IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN SEASON 2 OF ‘SHERLOCK’ BEWARE, SPOILERS IN THIS ARTICLE: Though some fans were expecting Moriarty to be a recurring character throughout the BBC Sherlock series, and not actually be dead following ‘The Reichenbach Fall,’ the show’s creator says that the show needs new villains. However, did he actually die in the finale? A quote from Moffat’s interview with The Radio Times via Hypable:
STEPHEN MOFFAT: “Moriarty’s a one-shot deal in the original [books]. I don’t want [Sherlock] to turn into a show that’s about one villain and one hero,” said Moffat.“Moriarty was great because he was a surprise. Every time you bring him back he won’t be as big a surprise. We need to find new villains, we need to find new ideas, otherwise the show doesn’t keep growing. There are other great villains in [the Conan Doyle books] that we want to visit. We have to keep the show growing otherwise it won’t surprise you. Once you get the measure of it you’ll just get critical – if we keep surprising you and keeping you off balance you won’t.
Moriarty is just the perfect villain and I loved him on the show. Any of you fans of BBC Sherlock? Do you hope Moriarty comes back, or that he actually is dead?

　　英國BBC劇集《神探夏洛克》（Sherlock）主創史蒂文·莫法特（Steven Moffat）透露，安德魯·斯科特（Andrew Scott）飾演的大反派“莫里亞蒂教授”將不會回歸第三季，在新一季中，他們將開發出新的反派角色。
　　《神探夏洛克》第二季在今年1月份播完不久，就獲得了BBC電視臺第三季的續定。在第二季中，《神探夏洛克》新年首播集獲得880萬的收視率，第2集收視率為820萬，第3集則僅有790萬。
　　主創史蒂文·莫法特目前正在籌劃《神探夏洛克》第三季劇本，他透露，新一季里除了本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇（Benedict Cumberbatch）飾演的福爾摩斯和馬丁·弗瑞曼（Martin Freeman）飾演的華生兩個角色確定回歸外，在第三季第3集自殺的大反派“莫里亞蒂教授”將不會回歸。
　　史蒂文·莫法特表示，“我們需要找到新的反派，找到新的創意，否則，這部劇集真的難發展下去。”史蒂文·莫法特同時還指出，他將會從《福爾摩斯》作者阿瑟·柯南·道爾（Arthur Conan Doyle）的其他作品中，為“神探夏洛克”打造出新的對手。
　　在1月份的時候，史蒂文·莫法特還一度表示《神探夏洛克》有望在2012年年度回歸，但隨后這個消息被該劇另一位執行制片人，也是史蒂文·莫法特的妻子蘇·維特（Sue Vertue）否認。
　　從目前《神探夏洛克》的制作情況來看，該劇第三季應該在2013年初亮相。