'Sherlock' Season 4 Set in 1895! Episode 1 Release Date, Cast & Plot Spoilers Here [News & Rumors]

It has already been confirmed in November that BBC's "Sherlock" will have a Victorian setting in one of the episodes next season. Exactly what year Benedict Cumberbatch will find himself in has finally been revealed recently, and it's 1895.

Mark Gatiss, co-creator and writer of the series told BBC, "I can correct something that has been misreported. The series is set in 1895, not 1885."

Of course, while some people may think that there's really not much difference in the 10 years, Gatiss emphasized that there is quite the difference. According to BBC, for "Sherlock" fans, they already know the importance of the year for the detective, as it is considered as the peak of his popularity, when author Arthur Conan Doyle killed him off, then bring the character back to life later on.

BBC also reported that the back-in-time special has already been filmed, however, there is no word when the following three episodes for the season will be shot, although Gatiss admitted that they will be doing so "later on."

But while it is okay for Sherlock to travel back in time, there is a much more pressing matter for all Cumberbatch fans as noted by Crossmap: Why is it that his version of Sherlock has virtually no love life? Most fans will depict him to be in love with his best friend, John Watson. However co-creator and writer Steven Moffat insists that Sherlock never really did have a love life, if the original works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be considered.

Moffat said, "We walk into that one all the time. It's a funny thing when a character for over 100 years has been saying, 'I don't do that at all.' He's been saying it over 100 years! He's not interested in [sex]. He's willfully staying away from that to keep his brain pure --- a Victorian belief, that. But everyone wants to believe he's gay. He's not gay. He's not straight. And Doctor Watson is very clear that he prefers women. People want to fantasize about it. It's fine. But it's not in the show."

In an interview with Nerdist in 2014, Cumberbatch also added fire to the flame when he compared his character with another popular franchise, "Doctor Who", by saying, "They've got different dress senses, different taste in the sex of their partners..."

He later rectified this in a separate interview with Vulture, as he clarified the character's sexuality.

"He doesn't want any, and it's very purposeful on his part. I think he's been burnt in the past. I think he also realizes he can't beat female intuition; he can't. So to embroil himself where he might be enslaved through adoration or sexual desire or any kind of power or chemistry to do with love is too big a risk for him. That doesn't make him gay, and it doesn't make him asexual. It means he's purposely abstaining for the sake of his craft," he added.

So while there may be a lot of twists in the next season of "Sherlock," one thing is for sure: he isn't falling in love.

The fourth season of the critically acclaimed BBC drama will be back on the small screen in December this year. How excited are you?