Sherlock series 3 Christmas mini-episode with subtitles

[swissmarg]

I've put subtitles onto the Sherlock series 3 Christmas mini-episode, Many Happy Returns. I am indebted to arianedevere for her transcript, and chamekke for help with theTibetanat the beginning.

Also, screencaps by pineapple_sky can be found here.

Edit: As of 15 January 2014, this video has been blocked by YouTube because of copyright claims by the BBC. It looks like they've shut down all of the videos posted of the Christmas mini-episode. I've put it up on Videobam here instead: http://videobam.com/uBtOq

Comments

[jcporter1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. Cleared up some of the mumbling. I am right in thinking the video was a live feed, meant to appear as an old tape. Is that how everybody else saw it?
That Sherlock had replaced the old DVD in Lestrade's office with some kind of program that opened up John's internet access.
Freeman just kills in this. As does Anderson.

[swissmarg]

I thought the video was just a video. We heard Lestrade's voice on it several times. Also, John paused it at the end, and then it picked up again right where it left off. If it had been live, it would have skipped the time when he was away to answer his door.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't remember the name or author of the fic, but I do remember reading one that involved John being led to an app or web site where a person could get questions about them selves answered and it turned out to be Sherlock running it, and it was just set up so that he could reveal that he was alive and back. It also turned out that Sherlock wasn't as fantastic a hacker as he imagined, and so he had to set up a live surveillance and answered John's questions by spying on him and answering his questions.
This popped into my head the minute I saw the DVD content. And recall when John said "Don't be dead." and Sherlock on the dvd said "Okay" and John looked up surprised. And then when John paused it to go to the door, it didn't stay paused, he winked anyway.
I imagine that Sherlock broke into Lestrade's office and replaced the original dvd with one of his own making. And that the dvd had a program on it that would fire up a persons web cam so he could respond to John live.
Anyway, its a nice thought.

[swissmarg]

Yes, I know the fic you mean. I still think it was a regular recording that just happened to match up with John's words at that point. I mean, obviously Moffat and Gatiss did it on purpose, but I don't think that it's Sherlock speaking live to John. I haven't seen any spoilers for the first episode, though, so I really have no idea.

[jcporter1.livejournal.com]

It reminded me of a fic I read where Sherlock revealed himself to John through an app, only it was Sherlock spying on him and responding live.

I could see Sherlock breaking into Lestrades office and replacing the dvd with a copy that has a program in it to open up the web cam, or simply having a web cam in the flat and responding to him from Baker Street in real time. There is a momentary change in scene from the wall paper to sitting in the chair. That could be when the change is made. That would explain how when John said "Don't be dead" Sherlock could say "Okay". And how when John hit pause, Sherlock paused for a moment and then winked anyway.
Or it could have been Sherlock at the door.

[swissmarg]

I am pretty sure it's not Sherlock at the door. Or if it is, that's not when Sherlock reveals to John that he's alive. I thought the video kept going because John came back and pushed play again. Not that it started playing again by itself. I think the video/real time interaction was just Moftiss trying to be clever.

But I'm fully prepared to be eating those words come January 1st!

[rakshanda.livejournal.com]

Thank you for doing this for the fandom. I'm sure there are fans whose first language is not English, and this will make it clearer.

Love the *headdesk*.

Now I am wondering what Anderson needs Sherlock for.

[swissmarg]

I will be interested to see what they do with Anderson too.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Thank you for doing this! I couldn't hear some of the lines.

[swissmarg]

You're welcome, I'm happy it was useful.

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

I've already thanked Ariane yesterday but I must thank you too. You're so kind to think about non-native speakers so often. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! :-)

[swissmarg]

You're welcome. I am happy that this was useful for you!

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I do love the music but sometimes it's so loud compared to the voices that I have trouble understanding what is said, so I really appreciate this.

[swissmarg]

You're welcome!