In a very roundabout way, the BBC One Twitter handle tonight also told us a little more about The Empty Hearse, strongly implying that our favourite consulting detective would return for the festive season:
... and then there's #Sherlock. Two years after the devastating effects of The Reichenbach Fall, Dr John Watson has got on with his life.
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BBC One (@BBCOne) November 26, 2013For Watson, new horizons, romance and a comforting domestic future beckon... #Sherlock
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BBC One (@BBCOne) November 26, 2013But, with London under threat of a huge terrorist attack, #Sherlock Holmes is about to rise from the grave with all the theatricality...
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BBC One (@BBCOne) November 26, 2013...that comes so naturally to him. It's what his best friend wanted more than anything, but for John Watson it might well be a case of...
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BBC One (@BBCOne) November 26, 2013...'be careful what you wish for'. #Sherlock
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BBC One (@BBCOne) November 26, 2013It was properly confirmed this morning by the BBC One tumblr:
Our multi-award-winning drama #Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, returns for an eagerly awaited third series of three, 90-minute films this Christmas.
Crime and Relative Dimension in Space 
Two years? john will be pissed…
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Hope we get it here in the states at the same time.
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Sherlock S03E01 airs in the US on January 19 — so not too far away. (Rights lie with PBS Masterpiece, not BBC America.)
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Thanks Andrea. The right way to start the new year.
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