t be afraid. Read the canon. Explore the world.
Be willing to be taught. I have never met a more gracious group of people in my
life. Try. You won’t regret it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> If
you challenged me to a canon quiz you’d most likely beat me. And I am fine with
that, because I am still learning. I’m still exploring these stories for the
first time, as are many of my tumblr colleagues. We’re not subpar to those of
you who can quote the canon word from word, because at our core we all love
these characters. Some of you are just further ahead than us, but we’re on our
way and we want to be on our way. Those
of us from the tumblr generation don’t expect some of you to understand our
weird jokes about how John Watson is obsessed with jam or understand why
animated gifs are perfectly acceptable responses to questions. That’s fine.
We’re two different camps, but we have a lot in common and we’re starting to
meld. I think it’s okay if we still have our own worlds, but coming together
should be a priority. It’s starting, and it is my hope that we can all work
together to enjoy the great consulting detective and his steadfast partner Dr.
Watson as Sherlockians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> I
and the Baker Street Babes owe a lot to the Sherlock fandom. It’s where we came
from and as such we are fiercely protective of it. We also couldn’t have gotten
where we are without the acceptance of all of you and for that I offer my
sincerest thanks. We’re flattered by our popularity, having hit over 110,000
listens as of June 7<sup>th</sup>. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to getting
fanmail. We’re also frankly gobsmacked by the opportunities we’ve had. I
remember literally faceplanting onto my bed when I got a DM on twitter from Sue
Vertue and New Year’s Eve shall always be highlighted by Amanda Abbington,
Martin Freeman’s wife, posting on our facebook wall about how to become a Baker
Street Babe. A few months later we’d be having brunch with her. A month after
that we’d be on the red carpet at the TV BAFTAs. I don’t think I’ve actually
gotten over it. I don’t say these things to gloat and boast, but rather to
count my stars. I’ve enjoyed every moment of this, even the masochistic sound
editing until the wee hours of the morning and the terrifying moment when you
send a query letter to an agent in hopes of an interview. Through the good and
bad it’s been a beautiful time, and it’s a beautiful time to be a Sherlockian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Whether
you’re a BSI or a Sherlock tumblr fan, you are a Sherlockian. Whether you’re 65
or 15, you are a Sherlockian. Whether you discovered Sherlock Holmes as a child
or yesterday, you are a Sherlockian… and you should be proud of that.</span></div>
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<br />The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-8846883197271051072012-05-27T03:48:00.000-07:002012-05-27T03:51:04.183-07:00Episode 27: Amanda Abbington<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="85" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://bakerstreetbabes.podomatic.com/embed/frame/posting/2012-05-27T03_35_13-07_00?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbakerstreetbabes.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2Fembed_params%2F2012-05-27T03_35_13-07_00%3Fcolor%3Df8ae06%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26width%3D440%26height%3D85%26objembed%3D0" width="440"></iframe>
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On New Year's Day 2012, a
facebook post stopped The Baker Street Babes in their tracks. Amanda
Abbington was asking how to become a Baker Street Babe. After we
recovered (it took some time), we began a delightful conversation with
Amanda about Sherlock and beyond. After a few months of schedule
dancing, work, school, and New Zealand, The Babes and Amanda were
finally able to meet up and what you're about to listen to and read is
what came of it.<br />
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We can honestly say this was such a delight and a treat. Not only
was it just fun, but it was insightful. Amanda has been dubbed The Queen
of Fandom by BBC Sherlock enthusiasts, and rightfully so. she's reached
out to fans unlike anyone else, breaking The Fourth Wall and embracing
fan culture. Incredibly charming, witty, and caring, she has become
quite special to many of us.<br />
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Please note this episode was recorded at the end of April and in a
restaurant. While perfectly listenable, it may be worthwhile to follow
along in the transcript.<br />
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For those who don't know, Amanda Abbington is an English actress and comedienne who has
appeared on television and stage. She is best known for her roles in the
2005 comedy sketch show Man Stroke Woman and the 2007–2008 comedy After You’ve Gone with Nicholas Lyndhurst. She has also appeared in recurring series such as Coupling, Casualty, and Dream Team. She is the longtime partner of British actor Martin Freeman, who plays John Watson in Sherlock.<br />
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She has a facebook group devoted to her, suitably entitled: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amanda-Abbington-is-made-of-trolls-wit-and-perfection/328278483849895" target="_blank">Amanda Abbington is made of trolls, wit, and perfection</a>. (A partner to her husband's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Freeman-is-made-of-jam-kittens-and-rage/277060468974182" target="_blank">Martin Freeman is made of jam, kittens, and rage</a>.)<br />
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You can follow her on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/amandaabbington" target="_blank">@amandaabbington</a> and her and Martin's delightful (and hysterical) dogs <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/JodieArchie1" target="_blank">@JodieArchie1</a><i><span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #888888;"></span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Released 27/05/12, Transcribed
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>It better be.<b> </b>Only a few
people know that we’re doing this today, and they’re like, “Have fun! Say hi
for me!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: All the American-based <b>Babes</b>
are like “We hate you, but we love you! Give her a hug for us!” So, America is
hugging you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>End of July. Yeah, it’s a long old stint. They’ve been there
since…a year and a half! It’s hard, but we’ve said now that anywhere he goes,
we’re going to go with him because it’s really tough. We didn’t think it would
be that hard. And also, he’s going to bed when I’m getting up, so you miss each
other. Just mentally, you miss each other, because he’s ready for bed, and I’m
starting the day. So it’s a bit, “Good night!”, “Hi!” It’s a bit wearing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I know. I used to live in Japan. It’s sort of like the same
time difference. I’m getting home from work and my mom would be like, “Hi!” and
I’d be like, “I’m so tired! I’m not talking to you right now!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Yeah, and that’s what it’s like. It’s tough. So we’re going to
rethink it if he goes. There’s some stuff going on in LA. Not before January.
That’s when the third season [of <i>Sherlock</i>]
starts filming here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> I know! Going on in our house as well, it is! So, when did all
this start?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
About a year ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Yeah, our one-year anniversary is next month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk:</b> Is it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
It’s some time in May.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: So it’s almost been a year. Basically, I did a radio show in
college, and I was like, I love podcasts. I want to do a podcast! So, I had all
these friends who were Sherlock Holmes fans, and I made this Twitter list—I
just called them the Baker Street <b>Babes</b>,
and someone else was like “that sounds like a group of something!” And I was
like…Speaking of, do you want to do this with me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It’s really good. Martin’s well aware of it, just so you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Oh, is he? Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: But it’s very good. He loves it. He first showed this stuff to
me last year. Somebody told him about this thing called tumblr. We didn’t know
what the hell Tumblr was, but someone said, “You should look on this,” so we
did, and one day, he just said to me, “You’ve got to see this because there are
people putting my body on, like, the heads of cats!” And I said ok, and then he
said “And Ben’s like a cat, and I’m like a hedgehog, and they’re comparing me
to hedgehogs, and it’s quite cute!” And we would just sit there, laughing. And
that’s how we kind of got into the Baker Street <b>Babes</b> and that sort of thing. It was great. The are very aware of
it. Sue’s a big champion of this sort of thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I talked to Mark
Gatiss yesterday. He was going into a script meeting with Steven [Moffat]. Very
exciting. It’s going to be good. I think they anticipate this being better than
the second series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>How?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
That’s what we said after the first series as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah, I know! It’s like—How could you top that? Oh, you did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Oh, you did it quite well, actually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
That worked out quite well for you, there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: So what do you think about the film—Jude Law and Robert Downey
Jr.?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I think they’re entertaining. I don’t think they’re very
canonical at all, but they’re good for explosions and for gratuitous banter and
everything. I don’t dislike them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
They’re good fun. I don’t think they’re in competition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: No, I don’t think Ben and Martin are worried about them much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>No, I don’t think they should be.<b> </b>Yes, they get a bunch of money and publicity because it’s a movie
and it’s Robert Downey Jr., but when you compare the quality, there’s never any
contest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: No, I think so. I think this one’s got a better Moriarty. Y’know,
Andrew Scott, you’d be hard pushed to get better than Andrew Scott. He’s just
my hero. I’m finding it very hard because Martin and Andrew are nominated for
the same BAFTA. I don’t know who I’m going to support. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Another actor that I’ve been a fan of for years is Joseph Mawle [also nominated
for the same award].</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: He’s with my agent, and I think he’s amazing. He’s deaf isn’t
it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Yeah. I first saw him playing Jesus in <i>The
Passion</i>, and I’ve not just quite got over that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I think it’s a tough category this year. But when I told
Martin—because he didn’t know he’d been nominated—I rang him, and I said,
“You’ve been nominated in the BAFTA agai!” He went, “Is Andrew in the category?”
