im sherlock holmes lets solve crimes but definitely not have feelings oh im learning what friendship is and also solving crime at the same time what a surprising turn of events

i prefer scarves to people, make a GIF of me

i don't have time for social niceties OR the authority of the Pope

john shave off your mustache while you are

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For previous adventures in the Cliffebatch universe, see here. For a more complete accounting of The Toast's Benedict Cumberbatch coverage, go here instead. Year: 2016 Place: London Smaller Place: A lonely crofter's cottage REPORTER: Well, first of all, congratulations on your universally-applauded performance in Hamlet. BENEDICT (quietly): Thank you. REPORTER: Critics and audiences alike commented on the unprecedented melancholy you brought to the role; night after night, you seemed to draw upon stores of human…

Sunday In The Park With George This play began with some promise. I liked the part about the genius doing brilliant work based on scientific principles that nobody around him has the capacity to understand. But then everybody started bothering him about his emotions and singing about loving him all the time and I lost interest. Cats I was once beaten with a lead pipe in a Turkish prison. If given the choice between returning…

Positions #6-4 were a doddle. And then...it became necessary to enter my mind palace.

Obviously, there are going to be spoilers.

It's been quite a week for British television. Peter Capaldi has just been announced as the next Doctor on Doctor Who, which is a British show that is broadcast exclusively on Tumblr: The 55-year-old Glasgow-born star will be the 12th actor to play the Doctor, replacing outgoing lead Matt Smith. Capaldi is best known for his role as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC series The Thick of It. "It's so wonderful not to…