【RadioTimes】特别集播出或有变故！

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-18/mark-gatiss-next-sherlock-is-very-special-and-tremendously-exciting---but-may-not-be-at-christmas
Mark Gatiss: Next Sherlock is very special and tremendously exciting - but may not be at Christmas
马克加蒂斯 神夏的下一集会很特别，很让人兴奋，但可能不是在圣诞节

The Sherlock special is going to live up to its name and "would fit" as a Christmas episode - but "there's no guarantee" it will be, says the show's co-creator
Mark Gatiss: Next Sherlock is very special and tremendously exciting - but may not be at Christmas
神夏的特别集将会名副其实地称之为圣诞特辑，但是马克加蒂斯说这一切无法保证，神夏的下一集会很特别，很让人兴奋，但可能不是在圣诞节。

Now, Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has cemented the ambiguity (if that makes any sense), saying that, while pre-production on the episode has already begun – and while the story would work in a Yuletide slot – it's still not clear whether it will be the 2015 Christmas gift fans are wishing for.
现在马克澄清了这一暧昧的说法，这一集的前期拍摄工作已经开始，而且这个故事会在圣诞期间，但无法确定它是否能如粉丝们所期待的那样成为他们2015年圣诞节的礼物。

“It will be finished, of course, by the end of spring," Gatiss tells me, "[but] when they show it is entirely down to the schedulers. It would fit as a Christmas special but there’s no guarantee of that – they used to show the Mike Yarwood [Christmas] Show in the summertime.
“当然在春末会拍完的，但是何时播出取决于电视台的播出计划。它可能是圣诞特辑，但是无法保证这一点。他们总是把应该在圣诞期间播出的Mike Yarwood Show 在夏季播出。“

The good news, according to Gatiss,is that "it’s a very special special, and we’re all tremendously excited about it".
And if that wasn't quite the level of detail you were hoping for, he's quick to point out that, given the now traditional gathering of fans at Sherlock filming locations, more information is likely to become available for those who want it in the not-too-distant future.
不过据马克说好的一方面是这个特别集会很特别，我们对此都很兴奋。不过鉴于粉丝们聚集于拍摄现场已经成为常态，对于那些迫切了解剧情的人来说，他们现在可以获得更多的信息，但他指出你获知的细节可能并非如你所想的那般详细。

"It’s pretty close to shooting now," says Gatiss, who will return as Sherlock's brother, Whitehall grandee Mycroft. "It won’t be long before people see enough to get their teeth into...”
But what exactly can they expect?
“拍摄的脚步越来越近，”马克也会继续出演麦哥，“人们翘首以盼，想要看个够的日子指日可待了…“但是大家有什么值得期待的呢？
Well, one way or another the episode will address that series three cliffhanger – the apparent return from the dead of Andrew Scott's supervillain Moriarty. Is he really still alive after apparently shooting himself through the back of the head? Or was the glorified gif that appeared on screens across the country during the closing moments just a trick being played from beyond the grave?
这一集会说明第三季挖下的大坑-莫里亚蒂在用手枪打穿后脑之后，是否还活着吗？还是这只是一段在扣人心弦之际于全国播出的影像，这是否只是个玩笑？

The Sherlock special should answer those questions – but will it be Christmassy? If, as usual, Gatiss and Moffat borrow elements from Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, and if they want to create a seasonal vibe, there's one in particular they'll be revisiting.
特别集会解答这些问题，但是这样真的符合圣诞节气氛吗？如果是这样，马克和魔法特为了营造节日气氛，就要从道尔爵士的原著中借鉴一些元素，那么有一个故事他们不得不重温。
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is a fun and atmospheric tale of a stolen gemstone and a Christmas goose –and one that Gatiss once told me he adores and would love to adapt.
蓝宝石案中失窃的宝石和圣诞节的鹅十分有趣，也很有节日气氛，马克说他很喜欢也很想改编这个故事。