and I went, “Yes!” He went, “Fuck!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Yeah, the roller coaster of emotions that was the BAFTA
nominations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I’m still really cross. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>[Regarding the show not being nominated for a BAFTA for drama or
miniseries] It doesn’t make any sense. On the merits of it as a drama—it broke
all the records on iPlayer! It makes no sense. Blargh! I was so angry!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: No. I think there is a part of it that’s jealousy. I spoke to
somebody about it, and they said, “Oh, the reason why <i>Sherlock</i> wasn’t nominated is because it’s become too popular and
mainstream.” And I said, “You can’t have that argument. <i>Spooks</i> is in there and <i>Scott
and Bailey</i>, which are mainstream ITV.” I don’t know why it’s been
deliberately overlooked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I think it has, because they got all the actor nominations, and
they got the YouTube audience award. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>And if you look in the miniseries category… I mean, not to slag
everyone off…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>No, seriously…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b><i>The Crimson Petal and the White</i>?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I saw the first episode, but I didn’t go past it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>It was just disgusting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Thank you. That’s the best word. I didn’t want to say it. [Regarding
the nominations] </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
If it was at least something in there that was deserving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> There’s nothing that really stood out. I don’t know if that’s
worthy of being there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy:</b> <i>This is England</i>
maybe. Everything else in that category…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Yeah, <i>This is England</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk:</b> I was looking at it thinking… I don’t think I watched any of
these things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Do you want to try this? Would you like to try some?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Sure… it’s just like The Heart?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: … it’s weird. What did he say it was?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> It smells like peanut butter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> What’s in it? You’re not going to tell me are you? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Waiter:</b> [some sort of thing], milk and Jack Daniels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Right…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> [Back to the BAFTAs] I woke up, and I started scrolling down. I
think I saw you and Louise Brealey’s tweets—being angry—and I was like, “What
happened?” I was like, “Oh, Benedict, good, Martin, good, Andrew, good—WHAT?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>But it was such a shock! It was such a shock to me. I was
expecting to see it, and when I didn’t see it in the category I thought it was
a mistake. I honestly did.</span></div>
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date. But then I saw Steven Moffat confirming that it had been. This doesn’t
make any sense!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy:</b> Tastes really odd. Alcohol and peanut butter doesn’t seem quite
right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Alcohol at half-eleven in the morning! He [the waiter] made me
get this…. he forced me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Conspiracy! So… honestly, my first question is, what made you decide
to start interacting with the fans and the fandom in general?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Because you’re all so lovely to Martin. And you’re all really
nice. You all seem very intelligent, funny, and talented girls. Seeing some of
the artwork and some of the stuff that was being written. It’s so good.
Martin’s very very very very private—freakishly private, which is a good thing.
I love that he is. But I just wanted to say thank you on his behalf and say hi
and I fully support what you’re doing. It’s fine! And I’m not one of those
girlfriends or wives who goes, “Those bitches!” I’m not like that at all, and I
just wanted to say, you’re doing a fabulous job, because you are. I think it’s
lovely how much you love Martin, and I love it. I genuinely love it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>One of the <b>Babes</b>—I
think it was Lyndsay—said, “Martin is our hero, and I’m so glad you get to
actually go tell him.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>That’s really lovely to hear, and I’m really proud of him, and I
like that other people are really proud of him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>We are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I’m really proud of what they do in that show. It’s genius,
actually. I’ve never seen anything like it on television, and I think it’s good
that people love it. And you need to be told that everyone knows that you love
it. You know what I mean?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Definitely. You said that Martin found Tumblr first. Did that
come before or after you started playing on the Facebook group?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>After.<b> </b>Everything
came afterward. So we looked at Tumblr first and just used to giggle a lot. “Look
I’m a kitten, why am I a kitten?” It went from there, really. I thought it was
really fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>What’s your favorite thing or the most ridiculous thing you’ve
seen?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>There’s one picture. Oh I’m laughing now. [Martin with the BAFTA,
next to a picture of a hedgehog. <b>Amanda</b>
has it saved on her phone and shows it.] But we love all the artwork. Some of
the paintings are just amazing. And the knitted stuff! I got sent a knitted
otter and a hedgehog. I love it. They’re upstairs. I won’t let the children
play with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> No, these are Mummy’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Aw brilliant.<b> </b>What’s
your favorite episode?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>The [Reichenbach] Fall. Definitely. From the minute you start
with that…it’s just a roller coaster. I’ve watched it—I’m not joking—I must
have watched it about 30 times now, and I never get tired of it, and I always
cry at the same point, and I would laugh at the same bit, and it’s just beautifully
pitched and perfectly acted. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> And a joy
to watch. And I think all of them are stand out films. You can take every one
of them and watch them as separate films. And that’s what I love about them. But
the Fall, my favorite scene in it, one of my favorites—I’ve got two—is when
Moriarty is at the Tower of London, and he’s got his headphones in and he’s
listening to Bach, and everyone’s having morning tea. I love it. And you see
him breaking into the jail and the bank. And all drinking tea at eleven o’clock,
and it’s beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>It’s so quintessentially English. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>It really is, and I love that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>I need to ask what the other favorite is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>My other favorite scene? The scene at the end, the very end when
Martin’s—agh!—when Martin’s talking to the grave, and you see Ben’s standing
there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>We watched it with my friend, and we were staring. We thought
they were going to leave it at the cliffhanger. I was like, “You can’t do
this!” and we started screaming, “Yes, thank you!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> It’s so beautiful. He [John] walks away, and your heart is
broken, and then he’s [Sherlock] there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I know! He’s going to get his ass kicked for that, isn’t he?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b><i>Yes, please!</i><b> </b>It’s our hope. If you can’t give us a hug,
please let him punch him in the face! Please!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Yeah,<b> </b>he’s good at
that bit, my boy. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> He’s good at the old
emotion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>That actually goes with something I wanted to ask. One of the
babes Maria wants to know…<b> </b>how is it
for you to see your husband on screen as John Watson? Do you connect to it on a
personal level or as the character? Like, do you see Martin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Well I watch him, in anything actually. I think he’s a
fantastic actor. Yet he’s always very good at the characterization. So I kind
of step out of it. So I don’t watch him as Martin. I watch him as the
character. Although, at the end when he has that scene at the grave, there was
part of me that gets upset for Martin, but I think on a general level, I watch
him as a character. He’s fantastic on stage. Have you seen him on stage?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> No, I haven’t. When I saw Clybourne Park he wasn’t on it
anymore because it had transferred to the West End. So when I saw it I was like
oh this is really funny. Someone told me Martin Freeman played that one guy and
I went “BLAGH!” Why didn’t I see that version?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>His stage work is amazing. Try and get him to do another play. I
kind of detach myself when I watch him. I don’t watch him as Martin. I do watch
him as characters. He’s very good at it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>He’s very, very good at being John Watson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>He is. Subtle nuances that he doesn’t do in real life, like the
way walks, the way he stands, he’s kind of military, and he isn’t like that in
real life. He’s the least military person I know. He’s my favorite actor. Well,
him and Andrew and Ben. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>There is this website called The Bookshelf Bombshells, which I
think is a great name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I was never a huge follower or fan of Sherlock Holmes. I really
wasn’t. It wasn’t in my canon of literature. I don’t really know why. Maybe I
associated it with Woolsey. It was never very accessible to me when I was
growing up. I’m reading it now. At the moment I’m reading <i>The Sign of Four</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Yeah! But I wouldn’t have done had I not been involved in the
show. Which is good, it’s great, it’s opened me up to his work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> They’re great. They’re really good. They really drag you in.
