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Mark Gatiss Says To Expect Tragedy In Sherlock Season 4

Published Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:30:18 -0600

In talking with RadioTimes.com, Mark Gatiss said of the upcoming fourth season of Sherlock: "You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure, that's just how it goes." Gatiss is the co-creator of the series with Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat as well as playing the role of Mycroft Holmes.

Now that may mean the death of John Watson's (Matin Freeman) wife Mary (Amanda Abbington), as that is what happens in the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. But Gatiss says don't be so sure: "Just because it's in the stories doesn't mean it'll happen in the series because there's an awful lot of changes and an awful lot of places to go and things to do. It should be clear by now that while, of course, Doyle is our absolute god, we have gone quite a long way away as well – we've introduced Sherlock and Mycroft's parents [for instance], I don't think they've ever been seen in any adaptation – so there are lots of surprises to come."

But if they do go along and kill Mary, then the next thing that happens in the Doyle stories is Watson returns to Baker Street and to crime solving with Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch). I think that would make fans happy.

[Source: Radio Times]

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