The Three Patch Podcast

The Three Patch Podcast

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The Three Patch Podcast is a podcast dedicated to the fandom culture, social issues, creative works, and analysis inspired by and related to the BBC drama series, Sherlock. Broadcasting monthly episodes since 2013, our crew of consulting fans tackle character analysis and speculation, highlight fan ingenuity and enthusiasm, explore the shipping and relationship-side of things, and share some of the more comic aspects of this fandom life. The name for the podcast is in reference to the three patch problem of A Study in Pink. Our sister podcast, Spoilercast, covers setlock and spoilers (and corr...

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Jun 14, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 104B: Slash: Romance Without Boundaries Card Game – Extended Cut 20.05.2020

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 104B: Slash: Romance Without Boundaries Card Game – Extended Cut Listen as some podcasters giggle and plot while playing the card game Slash: Romance Without Boundaries together. Shownotes, contact details, and credits below. SHOW NOTES Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Chase, Emma Grant, SundayDuck Producer: SundayDuck Editors:...

Episode 104A: Parenting and Fandom Roundtable – Extended Cut 12.05.2020

How do you balance child care, work, and time for your own fannish hobbies, all while isolating at home? We discuss the challenges of fandom life under quarantine, along with the joys of watching our kids discover their own love of fandom.

Episode 104: Parentlockdown 01.05.2020

In which we celebrate parenting in fandom and fanworks, learn how fans are dealing with the current timeline, play a game of Slash, and reminisce about 221B Cons of yore. Segment timestamps: 0:00:25 - Host Opening 0:23:41 - #TPPSuite2020 Recap 0:39:03 - PSA 0:41:43 - That’s My Genre: Parentlock 1:09:15 - Top Ten Favorite Bonding Moments Between Sherlock and Rosie 1:10:51 - Virtual Con: 221B Con Me...

Episode 420 – Special Episode – High Canon Presents “The Devil’s Foot Lettuce” 20.04.2020

In this Valentine's Day Special consulting fan iamjohnlocked4life, with the help of Chelsea and Alexxphoenix42, retells the classic canon story A Scandal in Bohemia after imbibing a bottle of bubbly. Cheers!

Episode 103: Good Old Fashioned Villain 01.04.2020

In which we start out tackling villains in Sherlock and end up grappling with a global pandemic. Consulting fans discuss quarantining through Sherlock characters, explore darkfic as a genre, check in on other fans during this pandemic crisis, offer up Criminal Minds as a fandom of interest, and generally try to cope with social isolation through fandom and community.

Episode 102A: When the Author Isn’t Dead – Extended Cut 20.03.2020

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 102A: When the Author Isn’t Dead – Extended Cut The extended cut of our roundtable discussion of what we do when the author isn’t dead, from episode 102. What do you do when a creator does something so hurtful that you have to reconsider your fandom? […]

Episode 102: Once and Future Fandoms 01.03.2020

Three Patch Podcast Episode 102: Once and Future Fandoms. In which we revisit fandoms of yore, reflect on more than a decade of tumblr blogging, and ponder what to do with extratextual creator content in modern fandom.

Episode 101: Big, Squishy Cuddles 01.02.2020

In which we celebrate fluffy fanworks and the softer aspects of canon. We’ll explore curtain fic with Emma, discover the magic of mincemeat pies with Cumbercookie, and explore Sherlockian ASMR with our favorite domestic fics!

Episode 100: Class of 221B 06.01.2020

In which we look back on a decade of Sherlock, hang with the Class of 221B, and celebrate 100 episodes of Three Patch Podcast!

Episode 99: Christmas Cracker 01.12.2019

There’s a little bit of everything in this one, including several fandoms of interest, a discussion of last year’s Holmes and Watson film, Sherlock-themed jokes, and more!

Episode 98: Dinner? Starving. 01.11.2019

In which we celebrate the role of food in fandom and in canon, and get a little creative along the way.

Episode 97A: Chuck Tingle’s Tingleverse RPG 31.10.2019

It's finally here, the full Tingleverse RPG from Episode 97, just in time for Halloween! Join the Tingle Master and our motley crew of Bigfeet, Unicorn, and Raptor as we play the new Chuck Tingle RPG: The Tingleverse. 

Episode 97: Night Owl? Vampire. 01.10.2019

Episode 97: Night Owl? Vampire. In which we delve into Vamplock, drunkenly recount The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, and revel in all things creepy and cryptid. 

Episode 96: Thank You For My Pornography 01.09.2019

In our SEVENTH annual Sexpisode, we celebrate the wonderful smuttiness of fandom, including the role of fantasy and kink in fanworks, the ins and outs of drawing explicit fanart, take a look at the dirtier side of the Good Omens fandom, and express our gratitude to all the wonderful creators out there for sharing their work.

Episode 95: Ace August 01.08.2019

All about asexual characters and relationships! We look at ace-spectrum interpretations of Sherlock and Doctor Who, talk with fic authors about writing ace stories, and squee about Good Omens!

Episode 94A: The Frivolous Untrue Literature RPG 26.07.2019

The full cut of the RPG from Episode 94! John Watson is missing at a first of its kind literary convention and our eclectic team searches the mansion to find him. They bump into many authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, and of course, Arthur Conan Doyle (no Sir in this universe). 

Episode 94: The Game is Something 01.07.2019

In which we play a custom Sherlock Holmes RPG, discuss our favorite gaming groups, and squee about Detective Pikachu!

Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name 01.06.2019

Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name. In which we celebrate queerness through the ages by decoding ACD, watching The Happy Prince, and exploring A Land So Wild. Happy Pride Month!

Episode 92A: Sherlock and Morality–Extended Cut 21.05.2019

BBC Sherlock features big moral themes: righting wrongs, a great man becoming a good man. In this Extended Cut of the segment in Episode 92: Saint or Sinners, Johnlocked, Drinkingcocao, and Finnagain go further into the ideologies of the characters, the morals articulated in narrative arches, and the values emphasized by recurring themes of show.

Episode 92: Saint or Sinner 01.05.2019

Are we saints or sinners? Maybe a bit of both! In our May episode, we talk about 221B Con, Füd Trüks, and the ultimate good-versus-evil dualities.

Episode 91: And Now For Something Completely Different 01.04.2019

Nobody expects The Three Patch Podcast!! Welcome to our really very silly April episode where we, a BBC Sherlock podcast, barely talk about BBC Sherlock. Enjoy something completely different.

Episode 90: Baker Street Boiz Gone Wild! 01.03.2019

In which we embark on a fandom pub crawl with Sherlock-inspired cocktails, tasty tropes, improvised fic, and finish off the night with an inebriated take on a canon Holmes story. (Is it time for con yet?)

Episode 89: The Queerest Club in the World 01.02.2019

In which we queer the text, go to PodCon, discuss queer fandom in traditional Holmesian spaces, and bake Sherlock a cake.

Episode 88A: OTW Legal Advocacy Interview 15.01.2019

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 88A: OTW Legal Advocacy Interview – Extended Cut In this interview with the OTW Legal Advocacy Committee member Rebecca Katz, we cover the support work of the Organization for Transformative Works and focus on the legal issues faced by fans making non-commercial transformative pieces from copyrighted […]

Episode 88: League of Furies 06.01.2019

In which we explore the intersection between activism and fandom, interview the author behind the recently published Sherlock's World, and watch the first episode of the newest Doctor Who! We also pay tribute to Chuck and their legacy in fandom.

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