It’s very interesting and very engaging. It zips along. I’ve got to have
something that zips along… I can’t if it’s slow and meandering. I have to
finish a book as well. Once I start a book I have to finish it. Even if it’s
really shit. It becomes a battle for me. I’m gonna do it! The Doyle stuff is
quite easy to get through, which is a testament to good writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>That’s interesting.<b> </b>I
don’t. In my head I have a sort of… in my head Sherlock is always kind of tall
and quite willowy. Yeah no, I don’t imagine Martin & Ben. Sounds a bit
weird! I don’t picture Ben & Martin in my head. Girls on tumblr are going “<i>Oh! Oooh!</i>” now! Oh Martin & Ben
together! Oh my God! I wish they were married!” [Meaning Sherlock & John]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Honestly, what do you think about it [the Sherlock/John slash in
the fandom]? Do you take it as it comes, or what?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>It makes me laugh<b>. </b>It’s
quite sweet. Some of the pictures, as well. People have drawn them together.
It’s like “<i>Awww</i>… okay.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> I think most of the time people draw them as the characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Absolutely. Oh no it’s never Martin & Ben. It’s always that
they should be together Sherlock & Watson should be together. Which is fair
enough. There’s that undertone to the programme, I think there is. I was
talking to Martin about it. In the <i>Scandal
in Belgravia</i>, when Watson goes to see Irene at Battersea Power Station and
they have that conversation where he says, “Why did you hurt him?” and I said
to Martin, “It’s like you’re jealous.” He never played it like that, but I
watched it where it was kind of affecting him on a deeper level. He didn’t get
that. It was quite interesting. I said, “It’s quite homoerotic. It kind of is, because
you live together and you’re both quite.... Sherlock’s really weird and he’s
really straight, and there is that— there’s quite a homoerotic undertone.” I
think there is. I know they didn’t play it like that, and I know that wasn’t
what they thought of when they were filming it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>And neither one can do without the other. That’s what’s so
beautiful. They depend on each other. They need each other for different
things. And you see that at the end. Watson’s bereft and he’s watching him…
it’s beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I love it.<b> </b>I remember
seeing one on the Internet. I think it was Daniel Radcliffe’s face, and someone
had written on it that “he should be with Benedict. Martin should be with
Benedict,” and I remember thinking—people actually do think that Martin and
Benedict should be together. I was slightly worried, but Martin said it’s fine.
People don’t really think that. And that’s fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I think, in general, how fandom works, it’s sort of like this big
family, and if anyone acts out, it’s like, immediately, “You need to stop
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Yeah, it’s great. You’re protective of the show and of Martin
and Ben and the people that they love, and that’s one of the things that I
love. I do. I love it. It’s really sweet and caring, and, like, everyone was very
sweet when the picture of our children went up. Everyone was really lovely, and
they were kind of very protective. Of course, we can’t do anything about that.
It’s an unsolicited photograph. I had no idea it’d been taken, and the next
thing, it was up. Martin and I are very, <b>very</b>
careful about not involving our children in any of this, but you know, they
have to see their dad. We have to go down and see him, and you can’t stop
people from photographing. We are so careful about not getting them involved in
anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I haven’t seen it for a while. I think the issue was that when
they first went up, there was a big attack. It was like, “Take it down!” And
then new people came in with Series 2, and they didn’t realize. I hope that
it’s well aware now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Yeah, it’s lovely, and I really appreciate it. It means a lot to
me that you care about that concern. Thank you. I do appreciate it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>So, what were the set visits like? Did you just go to the one?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I took a few, but the Baker Street one was always attractive
because it was easy to get to. That was just great, and the children loved it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>They love it—and just seeing Daddy as Watson. It’s a big thrill
for them. My daughter—when she grows up, she wants to be Moriarty. And she will
be! She’s terrifying. Were big fans in our house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Oh, and I have to say, your dogs are amazing and precious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Aren’t they? They’re ridiculous. I love them so much. They bark
for England! When the doorbell rings Archie will literally bark for ten
minutes. And this is for nothing in the end, he’s barking for no reason They’re
a bit annoyed at the moment. They won’t walk in the rain. They just sit there. So
they’ve had no walk for about two days, and then they get all cross with me,
but they won’t go, so what can I do? I’ll not force you out, so they’re really
cross with me at the moment. But they are lovely. Little Moriarchie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy: </b>There was one that we were talking about earlier, and that is
because you were saying that you started reading the stories and things. Is
there, apart from the main characters, a favorite female character that you
have, or someone that, if you were given the chance on the show, that you would
like to play?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>My favorite character is Irene, and I think Lara did it
beautifully. She was a perfect Irene Adler. She was a real wonderful foil for
Sherlock. She actually looked similar to him, which I loved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Yes, they were sort of like looking in a mirror, male and
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>She played it perfectly, which was just wonderful. Who I’d like
to play? … Mary would be nice…but, you know, I don’t know what will be next. It
would be lovely to play any part in <i>Sherlock</i>.
I’d love to be a part of <i>Sherlock</i>.
It’s brilliant, but I’m working quite a lot—I’m doing a costume drama and then
doing <i>Case Histories </i>again, and then
hopefully another sitcom for Hartswood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Yeah, it’s a fantastic character. But I don’t know what they’re
going to do with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> Completely hypothetical. We were asking the other <b>Babes</b> on this email chain that we have
for any questions, and one of them was like, “Who do you want to play?” and
everyone was like, “Should play Mary! Should play Mary!” I’m like, <i>why would you do that?</i> That would be
heartbreaking to the extreme because she dies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Yeah! That would be great to play, wouldn’t it? I’d love that,
to play that. Yes, we shall see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>Obviously, you can’t tell us anything about Series 3, and we
won’t ask any questions about Series 3, but when Martin gets the script, does
he immediately tell you what’s going to happen? Do you have to pry it from him?
