The blue Victorian gown was first spotted on Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson in the 2016 special episode of Sherlock titled The Abominable Bride. The series was generally known to take place in the present day, but The Abominable Bride took its cue from the original settings from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, and this gown helped to lend a touch of authenticity to the period setting.
The gown later found a second life in Steven Moffat’s 2020 adaptation of Dracula, where Lily Dodsworth-Evans wore it in her portrayal of Lady Dorabella Ruthven.
i just know because of the shitty middle aged woman demographic Amanda Abbington is going to do well on strictly come dancing, but i really hope however well she does Layton Williams does better so young LGBTQ+ people can see that they’re allowed to turn up, to take up space to be present and seen. We’re allowed to win because fuck hate
Is this a British thing? Now, Amanda has returned to TV in the Dave mockumentary series Meet The Richardsons, and in episode seven of the fifth series, plays an exaggerated version of herself.
Because now people are all up in arms thinking it was real and it's not and between this and Staged ... for fuck's sake can't we all just watch reruns of I Dream of Jeannie or something?
Next Monday July 25th, it's gonna be 12 years since "A Study in Pink" premiered!
This is not a formal event or anything, just a reminder in case you all want to do something, anything, for the occasion. We can use all use the tag #BBC Sherlock, make it trending and make everyone who's unaware go nuts! 🤣😈
I can't promise to reblog everything bc this is Sherlock and we all have our nopes , right?😅
But the idea is to celebrate this show that brought us all together once and like in my case, introduced us to this wonderful actor and man that is Benedict Cumberbatch.
"I know you two. And if I'm gone, I know what you could become."
You think Mary was talking about John and Sherlock's careers or about their friendship in this scene? These were barely, if at all, effected by Mary's presence. The only thing majorly changed by Mary's death was John's relationship status - and frankly, from the very first scenes Mary was in, she wasn't exactly treating Sherlock as her husband's "bestie". She was suggesting for John and Sherlock to build a life together in a way they couldn't do when Mary was still in the picture, and you won't convince me otherwise.