For this specific show: Masterpiece Theatre is a co-producer of Sherlock; in this case, it mostly means that it contributes funds. It was decided that Sherlock is part of Masterpiece Mystery, which begins in late spring & runs through the summer.

I agree that the changes are often necessary because of time & budget constraints: cut & combined characters, the "riot" not involving royals on horseback. And some of the changes seem like improvements: Arya & Tywin!

Well, now she has to get those dragons back. Let her show the Quartians (Qarthites? Qarthonians?)—and the viewers—that she is really the Mother of Dragons.

Thank you. Benedict Cumberbatch got the role because he's an amazing actor.

You do know that Tinker, Tailor was not his first movie?

Except she's not even his "salt wife." She's the daughter of the ship's captain, debauched by Theon because he was bored. (This is from the book.) She's hoping for a life as a concubine (salt wife) rather than being left on the boat, no longer a virgin & possibly pregnant by her seducer. Her "normal" (not…

And pirates shows because Mom & Dad won't pay for HBO....

Oh, so you bought the DVD's from the UK & you are watching them on you region-free player, too?

I admit that I TunnelBeared the 2nd series; the ever-buffering images on my little PC screen were part of the penance. But I bought the DVD's from Amazon. UK at the end of January & have been watching them on my region-free DVD player. Because I have a job & sending money is a good way to reward people for creating…

Recent photos indicate that Cumberbatch has been working out—but the "secret" shots from the set didn't show him "baring" anything. (Tune in to PBS for the next series of Sherlock this Sunday & see more than we did last series!)

Ah, yes. The chest hair....

Nope. The production snippets smuggled out make him look like a Star Fleet officer gone very bad.

Indeed.

I believe licensing is the reason the maps were removed from DeviantArt.

Don't worry. The Republican aspirants have covered themselves in something other than glory so far....

The Corsair—one whose distress message we heard in The Doctor's Wife—was one of the "good" Time Lords. And he was occasionally a she. "A very bad girl!"

Well, we all got to see quite a bit of Laura Pulver as Irene Adler! In the same episode that gave us a very good view of Cumberbatch/Sherlock.....

Indeed! Did her removal from office end Britain's Golden Age prematurely?

The New York Times started publication in 1851; the Times of London in 1788. Series 2 just began running in the UK—on Sky Atlantic; their Times gave it 4 stars out of 5:

Tolkien was inspired by the stories he learned when he studied the ancient languages of Northern Europe. Other cultures have their own ancient epics—some of greater age than the European ones. I really wish that someone with deep knowledge of these other tales would be inspired to write new ones.