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>He reads it, and then he comes and goes, “This is so good! Read
it, please read it,” and I say, “No, I’m going to wait until it comes out,” but
I think I read the Reichenbach [script] because he said, “Please read it. It’s
so good.” But I generally don’t read his scripts. He will read them
straightaway, and then he’s very, very, very excited for a long time. They’re
so brilliantly written. It’s so good. Oh I’m such a big fan!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>I think we’re probably containing ourselves from fangirling him,
because eyou’re his wife and it’s be a little weird. But he’s amazing!</span></div>
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wanted to ask, was, what do you fangirl?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>Oh, hang on, see, it’s all in my head. I do it a lot. Louis CK.
Do you know Louis CK? He’s a standup comedian. Funniest man in the world. And I
fangirl a lot over him. A lot. Yeah. He’s very funny. So yeah, I fangirl over
him. Andrew [Scott] as well. I adore him. I met him for the first time. I’d
been to an audition and I was in Covent Garden and Mark was doing the
Recruiting Officer at the Donmar and I walked around the corner, and sitting
outside a café was Mark with Andrew, and I just went—<i>Hiiii</i>! And Mark was like, “Hello, Darling, come and sit down for a
coffee?” and I was like, “Really!? Oh my god!” and he got up and was like
“Hello Amanda, I’ve never met you, you’re the only one I haven’t met” and I was
like, “Hahaha!” and I was shaking! I was shaking! And it was pathetic. And
that’s when I said, I want to go and see <i>Bedtime
Stories</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:
</b>He was talking and
was like “What do you think?” And I was like… “I’m sorry, what? I’m sorry… oh
I’m sorry.” I’m a big stupid fan of his. I’m allowed. Martin says I’m allowed.
I was such a fangirl. I’m like that with Ian McKellen. I met him, and Martin
said, “I can always tell when you’re like really, really stupidly, like, in
love with someone because you just go around going, “I think you’re so good!”
So yeah, I get like that quite a lot. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> I
love him [Andrew]. I love him! He’s just an amazing actor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>No, he’s fantastic.<b> </b>I
didn’t know about him until <i>Sherlock</i>,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Neither did I!</span></div>
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how many minutes of screen time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina: </b>It was like, who is that? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>I asked, “Is he nice? Is he nice? Please tell me he’s lovely,”
but he’s gorgeous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk: </b>Just after that episode I met him and I started running a
fansite for him. Felt like I needed to be a proper fan and go and watch
everything else he’d been in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda: </b>His other stuff is amazing. It’s great. Yeah I’m a big fan. I’ve
got a t-shirt with him on it. It’s pathetic isn’t it? It’s grey and it’s got an
outline of him going “Westwood”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Oh that one, ok yeah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>Ardy</b></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">: We know it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: And I’ve got one with Benedict and Martin as Peanuts
characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I love that piece of art. It’s so adorable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I’ve got another one that says… oh God, this is pathetic. I’ve
got a red one that says “Honey, you should see me in a crown.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I love that you own as many Sherlock shirts as I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Martin says, “Please don’t wear them when you’re with me.
Please.” I’m not allowed to wear them when I’m with him. I have to wear them
when he’s off doing stuff. I have to restrict myself to when he’s off doing
stuff. He thinks it would be a bit weird, and he’s right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
I have to make an active effort not to look like Andrew. So many times people
tell me in the street for no reason, “You look like Moriarty!” We know, we’ve
had a conversation about this. It killed the fangirl element for me. And I
can’t fangirl him if I look like him. That’s just weird. It’d be like
fangirling myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: That’s so sweet. He’s lovely. I love him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> I couldn’t tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> I could happily watch him all day. And Martin. And Ben,
actually!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
You sound very similar to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: So Lyndsay had a question because we obviously know that
Martin is really into music. Do you have a favourite band that you like to
listen to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: At the moment? Alabama Shakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I saw you tweet about that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes. He sent me a video link of them and said, “You’ve got to
watch them because they really affected me.” He gets really affected by music.
And I watched it and I was… the girl’s voice, it’s just, I don’t know where it
comes from. She’s got this amazing sort of bluegrass voice, which is incredible.
We’re gonna go and see them. I’m more eclectic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I think the one complaint that people have about Sherlock is
the lack of behind-the-scenes things. We want a blooper reel so badly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: So do you have any amusing behind-the-scenes stories that
you’re allowed to share?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I don’t know. They got a question about it once as well,
didn’t they? They don’t really get it wrong do they? I know they have a really
good time there. They have such a good cast and crew and they get on really
well. But no… I think there was one time when they were filming in a morgue and
then they got snowed in in there and were quite scared about that. They had to
get out really quicky. And the riots, when the riots happened and they had to
leave the filming set. I’m not sure if they took stuff. I think they did. Things
were stolen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yeah, I think some of the lighting rig. It was it on tumblr. If
you ever need any kind of news, tumblr has it immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: They’re very quick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: They are very dedicated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: They are. It’s almost like they have a little mole somewhere. “Tell
me something, tell me something!” They’re really fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: He’s going to be so offended if we don’t drink this. [the
drink]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know! They’ll kick me out. I’ll get kicked out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
It’ll be like in that episode of Mr. Bean, where he hides the stuff in his
pants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I can’t drink it. It tastes really weird.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: It is. It’s odd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I might have to drink it like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Hopefully Katherine’s on her way now, so we can give it to her.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah. “Look, we got this for you!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: “It’s a present!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Just drink it, Katherine, just drink it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: (laughter)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Then again she’s really big. She might get angry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She is ridiculously tall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Is she?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Yes. Like six foot or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Is she really? That’s brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
I’m 5’1’’, so it’s really quite a difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She’s lovely. I can’t help but ask: Have you seen the “pocket
Martin”?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: No?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I think it came from some interview with Benedict where he
said, “I’d like a pocket Martin, I think he’d make a very good pet”. And it’s
obviously gone wild on tumblr and there’s all these pictures of Sherlock and then
this tiny Martin somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Aww! He is quite small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Perfectly Hobbit-sized though. How much has <i>Sherlock</i> changed your lives? In terms of
his public image and everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I think it finally got rid of the “Tim from The Office” character
homage. It certainly moved him up in the eyes of the public.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: And then <i>The Hobbit</i>
, it’s just going to… culminate with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Well, obviously that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m excited to see it, for sure. I’m a huge <i>Lord of the Rings</i> fan, so when I heard
they were making <i>The Hobbit</i>, I was like,
“yay”. And then I heard Martin was going to be Bilbo and was like, “Oh my God! That’s
perfect!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: He has a passing resemblance to Ian Holm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
Yes, he does! I noticed that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: And he’s very similar in his acting as well. The bits I’ve
seen are tremendous. You forget how huge a production it is, it’s enormous. The
scale is ridiculous, but it’s like a well-oiled machine. Every cog works. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m so excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It’s not long, really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I know! Well, in comparison to <i>Sherlock</i>. <i>The Hobbit </i>definitely
tops that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Long time with that! January they’re filming… so autumn?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yeah… the general consensus was that once it was released that
it was going to be filming in early 2013, once we got over the 2013 bit, we
realized it’s going to be on in the autumn. It’s going to be another eighteen
months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> It’s hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> But what with the rising profile for both of them and how long
it actually takes to write it and film it, I guess it makes sense, if you’re
going for that kind of quality. And also, we’re willing to wait because of how
good it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: It sucks, but we’re willing to wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know. I know, because you know it’s going to be brilliant.
