'Sherlock' Season 4 Air Date, Premiere & Trailer: Martin Freeman Says Filming 'Sherlock' Victorian Special Was Like Being on Holiday, 'It Felt Like a Nice Little Detour'

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Only a few days are left before "Sherlock" returns to the small screen for "The Abominable Bride," and one if its lead star, Martin Freeman who plays Dr. Watson, shares how it felt to film the Victorian special.

According to a report from Mirror, citing BANG Showbiz, the 44-year-old actor shared his and Benedict Cumberbatch's experience donning Victorian costumes. According to the "The Hobbit" star, shooting "The Abominable Bride" was a "nice little detour" for "Sherlock," which is set in modern times.

"It was very nice. It kind of felt like a holiday, like mufti day at school or something," Freeman said. "And as soon as you see Ben in the gear and you see me in the gear, we definitely look like Holmes and Watson, as opposed to Sherlock and John."

Freeman also revealed to the publication that "It was good fun, it was really good fun."

Meanwhile, Latinos Health previously reported how "Sherlock" creator Steven Moffat explained the concept behind "The Abominable Bride" for the "Sherlock" Christmas special and how a ghost story was the perfect storyline for it.

Talking to Asbury Park Press’ “Fan Theory” podcast, Moffat revealed, "We’d been talking for ages, (asking), ‘Could we ever justify a 10-minute sequence where they dress up just for the hell of it?’ Then, we thought, ‘You know what? We’ve got this special to make, why don’t we just blatantly do the whole thing Victorian?'"

Moffat continued that he and the whole "Sherlock" team thought about one thing that's original and would not transcend to the modern-day Sherlock Holmes mystery.

“Then, we had to sort of justify that…and really, the one thing that doesn’t travel to the modern day about Sherlock Holmes is the Victorian ghost story," Moffat revealed. “Ghost stories are better in Victorian times, that’s just a fact. They still make Victorian ghost stories because that’s where they belong. So, we thought, ‘Well, it’s got to be a ghost story, because that is the one thing that somehow the modern day doesn’t really work for.”

Moffat also assured Sherlockians that they will still experience the same fun and thrill they get while watching modern-day Sherlock, saying that the Christmas episode will be "just as fast, funny, silly and exciting as the regular show," per news.com.au.

Are you ready for "The Abominable Bride"? Catch Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on "Sherlock's" Victorian-themed special, which will be shown on New Year, Jan. 1, on BBC and select theaters.