Spoilercast 27: The Abominable Trailers

It's been a while! We catch up on spoilers and speculation for The Abominable Bride.

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Consulting Fans: Shannon and Caroline with special guest Cupidford

In this episode: It’s been a while! We catch up on spoilers and speculation for The Abominable Bride. (SPOILERS below)

Art by Fox Estacado

Roundup of official items released by BBC: synopsis, cast, rating

Official synopsis – long
Official synopsis – short (includes cast) [1][2]
Rating 15
Music (see Sherlock s3 trailer)

Latest promotional material

Sherlock’s Funniest Moments on Set
Why Are We Going Back to Victorian Times?

From the Beginning Then – Highlights from the Trailer

Watch: teaser, trailer #1, extended trailer #2, teaser trailer #3 (released after main recording)
Locations: Criterion, Manor/Tyntesfield [1][2], morgue, ruined church (crypt?), Limehouse [1][2], Diogenes Club (Wilder, casting)

Missing from the trailer:

Mycroft (quote)
Molly
Watson at War [1][2][3][4]
modern [1][2][3]

Props and costumes

ringwatch

Mary
John
Emilia Ricoletti

Mary’s mourning/wedding dress
Victorian 221B props from Canon, including portrait
Emilia Ricoletti’s wedding dress

hi-res promo photo – rings, fingers/nails, bruise/soot on chin and above mouth, tear on sleeve

Sherlock’s watch chain suggests post-Irene Adler case
Reichenbach painting in Diogenes Club
Canon references in stained glass and set  [1][2][3][4][5]
Mary and Mrs. Hudson’s earring

What’s up with Mary?

Mourning dress and cycling outfit
Colourful dress (not in trailer)
Assassin Mary?

Role of women – mystery

Molly missing from the trailer? Purple dress going out of shot and deleted tweet
Mystery cult figures (acolytes) probably women, not KKK
“Wise Chinese Man” and Moftiss’ message for Chinese fans (Bar of Gold?), Props

Plot metas

Matchmaker, Matchmaker
1888 influence of Jack the Ripper
Watson the unreliable narrator meta/TPloSH missing scenes
Oscar Wilde [1][2][3][4][5]

Other meta and speculation

Spiritualism angle [1][2][3], illusions, and Colin Cloud
Ghost stories are gay stories
Women, the occult, and feminism (the new woman) [1][2][3]

Coming up for Spoilercast and Three Patch

TPP reaction roundtable episode for January 2(ish)
TPP regular episode for January 6, 2016
Spoilercast to get its own RSS (iTunes) feed soon

Other links of interest:

The #setlock hashtag on Twitter
Geny’s daily spoiler roundup posts
The #ShSpesh tag on Tumblr
The #ShSpesh hashtag on Twitter

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Three Patch Productions (Producer). (2015, December 14). Spoilercast Episode 27: The Abominable Trailers. Three patch podcast. Podcast retrieved from http://www.three-patch.com/2015/12/14/spoilercast-27-the-abominable-trailers/