It’s a very clever pedigree of people. They’ve got two strong women as
producers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: Yesssss!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Sue and Beryl are amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m a bit joking, like, yay for… I always call him “The Moff”,
and Gatiss, but the Vertues behind everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: They’re incredible women. They’re amazing. And it’s so nice
that they’re kind of running the show. Women running it! Women behind one of
the best shows on television! How good is that? We need more strong women doing
stuff like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: And doing it well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah. I’m just thinking… I’m wondering if there is anything
else that you’d like to know that I can tell you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
I just want to say thank you so much for getting what fandom is all about and
for being really appreciative of it. There are not that many people who are
connected to shows who are understanding of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I don’t really understand why. I love it. You know, I was a
fan of Martin’s anyway. I’d watched him on telly. I’m an actress as well, so,
well, I get to work with him, but yeah, I was a huge fan of him. I saw him in <i>Bruiser</i>. I remember sitting with my
friend, going “He’s <i>lovely</i>, who’s
that?” And then about two months later, I’m on a job, <i>Men Only</i>, and he walked past the make-up artist going “Hiiiii”. And
I said to the make-up artist, “I just want a nice boyfriend. I haven’t got a
boyfriend.” And she said, “There’s a young actor on here who’s looking for a
nice girlfriend.” And then it came up on the radio, “Martin Freeman’s coming
back,” and the make-up artist was like “this is him, this is him, just see what
happens.” And he walked up and it was like a thunderbolt. I was like “okay…”
And that’s really how it was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: My heart is swelling for you. That’s such a sweet story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I was smitten. I still am. God, that so sick, isn’t it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: <i>I’m so in loooooooove.</i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> <i>He’s so lovely.</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> How long have you been together?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It’s our 12-year anniversary in July. Crazy! That’s a long
time to be with one person, when you say it out loud, <i>Twelve years?</i> I didn’t think I’d be with one person for that long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: You’re stuck with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes! We’ll end up being really old and cantankerous together.
Sitting on Brighton sea-front like that (mimes being an old arthritic lady) Remember?
Remember when we met?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Back to the whole fandom thing. There’s this thing that fans
call “the Fourth Wall.” It’s like you appreciate something, but there’s never
any direct contact. And I think everyone calls you “the fandom queen” now,
because not only did you smash that wall, you sort of bulldozed it and set it
on fire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes. People don’t like that, do they? Some people don’t like
that. Some people get a little intimidated. By me being there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yeah. I think at first because it was so much. There was you
and then Martin did the pictures. It was all happening at once, so people were
like, “what is going on?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I just wanted to say thank you. We still have a pile of
postcards like that. I spent most of one morning putting them all out and
photographing them. I haven’t put them up yet but I got to about the twentieth
picture and I thought “What are you doing? Why are you taking pictures of
postcards? Go do something constructive.” I know some fans don’t like it. They
think it’s too weird. I’ve read “how could she do that? It’s just really
weird.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
It just kind of depends on how the contact is because I think it has the
potential to make people uncomfortable. Because, you know, the things we draw and
write, the whole homoeroticism thing. It’s like, I don’t really want the actors
to know about it because I don’t know if it makes <i>them</i> uncomfortable. But if you’re like, “yeah, they’re really fine
with it” so that’s great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I just, it doesn’t bother me at all. I just think, well, I
used to do stuff. I mean, I didn’t have the internet when I was in my early
twenties because I wasn’t into all that. But yeah, I used to fangirl over all
sorts of different people. And it really doesn’t bother me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I think you just put a lot of people’s minds at rest. That is
a thing that people always worry about: “Do they think we’re all really weird?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
I think you get some actors who discover the fandom and are like, “yay, let’s
join in,” and you get some actors who discover it and run very far away and
mention in every interview how scared they are. And we’re like, oops, what did
we do?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah, and I think you’re doing a brilliant job. I think you’re
doing it right. It’s not like you’re being vitriolic and hateful, you’re just
saying you love that person’s acting and how you appreciate what they do.
That’s not a bad thing. Okay, wait, here they are. So look. (shows us the
pictures of the postcards they got)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I like how you started out in rows and then it turned into
piles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
That’s massive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know. I will put them up because Martin asked “How many have
I got?” And I said, “Quite a few.” And he was like, “Wow!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I heard about it. I wasn’t able to send a postcard in but I
saw it going around and I thought, oh, that’s a really cute idea. And then you
took the picture of Martin holding them and I just thought “awww, he got them.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I think I said to him, “I think you should say thank you to
everybody. Or should I just put some up?” I probably shouldn’t have put the one
up that said <i>fuck you</i> on the font, in
hindsight that probably wasn’t a good idea. But I remember somebody got really offended
by it. I went on somebody’s tumblr account and they were saying things like
“it’s really disgusting, she does all that stuff, she does that and then she
doesn’t want pictures of their kids put up.” And I thought they got the wrong
end of the stick. You know. He’s just saying thank you. That’s different from
me saying “please would you mind taking down the pictures of our children, who
have never been in the public eye, because I don’t want my children on the
internet.” I nearly wrote to her, but then I thought, I’m not going to. I’ll take
the dignified side. But I got really cross! It was a really irrational thing to
say. But that was one in thousands of people who were all like “yay” and
thought it was really nice. She did get really cross. I offended someone by
being nice, that’s weird.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: There will always be that one person that gets really angry,
and unfortunately they always stick out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: A lot of people did reply on my behalf and said “oh, stop
being ridiculous!” That was very nice. People were very supportive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yes. You’re very, very well-loved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Aw. You’re so lovely. I love the fact that you love Martin.
That makes me feel very happy and very warm inside, because it’s always nice to
be appreciated and loved and there’s not enough of that in the world at the
moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Very true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: So the fact that you love him and you love the show and you
love what he does is great. It’s fine. It’s brilliant. I think you’re all
lovely. You’re my poppets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: (laughter)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: (sips the weird drink) I’m drinking that because I’m feeling
sorry for the man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Hello.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I’m not fashionably late. Pleasure to meet you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: How are you, darling? Drink this, it’s delicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I ordered a thing called The Heart Shake. He made me buy it. I
said “what is it” and he said “get it”. You can try it if you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I’m feeling swayed, because I’ve just been in the rain and
I’ve been on the train for a very long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Everyone:</b> Try it. Drink it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It’s <i>lovely</i>. It’s
really nice. I love it. Best thing I’ve ever had. (meanwhile, everyone else
breaks down giggling)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: That was everyone’s reaction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: What <i>is</i> that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I don’t know! I asked what was in it and he said something I
couldn’t hear and then “Jack Daniels,” and I was like “huh?” I’m driving. I
have to look after my children and cook Sunday lunch for my parents, so I’m not
going to drink that. I’ll be driving like that (miming bad, alcoholised
driving)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: “I had a shake thing!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: It’s interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: We’ve been having a really nice chat. I’m sorry you missed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: No, no, it’s fine. I meant to get a train at eight o’clock and
it was cancelled because of engineering works or some such thing. So they
kicked us all off and we had to go on another train, and then that one was late
as well…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I couldn’t get out of the end of my road. It’s a country lane
and the bottom of it was flooded. I had to really drive slowly. I have a little
Mini, and I was going “please don’t drown, please don’t drown.” So it took a
while to get out of my road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: It has been a bit miserable weather wise…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: One month’s rain in a day today, apparently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: Yup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
It’s the wettest drought I’ve ever seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Isn’t it? I saw a bus going past when I was standing there
with my umbrella and was drenched, and on the side of the bus it said “Drought.
Look after the water.” What are you talking about? This is the wrong kind of
rain, apparently. It’s the wrong kind of rain. It doesn’t stay. Really? I
wonder what happens to it then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I was walking to the station this morning and I always take a
shortcut which is a bit of a gamble when it’s raining because they sometimes
close the flood barrier, which involves having to climb over it to then to take
the shortcut. But I was lucky. It wasn’t high enough for them to justify
closing the flood barrier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It will be when you go home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
It was sunny when I was getting the train yesterday and thought, “oh, I don’t
need my big coat. I’ll just pull this over, I’ll be fine.” And then the wet was
seeping up through my socks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Did you come down last night?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Yes. Leaving tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: For this? That’s so gorgeous! This is why I love you all,
because you do lovely things like this. That’s so sweet. I feel like I should
take you back to my house and give you some hot tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: We are like the stray cats. We would be like “yes, we’d love
some tea.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: If we were meeting at some random place, I was so tempted to
ask you to bring the dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Aw, no! When you come down next time, we will meet up and you
can see the dog. I’ll dress Archie up as Moriarty. He doesn’t don’t mind
getting dressed up, actually. I used to put an old football kit on him and he
just sat like that. Absolutely still. When I took it off, he ran around, but as
soon as you put anything on him, like, a hat, he just sits there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: It’s because they can’t look up, so they don’t know what it
is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Our cat’s the opposite. You can put anything on. She wouldn’t stay. And you
can’t get her back, so she’s usually covered in bells, and she’s ringing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I feel obliged to finish off whatever this is. [the drink]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
I’ll help you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: We’ll have to drink it because I feel really bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: What is in it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Don’t try! We spent all the time trying to figure out what it
was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
The only things I can taste are Jack Daniels and peanut butter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes, it smells like peanut butter. And milk. Disgusting
combination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b> (to <b>Kafers</b>): You
have to ask <i>Sherlock </i>questions now
because you missed everything. I am charging you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah, exactly! Do you like it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Well… um, I don’t know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She’s the one who watched Reichenbach on the train down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Aw…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I was like this, next to this guy who was, like, a bit from
Peterborough. And I sat there and… I didn’t cry when Sherlock jumped off the
building. But when John is at the grave and he’s talking to the grave, I was
there, like, sobbing. There were all these people giving me odd looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I cry every single time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: So you actually watched it with Martin when you first watched
it, yeah?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Does he do that thing where he’s like, “oh, this bit’s coming
up next”?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: No, he doesn’t do that. We watched it together for the first
time, he hadn’t seen it. So we watched it together for the first time and I
punched him afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: (laughter)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I would! I was really emotional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I punched him really hard in the arm, I was so excited about
it. I went “You BASTARD!” and I punched him, and he went, “OWWW!” I was too
excited. “Don’t make me cry, you <i>horrible</i>
man!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I did have one question that I prepared and it’s a completely
random question. If they ever did a version of Sherlock Holmes where the cast
was all-female, who would be in it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Oh god! Me as Watson! No. Do you know who’s good? Jessica
Stevenson. She’s really good. She’d be really good in it. Um. Who would I have
as Sherlock? That’s such a good question!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: In your mental cast list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: It could be anybody?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Anybody. It doesn’t have to be British, they can put on an
accent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Okay. No they’d have to be British.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Let’s keep the soul correct.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Oh Lord! Oh, that’s such a good question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I can’t believe you haven’t asked that question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Well, we asked if she would be in Sherlock, who she’d be.
Hypothetically. She can’t tell us anything about Series 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: This is a purely conjectural conversation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Well, I’d love to play Watson. Can we have a female Moriarty?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Oh absolutely. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Completely gender-swapped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Oh, so Lestrade… and we’d have a Mr. Hudson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Like a doddery old man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Doddery old man? My dad. Oh no… can I think about this and
email you my answers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: Absolutely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I will take some serious time on this. I will go through IMDB
and work out who my favourite actresses are and I will compile a list and
synopsis and everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: This is a really important topic to me, I feel that this is
something that needs to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>:Yes! I think they should absolutely do that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: It’s been done in Russia, in the Victorian world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Fantastic! Brilliant. Better than the American’s,
“Elementary”…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: Yeaaaaaaaaaah…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m genuinely not opening that can of worms, because it’s
going to be like, “WHYYYYY?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: We’ll still have to watch it though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
Yeah. Just to know what it’s like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I just want to know why they didn’t genderswap both of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I think Lucy Liu should be playing Sherlock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
There were two people on tumblr who’d read the script and kind of said what it
was all about. You kind of read that and you’re like “well, what is even
happening?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah. Don’t do it. You don’t have to do everything! They are
so insistent on remaking stuff that we do. Just do your own! You’re making
really good stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yes! Just be original. Please!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Life on Mars. Enough said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
Don’t. Just don’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: The thing about American versions of things is that when they
find out it’s not working, they just cancel it. It’s like, “you just wasted all
that money and all that time, why didn’t you just leave it as it was and just
show the original?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I know. “Oh, it’s not working, byyyyyye!” But I would want to
see it. I like Jonny Lee Miller, I think he’s brilliant. I was supposed to be
learning lines this afternoon, but I’m going to spend most of my afternoon
thinking about that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: That’s what I like to hear. I was supposed to be working
yesterday. I did all my work in about an hour between nine and ten last night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Well, it’s lots of lines, that’s right. But as I say, I’m
going to spend the majority of my day deciding who would be in the female
Sherlock cast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Every time I watch a film or TV series, I’m always on IMDB on
my mother’s iPad, finding out who everybody is. It’s become like a second limb
for everybody in the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah. We’re always like, “who was that actor who was in…ah,
let’s have a look.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: IMDB it. It’s a verb, like “Google” is now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
I don’t need IMDB if I’m there.. I just memorise everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: That’s brilliant. So, who are your favourite characters in <i>Sherlock</i>? You don’t have to say Martin
just because I’m married to him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: (laughter)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
OK, honestly? I tuned in—I watched it on iPlayer when it was first on—and five
seconds into it, I was like “Who is this guy who plays Watson and why do I not
know about him?”, because he’s amazing. So that would have to be it for me for
favourite male. Favourite female is really really tough. I think Una Stubbs is
amazing as Mrs. Hudson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: She looks exactly like my mum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Does she?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes. The image of my mum. It’s brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
But I think they’re all brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m such a Molly fan. I love her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
It’s what she did in the last episode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: She’s proper my homegirl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I love Mrs Hudson. There’s that line where she says “you shot
it” or something, it’s like the doorbell goes, and something about something he
broke and it’s just like “He shot it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Yes. It’s like “Of course he did.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: It’s when she finds the things in the fridge as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: And my friend Zoe Telford played Sarah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I really liked her! I was really disappointed she didn’t come
back in the second series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
They said she was going to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: She was great. (To <b>Turk</b>)
How about you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
Moriarty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah! What he does is ridiculous. (To <b>Kristina</b>) What about you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: I’m a Sherlock girl. Because I was very much in the camp that
Sherlock Holmes should be Victorian. But everyone just kept talking about it,
so I was like, “Fine, I’ll watch it.” And… it’s perfect. I watched the first
episode and I watched the next two, and then it was like, “That’s the end,” and
I screamed. That’s it? There’s no more? Being American, I’m used to
ridiculously long seasons. And then I was like, “There’s only <i>three</i>? And it ends <i>like that</i>?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes! The Americans were like “What? What? Hang on. Where are
the others?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: All my friends were asking, “Does anyone know where the next
couple of episodes of <i>Sherlock</i> are?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yeah. We’re just going to give you that. See how you get on
with that. And the wait a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: A year and a half! I just love that we thought of every single
outcome possible…and then it was the Bee Gees. No one had thought of that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Didn’t we have a whole conjecture about what we thought would
happen?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
We spent eighteen months theorising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: None of us thought about a phone going off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I love it when he goes, “Sorry.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I just love that “I will make you into shoooooes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: I love him. <i>I love him.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She’s a huge Andrew Scott fan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: It’s so scary. He’s such a nice man. I remember meeting him
once at the National Theatre, and it’s just like, “You’re such a nice man, how
are you so terrifying?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turk</b>:
He comes out and hugs everyone and you’re like, “but you’re evil!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes</b>: (laughter, giggles)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
There’s a lot of Jack Daniels in this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Don’t die!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Let’s put this down now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
I’m very tipsy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: Have some tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
No, I’m not stealing your tea. I’m stealing her cocktail, I’m not stealing your
tea. I can’t do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Right. Before we wrap it up, I have presents for you. Do you
remember Caitlin, who did the Martin song?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Well, something was emailed to me last night, for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: She hasn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She has.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Oh my God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: It’s so lovely. It’s called “Amanda Abbington is the Nicest
Person in the Northern Hemisphere.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ardy</b>:
You should have told me, I could have brought headphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers</b>: I’ve got headphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Oh, I’ve got headphones! I’m going to be really antisocial for
about three minutes. Oh my God, that’s amazing! I love her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: She’s so awesome. She does our theme song and she’s done a lot
of amazing songs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: She’s brilliant. I sent it to Martin and he’s like “Oh yeah I
know it!” I was like “What do you mean you know it?! I said “I thought I had discovered
something amazing.” He said “no you have, she’s brilliant!”, “Well why didn’t
you tell me?!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina</b>: Caitlin’s going to die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda</b>: Okay, back in a minute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">[Song]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> Oh my goooooood. Can you send that to me? Will you? Oh my god
that’s so- oh wow. I just wish she could sing and write music that’s all… she’s
not very good---- I’m joking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Babes:</b> [hysterical laughter]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> That is so staying in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kafers:</b> Across the world, Caitlin is like… a chill just went down my
spine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> She’s <i>actually a bitch</i>!
That was amazing, oh wow. I think I’m going to put that on my playlist!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kristina:</b> Now you can tease Martin and be like, nyah! I have a song too
now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amanda:</b> And I’m not going to play it for you! I didn’t hear yours, I
had to find yours on the internet! Oh wow. You are all delightful and I love
you. I think you’re gorgeous. Thank you so much I’ve had the best time!</span></div>
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Happy 153rd Birthday Sir Arthur! May your day be filled full of fairies,
haggis, and books… and not that pesky detective you kind of hated but
everyone loves you for.<br />
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We owe you so much.<br />
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Happy Birthday old boy!<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As some of you may know, the judicial review for Undershaw will be taking place this
Wednesday, May 23rd. There is still
time to help! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- The easiest thing
you can do is “Like” the<u> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saveundershaw">Save Undershaw Facebook page</a></u>. They
have reached their goal of 12,000 fans, but you can never have enough support.
So if you haven’t clicked “Like” yet, go and do it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- You can purchase <u>Sherlock’s
Home: the Empty House</u>. You can
currently order it on <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Sherlocks-Home-Empty-House-Sherlock-Holmes-Fans/9781780922256%20">Book Depository</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and they are shipping within 48 hours.
You can also visit the book’s page on Amazon and Amazon.co.uk and hit
the “Like” button there as well. All
royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Undershaw
Preservation Trust for campaign expenses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- You can also
purchase Alistair Duncan’s book<u> <a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabesbookshop.com/product/9781908218193/An+Entirely+New+Country">An Entirely New Country</a></u> in our<a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabesbookshop.com/product/9781908218193/An+Entirely+New+Country"> bookshop</a>. According to Alistair’s
website 50% of the net royalties will be placed at the disposal of The
Undershaw Preservation Trust. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><b>SPREAD THE WORD!</b> Be
creative. Tell your friends. Make a sign. Take a photo. Just get the word out
to Save Undershaw! </span></div>The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-18720075793790459652012-05-15T15:04:00.001-07:002012-05-15T15:04:37.990-07:00Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010- )
re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective for the digital age,
joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians
and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and
anime. This collection explores the cultural intersections and fan
traditions that converge in Sherlock and its fandoms. Essays focus on
the industrial and cultural contexts of Sherlock’s release, on the text
of Sherlock as adaptation and transformative work, and on Sherlock’s
critical and popular reception.<br />
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The volume’s multiple perspectives
examine Sherlock Holmes as an international transmedia figure with
continued cultural impact, offering insight into not only the BBC series
itself, but also into its literary source, and with it, the
international resonance of the Victorian detective and his sidekick.<br />
<br />
Introduction is by our own Lyndsay Faye! <br />
<br />
Buy it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Transmedia-Fandom-Essays-Series/dp/0786468181/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337118051&sr=8-1-fkmr2">[Amazon</a>] now. <br />
<br />The Baker Street Babeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342407406199118655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404807432247337354.post-75565046262122525962012-05-15T12:30:00.000-07:002012-05-15T15:08:46.966-07:00Review: Psychic Lies & Mental Spies<div style="text-align: center;">
“Psychic Lies & Mental Spies” <br />
by Joe Riggs<br />
Reviewed by Maria Fleischhack<br />
The Baker Street Babes </div>
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Have you ever wanted to think like Sherlock Holmes? Have you wondered how that “mind palace” or “memory attic” works which has recently been mentioned in Sherlock BBC’s “Hounds of Baskerville”, and which Doyle wrote of in “A Study in Scarlet”? Have you been impressed by the great detective’s deductive powers and been envious of his abilities? Joe Riggs, who is sometimes called the “real Sherlock Holmes,” has written a book to show us how we can do it, too.<br />
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Joe Riggs begins his book with congratulating the reader on even coming as far as reading the first lines of it; and in a sense that is very understandable. From a first impression, the book might seem like just another weird pamphlet about psychic powers and mentalists; something which one might find in a New Age book shop in a little side street. But once you get reading, it becomes obvious very quickly that the author is not trying to teach us any supernatural powers and explain how to communicate with the dead; no, quite the opposite is true. Having grown up among mentalists and psychics and having witnessed how they often use their abilities to play with the emotions of those asking for their help, Riggs decides to show us how they work. And not only does he let us look in his cards, so to speak, but he also teaches us some tricks to further our own mental abilities and observational skills. <br />
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Riggs uses Sherlock Holmes’s character both as an example and an inspiration to show how capable we all are of using our minds way beyond what we think we can do. He talks about the tools he uses in his work as a mentalist, giving each of us a chance to enhance our learning abilities and become better observers. <br />
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“It‘s time to learn some wonderfully mental things,” he writes; and this is what the book offers us. It is a wonderful guide working with Riggs’s own experiences, scientific discoveries and logical explanations in a way which is not at all patronising, but helpfully suggesting how we can become more aware, healthy and perceptible of our surroundings. <br />
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Appealing to the reader, Riggs promises that everyone who finishes the book will be surprised by what they can achieve; and believe it or not, it is not an empty promise. Joe Riggs explains to us which devices he uses “as a Mentalist that can expand your mind-power, super charge your memory, heighten your deductive and observational powers, and transform the way you think.” Yes, he offers tips how to build our very own mind palace and how to easily memorise large numbers … or our shopping list. In addition, he explains how to read people by becoming aware of the mechanics of non-verbal communication. Remember Doctor Lightman in “Lie to Me”? Yes, that is exactly what we are talking about here; only that Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Lightman are fictional characters, whereas their techniques are very real and, let’s face it, very cool. <br />
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“Psychic Lies & Mental Spies” is out today. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.theworldofjoeriggs.com/%20">Joe Riggs’s website</a> or <a href="http://www.theworldofjoeriggs.com/"></a>you can buy the book from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Psychic-Lies-Mental-Spies-Techniques/dp/1477421602/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1337081134&sr=8-5">Amazon.</a></div>
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<br />Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania is John Watson’s account of a case which leads him and Holmes to encounter Count Dracula. The beginning of the novel harks back to the beginning of the film “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. We learn that this affair belongs to a cluster of cases that were not fit for publication in the lifetime of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Therefore, the case of Count Dracula was disclosed fifty years after their deaths. <br /><br />The case papers are narrated by John Watson in the usual fashion of a detailed account of events from his point of view. O’Hara’s Watson sounds quite a bit like Doyle’s, with few liberties on the author’s side, which are not at all detrimental to the story. <br /><br />What we read is the story of Dracula in every sense of the word. While Holmes and Watson are away in Romania for a case, Watson receives a letter from his nice Mina, who lives in Budapest, and who is asking for help to find her disappeared husband Janos. Holmes and Watson travel to Hungary to meet Mina and her friend Lucy Westenra, and take on the case. Soon they find themselves on their way back to Romania and to Dracula’s castle.<br /><br />What follows is a surprisingly entertaining retelling of the story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. While some of the protagonists, like Mina and Lucy Westenra, are borrowed directly from the story, others, like Janos, are loosely based on the text’s original characters. Budapest serves as the equivalent of London and Sherlock Holmes himself takes on the role of Van Helsing. <br /><br />The voices of Holmes and Watson are delightfully similar to Doyle’s characters and despite the fact that the adventure they experience is very familiar to everyone who has read Stoker’s Dracula, the novel manages to be suspenseful and surprising. This can be attributed to the new narrative perspective, which is limited to that of John Watson instead of the epistolary form of diary entries and letters in Stoker’s text. The familiar voice of John Watson guides the reader not only through the adventures, but also through Holmes’ deductions, effortlessly connecting the two literary worlds through the eyes of the narrator. <br /><br />Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania is an entertaining and smooth read. It is a new take on a familiar story which works surprisingly well. O’Hara constantly refers to past cases and therefore links his own story to Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories; so fans of the original Holmes will smile and nod to themselves when they find these references. And while it might not be a typical Holmes story for the many supernatural elements in it, it is nevertheless a book which caters to both fans of Doyle’s and fans of Stoker’s works. It is a funny, delightful and very intelligent retelling of two of the most beloved Victorian works of fiction and I can wholeheartedly recommend it!<br /><br />You can buy the book in <a href="http://www.bakerstreetbabesbookshop.com/product/9781780920368/Sherlock+Holmes+and+The+Affair+In+Transylvania">The Baker Street Babes Bookshop!</a> <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Being
familiar with Alistair Duncan through the Save Undershaw campaign, I was very
interested in reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An Entirely</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Country</i>, which is set against the
backdrop of the ten years Arthur Conan Doyle spent at Undershaw, the house he
designed and had built for his family in the 1890s. I had also read Andrew
Lycett’s biography of Doyle and was curious to see how Duncan would write about
those significant years in Doyle’s life. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">An Entirely New</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Country</i>
is a detailed account of ten of the most important and productive years in the
life of Arthur Conan Doyle. This window into the life of the author, sportsman,
politician, husband, father and friend is framed by Doyle’s life in Undershaw,
Hindhead; the home which he designed and had built for himself and his family
and where he moved in 1897. The ulterior motif for the move to Surrey was the
health of Doyle’s wife Louise, who suffered from tuberculosis. The healthy
environment of Hindhead did indeed help her to live much longer than any
physician had dared to hope. However, it is also known that Doyle fell in love
with a much younger woman, who would eventually become his wife after Louise’s
death. The difficult situation Doyle found himself in and the rather
insensitive way in which he dealt with it is only one of the focal points of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An Entirely New</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Country</i>. Duncan manages to depict Doyle as the private man; the man
who always consulted his mother before making any major and even minor
decisions; the man who dined with royalty and who moved in the highest
political and social circles; the man who stood up for a completely unknown man
named George Edalji, because he believed he had been erroneously convicted of a
crime he had never committed. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Duncan
makes extensive use of contemporary newspaper articles, letters and diary
entries to paint a very vivid and round picture of the beloved author. As
pointed out by Mark Gatiss in the introduction to the book, Conan Doyle’s many
roles in life are brought into focus and insights into his private life shed
new light on Arthur Conan Doyle - the man. The book is a pot of gold where it
comes to details and unknown facts about Doyle’s life, which add up to a much
larger and more concise picture of a man who has done and achieved more than
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">An Entirely New Country</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> is a biography, but Duncan’s subtle
humour makes it much more than just a collection of facts and dates. The
commentary on the different aspects of Conan Doyle’s life and interactions with
his friends and acquaintances helps to see a much more private person; a person
who failed his loved ones; who, despite his best efforts, did not always
succeed; and a man, who did not particularly like his most famous and beloved
character: Sherlock Holmes. Many things have been written about Arthur Conan
Doyle, both good and bad; but Duncan’s book manages to offer a deeper
understanding of the intentions and motivations of the polymath, who helped
shape his times and who is still a well beloved and widely read author. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The book is
a brilliant read, never boring and it leaves one with a very vivid image of
Doyle at the turn of the century. Alistair Duncan added profoundly to the
already extensive source material we have on Doyle, and I highly and
whole-heartedly recommend the book to anyone who is interested in Doyle and his
contemporaries. </span></div>
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In Sherlock she was the dominatrix that brought a nation to its
knees. A far cry from the Adler of canon, but with the same essence of
adventure and mischief. Lara Pulver's Irene turned heads and caused
controversy, and we feel that's just what Adler of the canon would have
wanted. Lara Pulver chats with Curly, Lyndsay, Maria, and Jenn about
her turn as The Woman. We geek out about McQueen and sexual identity,
and reveal the secret to beating Benedict Cumberbatch at word games.<br />
Lyndsay & Curly do a brief introduction which has Star Trek
casting spoilers for Benedict, so if you want to avoid that, skip to 10
minutes in.<br />
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Make sure you watch Sherlock on PBS Masterpiece: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/</a> And follow along with our live tweets during the show! Next up is The Hounds of Baskerville!<br />
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